:00:26. > :00:28.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Ranvir Singh and Roger
:00:28. > :00:31.Johnson. Our top story. A gas fitter faces prosecution 15 months
:00:31. > :00:34.after an explosion blew this suburban street apart. We'll be
:00:34. > :00:37.reporting live from the scene in Irlam, where 15 people were badly
:00:37. > :00:39.injured. Also tonight: Stabbed to death sitting at his mother's home:
:00:39. > :00:42.police search for a gang who murdered a father-of-two. How good
:00:42. > :00:45.is your hospital? A new scorecard system is launched to check
:00:45. > :00:53.standards on the wards. Fantasy world: how a futuristic vision of
:00:53. > :01:03.travel Manchester never quite took off. And I have been finding out
:01:03. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:13.who second-hand clothes can tell you their history, from New
:01:13. > :01:16.smartphones app that has been launched in Manchester. 15 months
:01:16. > :01:19.on from the blast that devastated a housing estate - a gas fitter's
:01:19. > :01:22.been told he's to be prosecuted. He's being taken to court by the
:01:22. > :01:25.Health and Safety Executive, accused of failing to ensure a gas
:01:25. > :01:27.appliance was properly installed. Paul Kay will make his first court
:01:27. > :01:30.appearance during the summer. 15 people were badly injured in the
:01:30. > :01:38.explosion in Irlam in November 2010. Our Chief Reporter, Dave Guest is
:01:38. > :01:47.at the spot where it happened. And it's all very different from the
:01:47. > :01:51.scene you found there after the blast, Dave. That's right, I would
:01:51. > :01:57.not have been allowed on the sport back in November. The staff or
:01:58. > :02:05.behind me is where the House at the centre of this explosion once stood
:02:05. > :02:09.- back -- scaffolding. The woman who will have to have had gone to
:02:09. > :02:13.put a pan on the hob and then there was pandemonium. Amazingly, she
:02:13. > :02:19.survived to tell the tale although she suffered some horrific injuries.
:02:19. > :02:23.15 people including five children were injured, that day. Dozens of
:02:23. > :02:28.homes were damaged. One year on, some of those homes are still being
:02:28. > :02:33.repaired. They are the only started rebuilding houses on the spot where
:02:33. > :02:36.the explosion happened. On the day are for the last, the kitchen of
:02:36. > :02:41.Marie Burns had been subject to some renovation work by the Housing
:02:41. > :02:44.Trust and that was at the centre of the health and savings Executive
:02:44. > :02:54.investigation to stop they have decided to prosecute the gas fitter,
:02:54. > :03:00.
:03:00. > :03:05.Corky. One more do we know about porky? -- Paul Kay. Gas fittings
:03:05. > :03:09.need to be installed in a way that means they cannot be subject to any
:03:09. > :03:13.undue damage. The allegation here is that he failed to follow those
:03:14. > :03:18.regulations. That is why those charges against them have been
:03:18. > :03:24.sanctioned. And he is not likely to be in court for some time, is that
:03:24. > :03:29.right? He will make his first court appearance at Trafford magistrates
:03:29. > :03:39.court on 15th June. That will be the first hearing. And of course,
:03:39. > :03:40.
:03:40. > :03:43.we will keep you updated. David Corridon was a father of two -
:03:43. > :03:46.described by his friends in Liverpool as a "legend, who got on
:03:46. > :03:49.with everyone". But tonight a murder investigation's under way
:03:49. > :03:51.after he was attacked and stabbed at his mother's home in Norris
:03:51. > :03:54.Green. It happened in broad daylight yesterday afternoon. The
:03:54. > :03:58.street around the family home remains sealed off as police look
:03:58. > :04:02.for clues to why he was killed. Naomi Cornwell reports. This was
:04:02. > :04:05.where David Corridon grew up. Where he played on the streets as a boy.
:04:05. > :04:08.And where he'd only recently returned to live with his mother.
:04:09. > :04:13.But it was here at his mother's home that he met a violent death
:04:13. > :04:22.yesterday. Police haven't formally identified him yet - but today
:04:22. > :04:26.friends confirmed it was David Corridon. He was a father of two.
:04:26. > :04:29.It happened in the middle of the afternoon. Police were called here
:04:29. > :04:32.just after four o'clock following reports of a disturbance at the
:04:32. > :04:37.house. They found David Corridon with multiple stab wounds. He was
:04:37. > :04:45.pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. It is very sad. He was
:04:45. > :04:55.a lovely lad. He got on well with everyone. He was a legend, he was.
:04:55. > :04:59.How did you know him? I knew him, when he was a kid. I find it hard.
:04:59. > :05:03.It is just so sad, and you do not think that it is going to happen on
:05:03. > :05:09.your own doorstep, where you come out and you do your shopping, it is
:05:09. > :05:14.so quiet, here. I am scared, because I have got two children and
:05:14. > :05:20.it is frightening to think that that attack can happen here. It is
:05:20. > :05:23.quite a residential area. Tonight police are awaiting the results of
:05:23. > :05:28.a post mortem examination. They want to hear from anyone who saw
:05:28. > :05:32.anything suspicious in the area. A 16-year-old youth has been charged
:05:32. > :05:35.with the manslaughter of a man in Glossop at the weekend. Kenneth
:05:35. > :05:38.Stott died after an argument outside the town's railway station.
:05:38. > :05:45.A man and a woman who were arrested on suspicion of assisting an
:05:45. > :05:48.offender, have been released on police bail. The Isle of Man could
:05:48. > :05:51.get a second casino licence. The Government is in talks with
:05:51. > :05:54.companies who are bidding to build a high-class casino and spa. It's
:05:54. > :06:00.hoped the move would attract more tourists and help increase the
:06:00. > :06:03.island's profile in the gaming industry. A major new North West
:06:03. > :06:06.sporting event has been announced today.The Great Manchester Cycle is
:06:06. > :06:09.aimed at cyclists of all abilities and will be held on 4th June. The
:06:09. > :06:11.13-mile closed road circuit will include the Mancunian Way and
:06:11. > :06:21.Salford Quays. Olympic Champion Rebecca Romero was among those at
:06:21. > :06:26.
:06:26. > :06:32.the launch. I don't know if that new haircut of years is more
:06:32. > :06:36.aerodynamic, because you are settling tomorrow, for Sport Relief.
:06:36. > :06:46.And will tell you more about it tomorrow, I am on a tandem, that is
:06:46. > :06:46.
:06:46. > :06:49.all that needs to be said. We are not holding back! The brother of
:06:49. > :06:52.Liverpool photographer Paul Conroy - who was injured in a mortar
:06:52. > :06:54.attack in Syria - says he's relieved and overjoyed that the
:06:54. > :06:57.father-of-three has been rescued. Paul, who's originally from Anfield,
:06:57. > :07:05.was smuggled into Lebanon today. He'd been trapped in the besieged
:07:05. > :07:08.Syrian city of Homs for almost a week. Abbie Jones reports. Lying on
:07:08. > :07:12.a stretcher in the Syrian city of Homs, the pain from Paul Conroy's
:07:12. > :07:15.injuries was written on his face. He was hit by shrapnel in the leg
:07:15. > :07:23.and stomach but also saw two of his colleagues killed. Last week he was
:07:23. > :07:30.filmed speaking about what happened. There was back a couple of close
:07:30. > :07:39.hits, a couple of direct hits, summer. And no recall than was
:07:39. > :07:42.killed. -- Marie Colvin. This footage is all his family in
:07:42. > :07:44.Liverpool have seen. Paul's brother says they've been desperately
:07:44. > :07:48.worried about him, glued to the internet waiting for news. Today
:07:48. > :07:51.they were told he was finally on his way home. When we saw the man
:07:51. > :07:55.on the stretcher, we feared the worst, but then we heard he was out,
:07:55. > :08:00.and we were quite happy about the fact that he was out, then we have
:08:00. > :08:07.him on the phone, then he, when he turns up on the doorstep we will be
:08:07. > :08:09.very happy. Paul had been trapped in the besieged city of Homs since
:08:09. > :08:12.the attack. He was evacuated today with help from the Syrian
:08:12. > :08:14.opposition and rebels. The news was announced in Parliament. He is
:08:14. > :08:17.receiving full consular assistance and I pay tribute to journalists
:08:17. > :08:22.who make sure that the world is aware of the crimes that are now
:08:22. > :08:28.being committed in Max a rare. has covered many conflicts and his
:08:28. > :08:35.brother says he knew the risks. just takes us camera to war zones
:08:35. > :08:42.and egos. Alan and his parents are now looking forward to a family
:08:42. > :08:47.reunion they feared might never happen. That should be a happy
:08:47. > :08:50.reunion. A man is being questioned on suspicion of assault, following
:08:50. > :08:53.an alleged attack on a Cumbria MP. John Woodcock was travelling back
:08:53. > :08:56.to his constituency when he asked a group of men to stop shouting abuse
:08:56. > :09:00.on board a train from Lancaster. We'll be hearing from Mr Woodcock
:09:00. > :09:03.in a moment. But the issue of whether or not to intervene to stop
:09:03. > :09:05.anti-social behaviour is one which is often discussed. And it provoked
:09:05. > :09:11.some interesting responses today when we asked people if they would
:09:11. > :09:17.step in. The safest thing would be to mind your own business because
:09:17. > :09:22.you never know what can happen, if they have knives or anything like
:09:22. > :09:32.that. I would like to get involved but I am fearful for my own safety,
:09:32. > :09:33.
:09:33. > :09:42.these days. I would generally say something again, but just not to
:09:42. > :09:46.people a lot bigger than me. I have got a family to think about. I saw
:09:46. > :09:48.somebody smoking in the vestibule on the train and there for a pledge
:09:48. > :09:54.saying something to them but I did not will comfortable doing it, I
:09:54. > :09:59.did not know how he would react. You do not stand by and watch
:09:59. > :10:07.someone not been pleasant to somebody else. You stick up for
:10:07. > :10:12.other people, really. A little earlier this afternoon, I spoke to
:10:12. > :10:16.John Woodcock, the MP at the centre of this story. And I asked him why
:10:16. > :10:19.he felt he had to intervene on board the train last Thursday.
:10:19. > :10:25.was on my normal route back from Westminster, on the train from
:10:25. > :10:31.Lancaster, to barrel, and the were a group of young men whose comments
:10:31. > :10:39.were unacceptable and derogatory. And I thought, enough was enough,
:10:39. > :10:45.and I asked them to stop. They did pipe down for a while, but
:10:46. > :10:52.unfortunately I ended up in a stand-off. I just think passengers
:10:52. > :10:56.have the right to be able to travel, even later at night, without being
:10:56. > :11:02.subjected to that kind of abusive language and derogatory terms. Too
:11:03. > :11:09.often, it happens, but people should be able to speak out about
:11:09. > :11:13.it if they will save to do that, or, if not, then certainly to report it
:11:13. > :11:20.afterwards, so that investigations can be made and people can be
:11:20. > :11:23.brought to book. Did you at any point back consider the potential
:11:23. > :11:27.risk? There is always a risk. Everybody has got to make their
:11:27. > :11:33.judgment when it happens, and that is a difficult one, it is a fine
:11:33. > :11:37.line. I decided I could not put up with what I was hearing. It is
:11:37. > :11:41.particularly dangerous on public transport, I can find space, unlike
:11:41. > :11:45.on the street, where you can walk away from the situation. What
:11:45. > :11:50.advice would you give to anybody who finds themselves in a similar
:11:50. > :11:57.situation? Everyone has to make their own judgment. On the train,
:11:57. > :12:02.there was a card, and I feel for people in uniform -- a guard, and I
:12:02. > :12:09.feel for people to get this abuse from drunken passengers, who feel
:12:09. > :12:13.that they are if our target for abuse. But I was conscious that,
:12:13. > :12:19.although things could get out of hand, there would be others who
:12:19. > :12:26.could step in to help. Fortunately, we were able to take the heat out
:12:27. > :12:34.of the situation to the extent that I only walk away with having had a
:12:34. > :12:42.bad shudder my face, and I was very glad about that. -- bag shoved in
:12:42. > :12:45.my face. We'd be interested to hear what you think about this issue.
:12:45. > :12:49.Visitors to our Facebook page have been commenting all day. But you
:12:49. > :12:52.could send us an e-mail right now. Would you get involved to stop
:12:52. > :12:57.anti-social behaviour? Have you ever done it? Let us know what you
:12:57. > :13:00.think. Still to come on North West Tonight. The secrets of second-hand
:13:00. > :13:02.clothes: how this device can tell you a bit about their previous
:13:02. > :13:12.owners. And in a world of lectures, exams and parties, let there be
:13:12. > :13:17.peace. Import unveils his latest What if you could see a scorecard
:13:17. > :13:20.for your local hospital? Check out its marks before you go in. Well,
:13:20. > :13:23.that is something that eight Hospital Trusts across the North
:13:23. > :13:26.West have just signed up to. From today, each hospital will
:13:26. > :13:29.publish a monthly update on the safety and quality of its care,
:13:29. > :13:33.detailing things like the number of falls or the number of patients who
:13:33. > :13:35.get pressure sores from lying still in bed for too long. It's part of a
:13:36. > :13:41.drive to become more transparent and give the patient more
:13:41. > :13:44.information. Think of it as a monthly report for
:13:44. > :13:51.your hospital. Different marks for different subjects, with advice on
:13:51. > :13:55.how to improve, made public for any patient to look at.
:13:56. > :14:04.Patients like Pat Wilson. At 70 years old, she's in hospital for
:14:04. > :14:10.the very first time here in Aintree. To what did you know about this
:14:10. > :14:17.hospital before you came in? I knew it was the University Hospital. It
:14:17. > :14:20.seems to have quite a good name of things that it has done. If there
:14:20. > :14:24.had been more information available, would you have looked at it?
:14:24. > :14:28.might have, yes. I was really worried about coming to the
:14:28. > :14:30.hospital. The idea is that this makes
:14:30. > :14:33.hospitals more accountable. Most already record information like
:14:33. > :14:41.this but in different ways and they don't tell their patients about it.
:14:41. > :14:44.This will change that. We looked at the number of falls for January and
:14:44. > :14:52.reported none. They also asked staff to tell them
:14:52. > :14:56.anonymously what they think of the hospital and its care. Staff are
:14:56. > :15:00.honest, because one member has recommended that this would not be
:15:01. > :15:05.a good place to work. We need to and pick this further. But is this
:15:05. > :15:10.more about marketing than improving patient care?
:15:10. > :15:14.It is not just a public relations exercise. It is about striving to
:15:14. > :15:19.improve care and to give staff the impetus to improved and build on
:15:19. > :15:26.that care. And they need those figures to be published to give
:15:26. > :15:31.them that impetus? The impetus is there already, definitely. And
:15:31. > :15:38.staff work very hard to do a good job. But often, we all need that
:15:38. > :15:43.bar so we can raise it. But staff member was strongly
:15:43. > :15:47.defending this. And I have been looking on Facebook to see some
:15:47. > :15:54.more opinions, but a lot of people to think this is bureaucratic.
:15:54. > :15:59.Overwhelmingly, they think that. Colin Greenwood says stop ticking
:15:59. > :16:04.boxes and focus on treatment. Gary Williams says it is just
:16:04. > :16:07.theoretical and we have to do shopping around. Marie says that
:16:07. > :16:13.staff do not need any more stress or pressure on them already in a
:16:13. > :16:16.difficult job. But those criticisms withstanding,
:16:16. > :16:19.eight hospital trusts have now decided to do this. He were at
:16:19. > :16:22.Aintree. How do you go about finding out how you hospital was
:16:22. > :16:26.scored? To Caponacre Industrial Estate of
:16:26. > :16:31.the hospital trusts have signed up. Blackhill, Bolton, East Lancashire,
:16:31. > :16:35.Liverpool, Salford, St Helens and writing to in Wigan and Leigh. You
:16:35. > :16:40.can find all of this information on the website. It was published this
:16:40. > :16:45.afternoon and will be published monthly. At Google Hospital Trust
:16:45. > :16:49.and you can find that information. It is not compulsory for a trust to
:16:49. > :16:53.do this, but the NHS hope that more will follow suit.
:16:53. > :16:56.10 out of 10! Imagine a city centre where you
:16:56. > :16:59.flew to work and then were transported to your office on a
:16:59. > :17:02.moving pavement. It's the kind of thing which inspired science
:17:02. > :17:04.fiction writers and film makers in the middle of the 20th century. But
:17:04. > :17:07.was it a complete fantasy? Not according to documents
:17:07. > :17:10.discovered in the vaults of Manchester City Council.
:17:10. > :17:13.Researchers have uncovered a vision of city living from the 1950s which
:17:13. > :17:23.borders on science fiction. Here's our Environment Correspondent Colin
:17:23. > :17:24.
:17:24. > :17:33.Back in the '60s, the Jetsons were a vision of how we'd get to work in
:17:34. > :17:37.Meanwhile, in Manchester, planners were working on their own ideas.
:17:37. > :17:45.This is a heliport to be built on top of the historic Victoria
:17:45. > :17:49.Station, one of eight being planned for the city centre. The idea was
:17:50. > :17:52.to try and get helicopters landing right in the centre of towns and
:17:52. > :17:55.cities so people would upon them and fight to their next business
:17:55. > :18:01.meeting. Other plans include moving
:18:01. > :18:05.pavements and an underground to connect the city's main stations.
:18:05. > :18:09.The tunnel was intended to connect Piccadilly and Victoria. You could
:18:09. > :18:14.travel from the North to the south by one mode of transport. This is
:18:14. > :18:19.key. This new tunnel section would connect the rest of the region. We
:18:19. > :18:25.also have the proposed travel later, which would have been a moving
:18:25. > :18:30.walkway to connect the roads. some of the post-war plans actually
:18:30. > :18:35.made it to reality. The Mancunian Way was in the 1945 plan as one of
:18:35. > :18:39.a number of urban motorways. It was not to be built until 1967. Even
:18:39. > :18:41.then, not all that was completed. The Blue Sky thinking didn't take
:18:41. > :18:49.much account of Manchester's historic buildings, which were seen
:18:49. > :18:53.as being in the way of development. The Victorian City was viewed as
:18:53. > :18:57.something that needed cleaning and was responsible for a lot of
:18:57. > :19:01.disease. Even the very grand where houses were bitten to the same
:19:02. > :19:06.category as the back-to-back terraces under the officials are
:19:06. > :19:08.making these decisions. You can see the plans in an
:19:08. > :19:18.exhibition at The Cube gallery in Manchester, where there are more
:19:18. > :19:21.
:19:21. > :19:24.We lead quite boring lives, don't we?!
:19:24. > :19:28.If you've ever bought anything from a charity shop, you may well have
:19:28. > :19:30.wondered where it came from. A shop in Manchester is introducing a new
:19:31. > :19:35.phone app which allows people to learn an item's history before
:19:35. > :19:38.buying it. They say it will make bargain hunting even more fun,
:19:38. > :19:42.while boosting profits for good causes. Nina Warhurst went for a
:19:42. > :19:45.good rummage. Have you ever wondered where your
:19:45. > :19:49.favourite charity shop bargain started its life? Or what posessed
:19:50. > :19:53.the owner to part with such a gem? Those donating are now being asked
:19:53. > :19:56.to share any interesting bits of history associated with each item.
:19:56. > :20:00.The information is recorded on a sort of bar code and potential
:20:00. > :20:10.buyers can then download an app which allows them to have a nosey
:20:10. > :20:11.
:20:11. > :20:18.at its past. They will tap to scan and they will capture one of these
:20:18. > :20:23.black and white codes. That will enable the story of the item to
:20:23. > :20:26.come up. There is a picture of that! This little green dress was
:20:26. > :20:30.donated by somebody who wore the stress on a blind date that did not
:20:30. > :20:34.go well and they would like to forget it! So she wants to get rid
:20:34. > :20:37.of it. Absolutely. The scheme has been developed
:20:37. > :20:40.between five top universities. Those behind it say it's more than
:20:40. > :20:47.a gimmick. They believe that knowing the history of an item
:20:47. > :20:51.makes us more likely to want to buy it. What is the story behind your
:20:52. > :20:55.phone? It says that somebody had it in their flat with their ex-
:20:55. > :20:59.boyfriend but they're not together now and they had a clear-out. I am
:20:59. > :21:03.hoping I can bring some happiness do it again. Not all the stories
:21:03. > :21:07.are of angry women looking for a fresh start! This Little bear's
:21:07. > :21:10.previous owner has got 10 GCSEs and now want to share their good luck.
:21:10. > :21:17.Students from the University of Salford will now track the trackers
:21:17. > :21:22.with the hope that the project will be taken on nationwide.
:21:22. > :21:25.I do like her plain talking! She says that as it is.
:21:25. > :21:28.Diane has a new outfit and will be here in minutes.
:21:28. > :21:31.Shop-bought! Some may say that students aren't
:21:31. > :21:35.known for their love of peace and quiet, but a Manchester poet is
:21:35. > :21:40.hoping to inspire a more reflective mood in them. Let There Be Peace is
:21:40. > :21:42.the latest mural offering in Lemn Sissay's Poems As Landmarks project.
:21:42. > :21:46.Celebrating the virtues of tranquility, it has been painted on
:21:46. > :21:56.a wall in Manchester University's campus building. So is it having a
:21:56. > :22:01.
:22:01. > :22:06.Let there be peace so France fly away like Albatross and skeletons
:22:06. > :22:15.foxtrot from cupboards. It is a call for calm. Or as Lemn
:22:15. > :22:21.Sissay says, a press release for peace. In the midst of all of the
:22:21. > :22:25.messages of war and doom and pain, and the poem, let there be peace.
:22:25. > :22:33.Its new home is here in a university place - one of the
:22:33. > :22:38.busiest building some campers. Why put a poem about peace here? I like
:22:38. > :22:47.the idea that a student might be studying for their exam and that
:22:47. > :22:52.this poor mite centre than somewhat. So is it having the desired effect?
:22:52. > :22:57.Everybody is in a rush but it makes you stop and think. It makes you
:22:57. > :23:03.chill-out and calm down. I quite like it. I would sit down and relax
:23:03. > :23:07.and read it. It is nice. I can never understand poetry.
:23:07. > :23:12.This is Lemns's fourth mural poem manchester, but his first inside.
:23:12. > :23:20.The others grace a pub wall, a takeway, even a pavement. And he he
:23:20. > :23:24.has plans for more. I would like Manchester to be the poetry city of
:23:24. > :23:27.Great Britain and the world. I would like there to be poor and
:23:27. > :23:31.some of the buildings. People engage with their environment in
:23:31. > :23:35.ways which they otherwise would not have through poetry and their own
:23:35. > :23:39.environment. Then they can go and buy their chips. It is just a way
:23:39. > :23:46.of saying we are not machines. You never know which building could
:23:46. > :23:56.be next. He is great - invisible kisses his
:23:56. > :23:57.
:23:57. > :24:02.And now the weather. If it wasn't worn by an angry woman
:24:02. > :24:07.before, it is now! Good evening! The weather did not
:24:07. > :24:11.quite come off today. We had too much cloud cover. If you're looking
:24:11. > :24:15.for a change over the next day, you will not get it. There is no real
:24:15. > :24:19.change in the forecast. You can see the cloud cover everywhere through
:24:19. > :24:23.the day today. On the other side of the Pennines, records were broken
:24:23. > :24:28.up. Why? Because they got the sunshine and their air was slightly
:24:28. > :24:33.drier than ours. We need a bit of sunshine and we might see a bit
:24:33. > :24:38.tomorrow. If you are in the favourite bits! This evening and
:24:38. > :24:43.over night, it continues to be cloudy and try for many places.
:24:43. > :24:47.There might be one or two spots of drizzly rain from time to time and
:24:47. > :24:54.it was a yard to the Pennines, the greater risk there is. For most of
:24:54. > :24:57.us, predominantly dry and quiet. For the most part, but temperatures
:24:58. > :25:02.made 11 or 12 today. They do not fall too far through the night.
:25:02. > :25:05.Once again, you do not need your heating on. Seven and it is where
:25:05. > :25:10.we will all be. You will get up first thing tomorrow morning and
:25:10. > :25:15.that cloud cover will still be around. Their son is up before 7
:25:15. > :25:20.o'clock for the first time this year! -- avec son. In the morning,
:25:20. > :25:23.in the more southern parts, you may well see that cloud breaking from
:25:23. > :25:28.time to time. Half an hour of sunshine will make a massive amount
:25:28. > :25:34.of difference. We will stick to the forecast temperatures of around 13
:25:34. > :25:39.and 14 degrees. It will be the sunshine that gets it to that. 10
:25:39. > :25:43.to 14 is where we're heading. For tomorrow night, it is more of the
:25:43. > :25:47.same. There will be some bricks and the cloud cover as we head to were
:25:47. > :25:51.the early morning, but the temperatures are still quite good.
:25:51. > :25:56.For the next couple of days, that weather front on Thursday is
:25:56. > :25:59.relatively close to us. There could be some drizzly rain popping even
:25:59. > :26:08.though we said that temperatures will fall towards the weekend, that
:26:08. > :26:11.Shall I move away? Yes please!
:26:12. > :26:14.For it is a lovely outfit! Lots of you have been getting in
:26:14. > :26:17.touch to comment on the story involving the Barrow MP, John
:26:17. > :26:20.Woodock. You may remember he intervened to stop some anti-social
:26:20. > :26:22.behaviour on a train, and we asked whether you'd do the same.
:26:22. > :26:25.Terry Burgess says, "I've intervened before on a bus one
:26:25. > :26:28.evening when someone was hurling racist abuse at a passenger. It has
:26:28. > :26:30.to be challenged. However, you need to weigh up the situation carefully
:26:31. > :26:33.before doing so. Janet Hill says, "So many brave
:26:33. > :26:35.people have been seriously injured or killed intervening. So sadly, my
:26:36. > :26:39.answer is no". Josh Parle says, "I think Mr
:26:39. > :26:42.Woodcock was right to get involved, but if the group was already being
:26:42. > :26:45.rowdy then he must have expected them to react to his intervention".
:26:45. > :26:48.Joanna Clarke says, "I hope I would intervene if a serious situation
:26:48. > :26:49.presented itself. I don't think I could forgive myself if I did
:26:50. > :26:52.nothing". Martin Bennett says, "I don't think
:26:52. > :26:54.it's general apathy that makes people reluctant to intervene, but
:26:55. > :26:57.more the fear of what may come of your actions".
:26:57. > :26:59.Paul Doodlebug-Greenwood says, "Yes, I would intervene, and so should
:27:00. > :27:05.others. The softly softly approach to crime and anti-social behaviour
:27:05. > :27:08.has failed". Marie Farrar says, "We should all
:27:08. > :27:18.challenge bad behaviour more often so that it becomes less acceptable
:27:18. > :27:18.
:27:18. > :27:22.to look the other way. Nothing changes if we all do nothing".
:27:22. > :27:25.Tony e-mailed us to say it is too risky to intervene in many cases.
:27:25. > :27:30.If the law was toughened up on people committing violent crimes,
:27:30. > :27:35.so it might stop some violence by thugs.
:27:35. > :27:39.Gerry says she is a small woman and has intervened. She stopped the car