:00:11. > :00:13.Tributes to the fallen. A mother lays flowers to honour her son
:00:13. > :00:23.killed in Afghanistan. We'll hear from the families of Sergeant Nigel
:00:23. > :00:24.
:00:24. > :00:34.Coupe and Private Daniel Wade. Cutting jobs while patients wait
:00:34. > :00:36.
:00:36. > :00:41.for operations - criticism for a Health Trust by a North West MP.
:00:41. > :00:45.This is the 2000 year-old skull of a young man. Baxter new technology,
:00:45. > :00:53.I can tell you much more about him. Champagne Super Mario. City's
:00:53. > :01:01.superstar striker opens his heart to their rock-star fan. A Mancini
:01:01. > :01:05.was not here, I would not have come here. Now I am here, I am happy.
:01:05. > :01:15.And somewhere over the rainbow. We'll tell you why one city will be
:01:15. > :01:23.
:01:23. > :01:27."Sgt Nigel Coupe was, quite simply, the best." Those were the words of
:01:27. > :01:29.his commanding officer as Sgt Coupe from St Annes was named as one of
:01:29. > :01:32.six killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Alongside him, Private
:01:32. > :01:41.Daniel Wade from Warrington, killed within weeks of his first tour of
:01:41. > :01:43.duty. Today, his mother wrote a tribute saying simply, ''My baby
:01:43. > :01:49.boy. My hero.'' The deaths bring the total number of Northwest
:01:49. > :01:53.servicemen killed in Afghanistan to 47. More than half of the lives
:01:53. > :01:56.lost have come in roadside bomb attacks of the kind that killed Sgt
:01:56. > :01:59.Coupe and Private Wade - a terrible toll. But this latest tragedy is
:01:59. > :02:09.the biggest single loss of life for British forces in Afghanistan since
:02:09. > :02:10.
:02:10. > :02:13.operations began. At two homes, two Northwest
:02:13. > :02:16.families in mourning for two fallen soldiers. One, Private Daniel Wade,
:02:16. > :02:26.aged just 20. The other his commanding officer, 33-year-old
:02:26. > :02:40.
:02:40. > :02:44.Sergeant Nigel Coupe. Each and every one of us who knew Daniel
:02:44. > :02:48.have been privileged to have their lives touched by such a loving, a
:02:48. > :02:57.brave man. Whilst we have lost annual from our lives, he remains
:02:57. > :03:00.in our hearts forever. Joining the army had been Daniel Wade's boyhood
:03:00. > :03:09.dream. He was an army cadet and signed up straight after leaving
:03:10. > :03:15.school. And a very short period, he had made a great mark. In his spare
:03:15. > :03:18.time, Daniel of speed on wheels and he had a real passion for motor
:03:19. > :03:22.across and superbikes. His former headteacher said today he also had
:03:22. > :03:25.a passion for basketball. He had been back to visit pupils before he
:03:25. > :03:35.started his army training. We have got very fond memories of him when
:03:35. > :03:36.
:03:36. > :03:46.he was a student here. He was a great lad. He had a very strong
:03:46. > :03:48.
:03:48. > :03:52.moral purpose. He was only deployed three weeks ago, on Valentine's Day.
:03:52. > :03:54.Both Private Wade and Sergeant Coup, from Lytham, had been in a Warrior
:03:54. > :03:57.armoured vehicle in southern Afghanistan. It was hit by a
:03:57. > :03:59.massive explosion on Tuesday, believed to be caused by a Taliban
:03:59. > :04:02.bomb. Both were serving with 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment,
:04:02. > :04:06.but Sergeant Coupe was on attachment from 1st Battalion the
:04:06. > :04:10.Duke Of Lancaster's Regiment. He was proud to be a Lancashire
:04:10. > :04:15.soldier in a Yorkshire battalion. His technical prowess was un
:04:15. > :04:19.matched. He was, quite simply, the best. Today, we have lost one of
:04:19. > :04:24.her brothers. He led and the entered those above and below him
:04:25. > :04:28.with truth humility. Sergeant Coupe lived in St Anne's and was married
:04:28. > :04:31.with a child. His father said today he was perfect in every way and
:04:31. > :04:34.neighbours paid this tribute. Do we all had our children at the same
:04:34. > :04:44.time. They used to come over and play quite a lot. To hear about
:04:44. > :04:44.
:04:44. > :04:51.that yesterday was so upsetting. Tonight, two communities are coming
:04:51. > :04:55.together to remember two men they both described as he rose. We have
:04:55. > :05:00.some breaking news now. More details. A British man, believed to
:05:00. > :05:07.be from the north-west, he was taken hostage in Nigeria has been
:05:07. > :05:13.killed by his captors. David Cameron had said he would give them
:05:13. > :05:20.a goal ahead for a rescue mission. That operation has failed. What do
:05:20. > :05:23.we know about Chris McManus? He was from the north-west. We believe he
:05:23. > :05:28.might have been from the Greater Manchester area but we're trying to
:05:28. > :05:32.confirm that. We definitely know that he was an engineer, he was out
:05:32. > :05:38.in Nigeria, he was helping to build a bank out there and we know that
:05:38. > :05:41.he and an Italian colleague were kidnapped on May 12th. They had
:05:42. > :05:49.been in their apartment when it had been stormed by crook of men. A
:05:49. > :05:56.German colleague managed to escape. Chris McManus did not escape.
:05:56. > :05:59.Within the last hour, David Cameron has issued a statement. He said
:05:59. > :06:03.come off when their whereabouts became known, and it was known that
:06:03. > :06:07.they were an imminent and growing danger, he gave the go-ahead for a
:06:07. > :06:12.rescue mission. That would have involved British forces.
:06:12. > :06:17.Unfortunately, that rescue mission has failed. It is with great regret
:06:17. > :06:20.that both Chris and Franco have lost their lives. We are still
:06:20. > :06:25.awaiting confirmation of the details but the early indications
:06:25. > :06:32.are Clear and both men were murdered by their captors before
:06:32. > :06:39.the could be rescued. David Cameron, but there has also been a statement
:06:39. > :06:42.from his family. This has just come through. They say that they are
:06:42. > :06:46.naturally completely devastated. During this ordeal, we have relied
:06:46. > :06:51.heavily on the support of family and friends which has never waned
:06:51. > :06:59.and has enabled us to get through the most difficult of times. We're
:06:59. > :07:03.aware of the many people working -- to work to try and get Chris back.
:07:03. > :07:08.We knew that he was in an extremely different -- dangerous situation.
:07:08. > :07:18.We knew that everything was being done to bring him home.
:07:18. > :07:24.
:07:24. > :07:27.Unfortunately, this evening, the worst news they could have had.
:07:27. > :07:30.Operations are being cancelled and patients are not being told under
:07:30. > :07:32.changes taking place in the Northwest. The Heywood Primary Care
:07:32. > :07:35.Trust is one which has decided certain procedures, such the
:07:35. > :07:38.removal of varicose veins, should not longer be carried out on the
:07:38. > :07:43.NHS. GPs are complaining they are being inundated with patients who
:07:43. > :07:46.are unaware of the health cuts taking place. Paul's leg is a mess
:07:46. > :07:53.but after waiting two years to have his varicose veins removed, they
:07:53. > :07:59.will not be in operation. He was not told. I am keeping my end of
:07:59. > :08:04.the bargain with the NHS. I eat well, I don't smoke. I look after
:08:04. > :08:08.myself. They will be people there who are not being told their
:08:08. > :08:13.operations are being done. - my not being done. I think that is a
:08:13. > :08:18.scandal. According to his GP, the local primary care trust has
:08:18. > :08:21.decided there is not a clinical need. They're hoping I can do
:08:21. > :08:25.something for them and they're walking out the door, shaking their
:08:25. > :08:28.heads, and happy. Sometimes I think it is causing a rift between the
:08:28. > :08:33.doctor and the patient because I think they are blaming the doctor
:08:33. > :08:43.for the failings in the NHS. The operation should have taken place
:08:43. > :08:46.
:08:46. > :08:49.here at the Fairfield General Hospital in Paris. -- in Bury. Jobs
:08:49. > :08:55.are needed to be cut here because fewer patients are being
:08:55. > :09:01.transferred for non-urgent procedures. It just shows that this
:09:01. > :09:05.top-down reorganisation of the NHS by the Government is not working.
:09:05. > :09:15.The people at a feeling the brunt of that our workers in the NHS but
:09:15. > :09:27.
:09:27. > :09:31.We it says urgent operations will not be affected but Paul and other
:09:31. > :09:39.patients will now have to go private rather than being looked
:09:39. > :09:43.after and the NHS. No weapons have been found in the
:09:43. > :09:46.car in which a man was shot dead by police in the Cheshire village of
:09:46. > :09:48.Culcheth. Anthony Grainger died from a single gunshot wound to the
:09:48. > :09:50.chest on Saturday evening. The Independent Police Complaints
:09:50. > :09:56.Commission also say that no firearms or weapons were found on
:09:56. > :10:04.him. The IPCC report says the vehicle had been stolen and had
:10:04. > :10:07.false registration plates at the time of the incident.
:10:07. > :10:11.The airline Flybe is making Manchester Airport its main hub in
:10:11. > :10:13.the UK. It's means there will be an extra 12 flights a day and an
:10:13. > :10:15.additional 86 connections to destinations across the country.
:10:15. > :10:18.Manchester Airport says it hopes the increase in passenger numbers
:10:18. > :10:21.could create jobs. A plaque has been unveiled in
:10:21. > :10:24.memory of six men who drowned off the Isle of Man more than half a
:10:24. > :10:27.century ago. They were crew members on the trawler Fleetwood Lady,
:10:27. > :10:30.which anchored in Ramsey Bay so the men could visit their families. All
:10:30. > :10:33.six died when their rowing boat capsized as they returned to the
:10:33. > :10:36.ship. 56 years on, relatives came to see the plaque being unveiled.
:10:36. > :10:39.The Windermere cruiser taking part in the Royal Jubilee pageant in
:10:39. > :10:42.London has been lowered back into Windermere after a winter of
:10:42. > :10:45.restoration. Queen of the Lake can usually be seen taking up to 84
:10:45. > :10:47.passengers around England's longest lake. She'll be one of a thousand
:10:47. > :10:57.boats in the pageant that accompanies the Queen, on her royal
:10:57. > :11:00.
:11:00. > :11:08.Barge, down the Thames in June. Disabled people have reacted with
:11:08. > :11:12.dismay to the news that several Remploy factories may close. We
:11:12. > :11:18.went to one of the affected factories. There was only one item
:11:18. > :11:24.of discussion on the menu and the staff canteen. The news that this
:11:24. > :11:31.place could soon close. I think it is appalling. There are no jobs for
:11:32. > :11:41.anyone else. I and 58, I have been here 21 years. There is nobody
:11:42. > :11:42.
:11:42. > :11:47.going to give a disabled 50 year- old a job on the other side. We
:11:47. > :11:50.have done everything possible to keep the factory opened. The
:11:50. > :11:55.government wants to reduce the subsidy pays to Remploy, saying the
:11:55. > :12:00.money would be better spent getting disabled people into mainstream
:12:01. > :12:05.employment. If I going to mainstream employment, there would
:12:05. > :12:09.be bullying, because they know you're disabled and it is not right,
:12:09. > :12:14.so I would like this place to stay open because I have made new
:12:14. > :12:19.friends I am going to lose them all. This is not the only Remploy site
:12:19. > :12:24.in a region that is under threat. Those in Barrow, Bolton, Birkenhead,
:12:24. > :12:30.Preston, Oldham and Manchester are all you marked a foreclosure. In
:12:30. > :12:37.all, they're looking to shut 36 factories. Almost 1800 jobs could
:12:37. > :12:42.be lost. Brian has worked at Remploy for 30 years and he is also
:12:42. > :12:46.the Union ret. He says that losing his job would be a disaster. His
:12:46. > :12:51.son Jamie has inherited his brittle bone condition. He has found it
:12:51. > :12:56.impossible to get work. It seems that Brian is destined to join the
:12:56. > :13:00.ranks of unemployed. I will have to sell my house. This house has been
:13:00. > :13:10.great because I've had it adapted to suit me. That sense of despair
:13:10. > :13:14.is shared by many of Remploy today. Worrying times for them.
:13:14. > :13:17.Now to the final part of our series finding out what it is like to be
:13:17. > :13:20.widowed at a young age. All this week, we've been hearing from Peter,
:13:20. > :13:30.whose wife Sophie died two years ago and Claire, who lost her
:13:30. > :13:38.
:13:38. > :13:45.It doesn't get easier. I think you can learn how to cope better. -- it
:13:45. > :13:51.does get easier. Everything we do, you always think,
:13:51. > :14:01.you sit at parents' evening, you sit at two chairs, one of them is
:14:01. > :14:03.
:14:03. > :14:09.empty, and everything is tinged with sadness. We have things like
:14:09. > :14:15.In Memory Box, so if they do things like pictures, you can put them in
:14:15. > :14:20.the Memory Box. On Mother's Day, they bought presents and flowers.
:14:20. > :14:29.As the years go by, memories make you smile rather than make you cry.
:14:29. > :14:36.We do have bad days - the kids' birthdays... But you learn to live
:14:36. > :14:41.with it. One of the things I have learnt to
:14:41. > :14:48.feel positive about is that Sophie was an organ donor, she saved the
:14:48. > :14:54.lives of five or six people, one of whom was a baby.
:14:54. > :15:03.So what is your role now, Clare? job is to contact new members in
:15:03. > :15:09.the area, in the Wirral area. I am the person saying, hang on in there,
:15:09. > :15:13.it gets easier. She is making sure that she is with us all the time.
:15:13. > :15:18.You just have to get through it as best you can, because that is all
:15:19. > :15:25.you can do. It makes you think, hang on, this is not a dress
:15:25. > :15:29.rehearsal, let us get on with life. It certainly makes you worry less
:15:29. > :15:32.about the little things, and you focus on the big picture, which is
:15:32. > :15:39.your family and your friends, and the rest of it doesn't really
:15:39. > :15:43.matter. Thanks to Clare and Peter for
:15:43. > :15:50.speaking so bravely and candidly this week about their experiences.
:15:50. > :15:56.Thank you also to those who have got in touch with your own stories.
:15:56. > :16:02.Still to come on North West Tonight. Somewhere Over the Rainbow. We will
:16:02. > :16:09.tell you why one city is lighting up the night sky. And Super Mario
:16:09. > :16:14.speaks - city's superstar striker in conversation with superfan Noel
:16:14. > :16:16.Gallagher. For years, staff at the Manchester
:16:17. > :16:24.Museum have known very little about one of their exhibits, the
:16:24. > :16:29.preserved head of Worsley Man. He is not to have lived around 100 AD.
:16:29. > :16:35.Now experts have used a hi-tech hospital scanner to reveal more
:16:35. > :16:39.about what happened to him. It is not a pretty tale.
:16:39. > :16:44.The well preserved skull of Worsley Man. 2000 years old but until now
:16:44. > :16:48.little was known other than he was in his 20s when he died. This is
:16:48. > :16:56.the man's right ear. So you have to imagine this piece being up against
:16:56. > :17:02.his right cheek, and the slightly better preserved piece of flesh,
:17:02. > :17:07.soft tissue underneath the neck. The body of Worsley Man was found
:17:07. > :17:11.in 1958, about two miles from the village of Astley green. At that
:17:11. > :17:16.time it was thought he had been the victim of the fairly recent murder,
:17:16. > :17:22.but it was only later it was discovered the body was much, much
:17:22. > :17:25.Alder, preserved by the peat. Now using downtime at a CT scanner
:17:25. > :17:29.at the Manchester Children's Hospital, experts have pieced
:17:29. > :17:35.together more details. It appears he was bludgeoned over the head,
:17:35. > :17:40.garrotted by his attackers, and then beheaded,'s -- possibly as a
:17:40. > :17:44.sacrifice. Chopping the head of somebody was an act of reverence
:17:44. > :17:49.towards the gods, we think. There are similarities with the
:17:49. > :17:54.remains of Lindow Man, discovered in a peat bog in Wilmslow and now
:17:54. > :17:59.in the British Museum. It seemed as clear that the Romans
:17:59. > :18:03.could not stamp out the ritual sacrifice of human beings. And that
:18:03. > :18:10.people were being killed and being put in peat bogs under the noses of
:18:10. > :18:15.the Romans, with the Roman garrison at Chester for example.
:18:15. > :18:22.Experts are hoping to find out more about the life and times of Worsley
:18:22. > :18:28.Man. They wanted to make sure the job
:18:29. > :18:33.was done, didn't they?! Show will lighten the mood? He set
:18:33. > :18:38.his house on fire with fireworks, and dressed up as Santa and handed
:18:38. > :18:42.out cash and bought everyone in the pub and drink. Mario Balotelli
:18:42. > :18:47.livened up English football, but the City strikers seldom speaks
:18:47. > :18:52.publicly. But he is in bid Oasis fan so he
:18:52. > :18:56.agreed to an interview if it was conducted by Noel Gallagher, a huge
:18:56. > :19:06.City found himself. With City hoping to extend their lead at the
:19:06. > :19:19.
:19:19. > :19:23.top against Swansea this weekend, Balotelli!
:19:23. > :19:28.Two stars who need little introduction - a rock icon whose
:19:29. > :19:32.football colours are very definitely sky-blue, and one of the
:19:32. > :19:39.sport's most colourful characters, Super talented Super Mario, a
:19:39. > :19:47.player who dances to his own tune. It is said you are quite shy and
:19:47. > :19:53.retiring, you want to keep yourself to yourself. Maybe some think I am
:19:53. > :20:03.arrogant. If Mancini was not here, I would
:20:03. > :20:11.not be here. Mancini said you need to mature, but we do not think that.
:20:11. > :20:21.If Mancini says something, he is right. But I am still young, and I
:20:21. > :20:29.think all ready from last year I am bigger. They say a lot of stuff
:20:29. > :20:39.about me, which is lies. If I go in the street, one man takes a picture
:20:39. > :20:40.
:20:40. > :20:49.and they say, Mario is there. I go to the pop... At you go to the pub?
:20:49. > :20:57.I have been to the pub, not to drink but... It to play darts!
:20:57. > :21:02.to play darts! One to watch whether you are his
:21:02. > :21:07.City fan or not, it is on Football Focus on Saturday.
:21:07. > :21:13.Balotelli on the substitutes' bench tonight for the game against
:21:13. > :21:18.Sporting Lisbon. The score is 0-0. United are also in action tonight -
:21:18. > :21:22.Sir Alex Ferguson says he will put out a strong side against Athletic
:21:23. > :21:27.Bilbao after struggling against Ajax in the last round. Full
:21:28. > :21:32.commentary on BBC Radio Manchester. For any swimmer, breaking one arm
:21:32. > :21:36.is his setback, breaking both a disaster, but Preston's Dan
:21:36. > :21:40.Sliwinski has shown great character to fight back from those injuries
:21:40. > :21:46.and qualify for the Olympics in the 100 metres breaststroke.
:21:46. > :21:52.He spoke to Olympic medallist and BBC commentator Steve Parry.
:21:52. > :21:56.How would you rate your performance, when you saw you had qualified?
:21:56. > :22:02.What did that feel like? It felt like three years of torture have
:22:02. > :22:07.come to an end. My injuries had been up and down, it was like it
:22:07. > :22:11.had all come past in a huge flash back in 60 seconds. Last week you
:22:12. > :22:19.didn't know whether you were going to the Olympics or not, now you are
:22:19. > :22:24.the fastest person from Great Britain. It has got to be good.
:22:24. > :22:30.you try to explain the process of going to the Olympics, and
:22:30. > :22:34.hopefully now I can shortlist that and say I am going. You not
:22:34. > :22:41.Donnybrook on one arm, you broke both your arms. That must have been
:22:41. > :22:48.a challenge to overcome. You think, I am unstoppable, but you get the
:22:48. > :22:52.second one broken and it is twice as hard. Your mother was so nervous,
:22:52. > :22:58.it has got to be nice for your family that you have finally got
:22:58. > :23:03.there. Yes, all the support they gave me after my first injury, I
:23:03. > :23:09.just would say thank you. What can you go on to do at the Olympics?
:23:10. > :23:14.Added to go there and do my best. - - I need to go there and do my best.
:23:14. > :23:21.I want to get to the first step, the semi-finals, and then anything
:23:21. > :23:27.can happen. That is my aim. This is Steve Parry for BBC North West
:23:27. > :23:34.Tonight with a rather successful 100 metres runner.
:23:34. > :23:37.The weather is here in a minute, but I can assure you there will be
:23:37. > :23:40.a rainbow in the North West Tonight and tomorrow and Saturday and
:23:40. > :23:45.Sunday. It will stretch for miles across
:23:45. > :23:49.the region's skies. A striking sign to mark the Cultural Olympiad year
:23:49. > :23:58.of bringing sports and arts together. Eno Eruotor has been
:23:58. > :24:01.given a little book. -- a little look.
:24:01. > :24:06.Climbing miles into the sky from Preston Marina, Seven beams of
:24:06. > :24:13.light, matching the seven colours of the rainbow, will mark the start
:24:13. > :24:17.of the 2012 Olympic Games in the North West Tonight. The rain will
:24:17. > :24:22.mean something to everyone, but for me it is about diversity and peace.
:24:22. > :24:25.It is a universal symbol, in a way. It fits really well with the
:24:25. > :24:30.Olympics. The this is the first of many large
:24:30. > :24:34.scale but works for the Cultural Olympiad, and although this is in
:24:34. > :24:38.Preston, the chances are you can see it as far away as 40 and 50
:24:38. > :24:46.miles from the city. Organisers want people right across the region
:24:46. > :24:51.to take part in what they are calling the challenge.
:24:51. > :24:54.The thing that connects art and sport is play. Artists play,
:24:54. > :24:58.athletes play, but everyone can play.
:24:58. > :25:02.The is laser show will play tricks on your eyes depending on where you
:25:02. > :25:08.are viewing it from. Should you see lights in the sky above Lancashire
:25:08. > :25:14.over the next fortnight, it is a work of art. It is very magical. It
:25:14. > :25:24.kind of makes you... Think that anything can happen.
:25:24. > :25:27.
:25:27. > :25:32.Eno Eruotor for BBC North West I still bet there will be so many
:25:33. > :25:37.calls to the police about strange lights in the Sky! The cloud cover
:25:37. > :25:42.today did not move in as early as we fought, but tomorrow, you
:25:42. > :25:46.picture will be slightly different. It will be much more cloudy, and I
:25:47. > :25:53.am afraid there will be some drizzly rain. We saw some in parts
:25:53. > :25:58.today, but the afternoon was pretty good. This little line of drizzly
:25:58. > :26:04.Sheri rain moved into many parts, and it is not done with us yet. It
:26:04. > :26:13.is not a good -- big deal, but that story continues through the night
:26:13. > :26:18.time. It will not last for two longer -- too long, but it will
:26:18. > :26:23.bring in spots of drizzly rain from time to time. The wind is westerly,
:26:23. > :26:28.with a temperature of about 15 miles an hour, but what all of this
:26:28. > :26:34.does is keep our temperatures up. When you set out first thing in the
:26:34. > :26:40.morning, there has been a real shock chill in the air - tomorrow,
:26:40. > :26:44.six or even it running along the coast. Tomorrow, there will be two
:26:44. > :26:49.weather systems. All we will be left with is the cloud and drizzly
:26:49. > :26:53.rain. It could pop up just about everywhere, but I don't think it
:26:53. > :27:01.will be the feature of the weather. That will be wall-to-wall cloud
:27:01. > :27:04.cover. It is actually very quiet at their however, the wind is going
:27:04. > :27:09.back round to the south-west, dragging in slightly milder air.
:27:09. > :27:16.Temperatures, without any sunshine, are actually quite good. 12 or 13
:27:16. > :27:22.degrees. If you got a few hours of sunshine you would get more, but
:27:22. > :27:28.you will not get it. The weekend, high pressure builds, so it is a