:00:02. > :00:06.Good evening. Welcome to NorthWest Tonight with Ranvir Singh and Roger
:00:06. > :00:09.Johnson. Our top story. An investigation into hospital
:00:09. > :00:16.security in Tameside after medical fluids for patients were left
:00:16. > :00:20.unattended in the grounds. We'll be examining what safeguards
:00:20. > :00:23.should be in place. Also tonight.
:00:23. > :00:27.Police release a lorry driver without charge after a badly
:00:27. > :00:30.injured woman's body is found in the middle of a Manchester road.
:00:30. > :00:37.A new neighbourhood watch. The Cheshire plan to help protect our
:00:37. > :00:41.historic buildings. People power. Renewable energy
:00:41. > :00:44.based on Ancient Greek engineering, paid for by the locals.
:00:44. > :00:49.And dilemmas at the deep end. The problems of juggling Olympic dreams
:00:49. > :00:59.with a busy family life. You end up being quite selfish and I found it
:00:59. > :01:06.
:01:06. > :01:16.hard to dedicate my time to other An investigation is underway at
:01:16. > :01:21.
:01:21. > :01:23.Tameside Hospital, after it emerged Part of a major thoroughfare in
:01:23. > :01:27.Manchester was brought to a standstill today after the body of
:01:27. > :01:29.a woman with very serious injuries was found lying in the road. Soon
:01:29. > :01:32.afterwards, a lorry driver was arrested on suspicion of murder.
:01:32. > :01:36.But within the past hour, he's been released without charge. Our Chief
:01:36. > :01:38.Reporter Dave Guest is at the scene of where the woman was found. This
:01:38. > :01:43.sexual of opera at Brook Street remains sealed off. This has been a
:01:43. > :01:48.story of twists and turns regret the day. But the police are no
:01:48. > :01:51.nearer to knowing who the dead woman was.
:01:51. > :01:55.It was around 10 this morning that police received reports of a body
:01:55. > :01:58.lying in the middle of Upper Brook Street. They arrived to find the
:01:58. > :02:02.badly damaged body of a woman. It made a distressing scene for
:02:02. > :02:07.passersby. It is scary. Especially when you do not know the
:02:07. > :02:13.circumstances. It is mad the way the world is. That is just the way
:02:13. > :02:18.things are now days. This road is normally a busy thoroughfare, but
:02:18. > :02:23.it has remained closed off arrive the day. Even as officers began the
:02:23. > :02:28.task of trying to identify this woman, and establish how she came
:02:28. > :02:32.to be in the road, there was another twist in the story when a
:02:32. > :02:37.47-year-old lorry driver was arrested some of miles from here.
:02:37. > :02:43.His lorry became another potential crime scene that he was arrested on
:02:43. > :02:47.suspicion of murder. Then at least this after them, the police
:02:47. > :02:49.announced that the man had been released without charge. They were
:02:49. > :02:55.keen to stress that the investigation is still in its
:02:55. > :03:00.infancy. We have a team of detectives investigating this
:03:00. > :03:08.matter. We have placed additional patrols in the area. This is a
:03:08. > :03:12.distressing incident, we are getting information constantly.
:03:12. > :03:16.priority for the investigation is to establish who the woman was the
:03:17. > :03:21.circumstances leading up to her death. Tonight, the police have
:03:21. > :03:31.issued a description of the dead woman. She was Asian, had black
:03:31. > :03:33.
:03:34. > :03:39.hair, was wearing gold bangles, had a nose piercing and a toll ring.
:03:39. > :03:44.She was wearing saffron coloured clothing. If someone is missing a
:03:44. > :03:49.relative, if they may know who this person is, please get in touch with
:03:49. > :03:52.the police. An investigation is underway at
:03:52. > :03:55.Tameside Hospital, after it emerged that boxes of a medical solution
:03:55. > :04:01.due to be used on patients were left unattended in a loading bay
:04:02. > :04:04.that was accessible to the public. The news comes as police continue
:04:04. > :04:07.to investigate the deaths of six patients at Stepping Hill in
:04:07. > :04:09.Stockport, who were allegedly poisoned. Tameside General has now
:04:09. > :04:16.apologised to patients and says security has now been stepped up.
:04:16. > :04:19.Here's our health correspondent Nina Warhurst. If filtration
:04:19. > :04:22.solutions from these boxes were due to be put inside your body, how
:04:22. > :04:25.comfortable would you feel? A manager at Tameside General was
:04:25. > :04:28.so concerned that the fluids were being left here, unattended, before
:04:28. > :04:33.being used on patients that she contacted her local newspaper and
:04:33. > :04:41.this reporter says he was able to go right up to the boxes. Nobody
:04:41. > :04:51.challenged me at all. There were no patrols, no CCTV in their area. It
:04:51. > :05:04.
:05:04. > :05:07.is just shocking that the sort of The Royal Liverpool University
:05:07. > :05:09.Hospitals have a dedicated medicinal safety nurse whose job it
:05:09. > :05:15.is to make sure storage and handling produceres are always
:05:15. > :05:21.followed. The lorry drivers drop them off and the porters and lock
:05:21. > :05:26.them away. When the wards order the medicine, the porter takes them up.
:05:26. > :05:36.Should they ever be left unattended? Absolutely not.
:05:36. > :05:43.Medicines and fluids should not be treated like that. Practices have
:05:43. > :05:53.now been improved. Liquids are received into a safe and secure
:05:53. > :05:55.
:05:55. > :05:59.area. The risk to any patient is extremely small. The trust has
:06:00. > :06:06.initiated a full investigation into this. I the results of the
:06:06. > :06:09.investigation are expected in the coming months.
:06:09. > :06:12.More of the day's news now. The body of a soldier from East
:06:12. > :06:13.Lancashire, who was killed in Afghanistan, has arrived back in
:06:13. > :06:16.the UK. Lance Corporal Michael Foley from
:06:16. > :06:21.Nelson was shot dead with two other servicemen by a rogue Afghan
:06:21. > :06:24.soldier. Their bodies arrived at RAF Brize Norton this afternoon.
:06:24. > :06:28.There's been a mixed picture at petrol stations across the region
:06:28. > :06:30.with continuing fears of a strike by tanker drivers. Some service
:06:30. > :06:34.stations have seen long queues, others appear to be operating
:06:34. > :06:42.normally. The AA is urging motorists to buy fuel as usual,
:06:42. > :06:45.avoiding stockpiling. 60 firefighters tackled a blaze in
:06:45. > :06:48.Preston city centre today. It started in the kitchen of the
:06:48. > :06:51.McDonalds restaurant on Market Street. A number of other shops and
:06:51. > :06:55.businesses had to be evacuated. And a large fire led to part of Chorley
:06:55. > :07:01.town centre being closed for part of the day. It badly damaged a
:07:01. > :07:04.number of shops and restaurants. Candidates are starting to
:07:04. > :07:07.officially launch campaigns in the race to become the first directly
:07:07. > :07:10.elected Mayor of Liverpool. For the first time, voters will choose who
:07:10. > :07:12.they want to lead the city council. Labour's candidate is the current
:07:12. > :07:19.leader of the council, Joe Anderson, who originally decided to create
:07:19. > :07:24.the new post. People will look at my record over the last 18 months
:07:24. > :07:29.to see what I have done. The cruise liner terminal, the apprenticeships
:07:29. > :07:36.we have created, the jobs we have created they will see a man of
:07:36. > :07:39.action, a man who gets things done. And the former BBC journalist Liam
:07:39. > :07:42.Fogarty who has campaigned for years for an elected mayor in
:07:42. > :07:45.Liverpool is standing as an independent. I have been
:07:45. > :07:49.professionally a reporting on Liverpool politics for 30 years and
:07:49. > :07:54.I know how the City works. I can see under the bonnet, if you like,
:07:54. > :07:59.of Liverpool and the way it is governed. I think we can do a whole
:07:59. > :08:02.lot better with some new thinking, new faces and a new person at the
:08:02. > :08:05.top. For a list of prospective
:08:05. > :08:10.candidates standing for mayor, go to the website at
:08:10. > :08:13.bbc.co.uk/liverpool. The route has been announced for
:08:13. > :08:16.Liverpool's Sea Odyssey - a three day street theatre event to mark
:08:16. > :08:19.the centenary of the Titanic sinking. A giant puppet of a little
:08:19. > :08:23.girl who lost her father on the ship will walk a 23 mile route
:08:23. > :08:29.around the city next month. Up to a quarter of a million visitors are
:08:29. > :08:39.expected on the streets to watch. For more details on the route visit
:08:39. > :08:40.
:08:40. > :08:42.www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool. It is going to be spectacular. I
:08:42. > :08:49.thought at first that they look quite weird, but now they look
:08:49. > :08:53.really good. The country's first heritage watch
:08:53. > :08:56.scheme has been launched in Cheshire today. It's modelled on
:08:56. > :08:58.Neighbourhood Watch, but the idea is that local people can help
:08:58. > :09:01.protect our historic buildings and sites from vandalism.
:09:01. > :09:11.Cheshire has more than 5,000 sites of historic interest. Our reporter
:09:11. > :09:11.
:09:11. > :09:15.Andy Gill is at one them - St John's Church in Chester. Andy.
:09:15. > :09:20.This is a magnificent churches dating back to the 7th century,
:09:20. > :09:25.next to the Roman amphitheatre in Chester. Some people think it is
:09:25. > :09:30.among the finest parish churches in England. But it is a building that
:09:30. > :09:40.has CCTV because of vandalism and anti-social behaviour. Today it was
:09:40. > :09:47.
:09:47. > :09:53.-- launch of heritage watch. A Grade 2 listed building converted
:09:53. > :09:58.without planning permission, a building covered in graffiti. This
:09:58. > :10:08.is heritage crime. At this parish church, lead has been taken from
:10:08. > :10:11.
:10:11. > :10:15.the roof, windows broken. Depressed, annoyed, very upset. Half at the
:10:15. > :10:20.time they do not realise that they are damaging their own heritage.
:10:20. > :10:27.This is a medieval quarter of arms carved into a huge slab of stone.
:10:27. > :10:34.It used to do have a partner. But two years ago somebody came and
:10:34. > :10:43.took another one away. It was a planned crime. Now comes Heritage
:10:43. > :10:48.to watch. Volunteers are being encouraged to give an eye on
:10:48. > :10:53.Cheshire's historic buildings. hits people where it hurts. In the
:10:53. > :10:57.sort of buildings about commemorate these important to people's lives.
:10:57. > :11:05.That is a mean thing to do. first volunteer group has already
:11:05. > :11:10.been set up. We have to play our part by taking care of it, by being
:11:10. > :11:20.nosey and boarding up when you have that suspicions. One of the worst
:11:20. > :11:22.
:11:22. > :11:31.Heritage crimes that Cheshire faces is people urinating on historic
:11:31. > :11:36.buildings. Disgusting, and something which lots of the wood.
:11:36. > :11:43.Farmland is sometimes dug up by a illegal metal detectors. If you
:11:43. > :11:48.want to set up your own heritage watch scheme, get in touch with the
:11:48. > :11:58.police or your local council. Being nosey seems to be one of the
:11:58. > :11:59.
:11:59. > :12:02.key skills, I might a sign up! 2,000-year-old technology is being
:12:02. > :12:06.brought back to life to generate renewable energy on a river in
:12:06. > :12:09.Stockport. The River Goyt already has one Archimedes Screw producing
:12:09. > :12:12.electricity from water power. Now it is to get two more costing half
:12:13. > :12:15.a million pounds. They are being paid for by local people, but with
:12:15. > :12:16.future Government support for green energy schemes uncertain, are they
:12:17. > :12:25.investing wisely? Our Environment Correspondent Colin
:12:25. > :12:26.Sykes reports. Ancient Greek engineering bought by lorry to
:12:26. > :12:30.Stockport. The huge Archimedes screws are
:12:30. > :12:33.being fixed into the existing Otterspool Weir on the River Goyt.
:12:33. > :12:38.The screws turn at variable rates allowing us to go with the ebb and
:12:38. > :12:41.flow of the river. The survey says there is plenty of water in here to
:12:42. > :12:46.allow them to turn for most of the time. We can control them and
:12:47. > :12:53.manage them if we need to. screws will generate enough power
:12:53. > :12:56.for 60 homes. This is not the first time the River Goyt has been used
:12:56. > :12:59.for Hydro-Electric power. Just a few miles upriver another scheme is
:12:59. > :13:05.already successfully generating power. The smaller community scheme
:13:05. > :13:08.at New Mills is already up and running. Grants and attractive
:13:08. > :13:11.tariffs for the power have given the scheme widespread appeal but
:13:11. > :13:15.there is a warning that reduced Government support could leave
:13:15. > :13:19.investors high and dry. If the Government is serious about the big
:13:19. > :13:21.society, helping to address climate change, I think it will have to
:13:21. > :13:31.radically rethink how it supports communities to do this kind of
:13:31. > :13:31.
:13:31. > :13:35.thing. But for its supporters, it is not all about the money. Most of
:13:35. > :13:40.my adult life, I have been sounding off about this kind of thing and
:13:40. > :13:46.the need for alternative sources of power. It is a chance to put my
:13:46. > :13:49.money where my mouth is. It is small but enough small things will
:13:49. > :13:51.add up to something that has a significant effect in the long run.
:13:51. > :14:01.With the screws in place, the scheme should be generating
:14:01. > :14:03.
:14:03. > :14:06.electricity by next month. Starting your own business is
:14:06. > :14:10.always a big decision but especially so when you consider the
:14:10. > :14:13.latest figures. For every two businesses started in the North
:14:13. > :14:16.West, another three go bust. But Phil Littler from Crewe has done it
:14:16. > :14:20.- he has just taken over a furniture business.
:14:20. > :14:28.And he's one of the people who will be helping us track our economy in
:14:28. > :14:38.the Cheshire town over this next Taking the plunge and taking a
:14:38. > :14:44.chance in the toughest of times. Are you mad? Probably. Mad or brave.
:14:44. > :14:50.But you're confident. I know what I am doing. Confidence is good. Sales
:14:50. > :14:54.even better. Latest figures show that for every two businesses being
:14:54. > :14:58.started here in the north-west, another three are going bust. What
:14:58. > :15:02.makes you think you can buck the trend? It is attention to detail,
:15:02. > :15:10.looking at costs, overheads, do not be flash with anything. Prices have
:15:10. > :15:17.got to be in line with people shopping on the internet. We want
:15:17. > :15:21.them to come into town and shop here. So far, so good. He has only
:15:21. > :15:25.been in business for two weeks, but his is a cautious optimism. I have
:15:25. > :15:33.a minimum that I have to have, and another where I would also like to
:15:33. > :15:38.be ideally as well. Target wise, two weeks in, I have doubled it.
:15:38. > :15:41.But you cannot judge it on two weeks. With a website about to be
:15:41. > :15:45.launched, plenty of ideas in the pipeline and a long-term plan, it
:15:45. > :15:50.looks good. In one year, I would like to still be here, having
:15:50. > :15:58.survived the first year. The second year should be easier. That is when
:15:58. > :16:07.you start to make some profit. Can he do it? We will check in with him
:16:07. > :16:15.again soon. Most of us cannot even remember
:16:15. > :16:18.learning how to read. It's just a natural part of growing up. But not
:16:18. > :16:23.having that skill can make everyday things like reading a letter or
:16:23. > :16:25.filling out a form feel daunting. And the statistics are quite
:16:25. > :16:35.surprising. One in every six adults has the
:16:35. > :17:05.
:17:05. > :17:08.reading age of an 11 year old or Let me introduce Jeff Pearce. A one
:17:08. > :17:16.time market trader from Liverpool, now a multi-millionaire who
:17:16. > :17:22.couldn't write his own name until he was 53 years old. As go, you
:17:22. > :17:30.were bill of pride -- you were vilified by the teacher. They
:17:30. > :17:36.thought I did not want to learn, but I did not. -- but I did. I had
:17:36. > :17:42.dyslexia. How did that make you feel? I wanted to learn, but they
:17:42. > :17:50.felt I was not learning quickly enough. With dyslexic people, you
:17:50. > :17:56.have to be taught one it took one. Dyslexia is quite well handled in
:17:56. > :18:00.schools, I imagine, generally speaking now. But you ended up with
:18:00. > :18:05.no qualifications and he became a market trader with your mother.
:18:05. > :18:12.left school at 14 and I could not read and write. But you became a
:18:12. > :18:17.multi-millionaire, how did you manage? It was very difficult. I
:18:17. > :18:25.lived at two lives. The life of entrepreneur businessman, but also
:18:25. > :18:29.the life of a man in fear of being found out. Your wife help you?
:18:29. > :18:38.wife it was my writing hand. We were in business as a team. I could
:18:38. > :18:43.not even spell my first name which is James. I found it impossible.
:18:43. > :18:53.You have learned to read it four years ago. How has it changed to
:18:53. > :18:55.
:18:55. > :18:59.your life? Amazing. The first thing is to admit that you cannot read.
:18:59. > :19:06.What I spent 54 years of blatant of anybody knowing that I could not
:19:06. > :19:16.read. As soon as I told somebody that I could not read and write, it
:19:16. > :19:25.changed and I was able to start learning. It is a fascinating story.
:19:25. > :19:31.Inspirational. I am sure that people watching will take
:19:31. > :19:33.inspiration from it. Well, all this week, the BBC has
:19:34. > :19:37.commissioned a series of special daytime dramas on the subject and
:19:37. > :19:45.help is available. If you want to improve your skills, call 0800 0150
:19:45. > :19:47.950 to talk to someone about what to do next. Or text WORDS to 81010.
:19:47. > :19:50.Further information can also be found at bbc.co.uk/secretsandwords.
:19:50. > :20:00.Calls are free from most landlines but some mobile operators may
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:20:04. > :20:07.Now to our Olympic hopefuls and a man preparing for his third Olympic
:20:07. > :20:10.Games in the pool. Stockport's James Goddard, who specialises in
:20:10. > :20:13.the backstroke, has won Commonwealth gold medals but has
:20:13. > :20:16.just missed out when it's come to the big one.
:20:17. > :20:19.But he hasn't given up hope of winning a medal at his home Games
:20:20. > :20:29.in London and has been training harder than ever. Our own Olympian
:20:30. > :20:36.
:20:36. > :20:45.Steve Parry went to find out how That is a brilliant swim up from
:20:45. > :20:52.James Goddard. Not many people can cope with being a father and a
:20:52. > :20:56.sports person? It is toff. As a sports person, you lived your life
:20:56. > :21:06.of focusing on yourself. You end up quite selfish and I found it hard
:21:06. > :21:11.to dedicate my time to other people. Would you prefer that James had a
:21:11. > :21:21.more ordinary job? It has always been like this, so that would be
:21:21. > :21:21.
:21:21. > :21:27.weird. I am looking forward to going out and hearing 70,000 people
:21:27. > :21:36.going crazy. I bet your not taking her to school? Yes, I trained early
:21:36. > :21:41.in the morning so I do not usually get to take her. James has won
:21:41. > :21:49.Commonwealth and European golds. This time it is going to be tough
:21:49. > :21:54.as he is up against the two greatest ever swimmers. I am very
:21:54. > :21:58.privileged to be going to my home Olympic Games. And I am going to be
:21:58. > :22:04.competing against of the greater swimmers of all time. What would be
:22:04. > :22:10.a good result for you? I think this will be my last chance, added is my
:22:10. > :22:20.best chance to try pick up a medal. I want to swim a race that I can
:22:20. > :22:21.
:22:21. > :22:30.look back on in 40 years and think that was a race of my life. We wish
:22:30. > :22:39.We promised you want final nice day and we have had it. Temperatures
:22:39. > :22:46.have struggled a little bit. That north-westerly wind is bringing the
:22:46. > :22:56.air him from the Irish Sea. These are the temperatures that we can
:22:56. > :22:57.
:22:57. > :23:02.expect now. But it is getting a little bit hazy. It will be a quiet
:23:02. > :23:12.night, but the cloud is returning. This cloud cover does make a
:23:12. > :23:13.
:23:13. > :23:18.difference. I do not they may was see any frost, temperatures will be
:23:18. > :23:22.around to five degrees tomorrow morning. Just a little bit better.
:23:22. > :23:31.But that cloud will still be around first thing tomorrow morning. A
:23:32. > :23:36.very different start to the day. The cloud cover tries to thin a bit.
:23:36. > :23:40.We could see bright weather coming through after lunch time. But the
:23:40. > :23:48.cloud is still there. It is not going to be the same as it has been
:23:48. > :23:58.for the last couple of days. Still, the temperature so I will arise to
:23:58. > :24:01.
:24:01. > :24:04.about 15 along the coast, and that is it for tomorrow.
:24:04. > :24:08.That's about it for tonight. Just time for the penultimate part in
:24:08. > :24:10.our series looking at life in one northern town through the eyes of
:24:10. > :24:12.the people who live there. Songs from Hattersley has generated a
:24:12. > :24:16.fair bit of feedback from you this week.
:24:16. > :24:25.Tonight it's Jane and Bill's story and it's a lovely story - one which
:24:25. > :24:33.sums up the power of friendship. We met at the church and Hattersley.
:24:33. > :24:40.Bill was partially sighted and play the piano. I was a gospel singer
:24:40. > :24:50.and he used to accompany me while I sang. He subsequently went
:24:50. > :24:52.
:24:52. > :24:58.completely blind. In 2005, Jean's husband died. Five weeks later, my
:24:58. > :25:08.wife Brenda died. I began to look after him. He is almost out
:25:08. > :25:26.
:25:26. > :25:36.completely deaf as well as blind. # Me gran bought me my first piano.
:25:36. > :25:44.
:25:44. > :25:54.# I played by ear just for fun. # But it's been my life # I'll play
:25:54. > :26:05.
:26:05. > :26:15.for as long as I can. # We keep shuffling on. # Inching forward,
:26:15. > :26:25.
:26:25. > :26:35.smiling. # He never lets us go. # I suppose You could say I relied
:26:35. > :26:41.
:26:41. > :26:51.on him. # It's only fair that I do my bit.
:26:51. > :26:53.
:26:53. > :27:03.# Offer him a helping hand. # To thank him for the music and
:27:03. > :27:05.
:27:05. > :27:15.the friendship. # Let him know that I think the
:27:15. > :27:21.