:00:19. > :00:26.A million more seats for rail passengers but commuters see it is
:00:26. > :00:33.not enough to end the problem of overcrowding. Also tonight, claims
:00:33. > :00:39.that this woman's son developed a barrier sleep disorder as a result
:00:39. > :00:49.of a flu vaccine. Charged with trying to blackmail Call Lane
:00:49. > :00:50.
:00:50. > :01:00.Relief -- calling Rennie, two men call in charge -- two men go on
:01:00. > :01:08.
:01:08. > :01:14.trial in Manchester. Also tonight, a warning of wintry weather on the
:01:14. > :01:18.way. We have wet weather on the way before that. The Met Office have
:01:18. > :01:23.issued a weather warning for that. After midnight the rain should
:01:23. > :01:30.gradually start to die out and will be replaced by a wintry conditions,
:01:30. > :01:34.we have another warning about that. Full details and the end of the
:01:34. > :01:37.programme. Squashed in like sardines with no room to move and
:01:37. > :01:40.no chance of a seat. Commuters on our region's trains have had to put
:01:40. > :01:43.up with chronic overcrowding, especially at rush-hour, for years.
:01:43. > :01:46.Today, 50 extra carriages were added to trains on some of the
:01:46. > :01:49.busiest routes across the north- west, to try to combat the problem.
:01:49. > :01:52.Northern Rail says the move will provide more than 1 million extra
:01:52. > :01:56.seats for passengers every year. But many commuters we spoke to says
:01:56. > :02:05.it does not go far enough. For many commuters, this is the reality of
:02:05. > :02:09.rush-hour. Crammed into carriages, too many passengers for seats.
:02:09. > :02:14.spent too many times pressed against other people stood up on
:02:14. > :02:19.the trains. It is not pleasant when it is particularly crowded,
:02:19. > :02:22.especially if it is really warm. Manchester last year, passengers
:02:22. > :02:24.stood on 33% of rush-hour teatime services. In Liverpool, it was 27%.
:02:24. > :02:28.This morning, Northern Rail added 50 extra carriages to its network.
:02:28. > :02:31.Six trains in the morning and five in the evening and afternoon will
:02:31. > :02:34.have over 4000 more seats. Among them, the 7: 13 from Leeds. But
:02:34. > :02:44.there were still people standing when it arrived at Manchester
:02:44. > :02:47.
:02:47. > :02:51.Victoria. For many, the carriages were not enough. This morning... I
:02:51. > :02:58.would say at the weekends on a Saturday night they could put more
:02:58. > :03:02.on. We went for the 8: 20 train and the lowest it about three minutes
:03:02. > :03:07.before it was due to set off because they could not get any more
:03:07. > :03:13.people on it. They turned about 50 people a week. Of course we would
:03:13. > :03:23.like to deploy more but to increase our fleet by 50 carriages is a
:03:23. > :03:29.
:03:29. > :03:36.major step forward. When Northern Rail to Colin be Ritz there -- took
:03:36. > :03:39.on the routes they did not expect a 40% increase in passenger numbers.
:03:39. > :03:42.Faced with such a jump in rail users, campaigners argue adding 50
:03:42. > :03:50.carriages is a drop in the ocean. But Northern Rail says it's a move
:03:50. > :03:55.in the right direction in tackling scenes like this. We are joined now
:03:55. > :04:00.by a campaigner. You must hear all the time about people having
:04:00. > :04:04.carriage doors shut on them. We do indeed. In if you had a blank
:04:04. > :04:11.cheque tomorrow morning and you could provide the right number of
:04:11. > :04:18.seats, what would you do? It was estimated back in 2006 that 180 new
:04:18. > :04:28.carriages were needed. How many seats is that each day? Do not ask
:04:28. > :04:31.
:04:31. > :04:37.me that! There are opportunities with electrification. This is one
:04:37. > :04:41.of the things we have heard in the Government budget? They are going
:04:41. > :04:45.to electrify Manchester to Leeds which is brilliant news but with
:04:45. > :04:50.that electrification process will come a load of surplus carriages
:04:50. > :04:57.and we are asking for those carriages to stay in the north-west
:04:57. > :05:02.and be used. People are not saying they won't fancy new trains but
:05:02. > :05:08.anything that they can use they want to use it. People cannot get
:05:08. > :05:15.on the train in the morning. Drink companies did not anticipate the
:05:15. > :05:21.40% increase in demand. I wonder why that is. -- train companies.
:05:21. > :05:27.The anticipated an increase in demand but I don't think anybody
:05:27. > :05:32.expected D X potential growth that we have had since the 19 nineties.
:05:32. > :05:38.What we do not want to do is go back to what we had in the 70s when
:05:38. > :05:41.people were either priced off the real or for stock of the railways
:05:41. > :05:47.back onto the roads again. obviously feel positive about what
:05:47. > :05:55.has happened today but it is not enough in itself. We will Cottier
:05:55. > :05:57.again. Thank you very much, see you soon. We've had a big response from
:05:58. > :06:00.many of you on this story today. Many nominating the most
:06:00. > :06:05.overcrowded route via Twitter, possibly from commuters on board
:06:05. > :06:08.one of the region's trains. Lady Littleton says the Manchester
:06:08. > :06:16.Airport to Barrow-in-Furness route often has only three carriages and
:06:16. > :06:22.is almost always overcrowded. Tom Elliot tweeted to say, without a
:06:22. > :06:26.doubt, the Manchester to Clitheroe route. I get on at Bolton and quite
:06:26. > :06:30.frankly it's a severe health hazard. Ben Blackman writes, easy. Ormskirk
:06:30. > :06:37.to Preston. One line, one carriage. Always standing room only in
:06:37. > :06:40.morning and evening. Is there any other one carriage service? And
:06:40. > :06:50.James Athie jokes that the Wigan to Manchester Victoria Line is such as
:06:50. > :06:51.
:06:51. > :06:57.squash that it should be sponsored by John West. What were you going
:06:57. > :07:01.to say? Some of those routes will be sorted out by the
:07:01. > :07:08.electrification of the Manchester to Preston and Blackpool but the
:07:08. > :07:13.one that comes in to Victoria, the announcement as part of the
:07:13. > :07:18.northern hub solution will join up Victoria with Piccadilly which is
:07:18. > :07:21.more good news. Thank you, that will hopefully cheer someone up.
:07:21. > :07:24.The mother of a seven year-old from Liverpool who was struck down with
:07:24. > :07:27.a rare sleeping disorder says she believes her son's illness could be
:07:27. > :07:29.linked to a vaccination he was given for swine flu. Pauline
:07:30. > :07:33.Carlton says her son was given Pandemrix several months after
:07:33. > :07:36.researchers in Finland found a 12 fold increase in cases of a rare
:07:36. > :07:46.condition called narcolepsy. The injection is no longer in use but
:07:46. > :07:48.
:07:48. > :07:55.Pauline says it should have been withdrawn sooner. This woman had
:07:55. > :08:05.her whole family vaccinated against swine flu but within weeks of the
:08:05. > :08:11.jab her son developed narcolepsy. He also developed a apoplexy which
:08:11. > :08:16.makes his muscles collapse if he laughs work gets excited. He used
:08:16. > :08:24.to do the most humorous and silly things to make me laugh. Now he
:08:24. > :08:32.cannot. The vaccine was given to almost one million children in the
:08:32. > :08:37.UK. Only seven children have been reported to have developed
:08:37. > :08:47.narcolepsy here but it has been reported from Finland that the
:08:47. > :08:47.
:08:47. > :08:54.injection may have had something to do with his illness. Before 2010 we
:08:54. > :09:01.have had one child less than nine years of age diagnosed, that was in
:09:01. > :09:07.2003. Now already in June I had five. Around 70 more cases of child
:09:07. > :09:11.narcolepsy then came to light so in the middle of 2010 Finland with
:09:11. > :09:16.true Pandemrix and alerted the regulator and the British
:09:16. > :09:23.Government. This woman is upset that she was not told of these
:09:24. > :09:31.concerns before she allowed her son to be given Pandemrix. It has left
:09:31. > :09:36.my child with a disability for the rest of his life. The manufacturers
:09:36. > :09:41.of the vaccine do not think there is a link between Pandemrix and
:09:41. > :09:46.narcolepsy. Patient safety is of the utmost importance to us. You
:09:46. > :09:52.would not pick out a drug or leave it out there if we thought there
:09:52. > :09:56.was a health issue. The watchdog says a similar risk of narcolepsy
:09:56. > :10:02.has not yet been confirmed in countries other than Finland and
:10:02. > :10:08.Sweden. But this woman believes many other families in the UK could
:10:08. > :10:17.be suffering in ignorance and silence. And there's more on that
:10:17. > :10:20.story in tonight's Inside Out at 7:30 on BBC One. A man appeared in
:10:20. > :10:24.court today, charged with the murder of his landlady and her
:10:24. > :10:28.mother in Southport. The bodies of Angela Holgate, who was 54, and 75-
:10:28. > :10:30.year-old Alice Huyton were found at Mrs Holgate's home last weekend.
:10:30. > :10:38.51-year-old Barry Morrow was remanded in custody and will appear
:10:38. > :10:41.before Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday. The MP Tim Farron has
:10:41. > :10:43.written to the South Cumbrian coroner - to find out if the
:10:43. > :10:47.removal of coronary services at Westmorland General Hospital has
:10:47. > :10:53.lead to an increase in death rates. The Coronary Care Unit was
:10:54. > :10:58.relocated to Lancaster Royal Infirmary two years ago. Artwork by
:10:58. > :11:02.prisoners on the Isle of Man has gone on display in a museum. Castle
:11:02. > :11:06.Rushen, a former prison, has been decorated for Christmas. It
:11:06. > :11:14.includes festive paintings and children's games made by inmates. A
:11:14. > :11:18.third of the prisoners have taken part in arts and craft classes. A
:11:18. > :11:23.man from Blackburn who was jailed for killing his wife and dumping
:11:23. > :11:27.her body in a French fleet has told a court in France that he had no
:11:27. > :11:34.reason to kill her. He is being tried for the third time for
:11:34. > :11:38.manslaughter. He has always claimed his wife's death was an accident.
:11:38. > :11:45.He appeared remarkably calm in court facing trial for the third
:11:45. > :11:49.time. He is taking a big gamble. Under French law, if you appeal and
:11:49. > :11:54.lose, you're sentence is substantially increased. He was
:11:54. > :12:00.found guilty for manslaughter the first time, if found guilty of
:12:00. > :12:06.murder this time he will face a new jail term of 30 years compared to
:12:06. > :12:12.the 12 he is currently serving. His wife's body was found in a car at
:12:12. > :12:18.the bottom of a lake near their home two years after she went
:12:18. > :12:24.missing. He has always claimed she must have driven into the lake by
:12:24. > :12:30.accident after a night of heavy drinking. His brother believes in
:12:30. > :12:36.his innocence. The stress levels are unbelievable. We have had that
:12:36. > :12:39.since the year 2000 when it happened. The family of the dead
:12:39. > :12:45.women say they simply want a verdict that will allow them to get
:12:45. > :12:51.on with their lives. We feel our lives have been put on hold for the
:12:51. > :12:55.last 11 years waiting for the finish of this terrible story.
:12:55. > :13:01.police officer for Lancashire has come here for the trial. He will
:13:01. > :13:11.give evidence in relation to the investigation into the woman's
:13:11. > :13:14.death. My brave handsome soldier boy, fearless in everything. A
:13:14. > :13:21.tribute from the mother of at Liverpool soldier who was buried
:13:21. > :13:29.today. He was killed by an improvised bomb in Afghanistan last
:13:29. > :13:39.month. Our Merseyside reporter was where everyone was paying respect
:13:39. > :13:40.
:13:40. > :13:46.to end today. The cortege of the Lance Corporal arrived. His coffin
:13:47. > :13:53.was taken inside the cathedral. Attribute was read on behalf of the
:13:53. > :14:00.family. He was a huge character. A daredevil and nothing stopped him
:14:00. > :14:06.achieving his goals. He was 25 and from the Dingle area of Liverpool.
:14:06. > :14:16.He was killed by a roadside bomb last month. It was his second tour
:14:16. > :14:18.
:14:18. > :14:23.of duty and he also served in Iraq. The priest spoke for his mother
:14:23. > :14:27.during the service. You had so many scrapes and cruises when you were
:14:27. > :14:33.little because you were such a daredevil, nothing stop you, just
:14:33. > :14:43.like now, you grew up to be a brave big man. That is why you became a
:14:43. > :14:44.
:14:44. > :14:49.soldier, fearless in everything you He was buried in a private ceremony
:14:49. > :14:59.later. As the cortege left, mourners broke into spontaneous
:14:59. > :15:05.
:15:05. > :15:14.applause. Still to come on the programme: Why
:15:14. > :15:18.it all went so wrong at the weekend for Amir Khan.
:15:18. > :15:24.Another contender was knocked out but for Marcus Collins, coming
:15:24. > :15:27.second could yet be a key factor. A couple tried to blackmail Colleen
:15:27. > :15:31.Rooney after getting hold of her camera which contained hundreds of
:15:31. > :15:35.family photographs. Steven Malcolm and Jennifer Green are said to have
:15:35. > :15:37.demanded �5000 for the return of the pictures. They were arrested
:15:37. > :15:47.following an undercover police operation and are now on trial at
:15:47. > :15:49.
:15:49. > :15:52.Manchester Crown Court where we can join our chief reporter Dave Guest.
:15:52. > :15:58.Explain to us how Colleen Rooney appeared to have become separated
:15:58. > :16:03.from her phone? It was made in last year when she had gone to watch a
:16:03. > :16:07.concert in Manchester. The party had a private box at the Arena but
:16:07. > :16:12.some time during the evening, she and the camera became separated.
:16:12. > :16:16.She later reported it as stolen. Nearly three months passed and then
:16:16. > :16:21.there was a telephone call to the Old Trafford ground and a man said
:16:21. > :16:27.he had the camera and a memory card containing 400 pictures and he was
:16:27. > :16:35.willing to return it for a price of �1000. Club officials got involved
:16:35. > :16:38.and and announced to the black pillar,, so, too, did the police.
:16:38. > :16:45.What are the prosecution have to say about the people on trial
:16:45. > :16:49.today? The two people in the dock here in court Ark Steven Malcolm
:16:49. > :16:55.and Jennifer Green. They are said to be too out of three people
:16:55. > :17:01.involved in hatching this plot. The third person being Jennifer Green's
:17:01. > :17:04.partner. He admitted blackmail previously. The two in the dock
:17:04. > :17:08.deny those charges but in court today, it was said that Steven
:17:08. > :17:14.Malcolm accepts it was he who went to that meeting that the undercover
:17:14. > :17:19.police officer. Do we expect Colleen Rooney to give evidence?
:17:19. > :17:21.she will not appear in court. Today, the officer gave his evidence from
:17:21. > :17:26.behind a screen and he will continue giving his evidence
:17:26. > :17:29.tomorrow. Richard is here with the sport and
:17:29. > :17:37.we were hoping to be talking about another impressive win for Amir
:17:37. > :17:39.Khan but it all went rather wrong, didn't it? It did. Amir lost both
:17:39. > :17:45.of his world-title belts after controversial defeat to Lamont
:17:45. > :17:47.Peterson in the American's home city of Washington. Amir and his
:17:48. > :17:53.camp are furious about the refereeing in particular, this is
:17:53. > :17:55.what they're talking about. He twice had a point taken away for
:17:55. > :17:59.what the referee judged to be persistent holding down and pushing
:17:59. > :18:05.and those two points were the difference. On top of that were
:18:05. > :18:08.complaints about the scorecard. One of the judges gave him a card which
:18:08. > :18:12.appeared to show he had initially given a round to Amir before
:18:12. > :18:15.scribbling it out and giving it the other way. Probably just a slip of
:18:15. > :18:18.the pencil. Having said all that, some of the boxing correspondents
:18:18. > :18:21.who were at the fight had told me that in their view, a Amir's
:18:21. > :18:30.approach was at least partly to blame. Here is what the man himself
:18:30. > :18:33.had to say. I want a rematch straight away. I want my two titles
:18:33. > :18:41.back. We know who won that fight and I am sure everyone knows who
:18:41. > :18:46.won that fight. What is next for Amir Khan?
:18:46. > :18:50.A rematch. He has tweeted today saying it is 99% certain. I was in
:18:50. > :18:59.touch with his dad over the weekend who says he has no doubt this a
:18:59. > :19:02.setback. Amir reckons it puts him back a year. He was hoping to fight
:19:02. > :19:05.the man regarded as the best fighter in the world, Floyd
:19:05. > :19:10.Mayweather who beat Ricky Hatton of course in 2012. It won't be
:19:10. > :19:13.possible until 2013 now at least. A rematch which will probably happen
:19:13. > :19:16.in March in Las Vegas is on the cards.
:19:16. > :19:19.Football - as Manchester City prepare for tonight's huge game at
:19:19. > :19:22.Stamford Bridge, Mario Balotelli is in trouble again. He has been
:19:22. > :19:24.accused of breaking a curfew imposed by Roberto Mancini after
:19:24. > :19:29.being spotted in a Manchester restaurant after midnight on
:19:29. > :19:33.Saturday and could face disciplinary action. City have
:19:33. > :19:36.rejected an offer from AC Milan to take Carlos Tevez on loan. It is
:19:36. > :19:39.reported there could soon be a bid from Paris St Germain. City are
:19:39. > :19:47.unbeaten in the League but know Chelsea will provide a real
:19:47. > :19:55.challenge. Chelsea have proved in the last
:19:55. > :19:59.three or four weeks that they are a fantastic team. They have important
:19:59. > :20:04.players with experience and everything.
:20:04. > :20:08.Full commentary on that match on BBC Radio Manchester at 8pm.
:20:08. > :20:11.From the top of the table, let's look now at the three North West
:20:11. > :20:14.teams stuck in the relegation zone. A win for Wigan boosted their boss
:20:14. > :20:20.Roberto Martinez but pressure is growing on the Bolton and Blackburn
:20:20. > :20:23.managers after they both lost at the weekend.
:20:23. > :20:26.They have been on the slide for some time. Now Bolton have,
:20:26. > :20:35.according to the table at least, reached the bottom. Owen Coyle's
:20:35. > :20:38.popularity among supporters seemed to be dwindling. There is
:20:38. > :20:43.separately at turning tide as far as the Bolton fans are concerned.
:20:44. > :20:48.There are those that believe the chairman is a big fan of all and
:20:48. > :20:52.and he might retain him even if they were to go down in two The
:20:52. > :20:54.Championship. How much time has Steve Kean got to stop Blackburn
:20:54. > :20:57.going the same way? Things looked promising at Sunderland until two
:20:57. > :21:00.late goals did for Rovers. Today the club's owners denied newspaper
:21:00. > :21:04.reports that Blackburn's financial future is at risk. Wigan's Premier
:21:04. > :21:07.League future is still at risk despite a big win at West Brom.
:21:07. > :21:14.They remain in the bottom three but goals from Victor Moses and Jordi
:21:14. > :21:17.Gomez moved them above their North West rivals. A bad week but a good
:21:17. > :21:26.weekend for Manchester United. Two goals for Nani and two more for
:21:26. > :21:32.Wayne Rooney closed the gap on City to two points. Part of our nature
:21:32. > :21:35.is that we recover well. In the Football League, Blackpool were
:21:35. > :21:38.disappointed to only leave Southampton with a point. After the
:21:38. > :21:40.Saints keeper let this shot slip through his fingers, the Seasiders
:21:41. > :21:46.let two points slip through theirs when Rickie Lambert levelled late
:21:46. > :21:49.on. The less said about League One, the better. Only Preston picked up
:21:49. > :21:53.a point and they didn't manage a goal. Accrington were our only
:21:53. > :22:03.winners in League Two. A pair of carbon-copy goals at AFC Wimbledon
:22:03. > :22:05.
:22:05. > :22:12.enough to give them a first away win of the season.
:22:12. > :22:20.Finally, a bad case of mistaken Sir Chris Hoy has apparently been
:22:20. > :22:27.wrongly targeted on Twitter by Spurs fans, angry at referee Chris
:22:27. > :22:36.foyer. He made several controversial decisions but poor
:22:36. > :22:41.Chris Hoy has been taking it. He was so close but at the last
:22:41. > :22:44.minute, Marcus Collins was pipped to the post for the X Factor title.
:22:44. > :22:48.The 23 year-old hairdresser from Crosby was beaten by a girl group,
:22:48. > :22:51.Little Mix, for the prize of a recording contract last night. It
:22:51. > :22:54.is the third time a Merseysider has been runner-up but on Merseyside
:22:54. > :23:04.today, his supporters said they couldn't be prouder and the winner
:23:04. > :23:05.
:23:05. > :23:11.does not necessarily take it all. The winner of the X Factor 2011
:23:11. > :23:17.is... Little next! Marcus Collins was never favourite to win the X
:23:17. > :23:21.Factor, they had been high hopes for his success this year. The
:23:21. > :23:31.auditions and to Liverpool for the first time and found three solo
:23:31. > :23:31.
:23:31. > :23:35.contestants. It was Marcus Collins who made it to the final. He went
:23:35. > :23:40.back to his school, I hero last week but although he didn't take
:23:40. > :23:44.the title, his supporters here say he is a winner in their eyes.
:23:44. > :23:47.genuine disappointment but we are all proud of him. He has been a
:23:47. > :23:51.fantastic role model to the school and we're so proud of what he has
:23:51. > :23:56.achieved. Perhaps missing out on the X Factor title isn't such a bad
:23:56. > :24:05.thing. In the past three years, it is the runners up a have had the
:24:05. > :24:11.biggest album sales. Last year it was one direction and last night's
:24:11. > :24:16.Rebecca Ferguson. Ray quint is another runner up from Liverpool
:24:16. > :24:23.who now has a successful singing and acting career. It is no big
:24:23. > :24:26.deal coming second at all. I have had five years of good work and I'm
:24:27. > :24:33.still working so on the show, when you don't win, there is less
:24:33. > :24:43.pressure. There are reports today that there Gary Barlow wants to
:24:43. > :24:43.
:24:43. > :24:51.help him get a recording. This expert disagrees. He is an
:24:51. > :24:58.entertainer, he can entertain. you think he can say goodbye to his
:24:58. > :25:04.hairdressing career? I think so. Here's to Marcus Collins cutting it
:25:04. > :25:14.in his next career! I have been humming that song all
:25:14. > :25:16.
:25:16. > :25:22.day. A look now at the weather There are only three presents
:25:22. > :25:26.underneath history! It is Monday and we have a matter
:25:26. > :25:33.of this weather warning for every single day this week. I am afraid
:25:33. > :25:37.the conditions are far from ideal. It has been fairly ghastly today.
:25:38. > :25:47.Up to 45 miles an hour and this is the biggest story. We have a band
:25:48. > :25:49.
:25:49. > :25:52.of rain that will push its way in over the next couple of hours. This
:25:52. > :25:56.blanket of rain will be around until midnight tonight and then
:25:56. > :26:00.after that, the picture will start to change again and by the time we
:26:00. > :26:06.get to eat too am in the morning, the remote gradually start to die
:26:06. > :26:10.away. The Met Office have issued another warning that once the rain
:26:10. > :26:14.clears, we will be looking at wintry conditions piling in. As we
:26:14. > :26:23.head towards the early hours of the morning, some snow but not
:26:24. > :26:29.exclusively in the highest parts. We have winds with snow included.
:26:29. > :26:33.Temperatures will fall along the coast and then tomorrow, not a
:26:33. > :26:40.pretty picture. You can see the wintry showers and a south-westerly
:26:40. > :26:47.wind. Definitely falling as snow in higher parts. But for parts of
:26:47. > :26:50.Lancaster and Cumbria, the snow could be at low levels as well.
:26:50. > :26:56.Anywhere to the south of the rebels stands a better chance of missing
:26:56. > :27:02.the shires but it will be too close to call. It's just stay, they could
:27:02. > :27:05.be some snow from time to time in your area. In terms of temperatures,
:27:05. > :27:14.it wasn't wonderful today but with that went, it will feel rock out
:27:14. > :27:24.and about. Looking and feeling country.
:27:24. > :27:26.
:27:26. > :27:30.Don't trip on those presence! We were joking about mistaken
:27:30. > :27:37.identities. There is a man called Roger Johnson who plays for Wolves