:00:04. > :00:09.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Ranvir Singh and Tony
:00:09. > :00:12.Livesey. Our top story: Changes at the top - new board
:00:12. > :00:16.members are imposed on the region's most beleaguered heath Trusts - but
:00:16. > :00:18.the man who runs it stays. We'll be asking what today's
:00:18. > :00:21.announcements means for the staff and patients of the Morecambe Bay
:00:21. > :00:24.NHS Trust. Also tonight:
:00:24. > :00:27.All change to proposed cuts in special needs - the Salford leader
:00:27. > :00:34.orders a review of plans to reduce support for deaf children and the
:00:34. > :00:37.elderly disabled in the city. No sign of Lord Sugar - but
:00:37. > :00:40.apprentices are making a comeback and giving hope to the longterm
:00:40. > :00:46.unemployed. Boardwalk Empire - we meet the
:00:46. > :00:49.family who loved Blackpool's North Pier so much they bought it.
:00:49. > :00:59.And the Diamond Queen - we remember when the newly crowned Elizabeth
:00:59. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:09.visited the North West and we hear And of course we've got all the
:01:09. > :01:12.sport with Richard. Yes we'll hear from Steven Gerrard
:01:12. > :01:16.on Luis Suarez who could be back for Liverpool tonight, Wayne Rooney
:01:16. > :01:22.on David de Gea and after all the games that bit the dust because of
:01:22. > :01:25.the bad weather, are artificial pitches the future?
:01:25. > :01:30.And we've had loads of emails on your memories of the Queen, which
:01:30. > :01:33.we'll read at the end of the programme.
:01:33. > :01:36.They've been given warning after warning, chance after chance to
:01:36. > :01:39.turn things around but tonight the people who run the troubled trust
:01:39. > :01:45.with hospitals in Lancaster and South Cumbria have been told they
:01:45. > :01:48.alone cannot be trusted to make things better. Monitor - one of the
:01:48. > :01:54.NHS regulators - has announced that they are appointing new people to
:01:54. > :01:56.the trust's board - the chief executive though keeps his job.
:01:56. > :01:59.Tonight the hospital trust has apologised to anyone who has
:01:59. > :02:07.suffered as a result of their recent failings. Our health
:02:07. > :02:12.correspondent Laura Yates is here now.
:02:12. > :02:16.Make no mistake, this is the latest in a long line of stories about
:02:16. > :02:21.this trust and is hugely significant. It is effectively
:02:21. > :02:26.saying, we do not trust you to run this hospital alone. You need help
:02:26. > :02:32.and now. They are putting in place an interim chair to oversee the
:02:32. > :02:37.board. This is Sir David Henshall, former chair of NHS north-west. He
:02:37. > :02:41.will join the trust along with a number of others to work alongside
:02:41. > :02:47.cheap Dat -- chief executive Tony Halsall, who has refused to step
:02:47. > :02:55.down. This now looks at the trust is in special measures. It is a
:02:55. > :03:03.welcome and extreme over what -- intervention. For months now, this
:03:03. > :03:06.trust has been under close scrutiny. First, its maternity services were
:03:06. > :03:11.investigated and told to improve by many different bodies following an
:03:11. > :03:17.inquest into the death of an infant. Then it's an -- its appointments
:03:17. > :03:24.system. 19,000 appointments Mr because of a faulty computer. Most
:03:24. > :03:29.recently, accident and emergency services, too few nurses on duty.
:03:29. > :03:35.Now it says monitor, at the trust board must be strengthened. Here is
:03:35. > :03:42.what patients we have spoken to think. I had my head down here are
:03:42. > :03:47.a little while ago. I had a pacemaker and I have no complaints.
:03:47. > :03:51.I have no complaints with the appointment system. In December, my
:03:51. > :03:57.husband came to accident and emergency and she was treated OK,
:03:57. > :04:00.shall I say, but I was not totally happy how you were sent home.
:04:00. > :04:05.hospital trust has told us to night that they welcomed the appointments.
:04:05. > :04:08.They say they have been working hard to improve over the last few
:04:08. > :04:12.months that have to night apologised to anyone who has
:04:12. > :04:14.suffered as a result of their recent failings.
:04:14. > :04:17.Salford Council is to postpone controversial plans to reduce
:04:17. > :04:21.support services for deaf children and close day centres for the
:04:21. > :04:24.elderly. The council leader says its because he's been listening to
:04:24. > :04:28.those who criticised the changes. His political opponents insist he
:04:28. > :04:37.had more selfish motive for backtracking. Our Chief Reporter,
:04:37. > :04:42.Dave Guest has the story. Cutting support for deaf children
:04:42. > :04:46.and closing day centres for elderly people, proposals that were never
:04:46. > :04:51.likely to be crowd-pleasers. A suggestion to reduce the number of
:04:51. > :04:56.support teachers were youngsters that he AMOS From to 3,000 people
:04:56. > :05:01.to sign up protest petition. They would struggle with work at school
:05:01. > :05:06.because they did not have that back-up support. Plans to close
:05:06. > :05:12.three day centres for the elder because an outcry. -- it was
:05:12. > :05:16.somewhere be met friends and it is hard to make friends. Now the
:05:16. > :05:20.leader of Salford Council has announced a rethink. In regard to
:05:20. > :05:24.these issues, I think it would be a nice idea to bring parents and as
:05:24. > :05:27.well as members to go through the issue at to see if we can move
:05:27. > :05:31.forward with a series of recommendations as to how to move
:05:31. > :05:35.the money most effectively. In respect of day centres, and have
:05:35. > :05:41.asked officers to Galway and have a look at how we can best use those
:05:41. > :05:48.buildings. For now, there will be no change for the teaching
:05:48. > :05:54.provision for deaf children and the day centres that was that at --
:05:54. > :05:59.that where sentenced have won a reprieve. The leader says he has
:05:59. > :06:03.listened to people, but his opponents have think -- think he
:06:03. > :06:06.has another motive. The Lib Dems say it is because he is running for
:06:06. > :06:14.mayor this spring. It will not be for the well-being of people
:06:14. > :06:17.concerned, it will be to protect his own back. In the run-up to May,
:06:17. > :06:21.I have the responsibility of still continuing to help run the city.
:06:21. > :06:25.Are they going to say this about every single decision I make from
:06:25. > :06:29.now until May? Meanwhile, service users at the centre of all this
:06:29. > :06:32.will have to wait to see what the long-term future holds.
:06:32. > :06:36.And we will be looking at this issue over the next couple of
:06:36. > :06:39.weeks.We'd like to hear from you if you have a child with a disability
:06:39. > :06:44.whose support is under threat or has been reduced because of budget
:06:44. > :06:47.cuts. Send your details to us here at nwt@bbc.co.uk.
:06:47. > :06:52.Police say they hunting a gang of teenagers who attacked a bus in
:06:52. > :06:55.Salford, smashing a window and terrifying passengers. A missile
:06:55. > :07:01.was thrown through the window and the bus was left stranded as one of
:07:01. > :07:03.the youths pressed the bus's emergency stop button.
:07:04. > :07:08.The publishers of the Farmers' Guardian - which is produced in
:07:08. > :07:11.Preston - have sold the title as part of a �10 million deal. 57
:07:11. > :07:15.people are employed at the paper and its sister title the Dairy
:07:15. > :07:18.Farmer. The new owners - Briefing Media - say they intend to invest
:07:18. > :07:21.in the titles. A witness in the Rhys Jones murder
:07:21. > :07:27.inquiry has been given �80,000 in compensation after his identity was
:07:27. > :07:30.revealed by Merseyside Police. The man gave information to the police
:07:30. > :07:34.following the 11-year-old's murder in August 2007, on the basis he
:07:34. > :07:39.would not be identified. But his name was passed to solicitors
:07:39. > :07:42.acting for the gang who stood trial over the killing.
:07:42. > :07:46.Ten workers have been taken to hospital after a chemical spillage
:07:46. > :07:49.at the Royal Seaforth Container Base on Merseyside. Three
:07:49. > :07:52.ambulances were called to the docks at about twenty past two this
:07:52. > :07:57.afternoon when people began feeling ill after inhaling chemical fumes.
:07:57. > :08:00.None of the casualties is thought to be seriously affected.
:08:00. > :08:02.With youth unemployment at record levels, it was hoped the
:08:02. > :08:08.Apprenticeship scheme would provide real job opportunities to those who
:08:08. > :08:13.need it most. But is it failing 16 to 24 year olds? The majority of
:08:13. > :08:15.placements end up with over 25s. So is public money well spent? Or
:08:15. > :08:25.should it be directed elsewhere? Here's our economics correspondent
:08:25. > :08:26.
:08:26. > :08:32.Jayne Barrett. Darren is used to driving something
:08:32. > :08:36.else. But for today, it is something a little bigger. After
:08:36. > :08:42.two years out of work he finally got an apprenticeship here at this
:08:42. > :08:50.training academy. How is it going? Great. I would like to progress
:08:51. > :08:57.into other things, not just driving. Apprenticeships are not new, but
:08:57. > :09:02.there is a renewed interest in them. 25% of employers offer
:09:02. > :09:07.apprenticeships here, the national average is 17%. Two-thirds of
:09:07. > :09:12.apprenticeships I filled by the over 20 fives. Stop arts get full
:09:12. > :09:16.funding for Darren's training because he is under 25, but that
:09:16. > :09:22.drops significantly for the over 20 fives. Even with the cash incentive,
:09:22. > :09:25.they still prefer older trainees. The work ethic is not quite there.
:09:25. > :09:31.That is something that we need to train them to get them to
:09:31. > :09:35.understand. Here at this, they took on apprenticeships it --
:09:35. > :09:42.apprenticeships into their sixties. Why should Government money be
:09:42. > :09:48.spent on this age group? shouldn't it? I have had a very
:09:48. > :09:55.successful career. Jaguar to contact more than 1000 last year,
:09:55. > :09:58.the Cork and Manchester 11 under. The Government can only hope that
:09:58. > :10:02.the scheme will start to have more of an impact on those who need it
:10:02. > :10:05.most. At a time when pubs are closing
:10:05. > :10:08.hand over fist, when the economy is showing precious few signs of any
:10:08. > :10:11.serious growth, you might conclude the last few years have been a bad
:10:11. > :10:15.time to run a brewery. Well, think again. The Lancaster Brewery
:10:15. > :10:18.started life as a tiny micro brewery just seven years ago. Today
:10:18. > :10:21.it's officially opened a brand new, expanded operation. And its beers
:10:21. > :10:29.are being enjoyed by drinkers around the world. Peter Marshall
:10:29. > :10:34.reports. Theirs is a different view on what
:10:34. > :10:43.most would say have been tough economic times. Is there no
:10:43. > :10:48.recession? We have not really seen it. Three friends launched at the
:10:48. > :10:55.Manchester -- Lancaster a brewery in 2005. It was then cast as a
:10:55. > :11:00.micro-brewery. Now, in a new custom-built premises, they will
:11:00. > :11:06.rue 35,000 pints of Castile every week. How has it thrive to when the
:11:06. > :11:12.pub and drink sector has suffered? * up blaming other people. Stop
:11:12. > :11:18.blaming the Government. Stop blaming the smoking ban. Found the
:11:18. > :11:24.Lord that we have one, can you imagine going back to that? There
:11:24. > :11:28.are too many excuses. The plan now is to kick -- is not to kickback
:11:28. > :11:32.and dressed, what they are hoping to do is double the amount they are
:11:32. > :11:37.currently producing. They have just signed a deal to export have a
:11:37. > :11:42.million bottles of beer for to the United States. The cast brand is
:11:42. > :11:48.already drunk in 42 United States, as well as Fen Road -- Finland,
:11:48. > :11:52.Denmark, Sweden and Lithuania. is one thing to go into a pub down
:11:52. > :11:56.the road and see a beer, to think it is several miles -- several
:11:56. > :12:03.thousand miles away and people are enjoying it, it is a great credit
:12:03. > :12:13.to the team. From Mike origins, it is now classed as a regional brewer.
:12:13. > :12:15.
:12:15. > :12:20.Six s in it strained economic times. Still to come: 23 G or not three g,
:12:20. > :12:24.will be looked at the question of artificial pictures.
:12:24. > :12:32.And the romantic tale behind the restoration of one of Blackpool's
:12:33. > :12:37.main attractions. One couple's love story turns full circle.
:12:37. > :12:42.Sport now. A huge match tonight. There are a lot of column inches
:12:42. > :12:49.about the match tonight. Yes. The Uruguayan is up for
:12:49. > :12:52.selection after his two-match ban. You would expect him to feature,
:12:52. > :12:57.even though manager Kenny Dalglish has refused to say one way or
:12:57. > :13:02.another. If and when he does, Steven Gerrard says it will be a
:13:02. > :13:06.big boost. He has been missed, so the lads are looking forward to
:13:06. > :13:11.welcoming him back. Hopefully he can help us put on to achieve the
:13:11. > :13:16.things that we set out to achieve. I'm sure you will.
:13:16. > :13:20.It is very foggy and Anfield tonight. There is no word weather
:13:20. > :13:25.of the kick-off will be in doubt. Definitely worth checking the
:13:25. > :13:28.latest news. We will have full commentary if it goes ahead.
:13:28. > :13:32.Liverpool fans can start looking forward to Manchester to knighted
:13:32. > :13:37.at the weekend. United fans will still be talking about the game
:13:37. > :13:42.last night. What a game it was. Three all. On a
:13:42. > :13:50.sour note, of Rio Ferdinand was booed by its sections of the home
:13:50. > :13:53.crowd. John Terry is being tried for allegedly abusing his brother.
:13:53. > :13:58.Those two dropped points now mean that Manchester City and a couple
:13:58. > :14:08.clear at the top. 10 minutes after half-time, United looked dead and
:14:08. > :14:10.
:14:10. > :14:14.buried. It was a sense of, let us get out of here. At full-time, the
:14:14. > :14:19.men looked back on and never-say- die come back, which keeps their
:14:19. > :14:24.title challenge very much alive and kicking. You need character to win
:14:24. > :14:29.leagues. Most players in their it deserve everything beget. After
:14:29. > :14:36.having one penalty shout waved away, they were then awarded to. Both
:14:36. > :14:46.were converted by Wayne Rainey. The rest then it made it that pressure
:14:46. > :14:51.
:14:51. > :14:59.tell. A. They hung on to, thanks to a couple be excellent saves. I have
:14:59. > :15:04.seen him training. I think you would be one of the best. With
:15:04. > :15:14.Leeds United to chasing city at the top after a good loser breezed past
:15:14. > :15:20.
:15:20. > :15:30.Fulham in snowstorm conditions. They scored three without reply. A
:15:30. > :15:33.
:15:33. > :15:36.comprehensive win and the only real Holloway rejected the offer for
:15:37. > :15:41.Matt Phillips before he scored twice against Cardiff on Saturday.
:15:41. > :15:48.Kevin Phillips scored an equaliser. The Seasiders are now in fourth
:15:48. > :15:51.place. Burnley are still in touch with the play-off places after a
:15:51. > :15:57.brilliant goal from Jay Rodriguez made it 1-1 against Peterborough.
:15:57. > :16:03.There was not a single lead one or two game that beat the bad weather.
:16:03. > :16:12.The reduced fixtures or let -- fixture list has added weight to
:16:12. > :16:15.calls for artificial pitches. Widnes Vikings have become one of
:16:15. > :16:24.the first team so to install a synthetic pitch. Stuart has gone to
:16:24. > :16:27.weight up the arguments. -- to weigh up the arguments.
:16:27. > :16:36.Some clubs experimented with plastic pitches before they were
:16:36. > :16:39.banned. Now artificial pitches are back on the agenda.
:16:39. > :16:46.Friday was Widnes' big night but it only went ahead because a big
:16:46. > :16:49.investment in a new 3G i-pitch. It cost �500,000. We feel's Richie
:16:50. > :16:55.Mathers said it cost him the skin on his knees. He tweeted his
:16:55. > :17:01.picture and called the picture atrocious. There were a couple of
:17:01. > :17:06.grazed knees and elbows. The conditions were not ideally suited
:17:06. > :17:11.to playing the sport that we play. Not only was Friday paused --
:17:11. > :17:15.Friday's match able to go ahead, but two further games and training
:17:15. > :17:19.sessions took place on the pitch at the weekend. It will be in use
:17:19. > :17:23.every day this week. That is attractive to a club like a kitten
:17:23. > :17:28.-- Accrington Stanley, who are keen to install an artificial pitch.
:17:28. > :17:31.have to look at the commercial benefits. If it helps Accrington
:17:31. > :17:39.stay in the Football League and progress it has to be worth looking
:17:39. > :17:46.at. We consider ourselves pioneers it, in that sense. -- pioneers, in
:17:46. > :17:49.that sense. This is the best grass pitch on the day, every day of the
:17:49. > :17:54.year. Traditionalists say that rugby
:17:54. > :18:00.league should be played on real grass. But more may take a look at
:18:00. > :18:05.artificial pitches if the weather continues this way.
:18:05. > :18:11.You can see an in-depth report on efforts to cope with the winter
:18:11. > :18:16.weather and artificial pitches on Late Kick Off tonight. Immediately
:18:16. > :18:19.after that is the Superleague Show. It features action from all five
:18:19. > :18:23.north-west clubs, including the return of Widnes to Super League
:18:23. > :18:31.and Salford's first game in their new stadium. He was on to his agent
:18:31. > :18:38.straight away. Why is the show not Salford and Widnes both lost at the
:18:38. > :18:45.weekend, as did... Saints fought back against the London Broncos to
:18:45. > :18:53.come out on top by 34-24. Last season's Grand Final runners-up ran
:18:53. > :18:56.in five tries to overpower the Broncos.
:18:56. > :19:00.Thank you, Richard. Peter Sedgwick loves the North Pier
:19:00. > :19:06.at Blackpool. It has so many happy memories for him and his family
:19:06. > :19:10.that, when it came up for sale, what did he do? He bought it.
:19:10. > :19:19.Now his family is promising to restore the Victorian pier to its
:19:19. > :19:23.original splendour. She is the grand old lady of
:19:23. > :19:27.Blackpool - the town's oldest and longest pier, built three decades
:19:27. > :19:31.before the tower and stretching elegantly a third of a mile into
:19:31. > :19:34.the Irish Sea. In the early years, hundreds of thousands strolled the
:19:34. > :19:39.decks. It was seen as an upper- class then you where ladies and
:19:39. > :19:46.gentlemen could walk on water without getting seasick. -- and
:19:46. > :19:49.upper class venue. Now there are new owners on the block. Meet the
:19:49. > :19:55.Sedgwicks - a family committed to restoring the pier to its former
:19:55. > :20:00.glory. For Father Peter, the purchase was a simple fulfilment of
:20:00. > :20:05.a promise made 40 years ago. proposed to my wife on this pier.
:20:05. > :20:10.We always used to come on the pier, and we love it, you know, it has
:20:10. > :20:15.been something special to us. I said, I will buy you this pier
:20:15. > :20:19.wounded. So the opportunity came along and, fate, I don't know.
:20:19. > :20:23.The family will now have to pump millions of pounds into the pier
:20:23. > :20:28.for it to survive into the 21st century. That includes a facelift
:20:28. > :20:31.for the theatre and a brand new tram. We want to make North Pier
:20:31. > :20:35.the place to come and the place to be, and we need to do a lot of
:20:35. > :20:39.engineering work on her. We have the experts to do it. I would
:20:39. > :20:43.always like to think that, in time, people will turn round and say,
:20:43. > :20:49.when the Sedgwicks got hold of the pier, the really turned it round.
:20:49. > :20:53.That would be a nice thing, maybe put it on my grave. What are you on
:20:53. > :21:03.about, grave? You're going off the end of the pier! That is what they
:21:03. > :21:06.
:21:06. > :21:12.It is such a romantic story, isn't it? There is more on those plans on
:21:12. > :21:21.tonight's Inside Out at 7:30pm. I do not know whether the cranky as
:21:21. > :21:25.well make an appearance. They were good. Bucks fizz were there as well.
:21:25. > :21:31.The Earl and Countess of Wessex and in Lancaster's -- Lancashire as
:21:31. > :21:34.part of a to have -- a two-day visit to celebrate the Queen's
:21:34. > :21:39.Diamond Jubilee. To mark the occasion, British Pathe have made
:21:39. > :21:43.pictures available of royal visits to the north-west. Kate Simms
:21:43. > :21:46.reports on royal tours past and present.
:21:46. > :21:50.A fitting a cape -- location for today's royal visit. The Earl of
:21:50. > :21:58.Wessex was in blackbirds are officially open the time's new you
:21:58. > :22:01.saw, much to the delight of these youngsters. It is great to have
:22:02. > :22:06.been come to Blackburn. Having someone like that opening it for us,
:22:06. > :22:10.that is pretty exciting. The Prince looked relaxed despite the
:22:10. > :22:14.attention, but he is following the well-trodden path laid by his
:22:14. > :22:24.mother. Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh leave Bolton
:22:24. > :22:24.
:22:24. > :22:30.Town Hall. 1954 and the Queen visits Bolton and Bury. Her Majesty
:22:30. > :22:35.then acknowledges the crowd's greeting. Before taking a tour of
:22:35. > :22:40.the lilac cotton mill at Shaw. In 1957, it was the turn of Wallasey
:22:40. > :22:46.and Chester. The Queen presented a military colours and went on to
:22:46. > :22:53.open the County Hall. She was given a silver cigarette box, a gift from
:22:53. > :22:59.the council. She returned with the Duke of Edinburgh and Earl Louis
:22:59. > :23:03.Mountbatten to launch the Oriana or at Barrow ship run. In 1961 the
:23:03. > :23:11.crowds turned out in Manchester as the Queen opened the new law courts
:23:11. > :23:17.at Crown Square in Manchester. Down the road in modern-day
:23:17. > :23:21.Chadderton, they were celebrating the Queen again today on this, her
:23:21. > :23:29.accession Day. She has carried out her high sense of duty with great
:23:29. > :23:37.big name -- dignity, stead fast resolve... And back in Blackburn,
:23:37. > :23:44.it seems the royal visit has generated new royal fervour. It was
:23:45. > :23:54.an honour. It is warming up to be a diamond
:23:55. > :23:57.
:23:57. > :24:04.gear. Almost as good as your Brian Cox
:24:04. > :24:12.impression! Whatever you feel about the snow,
:24:12. > :24:17.it doesn't half make the region look absolutely beautiful. Look at
:24:17. > :24:23.this shot. The Hall of the north- west looks absolutely stunning. I
:24:23. > :24:28.am showing you these images to but are you up because we keep the same
:24:28. > :24:35.theme this week. It will be mostly dry, fairly cloudy, but it will be
:24:35. > :24:45.very, very cold. The temperatures rose nicely today with a bit of
:24:45. > :24:56.
:24:56. > :25:00.sunshine. Most places are dry overnight. Snow could freeze
:25:00. > :25:04.overnight tonight, so why is could be a problem over the tops of the
:25:04. > :25:09.Pennines. For most of us, it is another dry night. The temperatures
:25:09. > :25:12.are the big story again. The best place to be is the Isle of Man,
:25:12. > :25:22.surrounded by all that water, staying a little less cold than
:25:22. > :25:28.
:25:28. > :25:38.everyone else. Even along the coast it will be down below zero. You
:25:38. > :25:38.
:25:38. > :25:41.will notice a little fog and mist. I think that will be around through
:25:41. > :25:46.the rush-hour tomorrow but I do not think it will linger through the
:25:46. > :25:56.day. The best of the sunshine will be in parts of Cumbria and
:25:56. > :25:57.
:25:57. > :26:04.Lancashire. By late morning, the cloud has started to roll back in.
:26:04. > :26:07.The afternoon looks fairly grey. If you have had the time -- a
:26:07. > :26:17.temperature of minus seven-over night it will take some time to
:26:17. > :26:20.
:26:20. > :26:23.recover. The best you can expect is four or five Celsius.
:26:23. > :26:28.Let's talk about the Queen, we asked for your memories. Rita says,
:26:28. > :26:33.when I was eight years old I was in hospital and my classmates wrote
:26:33. > :26:38.letters telling me that the King had died. I still have them and the
:26:39. > :26:43.contents are now a bit of history. Karen says, my daughter and I saw
:26:43. > :26:48.the Queen. We saw all of the police motorbikes. She waved to my
:26:48. > :26:54.daughter. Mike says that when he was given an
:26:54. > :26:58.MBE, the Queen asked if it was a difficult job. She said, town-
:26:58. > :27:07.planning and Liverpool must be a difficult task. I bit my tongue and
:27:07. > :27:17.gave a glib response. I really wanted to say, to something right,
:27:17. > :27:18.
:27:18. > :27:28.madam. We must just mentioned something
:27:28. > :27:29.