:00:08. > :00:14.Good evening and welcome to the programme. Our top stories,
:00:14. > :00:19.harassed to death by it feral youth. The damning verdict on the death of
:00:19. > :00:24.David Askew. We will ask why the agencies involved failed to protect
:00:24. > :00:32.a vulnerable man. Empty supermarket shelves on the Isle of Man after
:00:32. > :00:40.gale force winds meant supplies were abandoned. Not world class. A
:00:40. > :00:47.setback for Alder Hey hospital. A united city. Both Manchester clubs
:00:47. > :00:54.face a make-or-break night in the Champions' League. Going mad for
:00:54. > :01:04.Marcus. The X-Factor fine mist comes home to Liverpool. --
:01:04. > :01:15.
:01:15. > :01:17.Also tonight, Tony's out at the Etihad Stadium on what could be a
:01:17. > :01:20.Champions League choker for BOTH Manchester clubs. Now we're
:01:20. > :01:23.determined to stay positive but is this the night City AND United go
:01:23. > :01:29.outat the Group stage? With players worth �800m between them it's
:01:29. > :01:39.almost unthinkable. Almost. Join me later.
:01:39. > :01:42.
:01:42. > :01:50.Bring your fingernails! And Gill David Askew died after facing 30
:01:50. > :01:56.years of torment from peril use. Mr Askew was or unlawfully killed. The
:01:56. > :02:02.coroner said that he was not protected by authorities. Despite
:02:02. > :02:07.the 100 calls to police and the council, the coroner described the
:02:07. > :02:14.there was a staggering degree of inertia and complacency. Lessons
:02:14. > :02:21.have been learned from the tragedy. David Askew was 64, but had a
:02:21. > :02:31.mental age of 10. For an element of feral use, this was enough to
:02:31. > :02:32.
:02:32. > :02:42.terrorise him for a decade. His windows were repeatedly broken by
:02:42. > :02:47.My life is not the same without David. He was always with me, he
:02:47. > :02:54.was always doing things for me. He would go shopping with me. I really
:02:54. > :03:00.miss him. David's rather than -- mother, Rose, is 90. She has
:03:00. > :03:05.logbooks going back to the 1980s. But the askew family did not appear
:03:05. > :03:15.on the role as being especially vulnerable. The coroner called this
:03:15. > :03:15.
:03:15. > :03:24.Mr Pollard said that he would be writing down -- writing to Tameside
:03:24. > :03:30.council. He said that there was an awful lot of talking and no action.
:03:30. > :03:35.I begin to wonder what job Department does, quite frankly.
:03:35. > :03:42.CCTV evidence was so blurred it was useless. No one tried to get an as
:03:42. > :03:52.Bowe against this man, the main perpetrator. -- anti-social
:03:52. > :04:02.
:04:02. > :04:04.behaviour order. Instead, the The man being sought by police
:04:04. > :04:07.investigating a double murder has apparently been speaking to
:04:07. > :04:10.journalists via the internet. The police say they're keen to speak to
:04:10. > :04:13.Barry Morrow following the deaths of his landlady and her mother in
:04:13. > :04:15.Southport. Now it seems Mr Morrow has been speaking to newspaper
:04:15. > :04:18.journalists through Facebook. And a solicitor this evening confirmed he
:04:18. > :04:23.too has been in contact with the missing man. Our Chief Reporter,
:04:23. > :04:29.Dave Guest joins us from the newsroom.
:04:29. > :04:34.Tell us about this Facebook contact. What seems to have happened is that
:04:34. > :04:43.journalists have tried to use Facebook contact Barry Morrow. He
:04:43. > :04:53.has asked that he should be left alone. And he is innocent until
:04:53. > :04:53.
:04:53. > :04:59.proved -- proven guilty. The police are keen to speak to him because he
:04:59. > :05:04.is the last person to see them alive. He says he has been
:05:04. > :05:11.contacted by Merseyside police, but the police have refused to confirm
:05:11. > :05:17.or deny this. The fact they he has been in touch with a lawyer would
:05:17. > :05:22.suggest that they know where he is? They are not telling us. One of the
:05:22. > :05:27.solicitors said that Mr Morrow has been in touch, but also instructed
:05:27. > :05:37.to say no more than that. They would not confirm or deny whether
:05:37. > :05:44.
:05:44. > :05:46.they would be in touch with the Burnley. He was taken to the Royal
:05:46. > :05:48.Blackburn Hospital early yesterday morning with serious head injuries,
:05:48. > :05:51.then transferred to Manchester Children's Hospital where he died
:05:51. > :05:53.this morning. A 24-year-old woman from Burnley and a 40-year-old man
:05:53. > :05:59.from West Yorkshire have been arrested on suspicion of child
:05:59. > :06:03.neglect and released on bail. An e-petition has been started - to
:06:03. > :06:05.urge the government to grant a pardon for Alan Turing - the Second
:06:05. > :06:08.World War codebreaker from Cheshire - who was convicted for being
:06:08. > :06:12.homosexual in the 1950s. Twenty- four hours after it was launched,
:06:12. > :06:15.the petition has gathered more than 9,000 signatures.
:06:15. > :06:17.Gale-force winds have blown down trees across the region and caused
:06:17. > :06:20.power cuts today. In Greater Manchester a 50-foot tree crashed
:06:20. > :06:23.onto a house on Woodheys Drive in Sale. Another fallen tree caused a
:06:23. > :06:26.power cut in Altrincham this morning, and this tree blocked the
:06:26. > :06:30.road after it was blown down in Runcorn. Meanwhile, bad weather and
:06:30. > :06:40.a faulty ferry have led to empty shelves in some shops on the Isle
:06:40. > :06:47.
:06:47. > :06:57.Ten ferry sailings have been cancelled in the past two weeks.
:06:57. > :07:05.
:07:05. > :07:14.And that's disrupted supplies to This theory in Douglas harbour. Not
:07:14. > :07:19.an unusual sight on the Isle of Man. -- this dairy. But there are empty
:07:19. > :07:24.shelves and the island. The shops are suffering at the moment. I have
:07:24. > :07:30.never seen the shops with empty shelves before. The Isle of Man is
:07:30. > :07:36.gripped in a consumer crisis. could be stormy waters ahead for
:07:36. > :07:46.the only wholesale bakery on the island. They rely on tons of used -
:07:46. > :07:56.- in port. No ferry, no yeast. have been cancellations every day
:07:56. > :07:57.
:07:57. > :08:02.We have been speaking to the hospital on the Isle of Man, who
:08:02. > :08:07.say that medicine supplies have not yet been affected by the
:08:07. > :08:11.translations, but it may cause a problem for people who need to
:08:11. > :08:18.travel over to England for treatment. We have managed it by
:08:18. > :08:22.giving overnight accommodation and getting them on the next possible
:08:22. > :08:29.ferry crossing. That would have affected 12 people last week.
:08:29. > :08:39.the meantime, islanders and community -- commuters will have to
:08:39. > :08:42.And the very latest on that story is that the ferry will sail from
:08:42. > :08:45.Heysham tonight with around 50 container trucks on board, so some
:08:45. > :08:47.freight getting through now. A report by the Royal College of
:08:47. > :08:50.Surgeons says the surgical department at Alder Hey Children's
:08:50. > :08:52.Hospital does not provide "world class" care. The college reviewed
:08:52. > :08:55.the department after whistleblowers raised concerns about twenty cases
:08:55. > :08:57.at the Liverpool Hospital. Alder Hey management say surgery there is
:08:57. > :09:07.safe. And it's already carrying out chnages recommended by the Royal
:09:07. > :09:15.
:09:15. > :09:18.It's a children's hospital known around the world. But it's not
:09:18. > :09:28.world class in everything. That's according to the Royal College of
:09:28. > :09:44.
:09:44. > :09:48.By us the medical director how much a blow that was. It related to a
:09:48. > :09:54.few processes in one part of the hospital, so does not mean that the
:09:54. > :09:57.hospital as a whole has not world class. It investigated after
:09:57. > :10:06.consultant staff here raised concerns about clinical matters in
:10:06. > :10:08.general surgery. Alder Hey invited the Royal College to investigate
:10:08. > :10:12.twenty matters in total, including fourteen individual cases. It found
:10:12. > :10:14.five cases where care was "sub optimal", not as good as it should
:10:14. > :10:17.have been. The Royal College report also makes it clear the
:10:17. > :10:19.relationship between some staff had broken down. Order Haigh also
:10:19. > :10:22.points out that this is about general surgery and neurology. It
:10:22. > :10:25.does not include heart and brain surgery. -- Alder Hey hospital. The
:10:25. > :10:28.department had 27,000 cases in the six years covered by the review.
:10:28. > :10:32.And the college says patients shouldn't be worried. We did not
:10:32. > :10:39.have concerns for clinical safety in the order Hey hospital. In the
:10:39. > :10:49.Alder Hey says it's already acting on recommendations to improve staff
:10:49. > :10:51.
:10:51. > :10:54.It's taken ten years but a �30 million scheme to transform the
:10:54. > :10:57.heart of Blackburn looks set to finally get the go-ahead. The plans
:10:57. > :10:59.for the Cathedral Quarter of the town include a new hotel, houses,
:10:59. > :11:02.apartments and offices. It's hoped the project, based around the
:11:02. > :11:04.town's cathedral, will create 350 new jobs. Peter Marshall reports.
:11:04. > :11:11.Where better to launch the cathedral quarter regeneration -
:11:11. > :11:16.than Blackburn cathedral itself. have been Bishop of Blackburn
:11:16. > :11:23.nearly eight years, and we have had several faults -- false starts, and
:11:23. > :11:26.at long last, it does look like we are starting, and this is a real
:11:26. > :11:30.answer to prayer. The plans have been scaled back over those years
:11:30. > :11:33.because of tough economic times. At its heart - a so called clergy
:11:33. > :11:41.court - with apartments and houses and cathedral offices. There'll be
:11:41. > :11:45.a new hotel, bus interchange, offices and a public square.
:11:45. > :11:51.have always talked about brain the hobby back to Blackburn, and we
:11:51. > :11:54.hope that is what will happen. been funded with various grants and
:11:54. > :11:56.money from the council, the cathedral and a private developer.
:11:56. > :12:00.So how has it survived when many other regeneration projects
:12:00. > :12:04.haven't? It has been tense -- 10 years in the making. 10 years when
:12:04. > :12:10.you could walk away and have enough. But you recycle your ideas, you get
:12:10. > :12:20.other partners involved. everything goes smoothly, work will
:12:20. > :12:31.
:12:31. > :12:36.begin late next year, with a Lord Heseltine has said that
:12:36. > :12:42.Liverpool should say yes to an elected mayor. They will vote
:12:42. > :12:49.whether they can have a mayor in the next referendum. What would a
:12:49. > :12:53.meant to, and would he be bothered as to whether the system changes?
:12:53. > :13:00.You are familiar with mayors doing things like this. How about one
:13:00. > :13:05.more like this? Maybe not like Boris, but a real person taking
:13:05. > :13:09.real responsibilities. The exact role has not been decided, but is
:13:09. > :13:18.expected to include things like Council budget, policing and
:13:18. > :13:23.housing, including pushing your City's interests elsewhere.
:13:23. > :13:27.have Boris Johnson and Alex Salmond, and you do not hear a voice of
:13:27. > :13:31.Liverpool or Manchester. It is all part of Government's plans to give
:13:31. > :13:35.more power back to you. Instead of wandering what is going on up there,
:13:35. > :13:40.you might have a better idea of who is spending your money and how they
:13:40. > :13:45.are spending it. At the moment, we do not have a mayor, and it would
:13:45. > :13:49.be good to have an individual but is out there. I think the cost is
:13:49. > :13:55.the concern, and whether that can be justified in the actual savings
:13:56. > :14:05.and decisions that they make. not bothered one way or another.
:14:06. > :14:11.
:14:11. > :14:18.Visible mayors in other cities have not always what help. Hartlepool
:14:18. > :14:22.elected a monkey as mayor. In Stoke, a BNP there was elected. There's
:14:22. > :14:27.also a question as to whether a city mayor goes a long enough --
:14:27. > :14:35.goes far enough. We want it for Greater Manchester, and if they are
:14:35. > :14:45.working, while they... Whether Manchester gets his own Boris, that
:14:45. > :14:46.
:14:46. > :14:51.will be up to. -- liveable gets its Next, we continue our series on
:14:51. > :14:53.dementia, which has got a terrific response this week. Every year,
:14:54. > :14:57.thousands of people in the north west are diagnosed with dementia.
:14:57. > :15:00.Experts say that, by the time they are, most people already know what
:15:00. > :15:03.is coming. And yet for every 10 people who have dementia, just four
:15:04. > :15:06.have an actual diagnosis. In a few minutes we will be speaking to the
:15:06. > :15:09.medical director of NHS North West but first our health correspondent
:15:09. > :15:19.Laura Yates reports from inside the memory clinic at Wythenshawe
:15:19. > :15:22.
:15:22. > :15:26.Hospital. I would like you to spell world. It was inside this clinic
:15:26. > :15:28.that Ronnie was told he had dementia. Every year hundreds of
:15:28. > :15:35.people are referred here. Within weeks, almost two thirds of them
:15:35. > :15:39.are given a diagnosis. I don't think it comes as a big shock to
:15:39. > :15:49.most people. I must have told hundreds of people now and very
:15:49. > :15:51.
:15:51. > :15:55.rarely is there an emotional reaction. I suspect most people
:15:55. > :16:03.know already what is happening to them, and we are simply confirming
:16:03. > :16:06.that. Doctors here take a medical history, carry out a number of
:16:06. > :16:09.memory tests and a CT scan. First they diagnose dementia. Then they
:16:09. > :16:13.work out its cause - Alzheimer's disease the most common, vascular
:16:13. > :16:23.dementia the next. This is the CT scan of someone with Alzehimer's
:16:23. > :16:24.
:16:24. > :16:28.disease. There are dark areas, and that is fluid. That is when, in
:16:28. > :16:33.Alzheimer's disease, the brain cells die, the brain shrinks, and
:16:33. > :16:35.the fluid takes over. Speak to any expert and they are all say this -
:16:35. > :16:37.diagnosing dementia early is crucial and that's because getting
:16:37. > :16:41.the right treatment, the right medication and the right support
:16:41. > :16:50.are key to slowing down its progression. And yet still just
:16:50. > :16:54.four in every 10 people who have dementia know that they do. Ronnie
:16:54. > :17:03.is here this morning for a regular memory test. He has one every six
:17:03. > :17:07.months to see how fast his vascular dementia is progressing. He's been
:17:07. > :17:11.asked to remember three easy words. Specialist Sean then tries to
:17:11. > :17:21.distract him. A few minutes later he asks if he can remember the
:17:21. > :17:27.
:17:27. > :17:37.words. He can't. The recall, when you are put on the spot so to speak,
:17:37. > :17:43.
:17:43. > :17:47.it gets harder. You get blanker and blanker as you try to force it.
:17:47. > :17:50.Ronnie is getting worse but slowly. So for now his medication stays the
:17:50. > :17:53.same. He'll have another test here or at home in six months' time.
:17:53. > :17:56.A little earlier I spoke to Dr Mike Cheshire, the Medical Director of
:17:56. > :18:05.NHS North West. I asked him why only four in ten dementia sufferers
:18:05. > :18:09.get diagnosed. My mother died of dementia, and it took us two years
:18:09. > :18:15.to understand she had a problem so that she needed to see a doctor
:18:15. > :18:21.about it. And geriatric medicine is one of your specialities. Yes, and
:18:21. > :18:26.I still had a problem. Do you think listening to families of sufferers
:18:26. > :18:32.is key to this? They are the first people to spot this, and if they
:18:32. > :18:37.are worried, it is important for their relative to see a doctor and
:18:37. > :18:42.attempt to get a diagnosis. Are we doing enough? Is there enough money
:18:42. > :18:47.put into it for a start? They raise enough money but we are not raising
:18:47. > :18:52.awareness sufficiently. Dementia is a bit like cancer maybe 20 years
:18:52. > :18:56.ago, where we don't talk about it. People are terrified of the
:18:56. > :19:04.diagnosis, and where they think there might be a problem they don't
:19:04. > :19:07.go to the appropriate place to start of that question. From the
:19:07. > :19:12.many e-mails we have had, and number of people have been
:19:12. > :19:17.comparing it with cancer saying the money that goes into it is
:19:17. > :19:22.negligible compared with cancer. Surely we need to throw more cash
:19:22. > :19:27.into it? Were certainly do, but the first thing is to get the diagnosis
:19:27. > :19:33.right. Once we have the diagnosis, we can start to understand what is
:19:33. > :19:38.happening to these people, and then put cash in the appropriate places.
:19:38. > :19:44.There is a move to try to get care in the home and out of the
:19:44. > :19:50.community. Surely you need to keep people close, it is distressing
:19:50. > :19:54.enough without having to travel. Closing beds and moving people are
:19:54. > :19:58.almost different things. Care closer to home for dementia is very
:19:58. > :20:04.important. Most patients with dementia are looked after at home
:20:05. > :20:10.now, we need to make sure they are supported. High quality services
:20:10. > :20:13.jointly between the care. Thanks. And if you're worried that a member
:20:13. > :20:17.of your family may be showing early signs of dementia, Mike's advice is
:20:17. > :20:19.go first to your own GP who can make a referral to one of the
:20:19. > :20:22.memory clinics. Huge night in the Champions League
:20:22. > :20:25.tonight for both Manchester clubs, and quite a nervy night ahead too.
:20:25. > :20:35.Tony's out at the Etihaad Stadium where Manchester City face an
:20:35. > :20:39.
:20:39. > :20:47.unusual prospect. The first thing to say, Dyer -- Diane says don't
:20:47. > :20:50.worry it is a passing shower. the squad that was put together for
:20:50. > :20:53.�600m, the side that's five points clear at the top of the Premier
:20:53. > :20:56.League, the side that's unbeaten this season could lose out tonight.
:20:57. > :20:59.City play Bayern Munich who have already won the group and they must
:20:59. > :21:03.win to stand any chance of going through. If Napoli win against
:21:03. > :21:06.Villareal though - and Villareal have lost every game so far - City
:21:06. > :21:08.will go out whatever result they get tonight. The game has extra
:21:08. > :21:10.spice after Bayern Chief Executive Officer Karl Heinz Rumminiger
:21:10. > :21:13.predicted City will face difficulties with next season's
:21:13. > :21:22.financial fair play rules. Manager Roberto Mancini says he's not happy.
:21:22. > :21:28.I don't understand his behaviour begins Manchester City. It is six
:21:28. > :21:33.months and he talks every time, continues to say he hoped Naples
:21:33. > :21:36.goes through. I don't know what has happened with us. It's not plain
:21:36. > :21:39.sailing for Manchester United tonight either. Benfica should win
:21:39. > :21:43.their group so United must get a point in Basel tonight to probably
:21:43. > :21:48.finish second. Which could mean a next round tie against the likes of
:21:48. > :21:52.Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter or Bayern. A defeat for United tonight
:21:52. > :21:56.and they would go out at this stage for the first time since 2005, the
:21:56. > :22:04.only time it's happened before. Almost unthinkable. Sir Alex
:22:04. > :22:09.remains upbeat. Every year for the last few years, these players have
:22:09. > :22:19.been involved in semi-finals, quarter-finals and beat games in
:22:19. > :22:19.
:22:19. > :22:23.the Premier League. It is a big game, another one. The new chairman
:22:23. > :22:28.at Preston North End has been defending his appointment just 24
:22:28. > :22:33.hours after getting the job. He was in charge at Leeds when they had
:22:33. > :22:37.big debts. He says he has got the track record and he will get
:22:37. > :22:43.Preston back into the championship as a minimum requirement. On the
:22:43. > :22:49.pitch, Preston lost out in the Johnson paint Trophy northern semi-
:22:49. > :22:56.final last night. Better news for Oldham Athletic, who beat Bradford
:22:56. > :23:05.2-0. Breaking news tonight, soirees from Liverpool has been charged
:23:05. > :23:15.with improper conduct. That is after the defeat to Fulham on
:23:15. > :23:20.Monday. It is a big deal for both clubs here, the city is holding its
:23:20. > :23:28.breath. They have all the money in the world at Manchester City, and
:23:28. > :23:33.tonight they will need good luck as well. If Diana is still there, I
:23:33. > :23:39.will empty my head on to her lap. It is freezing, hailstones, I am
:23:39. > :23:43.out of here. The rain did stop, she was right! Northwest Tonight's got
:23:43. > :23:45.the X Factor, again! Last night we had Manchester's Misha B in the
:23:46. > :23:48.studio talking about her controversial exit from the show.
:23:48. > :23:50.Tonight we're with someone who did get through to the final,
:23:50. > :23:54.Liverpool's Marcus Collins. Today he was back on Merseyside,
:23:54. > :23:58.literally going back to his roots... A hair salon in Crosby. Eno went
:23:59. > :24:03.along to meet him. It is the stuff dreams are made of,
:24:03. > :24:07.returning to your old school practically as a superstar. X-
:24:07. > :24:15.factor finalist Marcus Collins flew into a school in Liverpool today to
:24:15. > :24:20.hundreds of screaming fans. He is basically a pupil that is proven,
:24:20. > :24:24.that is a role model who has proved you can work really hard and
:24:24. > :24:29.achieve what you want to achieve. It is a cold and windy day here,
:24:29. > :24:39.but a huge crowd had gathered to see Marcus returning to the place
:24:39. > :24:43.
:24:43. > :24:48.he used to work. Hello! All right? It is amazing to be home. He used
:24:48. > :24:56.to sing all the time, such a fun- loving guy. We were open until 10pm
:24:56. > :25:01.on Thursday, he would come straight from school. Such a live wire.
:25:01. > :25:09.is making locals very proud. The best thing in Waterloo, because
:25:09. > :25:15.nothing happens here. It is a sleepy place so this is mega.
:25:15. > :25:19.will put us on the map. We have shown they have talent. Crosby cake
:25:19. > :25:25.Company have baked him a special cake, and his partner David is very
:25:25. > :25:28.supportive. It would mean everything to him. He and his mum
:25:28. > :25:36.have struggled so much through their lives and it would give them
:25:36. > :25:46.a boost, it would mean everything to them.
:25:46. > :25:47.
:25:47. > :25:51.The wind has been incredibly strong today, 50-60 mph and I tell you
:25:51. > :25:56.this because you can expect to experience the same again tomorrow
:25:56. > :26:01.but we are adding a band of rain. When it moves away, the wind will
:26:01. > :26:05.get even stronger and the wintry weather comes in behind that.
:26:05. > :26:10.Through the day today, we have had a lot of showers, but not as many
:26:10. > :26:16.as we saw over the last two days. It has been a bit better on that
:26:16. > :26:20.score. This is the latest picture, but over the next few hours some
:26:20. > :26:24.could drive away and become clear. Towards midnight, you're
:26:24. > :26:31.temperatures could be potentially as low as one degree Celsius. There
:26:31. > :26:36.is a risk of ice forming. After midnight, this rain putsches in as
:26:36. > :26:41.we head towards the early hours of the morning. The Met Office have
:26:41. > :26:51.issued an amber warning for Cumbria, meaning the wind could be costing
:26:51. > :26:51.
:26:52. > :26:56.up to 60 mph. This band of rain will be with us all the way through
:26:56. > :26:59.the morning, perhaps until lunchtime. Temperatures will be
:26:59. > :27:04.peaking at lunchtime in double figures, very warm for the time of
:27:04. > :27:08.year, but as the day goes on they will fall away. The cold air get
:27:09. > :27:14.introduced, so by the time we get a tea time temperatures will be at
:27:14. > :27:21.about five degrees. As the rain pulls away, the wind could get even
:27:21. > :27:24.stronger, blowing up to 80 mph for a time. After that, colder air and
:27:24. > :27:29.we are still talking about snow in the forecast for Friday and