:00:12. > :00:17.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight.
:00:17. > :00:22.Jailed for 16 years. The paedophile grandfather trapped after three
:00:22. > :00:29.decades by his DNA. David Bryant represents every parent so
:00:29. > :00:33.nightmare. On -- fortunately he is behind bars. The court heard that
:00:33. > :00:38.David Bryant felt aggrieved to have been caught. Also tonight.
:00:38. > :00:42.Awaiting their fate, the workers preparing for a Vauxhall's
:00:42. > :00:45.blueprint for their future. Making Matilda smile. The region
:00:45. > :00:50.will lead the world in cleft palates research.
:00:50. > :01:00.From penalty boxes to horseboxes, we talk to Michael Owen about life
:01:00. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:07.of the pitch. -- off the pitch. Well it to neighbours and friends
:01:07. > :01:11.in the Cumbrian village he called home, at David Bryant appeared to
:01:11. > :01:14.be a pillar of the community. Living quietly in a picturesque
:01:14. > :01:20.cottage, he drove a taxi for a living and was well known to most
:01:20. > :01:24.people in the area. For more than 30 years, he kept a terrible secret.
:01:24. > :01:28.In the 1980s and 1990s, he'd snatched children from the streets,
:01:28. > :01:33.before subjecting them to sexual abuse. He was brought to justice
:01:33. > :01:40.thanks to the efforts of a cold case police unit and tonight he is
:01:40. > :01:44.beginning a 16 year jail term. Baycliff is a quiet village of 100
:01:44. > :01:48.homes just outside or Ulverston in Cumbria. It is a place where people
:01:48. > :01:53.know their neighbours, but no one here knew the dark and despicable
:01:53. > :01:56.secret harboured by one of their number for more than 30 years.
:01:56. > :02:01.David Bryant I think represent every parent's nightmare.
:02:01. > :02:05.Fortunately he is now behind bars. David Bryant was a paedophile and
:02:05. > :02:09.child of Dr. But to those living close to him, he appeared to be a
:02:09. > :02:15.respectable member of their community. Most people in the
:02:15. > :02:21.village fountain nice. He was a fellow that seemed to get on with
:02:21. > :02:25.everyone. In truth, David Bryant had an appalling criminal past. It
:02:25. > :02:29.began in Gosport in Hampshire in 1982 when he abducted a 5-year-old
:02:29. > :02:34.girl from her home before abusing her. It was a crime he repeated in
:02:34. > :02:40.May the next year in Southampton. More than one decade passed then he
:02:40. > :02:44.struck again in Newcastle and in September that year, another victim
:02:44. > :02:49.was snatched in Newcastle. Tonight we have been asked to appeal on two
:02:49. > :02:53.linked cases which are still unsolved. Despite the appeals, he
:02:53. > :02:57.remained at large. He brought fear to Tyneside, but was living
:02:57. > :03:00.peaceably on the opposite side of the country. It is possible each
:03:00. > :03:06.passing year helped him grow in confidence and get away with his
:03:06. > :03:09.crimes. Then the abductions will be examined by a cold case unit and
:03:09. > :03:19.advances in DNA technology eventually led police officers to
:03:19. > :03:24.
:03:24. > :03:29.But faced with irrefutable DNA evidence, he eventually admitted
:03:29. > :03:32.his guilt and today at Newcastle Crown Court was jailed for 16 years.
:03:32. > :03:36.Back in Baycliff, the people who once considered in a friendly
:03:36. > :03:40.neighbour remained shocked. could not believe it and I do not
:03:40. > :03:48.think most people could. David Bryant could not believe it when he
:03:48. > :03:51.was caught after so many years. Next tonight, a top-level meeting
:03:51. > :03:55.takes place in Germany tomorrow which could throw some light on the
:03:55. > :03:59.future of more than 2000 car workers here in the north-west.
:03:59. > :04:03.Vauxhall Opel has the Cup capability to be jess -- to produce
:04:03. > :04:11.too many cars and car plant closures are likely. The company
:04:11. > :04:16.has said it would protect jobs until 2014, but beyond that date?
:04:16. > :04:26.There have been no firm decisions on the future of this plant, but
:04:26. > :04:39.
:04:39. > :04:43.today it predicted demise is making headlines across Europe. Bochum and
:04:43. > :04:47.Ellesmere Port or two plants named as possible casualties. The sheer
:04:47. > :04:50.his box of's 50 per year in the town and the first car produced
:04:50. > :04:54.there was a Vauxhall Viva. A meeting tomorrow will be the first
:04:54. > :04:57.indicator yet of whether or not the site has many more years left. Now,
:04:58. > :05:02.says the union is the time to fight for jobs here. The fear is that
:05:02. > :05:06.Germany has a better track record of fighting for jobs there. German
:05:06. > :05:12.has not lost a plan since the Second World War. The contrast with
:05:12. > :05:17.the UK is remarkable. We have lost Rover, Peugeot and Jaguar as well
:05:17. > :05:21.as the GM plant. One does Germany have that we have not? In Germany
:05:21. > :05:26.local government pick up the tab and staff are on downtime. Why
:05:26. > :05:31.build cars no one will buy? Staff here will do that on Thursday and
:05:31. > :05:34.Friday. No one but Vauxhall Opel will pick up the tab. In Germany,
:05:34. > :05:40.unions sit on the board alongside directors and they will be at the
:05:40. > :05:46.crucial meeting tomorrow. Unions from here will not. In Germany, the
:05:46. > :05:50.company's new CEO is Karl-Frederick Stracke, the sheer's outgoing CEO,
:05:50. > :05:54.Nick Reilly, a Brit to cut his teeth at Ellesmere Port. Jobs have
:05:54. > :06:01.been safeguarded until 2014 and the meeting tomorrow will outline
:06:01. > :06:08.company plans beyond that. Staff should know more it then. Just how
:06:08. > :06:12.clear when the picture be this time tomorrow? We are not expecting a
:06:12. > :06:16.definitive announcement on plant closures. That is of the agenda.
:06:16. > :06:22.Unions are saying that they are expecting a little more meat to be
:06:22. > :06:26.put on the bones of what we know already. They have said they are
:06:26. > :06:30.running overcapacity and unions are expecting a bit more. Unions tell
:06:30. > :06:34.me that they might expect an announcement on were the next
:06:34. > :06:42.generation Astra will be built. If that goes to Ellesmere Port, it
:06:42. > :06:51.will have a shelf-life be on 2014. If it does not, the writing is on
:06:51. > :06:58.the wall. Tell us about it BAE, because there is a fight to save
:06:58. > :07:02.jobs there? The Defence Minister is on its way to India to asked the
:07:02. > :07:08.Indian government who have decided to spend a lot of money with a
:07:08. > :07:12.different country, a French company, to think again and go for the Euro
:07:12. > :07:19.fighter Typhoon and safeguard jobs here. We will hear more later in
:07:19. > :07:21.the week. While we are talking about jobs
:07:21. > :07:24.uncertainty and licking it to this time next year and wondering where
:07:25. > :07:29.you are going to be, a group of young unemployed people in Crewe
:07:29. > :07:33.have sent a stark message to David Cameron, do not desert our
:07:33. > :07:36.generation. They have made a video for the prime minister explaining
:07:36. > :07:39.what been without a job feels like and we will be following three of
:07:39. > :07:49.the grid this year as part of our plan to track the economy through
:07:49. > :07:54.the eyes of the people who live in the Cheshire town. Latest figures
:07:54. > :07:59.show that 2316 and 17-year-old oz bar out of work. Take a look at
:07:59. > :08:03.this figure for the 18 to 24 age group, because 9,000 of them are
:08:03. > :08:08.unemployed. This is the highest figure for any region in the
:08:08. > :08:14.country. In Crewe and Nantwich, of those claiming Jobseekers Allowance,
:08:15. > :08:21.almost one third are 16 to 24. People like these three people,
:08:21. > :08:26.struggling to find a job. Meet the teenagers to fear for their future.
:08:26. > :08:31.Chloe is 16, Joe is 18 and Laura is 16. They are unemployed and
:08:31. > :08:40.uninspired. A you are worried because this is your future. It is
:08:40. > :08:50.stopping you from living. This is their video message to David
:08:50. > :08:53.
:08:53. > :08:57.Cameron. We are trying to explain properly how we actually feel.
:08:57. > :09:02.does not know what it is like to be unemployed. He has a nice job that
:09:02. > :09:11.pays a lot of money. We are the ones who are sat here on the
:09:11. > :09:16.internet all day, looking in papers. He was our age once, he might not
:09:16. > :09:22.remember it, but... He will have to, because a lot of people need his
:09:22. > :09:27.help. Jo wants to be a social worker but is struggling to get
:09:27. > :09:34.experience. When you are told you are not good enough, it gets to you
:09:34. > :09:41.after a while. Clow we cannot even find a part-time job why she gets
:09:41. > :09:44.qualifications. A I have looked at Asda and Tesco, stacking shelves,
:09:44. > :09:49.working in a cafe, but you do not get a response back. I will do
:09:49. > :09:55.anything. Even with work experience at a local radio station, Laura is
:09:56. > :10:03.not hopeful of getting a job. do not think I stand a chance. That
:10:03. > :10:07.should not be right. You should have the confidence. We will follow
:10:07. > :10:15.these three over the next few months and they will do our best to
:10:15. > :10:20.take their video to the Prime Minister and see what he has to say.
:10:20. > :10:24.Tomorrow night we will be meeting the women's hammer. Wayne, Bejana
:10:24. > :10:28.and Toby are struggling to make ends meet on one weight as they
:10:28. > :10:34.struggle rising prices, declining income and debt. We want to hear
:10:34. > :10:38.from you on this. Get in touch if you live or work in Crewe and let
:10:38. > :10:44.us know your experiences in tough times.
:10:44. > :10:48.Thank you. An independent report into of his's riots in cities
:10:48. > :10:51.including Manchester and Salford, says a lack of support and lack of
:10:51. > :10:54.opportunity for young people contributed to the unrest. The
:10:54. > :10:59.Riots, Communities and Victims Panel has concluded that up to
:10:59. > :11:05.15,000 people took part in the riots, with the majority aged under
:11:05. > :11:08.24 and with poor academic records. The new interim Chief Executive of
:11:08. > :11:11.the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
:11:11. > :11:14.has been speaking for the first time since starting his new role.
:11:14. > :11:18.Eric Morton was appointed after problems with the quality of
:11:18. > :11:22.service at the trust, including per patient safety and sub-standard
:11:22. > :11:27.clinical governance. A I have no doubt we will have an excellent
:11:27. > :11:30.trust. I am sure that the services we will be moving to deliver a
:11:30. > :11:35.cross all the hospitals and the trust will be as good as you get in
:11:35. > :11:37.the rest of the country. The government has given the go-
:11:37. > :11:40.ahead for �54 million of improvements to bus services across
:11:40. > :11:46.Greater Manchester. There will be more bus lanes and in central
:11:46. > :11:49.Manchester, cars will be banned from part of Oxford Road.
:11:49. > :11:52.Manchester United icons Denis Law and Bryan Robson here both beating
:11:53. > :11:57.cancer have vowed to help raise �1 million for research. The players
:11:57. > :12:01.are appealing to a public to take part in this year's 'Shine' Night
:12:01. > :12:10.Time Marathon Walk in September and they say they owe their survival to
:12:10. > :12:15.advances in technology. I was astounded. I have cancer! It was a
:12:15. > :12:20.shoe shop to me. You realise that you have got it and you have to
:12:20. > :12:24.cope with that, but then you understand what the machines are
:12:24. > :12:34.helping as well. Can we buy another machine that will say that
:12:34. > :12:39.
:12:39. > :12:43.The players are Bolton Wanderers have visited their team-mate
:12:43. > :12:48.Fabrice Muamba at the London chest Hospital ahead of tonight's FA Cup
:12:48. > :12:52.replay against Tottenham. The 23- year-old suffered a cardiac arrest
:12:52. > :12:57.10 days ago during the first match at White Hart Lane which was then
:12:57. > :13:01.abandoned. Fabrice Muamba remains in intensive care but is said to be
:13:01. > :13:03.making encouraging progress. The Government is warning
:13:03. > :13:07.Manchester that it risks a competitive disadvantage ever
:13:07. > :13:11.decides not to have a directly elected mayor. In five weeks' time,
:13:11. > :13:16.people in the city will be asked in a referendum whether they want to
:13:16. > :13:21.me are or not, that is the chance to vote for the leader of the
:13:21. > :13:26.council. It is have they would like to have Army Air in Manchester.
:13:27. > :13:31.When I went into Downing Street this afternoon, it was a high
:13:31. > :13:39.profile situation. There were other senior politicians there, including
:13:39. > :13:44.Michael Heseltine, Boris Johnson, Eric Pickles, the message is the
:13:44. > :13:49.same. If you have a directly elected mayor who is elected by the
:13:49. > :13:52.people, then they are more high profile and they are able to lead
:13:52. > :13:56.the city and develop the economy. What is interesting that when I
:13:57. > :14:00.spoke to one senior Downing Street insider and asked what happens if
:14:00. > :14:05.Mantua doesn't go far a directly elected mayor when they go for the
:14:05. > :14:10.referendum, he was explicit. He said they would be at a competitive
:14:10. > :14:17.disadvantage. That was the point, if big cities go for it, they will
:14:17. > :14:25.get the advantages. How is the Labour leadership of Manchester
:14:26. > :14:31.City Council responding? I spoke to the leader there and he has a very
:14:31. > :14:34.strong argument which is that Greater Manchester is seen as one
:14:34. > :14:39.of the best-performing city regions, in terms of how local councils work
:14:39. > :14:45.together, so if it is working well, why would you want to change it?
:14:45. > :14:49.His argument is that you should not be worrying about titles. The
:14:49. > :14:55.Government think that mayor's are better thing and they are creating
:14:55. > :15:01.this new body. Liverpool will be at that table, the question is if
:15:01. > :15:06.Manchester will join them. Either way, in case you're wondering, it
:15:06. > :15:13.didn't cost me a penny to get into Downing Street this afternoon take
:15:13. > :15:16.meet the Prime Minister. Thank you very much.
:15:16. > :15:19.We stay and Manchester. The University of Manchester is to take
:15:20. > :15:23.joined leadership on the biggest ever study into cleft lips and
:15:23. > :15:27.palates. �11 million is being invested over five years, the
:15:27. > :15:30.single biggest investment anywhere in the world. The university will
:15:30. > :15:34.work with the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and other
:15:34. > :15:41.instruments across the country, to understand more about the defect
:15:41. > :15:44.which effects 1,200 children born in the UK each year.
:15:44. > :15:48.Eight-month-old Matilda from Bolton was born with a cleft palate,
:15:48. > :15:53.leaving her with a hole in the top of her mouth and difficulties
:15:53. > :15:57.feeding. We were devastated at first. It can lead to other
:15:57. > :16:03.conditions. I was worried about other things that might be wrong
:16:03. > :16:11.with her. And the implications it would have for her future,.
:16:11. > :16:14.Cleft lips and palates and among what -- amongst the most common
:16:14. > :16:20.birth defects in the world, but little is known about what causes
:16:20. > :16:24.them. There are environmental influences that can in certain
:16:24. > :16:30.circumstances influence the risks. Experts are still divided on the
:16:30. > :16:39.best form of treatment and Matilda's parents utter would --
:16:39. > :16:43.have decided to take part in trials, looking at when his best operator.
:16:43. > :16:46.Here at the Royal children's Manchester hospital, they will be
:16:46. > :16:49.co-ordinating a nationwide programme of research and Gordon to
:16:49. > :16:55.improve the team is available and reduce the burden of care and
:16:55. > :17:03.children and their families. forms very early in pregnancy and
:17:03. > :17:08.it is before that pregnancy before -- is apparent. This is one of the
:17:08. > :17:11.nurses who will be working on the trials. My hopes of the future to
:17:11. > :17:15.be worth answers some of the uncertainties that remain in all
:17:15. > :17:19.aspects of cleft care. By working together with other is to choose
:17:19. > :17:27.across the country we should be able to learn more about the
:17:27. > :17:33.Defects and how to treat it. We mentioned Bolton earlier, but
:17:33. > :17:37.there are not the only one of her sides playing in the FA Cup tonight.
:17:37. > :17:47.Everton have laid on free coach travel to take thousands of their
:17:47. > :17:48.
:17:48. > :17:53.fans to Sunderland. It is the quarter-final replay.
:17:53. > :18:01.There is full commentary of that match from the Stadium of Light on
:18:01. > :18:06.BBC Radio Merseyside. I am setting myself up for rough
:18:06. > :18:09.all now. Last night, Manchester United beat
:18:09. > :18:14.Fulham to move three points clear of Manchester City at the top of
:18:14. > :18:19.the Premier League. Wayne Rooney's first have goal, his 25th of the
:18:19. > :18:22.season, was the decider. United also survived appellant tastier in
:18:22. > :18:29.the closing minutes, when Michael Carrick appeared to trip Danny
:18:29. > :18:33.Murphy in the penalty area. He is no stranger to be signing
:18:33. > :18:37.Saturday and new deal involving Michael Owen was unveiled, without
:18:37. > :18:39.a for pollen site. The Manchester United player and horse racing
:18:40. > :18:43.enthusiast lunch the business partnership between the stable co-
:18:43. > :18:48.owns and a wealth management company. The Flat racing tables
:18:48. > :18:52.have expanded in the past two years. So is Michael Owen's hobby becoming
:18:52. > :18:58.more of a career as injury was continue to plague him?
:18:58. > :19:04.From penalty boxes to horseboxes, he looks at home in both. If you
:19:04. > :19:11.push horses, they grow well. My call in is at a corner of Manor
:19:11. > :19:17.House Stables. It is home to 100 racehorses and employs 40 people.
:19:17. > :19:20.It is a big operation, but Michael Owen, who is returning from injury
:19:20. > :19:25.insists the only race he wants to be involved end is the one for the
:19:25. > :19:32.Premier League title. It would be lovely to be fit and available for
:19:32. > :19:36.that one. Life of the pitch goes on. Today he lunch venue now working
:19:36. > :19:41.relationship. He looks as if he has been doing some networking himself
:19:41. > :19:49.in their dressing room. He has got two courses. He named that one
:19:49. > :19:55.after his father. He is one of two that Wayne has got. The Flat season
:19:55. > :20:05.is about to start this Saturday, so we are training them all. It is the
:20:05. > :20:07.
:20:07. > :20:11.equivalent of PCs and so -- pre- season training for them.
:20:11. > :20:16.I have started doing my coaching matches. There are five levels to
:20:16. > :20:23.do and I have done the first three. There is that as an option. And
:20:23. > :20:29.then the media is another option that could be taken further. There
:20:29. > :20:32.are fuel roles and football that I could take on. And on in one of the
:20:32. > :20:38.country's bigger stables has a nice hobby to have. The only downside,
:20:38. > :20:43.he cannot test their passes out. You cannot do anything like that.
:20:43. > :20:49.All the extreme sports. We have to wait until we are retired. All well,
:20:49. > :20:53.you cannot have all. What a beautiful place that was.
:20:54. > :20:58.Beautiful day. Frustrating it if you want to play spot the Clyde. I
:20:58. > :21:03.have not seen a cloud for days. We have Sendai and to the seaside. --
:21:03. > :21:09.spot the cloud. I am in more come. There is a
:21:09. > :21:14.reason to come to more come. Yesterday they are sold -- some
:21:14. > :21:18.more sunshine than anywhere in the North West. Markham's up 12.5 hours
:21:19. > :21:23.of sunshine. It is going to be difficult to judge today. There has
:21:23. > :21:28.not been applied to the sky. We should be in a farm in her sunshine
:21:28. > :21:35.hours. Temperatures through the day have been great. Everyone has been
:21:35. > :21:39.have been great. Everyone has been High pressure still in charge. It
:21:39. > :21:43.is starting to drift. While tomorrow will be wonderful, it is
:21:43. > :21:47.over the next couple of days that the colder air gradually starts to
:21:47. > :21:51.come in. We can see there when changing direction. Then we will
:21:51. > :21:55.see more cloud coming through. I think my Thursday you will see some
:21:55. > :22:03.evidence of that. As you head to the reader, temperatures will start
:22:03. > :22:08.to fall away and you will definitely notice the difference.
:22:08. > :22:14.Tiny bits of cloud ones and are well. We have hardly seen anything
:22:15. > :22:22.at all. The temperatures - Isle of Man struggle to 13 yesterday. 15
:22:22. > :22:26.today and 20 and 21 quite widely around the region. But I think that
:22:27. > :22:31.is lost time you will see them creeping to around 70. We will see
:22:31. > :22:35.them tailing off. This evening and tonight, it is the same story as a
:22:35. > :22:41.last couple of nights. It is the beautiful enter the day. Get out
:22:42. > :22:48.and enjoy it. Those temperatures will go down tonight. You will be
:22:48. > :22:54.talking like last night, maybe a -1. There will be a touch of frost
:22:54. > :22:59.first sign in the morning. Towns and cities, five degrees. Along the
:22:59. > :23:03.coast, 6 and 7. Tomorrow it will be the same as today. If you have not
:23:03. > :23:08.had the chance to enjoy, I hope you will experience this weather.
:23:08. > :23:12.Tomorrow be the last beautiful day, the real good temperatures. I think
:23:12. > :23:17.the sunshine starts to fade on Thursday. It is wall-to-wall
:23:17. > :23:27.sunshine all day tomorrow. The Windsor remain light. I think you
:23:27. > :23:31.can achieve that quite nicely. -- the wins remain light. Temperatures
:23:31. > :23:37.realistically quite widely around three to six degrees. If we look at
:23:37. > :23:47.the next couple of days, you can see the difference. As you head to
:23:47. > :23:49.
:23:49. > :23:52.the weekend, really starting to Someone said to me today, it is
:23:52. > :23:57.snow over Easter. People always say that.
:23:57. > :24:06.We are going to leave you with a beautiful view over Morecambe Bay.
:24:06. > :24:14.To ensure we have a look at life and Hattersley. It is part of a new
:24:14. > :24:18.BBC musical documentary. -- in Hattersley.
:24:18. > :24:23.The first time I went to the community centre I was crying. My
:24:24. > :24:26.mother had died and my marriage had broken up. I found a leaflet about
:24:26. > :24:30.the different courses they run their and that was a turning point.
:24:30. > :24:36.I did all of them and I made a promise to myself from then on
:24:36. > :24:46.never to say no to anything. You can Thomas choose their doors to
:24:46. > :24:50.
:24:50. > :25:00.close, but you can choose the ones that you open. -- cannot always.
:25:00. > :25:01.
:25:01. > :25:09.My dad died when I was 10. Sad and watching telly with my mother.
:25:09. > :25:14.Arthur Negus going for a song. He said he wasn't feeling well.
:25:14. > :25:24.Started unbuttoning his shirt, so I was sent to Lilley's house to play
:25:24. > :25:34.
:25:35. > :25:42.with her daughter's. I got so -- up in the morning it. It wasn't till
:25:42. > :25:49.about 10 o'clock I asked how dad was doing. And mother had to say
:25:49. > :25:59.that he was dead. Everything replaces something good and
:25:59. > :26:01.
:26:01. > :26:10.something bad. Adie a son, I day our brain. -- other day. You try to
:26:10. > :26:16.stay balanced but that the world keeps spinning round. And drowned.
:26:16. > :26:25.-- and round. My mother had a stroke the night I had my daughter.
:26:25. > :26:34.She was on her way to seamy in a hospital. But she never came. She
:26:34. > :26:44.would let them tell me why. I sometimes think you pay a price for
:26:44. > :26:46.
:26:46. > :26:56.happiness. She died on New Year's Eve. Everything replaces something
:26:56. > :26:57.
:26:58. > :27:06.good and something bad. At a son, a deal of rain. And you tried to stay
:27:06. > :27:16.balanced, but the world keeps spending round and round. -- keeps
:27:16. > :27:20.