:00:06. > :00:11.Good evening and welcome to North West Tonight, to what is our very
:00:11. > :00:14.last programme from the BBC's headquarters here in Manchester.
:00:14. > :00:18.Although the last three decades thousands of hours of programmes
:00:18. > :00:24.have been made in this very building, from Red Dwarf, Question
:00:24. > :00:28.of Sport, Mastermind, BBC Philharmonic... It has all been
:00:28. > :00:32.based here and it is our privilege, I sat on her tonight to bring the
:00:32. > :00:37.curtain down finally on 36 years of television and radio broadcasting
:00:37. > :00:41.from Oxford Road. Also tonight.
:00:41. > :00:44.Police ask for criminals help to catch robbers who critically
:00:44. > :00:49.injured an elderly woman after stealing a bag which held her
:00:49. > :00:53.husband's ashes. The couple whose twin died after
:00:53. > :00:55.months of cruelty and abuse. An inquiry rules it was a bizarre
:00:55. > :00:59.crime which could not have been prevented.
:00:59. > :01:06.Repairs are after way after a power surge damages hundreds of Homs. But
:01:06. > :01:12.the row over who should pay goes on. And the world first -- the world's
:01:12. > :01:20.seat first seaplane to call from Windermere 100 years ago today. --
:01:20. > :01:24.the world's first seaplane. As we are all in a nostalgic mood
:01:25. > :01:32.on the programme tonight, gate -- Dave Guest is out or in the yard
:01:32. > :01:36.having his own life on Mars moment. Yes, this fine old lady back in the
:01:36. > :01:41.days when this building was shiny and new in the 1970s, could be seen
:01:41. > :01:44.trundling in and out of this yard on her way to exciting assignment.
:01:44. > :01:48.More later, and we will be looking at some of the big stories we have
:01:48. > :01:52.covered from here all the the past three decades.
:01:52. > :01:56.First tonight, police in Oldham are tonight hunting two robbers who
:01:56. > :02:00.attacked an elderly woman leaving her critically injured. The woman
:02:00. > :02:04.who has not been named is thought to have fought hard to save her bag
:02:04. > :02:08.because it contained a husband's ashes. She had been carrying them
:02:08. > :02:13.with power for 17 years. Detectives are appealing to the town's
:02:13. > :02:17.criminal community to help find the culprits and retrieve the back.
:02:17. > :02:22.There has been a lot of police activity here today with extra
:02:22. > :02:28.police officers trying to reassure residents, many of them elderly,
:02:29. > :02:32.after this attack on a 79-year-old woman. It was here at a day centre
:02:32. > :02:39.for the elderly that police were called yesterday when the victim
:02:39. > :02:45.was found with head injuries in an alleyway close by. Thieves had
:02:45. > :02:49.stolen her handbag inside a couple of hundred pounds. But also, a
:02:50. > :02:54.velvet bag containing her dead husband's ashes which she had been
:02:54. > :02:58.carrying a run for 17 years. A shoulder strap was recovered, but
:02:58. > :03:02.police say what was inside the bag was the reason why she put up a
:03:03. > :03:07.struggle. The appeal is to say to people in the wider community and
:03:07. > :03:11.criminal fraternity, if you know who has done this, somebody has not
:03:11. > :03:16.just taken somebody's handbag, they have left her for dead and taken
:03:16. > :03:19.the ashes of her husband. You really need, I am appealing to you
:03:19. > :03:23.better nature to come forward and give us that information for.
:03:23. > :03:27.The victim was taken by to the Royal Oldham Hospital where her
:03:28. > :03:33.condition has been described as critical. Two teenagers were seen
:03:33. > :03:38.running away and police are discovering -- study CCTV footage.
:03:38. > :03:44.Police emphasise that incidents like this are rare, but they are
:03:44. > :03:48.hoping that the public can help catch those responsible.
:03:48. > :03:52.A serious case review carried out into the death of the twin baby
:03:52. > :03:56.whose parents were jailed for child cruelty last month has concluded
:03:56. > :04:00.that the injuries and the death of the baby girl could not have been
:04:00. > :04:03.prevented by any professional in contact with the family.
:04:03. > :04:07.It is believed that Mohammed and Nafisa Karolia swapped the identity
:04:07. > :04:11.of the baby with her twin sister in a bid to cover of her injuries
:04:11. > :04:16.before her death. The review did say however that more could have
:04:16. > :04:20.been done to support the baby's mother as a teenager. Our health
:04:20. > :04:24.correspondent Laura Yates is here. This report examined the role of
:04:24. > :04:28.the professionals in Child H's short life. She was not known to
:04:28. > :04:34.social services but they looked at her health visitor, GP and hospital
:04:34. > :04:37.fit -- health. No one it concluded could have spotted her injuries or
:04:37. > :04:41.prevented that death, but it is acknowledged there are lessons to
:04:41. > :04:45.be learned from this most unusual case.
:04:45. > :04:51.For weeks, even months, Child H -- Mohammed and Nafisa Karolia abused
:04:51. > :04:55.one of have their baby girls. She had broken bones, in her arms and
:04:55. > :05:00.ribs, and her skull was damaged. But the report concluded nothing
:05:00. > :05:07.could have been done. There is nothing we have been able
:05:07. > :05:13.to find that might have enabled people to act differently. And we
:05:13. > :05:20.are just so sorry about this case, because it is so unusual and so
:05:20. > :05:22.tragic. And was so hard to predict. When that twins were born, one was
:05:22. > :05:26.much smaller and lead in neonatal care.
:05:26. > :05:30.It was separated from its bigger and healthier twin, Child H, and it
:05:30. > :05:35.was that they be the couple rejected an abuse. Just why is
:05:35. > :05:39.unknown. Health visitors saw there twins together, but it is believed
:05:39. > :05:45.that when they got older, their parents told visitors they were
:05:45. > :05:49.seeing one child when it was the other. In due to -- in June 2009
:05:49. > :05:53.Child H was taken to hospital with breathing problems and died of
:05:53. > :05:58.Concorde pneumonia. It was then her injuries were discovered and her
:05:58. > :06:08.parents were convicted of child cruelty. Report makes clear child -
:06:08. > :06:14.
:06:14. > :06:18.- Child H was not known to social The review says Child H's parents
:06:18. > :06:22.appeared to be providing good physical and emotional care to her
:06:22. > :06:25.children, which is what made what they did to her daughter so
:06:25. > :06:31.difficult to see. Novak, the report says that she
:06:31. > :06:34.possibly should have been given more support. The baby for's mother,
:06:34. > :06:39.Nafisa Karolia had a difficult upbringing. She was physically
:06:39. > :06:43.assaulted by members of her family and was taken into care. The report
:06:43. > :06:47.says perhaps there should have been done an earlier, and she must --
:06:47. > :06:51.should have been given more support when she fell pregnant. The big
:06:51. > :06:55.question is why the parents abused one child and did not harm the
:06:55. > :06:59.other? Report points to some limited research which says that
:06:59. > :07:02.when two twins are born and one is much healthier than the other,
:07:03. > :07:07.sometimes the parents blame that healthy twin for the problems of
:07:07. > :07:14.the other one. We do not know if this is what happened, and perhaps
:07:14. > :07:18.we will never know. Liverpool City Council says it
:07:18. > :07:23.cannot fill out raising council tax next year, despite the Government
:07:24. > :07:26.offering money to those authorities which freeze it. Today, around 30
:07:26. > :07:30.million of the �50 million of savings was approved.
:07:30. > :07:34.A large part of Congleton Town centre was sealed off this
:07:34. > :07:37.afternoon after a robbery at a jeweller's. Police say it happened
:07:37. > :07:42.at Brown's on Bridge Street at lunchtime. Detectives say hammers
:07:42. > :07:46.and baseball bats we used to smash the windows. Four-man men have been
:07:46. > :07:49.arrested. Night the ongoing row over who
:07:49. > :07:54.foots the bill for hundreds of homes in Blackburn after a power
:07:54. > :07:58.surge which destroyed TVs, fridges and borders. Energy regulator Ofgem
:07:58. > :08:03.is investigating following a public meeting. Electricity Northwest
:08:03. > :08:10.increased its goodwill payment to those affected from �300 to �1,000,
:08:10. > :08:15.but that has not appeased everyone. Repairs are happening, but they
:08:15. > :08:23.have not reached Mazhar's house. He has a large list which needs to be
:08:23. > :08:27.fixed. Fridge-freezer, hi-fi, Printer... We are talking about
:08:27. > :08:34.�3,500. I have got six children, eight people in the house, and we
:08:34. > :08:39.have not had hot water for 74 hours. I have rang them up dozens of times.
:08:39. > :08:43.600 houses suffered a power cut. 150 had appliances damaged by the
:08:43. > :08:47.power surge, and 70 borders were broken.
:08:47. > :08:49.The fault is so rare and the damage so unusual, that Electricity
:08:49. > :08:54.Northwest has had to draft in specialist engineers from right
:08:54. > :08:57.across the UK to see how many of the borders and appliances they can
:08:57. > :09:02.repair. Why don't you simply repair the
:09:02. > :09:11.appliances or replace them for the customer? We do not have a legal
:09:11. > :09:14.obligation. But do you feel a moral obligation to help the people?
:09:14. > :09:22.Customer-service and the moral obligation to serve our customers
:09:22. > :09:27.is very important to us. The technical fault arose in their
:09:27. > :09:32.sub-station. I am not going to make a judgment about what we lawyers
:09:32. > :09:40.describe as a chain of causation. That may in the end have to go to
:09:40. > :09:44.court, I hope very much not. should we pay off our own money
:09:44. > :09:49.which is not our fault? It appears it will take more than an improved
:09:49. > :09:57.good will payment of �1,000 to end the bad feeling which now exists
:09:57. > :10:00.between the electricity supplier and its customers.
:10:00. > :10:06.We all know a little something about Donald Campbell and his boat
:10:06. > :10:10.Bluebird. But have you ever heard of water bird.
:10:10. > :10:14.If it was one of the first seaplanes which was invented by the
:10:14. > :10:18.shores of Windermere. Beatrix Potter apparently thought it was
:10:18. > :10:23.too noisy, but what would she have thought today? The centenary
:10:23. > :10:29.celebrations did not go according to plan.
:10:29. > :10:32.This is the brainchild of Edward Wakefield, who owned much of
:10:32. > :10:36.Windermere's shore line. In the early days of aviation he developed
:10:36. > :10:41.a plane which could land on water. The first test flight was a century
:10:41. > :10:46.ago, and today it was celebrated by his descendants. Because he was a
:10:46. > :10:50.restless man, he always wanted to do something important. He had a
:10:50. > :10:54.great sense of the need to find a role in life, and he was very
:10:54. > :10:59.patriotic. He saw war coming and thoughts seaplanes would be useful.
:10:59. > :11:05.He thought he could do something. We fill's role in developing the
:11:05. > :11:09.seaplane has been largely forgotten, but now a replica is being built.
:11:09. > :11:15.Do you look at this and think, I would not like to go up in that?
:11:15. > :11:19.Are no, I have no qualms about jumping in it. Seeing how it is
:11:19. > :11:24.constructed and simplicity -- its simplicity, the strength of it is
:11:24. > :11:27.incredible. Tests 100 years ago in treat some,
:11:27. > :11:33.infuriated others. Beatrix Potter who lived in the Lake District try
:11:33. > :11:37.to get them stop. Those who want to get noise, go she said, go to
:11:38. > :11:42.Blackpool. What would she have thought today? Plan A was to land
:11:42. > :11:45.the scene playing on the lake here, but that had to be cancelled
:11:45. > :11:50.because the park authorities would not let them break the speed limit.
:11:50. > :11:54.Plan B to was was to have a fly- past, but that had to be cancelled
:11:54. > :11:59.because of today's high winds. Beatrix Potter must be looking down
:11:59. > :12:06.and smiling. Once the replica is completed it
:12:06. > :12:11.what it might land once again on Windermere. If they get permission.
:12:11. > :12:15.From a bit of history to our own bit of history. We are all in a
:12:15. > :12:25.nostalgic mood this week, and Dave Guest has been looking back on this
:12:25. > :12:26.
:12:26. > :12:30.programme's 30 years in this Yes, all the way to the back yard.
:12:30. > :12:34.Now once upon a day, bringing you a live broadcast from outside of the
:12:34. > :12:39.studio would have meant using one of these. It saw 13 years of
:12:39. > :12:46.service with the Beeb, retiring in 1982. It now belongs to Steve
:12:46. > :12:51.Harris. Why have you rescued this from retirement? It is something I
:12:51. > :12:56.have been interested in and it seemed an opportunity to rescue an
:12:56. > :13:00.early piece of broadcasting technology. What do you do with it?
:13:00. > :13:04.We go out to productions and we have got a lot of interest in old
:13:04. > :13:11.technology and it is something that we find all people are interested
:13:11. > :13:17.in. These days we can do live broadcasts on location with nothing
:13:17. > :13:20.more than that stuck on the back of a camera. So the technology has
:13:20. > :13:23.changed, but our job remains the same, to bring you the stories that
:13:23. > :13:33.matter. A few former colleagues have been remembering some of the
:13:33. > :13:40.
:13:40. > :13:47.biggest ones from the past three He waited at home for the telephone
:13:47. > :13:52.call which always came at about 11 o'clock at night. He went down to
:13:52. > :14:01.the street or be square or Parliament Street. It was a very
:14:01. > :14:07.troubled time and a very memorable time. I remember going through the
:14:07. > :14:14.programme and it was like a bowler. We were all in shock. But I
:14:14. > :14:24.remember getting quite emotional. That left a deep and lasting
:14:24. > :14:28.
:14:28. > :14:34.For all five days last February, these were the most wanted
:14:34. > :14:39.criminals in Britain, two wanted boys of 10. As the details emerged
:14:39. > :14:47.and the story developed, it became much worse and darker and much more
:14:47. > :14:52.sinister. Obviously that is a memory I will always carry with me.
:14:52. > :14:57.I was the first reporter to do an outside broadcast from what was in
:14:57. > :15:03.ruins of central Manchester. The rubble was cleared just enough and
:15:03. > :15:13.you could see shocking devastation and we brought the programme from
:15:13. > :15:19.
:15:19. > :15:23.just outside the centre, where Dr Harold Shipman had taken an aide
:15:23. > :15:28.to preserve life but instead he became Britain's biggest serial
:15:28. > :15:34.killer. By 10 o'clock they found 16 survivors. By the early hours of
:15:34. > :15:38.this morning, they found the first of 19 bodies. These were big
:15:38. > :15:43.stories but probably for me, the one I enjoyed and felt privileged
:15:43. > :15:50.to have been a part of the most was when we at the Commonwealth Games
:15:50. > :16:00.in 2002. We did the programme from the Manchester stadium. The lights,
:16:00. > :16:02.fireworks and dancers have been And if that's got you feeling all
:16:02. > :16:11.nostalgic, make sure to catch an Inside Out Special tomorrow night
:16:11. > :16:14.at 8.15 on BBC 2. TV Greats will be recalling some of your telly
:16:14. > :16:20.favourites that have been made in the North over the past 30 years or
:16:20. > :16:25.so. For now, though, are you receiving me, Studio B? Loud and
:16:25. > :16:29.Clare! We have got lost in the mists of time will stop that
:16:29. > :16:34.programme is well worth a walk --. That programme is well worth a
:16:35. > :16:37.Tony's here with the sport and ahead of their match against
:16:37. > :16:39.Liverpool, will Manchester City be focused on revenge for what
:16:39. > :16:42.happened last season? Yes, Liverpool won 3-0 in the
:16:42. > :16:45.corresponding fixture in April. But now City are of course unbeaten at
:16:46. > :16:48.the top of the table. Sunday's game at Anfield will give us another
:16:49. > :16:52.indication of how far they've moved on. And whether Liverpool can build
:16:52. > :16:55.on their excellent win at Chelsea last weekend. Here are the views of
:16:55. > :17:01.the reds' boss Kenny Dalglish. played really well and we got our
:17:02. > :17:07.reward. They have got different personnel and so have we. We might
:17:07. > :17:11.not have the same type again but we will decide what is best for us. We
:17:11. > :17:16.will worry about them. At the same time, we respect and appreciate how
:17:16. > :17:19.good they are. Now, a quick word on Carlos Tevez. Really quick, promise.
:17:19. > :17:22.His representatives have been talking to AC Milan about a
:17:22. > :17:25.possible move to Serie A. City say they haven't had any contact with
:17:25. > :17:29.them and won't let Tevez leave on loan in January. At the other end
:17:29. > :17:32.of the Premier League table are Blackburn. Their manager Steve Kean
:17:32. > :17:38.has been speaking about the revised contract and reported pay rise he's
:17:38. > :17:45.signed this week. With Rovers next to bottom and with growing unrest
:17:45. > :17:48.amongst supporters, Kean has come under increasing pressure. But
:17:48. > :17:52.ahead of tomorrow's trip to Stoke, he says he's more than happy with
:17:52. > :17:57.the backing he's got at the club. These things carry on and I have
:17:57. > :18:03.never pushed it. I am delighted again that the players are totally
:18:03. > :18:09.behind what we are trying to do. That has been put to one side and I
:18:09. > :18:12.am just happy to move on. Just down the road from Ewood Park,
:18:12. > :18:15.neighbours Burnley are not having it all their own way either at the
:18:15. > :18:18.moment. A rough patch has left them just one place above the
:18:18. > :18:21.Championship relegation zone with a tricky trip to Hull tomorrow. The
:18:21. > :18:24.Chairman Barry Kilby celebrates 13 years in charge next month. What
:18:24. > :18:29.does he think is the way forward? At the moment, Burnley fans are in
:18:29. > :18:34.a bit of a spin. Just a couple of points above relegation, but try
:18:34. > :18:40.this. In the last couple of games, Leeds and Birmingham have beaten
:18:40. > :18:46.them in the past few matches. It has been a bleak month. They have
:18:46. > :18:52.suffered four defeats consecutively and announced a loss of �4 million
:18:52. > :18:57.and the Chief Executive have its weight. We need to -- has quit. We
:18:57. > :19:03.need to stick together. We need the supporters to back the players and
:19:03. > :19:09.to be fair, they have. If they want to show displeasure after we have
:19:09. > :19:14.been beaten, that is fine. The man stayed up to for salvation is the
:19:14. > :19:20.supporter and chairman that took them to the Premier League. It did
:19:20. > :19:25.not do us many favours because it raised everybody's expectations.
:19:25. > :19:32.The fans expect you to spend like there is no tomorrow. We lost �11
:19:32. > :19:37.million. Then we made �14 million. There is that to be taken into
:19:37. > :19:45.account. Have we got any money to spend after this? It depends how
:19:45. > :19:52.much you ask for. We do have some money and the it capital. But we
:19:52. > :19:58.are going to sign someone for �10 million next week. Is he happy to
:19:58. > :20:03.continue keeping the team as a locally owned club? I have already
:20:04. > :20:11.got my bus pass. We have got a new generation coming through and I
:20:11. > :20:16.will hand the talk to somebody else to take up the reins. -- torch. I
:20:16. > :20:23.would not like to put a time on it. But I am not going to be here for
:20:23. > :20:24.Next year's Super League fixtures have been announced. Widnes' first
:20:24. > :20:28.have been announced. Widnes' first Super League game for seven years
:20:28. > :20:30.will be at home to Wakefield. St Helens will have to wait to
:20:30. > :20:34.christen their new ground. They're away to Harlequins. That's not the
:20:34. > :20:36.case for Salford though who'll play their first match at the new City
:20:36. > :20:40.of Salford Stadium against Castleford. Warrington and Wigan
:20:40. > :20:42.open against Hull and Huddersfield Sale Sharks are in Aviva
:20:42. > :20:45.Premiership action tonight. The Sharks take on Exeter Chiefs at
:20:45. > :20:54.Edgeley Park. There's full commentary of the game on BBC Radio
:20:54. > :21:03.Manchester. My last sports bulletin from here. Back in glorious
:21:03. > :21:10.technicolour on Monday. I hope! Let me just apologised. I said the
:21:10. > :21:17.programme was on Sunday but it is in fact on Saturday. My apologies.
:21:17. > :21:22.This morning from the car park, I was caught in de wind trying to get
:21:22. > :21:28.into the building with my high into the building with my high
:21:28. > :21:36.heels on. It was not easy! And on the windiest day of the year! I
:21:36. > :21:42.just could not move. It was like a comedy series. I had to kettles, a
:21:42. > :21:47.lamp and a radiator! I did not have anything good to tell you about the
:21:47. > :21:53.weather forecast. We have got an exceptional windy day. The graphics
:21:53. > :21:58.have decided to grind to an absolute halt. But the story has to
:21:58. > :22:04.be about the fact that it will be very windy this weekend. Weather
:22:05. > :22:11.warnings are in place. They have come to life! Wind is very strong
:22:11. > :22:18.all the way through tonight and tomorrow. Sunday as well. He will
:22:18. > :22:24.get some difficult conditions as well. Wet and windy. 55 mph gusts
:22:24. > :22:30.have been recorded and that will not slow down tonight. We have got
:22:30. > :22:36.clear skies tonight. Temperatures could get down to three degrees.
:22:36. > :22:40.Through the night, cloud building and we will get a bit of rain in
:22:40. > :22:48.the northern part of the region. Not heavy but this will boost the
:22:48. > :22:55.temperature. In many places, we will get six or seven degrees.
:22:55. > :22:59.Tomorrow, the wind is the main feature. Between 60 and 70 mph. It
:22:59. > :23:08.can be damaging. Crosswind on the motorway will cause problems for
:23:08. > :23:13.travellers. Anything between 45 and 60 mph here. A cloudy day with a
:23:13. > :23:18.bit of rain. The best of the conditions will be in the south-
:23:18. > :23:22.west, in part of Merseyside and Cheshire. But that is not a good
:23:22. > :23:29.date. Temperatures will be better than today where they have been
:23:29. > :23:39.quite chilly. Rain on Saturday it. That should clear on Sunday morning.
:23:39. > :23:40.
:23:40. > :23:49.Then things will start to look at Now a subject that obviously I know
:23:49. > :23:52.absolutely nothing about the on air blooper. Well as part of our look
:23:52. > :23:55.back at our time in Oxford Road, Dave Guest has been collating some
:23:55. > :24:02.of the best, or worst moments. are proud to have reporters that
:24:02. > :24:08.know the patch inside out. I am outside scout... I cannot remember
:24:08. > :24:16.what it is called. We will leave you to find out where you are!
:24:16. > :24:22.al, Gordon! Glass houses? Good evening, sorry, good afternoon.
:24:23. > :24:29.Every time you break down and the public can see what you are made of.
:24:29. > :24:35.His prayers were answered in this item when the lights went out,
:24:35. > :24:41.literally. I must apologise. We have never had the light put out on
:24:41. > :24:45.as before. He was keen on a cookery item but his most infamous was not
:24:45. > :24:52.caught on tape but it lives in the memory. It involved the world's
:24:52. > :25:02.biggest Christmas pudding made in the studio. What could go wrong?
:25:02. > :25:08.suddenly realise, I had got a 100 white. He had Christmas pudding
:25:08. > :25:12.going everywhere. It was on the wall and all over the cameraman. It
:25:12. > :25:18.was the biggest disaster. editor was not famous for his sense
:25:18. > :25:24.of humour and he was going ballistic. I am not sure if she saw
:25:24. > :25:29.the funny side when I interviewed her at a fashion show. I work 95 as
:25:29. > :25:34.a commercial property solicitor. What is better, modelling or... I
:25:34. > :25:43.was going to say soliciting! For other people, animals were a
:25:43. > :25:49.problem. I remember at Chester Zoo, I was crouched down and one of the
:25:49. > :25:59.penguins had a nibble between my legs, shall we say! In fact, I will
:25:59. > :26:18.
:26:18. > :26:23.That is it -- and that was from the whole Look North teams will stop I
:26:23. > :26:30.should be more --. I should be more sentimental because I met my
:26:31. > :26:38.husband in that building. He was a cameraman said he was always there.
:26:38. > :26:43.We will have a drink later. For the last time from us, Oxford Road,
:26:43. > :26:53.good night. We will be back at media city on the Monday. We will
:26:53. > :26:54.
:26:54. > :27:04.raise a glass to locks that route. Good night! -- Oxford Road. Welcome
:27:04. > :27:14.to A Question of Sport and another Good evening and welcome to Look
:27:14. > :27:17.
:27:17. > :27:25.North. Our top story... -- North West Tonight. Now it is time for