:00:03. > :00:05.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and
:00:05. > :00:11.Ranvir Singh. Our top story: A suspended jail sentence for
:00:11. > :00:16.causing the death of her own baby. A court hears how the baby girl was
:00:16. > :00:18.left in a front garden wrapped in a shawl. A court hears how the mother
:00:18. > :00:21.was put under enormous cultural and psychological stress. Also on
:00:21. > :00:24.tonight's programme: The long road to recovery leads
:00:24. > :00:34.north. Fabrice Muamba gets ready for the move to a hospital nearer
:00:34. > :00:34.
:00:34. > :00:44.Can he do it again? All eyes on Ballabriggs on the eve of the Grand
:00:44. > :00:49.
:00:49. > :00:53.National. He is in great shape. He is doing really well.
:00:53. > :01:03.And how this man survived the sinking of the Titanic to open his
:01:03. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:16.And as well as the racing, it's Ladies Day at Aintree. Dianne is
:01:16. > :01:23.there with Tony. Good evening. A warm welcome to the
:01:23. > :01:29.dying embers of Ladies' Day where 53,500 punters came through the
:01:29. > :01:37.doors earlier on for a great day's racing and fun. They saved the
:01:37. > :01:45.bookies always win, but this lot ain't for that not happen to them.
:01:45. > :01:48.And if Ballabriggs can do it tomorrow, it will be fantastic.
:01:48. > :01:51.Join us later. A mother who concealed the birth
:01:51. > :01:55.and death of her baby daughter has been spared jail. Fatima Ali left
:01:55. > :01:57.the body of her infant in a garden in Bury, then went to work as
:01:57. > :02:00.normal. A court heard she'd been under enormous cultural,
:02:00. > :02:03.psychological and physical stress at the time. Bolton Crown Court was
:02:03. > :02:07.told we'll never know why the baby died, but she hadn't been subjected
:02:07. > :02:17.to any form of abuse. Handing down a suspended prison sentence the
:02:17. > :02:19.
:02:19. > :02:22.judge said the tragedy of what Ali had done would be with her forever.
:02:22. > :02:28.Fatima Ali left Court this afternoon with her face covered.
:02:28. > :02:38.She is the woman on the left. The 26-year-old admitted concealing the
:02:38. > :02:39.
:02:39. > :02:42.death of her child. The discovery of the body caused widespread shock.
:02:42. > :02:48.You can seep through the front bedroom window a bundle in the
:02:48. > :02:58.garden. We found out it was a child who had been left there have
:02:58. > :03:00.
:03:00. > :03:06.wrapped up. Police tried to find her mother and it ended less than a
:03:06. > :03:10.quarter of a mile from here. At Bolton Crown Court she admitted
:03:10. > :03:17.cruelty as she did not seek medical attention for the child when it was
:03:17. > :03:22.born. She had managed to give the pregnancy secret from her family
:03:22. > :03:27.and had given birth alone in her bedroom. The child had lived for
:03:27. > :03:31.about two hours. What caused it's there remains a mystery, although
:03:31. > :03:36.there were no signs of ill- treatment. The following morning,
:03:37. > :03:46.she went to a work as possible, depositing the body and the front
:03:47. > :04:04.
:04:04. > :04:10.garden of a friend's. Andrew Noctor The judge said that what Fatima Ali
:04:10. > :04:13.had done well be with her for ever. Now for some news that just a few
:04:13. > :04:16.weeks ago seemed utterly impossible. We're delighted to report that
:04:16. > :04:19.Bolton's Fabrice Muamba is expected to leave hospital in the next few
:04:19. > :04:22.days. It seems like a miracle. The Bolton star's heart stopped beating
:04:22. > :04:29.for 78 minutes and stunned fans watched in horror as a desperate
:04:29. > :04:39.scenes unfolded on the football field. Now incredibly, doctors say
:04:39. > :04:42.
:04:42. > :04:47.he'll soon be well enough to come This was the moment that thousands
:04:47. > :04:52.of football fans watched, stunned by what they were seen. Bolton
:04:52. > :04:57.player Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the pitch after suffering a cardiac
:04:57. > :05:03.arrest. For 17 minutes he was clinically dead. Many feared the
:05:03. > :05:13.worst, but what happened was a miracle for everybody. Everyone has
:05:13. > :05:13.
:05:13. > :05:22.been following this story. Now he is on his way back north and we
:05:22. > :05:27.will hopefully see him playing again. Muamba spent four weeks at
:05:27. > :05:33.the London chest Hospital and to say. You have these cake made
:05:33. > :05:37.specially for the staff. He now has a different relator pacemaker but
:05:37. > :05:42.should detect any further problems and has now been moved to a
:05:42. > :05:47.hospital in Cheadle. Doctors hope he will be able to go home in a few
:05:47. > :05:50.days. Other news now. Ryanair says the Government's
:05:50. > :05:53.increase in Air Passenger Duty in the last Budget has forced it to
:05:53. > :05:56.cut flights from Liverpool's John Lennon Airport. Travellers to Italy
:05:56. > :05:58.are affected the most after the budget airline announced it was
:05:58. > :06:01.axing services to Milan, Rome, and Rimini throughout the summer,
:06:01. > :06:04.leaving just Pisa. Flights to Almeria in Spain have also been
:06:04. > :06:07.dropped. A woman from Lancashire had to be
:06:07. > :06:12.rescued from a cliffside after becoming trapped by the incoming
:06:12. > :06:16.tide in Cornwall. Stacey Hayes from Leyland and three others had to
:06:16. > :06:19.cling to rocks as they became cut off by the tide in Green Bay.
:06:19. > :06:25.Coastguards nearby heard screams and alerted a Royal Navy rescue
:06:25. > :06:28.helicopter. One of the candidates running for
:06:28. > :06:31.Mayor of Liverpool says he would halve the salary if elected,
:06:31. > :06:33.although it's still not been decided how much the mayor will be
:06:33. > :06:43.paid. Adam Heatherington, who's running for the UK Independence
:06:43. > :06:45.
:06:45. > :06:51.Party, also says he would protect local services. If elected, I it
:06:51. > :06:59.would stop the local cuts and I would bring much-needed jobs to the
:06:59. > :07:04.area and I would retrain the unemployed. There is a for at least
:07:04. > :07:07.of all the candidates on our website.
:07:07. > :07:10.Merseyside is bracing itself for an invasion of racing fans for
:07:10. > :07:13.tomorrow's Grand National. Every year it seems the world's most
:07:13. > :07:18.famous race throws up a remarkable story. Last year, it was
:07:18. > :07:21.Ballabriggs - winning for the son of Ginger McCain. And the horse is
:07:21. > :07:24.well fancied to triumph again to become the first since Ginger's Red
:07:24. > :07:30.Rum to win successive Nationals. It would be another Aintree fairytale,
:07:30. > :07:40.coming just months after Ginger McCain's death. Tony's live at
:07:40. > :07:44.
:07:45. > :07:49.Aintree tonight to assess the form Thank you. As you know, the focus
:07:49. > :07:54.today has been very much on the ladies, but tomorrow, it switches
:07:54. > :07:59.to the Grand National. The big question is can Ballabriggs do it
:07:59. > :08:07.again? If it did, it would emulate the great Red Rum from the 1970s.
:08:07. > :08:12.It is a family affair worthy of Hollywood, but the big problem is,
:08:12. > :08:17.the handicappers have put 11 stone nine on horseback's back and some
:08:17. > :08:22.think it may make the race impossible. Let's have a look at
:08:22. > :08:28.Ballabriggs's chances. If the course at Aintree had eight
:08:28. > :08:34.roof, it would come off if Ballabriggs were to repeat his win
:08:34. > :08:41.of 2011. Owned by Trevor Hemmings, of Ballabriggs is the romantic
:08:41. > :08:48.fluttered. He is trained by Donald McCain, whose father won two
:08:48. > :08:55.successive Grand Nationals with Red Rum. Can he matches that? He is in
:08:55. > :09:00.great shape and has been active all year. It is a tough task, but he
:09:00. > :09:10.can do it. The handicappers have not been kind, so what are the
:09:10. > :09:11.
:09:11. > :09:20.odds? Who did make a howler at Valentines, but he is an each-way
:09:20. > :09:25.shot. It will be hard for him to win. He is carrying more weight,
:09:25. > :09:31.but can he do it? Some horses are put off when they come back to
:09:31. > :09:34.Aintree for the second visit. Ginger McCain died last year and an
:09:34. > :09:43.after a Ballabriggs's when he was in tears. If his son does it
:09:43. > :09:53.tomorrow, it is a fair bet 70,000 racegoers will do the same.
:09:53. > :09:56.
:09:56. > :10:00.We will be back with Tony and die and shortly. -- Diane Shaubli. --
:10:00. > :10:03.Shaubli. Today we come to the end of our
:10:03. > :10:07.Titanic trail around the North West. Looking at some of the places and
:10:07. > :10:10.stories that link the doomed ship to our region. We've had the heroes,
:10:10. > :10:14.the villains and the victims. Tonight though we end on a happier
:10:15. > :10:18.note, looking at the story of a Welcome to Cheetham Hill where for
:10:18. > :10:24.100 years people from all around the world have flocked to start a
:10:24. > :10:33.new life. Today's Titanic story is about one such man and 100 years on,
:10:33. > :10:37.his story is still very much alive. People around here have been
:10:37. > :10:42.calling this place Titanic's for nearly a century because the man
:10:42. > :10:47.who owned it was the man who got away. It was such a massive story
:10:47. > :10:57.at the time that people would literally. At him as he was walking
:10:57. > :11:01.
:11:01. > :11:06.down the street. Joseph, fleeing persecution, was dreaming of a new
:11:06. > :11:11.life in America. He'd ended up on the Titanic after being dumped in
:11:11. > :11:20.Glasgow by an unscrupulous captain who told him it was New York. A
:11:20. > :11:25.common scam at the time. As the ship went down, or Joseph found
:11:25. > :11:31.himself in one of the last lifeboats to leave the ship, an
:11:31. > :11:36.escape that intrigues Titanic enthusiast. Joseph's story was
:11:37. > :11:42.amazing. For a lead a third of the third-class passengers survived.
:11:42. > :11:46.Yet here we are, this poor Jewish immigrants, made it into the last
:11:46. > :11:52.lifeboat to leave the Titanic and he finds himself borrowing for his
:11:52. > :11:57.life next to the owner of the Titanic. The rich and the poor in
:11:57. > :12:02.the same boat together. I after being rescued by the Carpathia, he
:12:02. > :12:07.ended up in New York, but could not settle. He was brought back to
:12:07. > :12:13.Manchester by relatives. He needed to make a living and decided to set
:12:13. > :12:17.up a deli, just like the ones he had seen in Manhattan. He prospered,
:12:17. > :12:23.but the disaster had left its mark. He never really spoke about it. He
:12:23. > :12:29.would wake up in the middle of the night screaming because he was
:12:29. > :12:33.totally traumatised. You getting into a lifeboat with acanthus sides
:12:33. > :12:41.and it is freezing cold and you are hearing people drowning and
:12:41. > :12:46.screaming. On what I can understand, he did say that you heard the
:12:46. > :12:52.gurgling and the noise of the ship going down and then deathly silence.
:12:52. > :13:02.Joseph died in 1956, but his deli sells on into the second century, a
:13:02. > :13:09.living, breathing Titanic survivor. It is a good heritage. I got out of
:13:09. > :13:19.a lot of trouble in school because people were impressed my dad was on
:13:19. > :13:32.
:13:32. > :13:38.Amazing. Yes, an incredible story. And don't you for your e-mails.
:13:38. > :13:43.Lots of you have been responding to the series with stories of your own.
:13:43. > :13:46.We could not cover everything, but we hope you got a lot out of it and
:13:47. > :13:49.enjoyed it. We've already heard about
:13:49. > :13:52.Ballabriggs's chances in tomorrow's Grand National. But the race is
:13:52. > :13:55.just half of a massive Merseyside sporting weekend - with Everton and
:13:55. > :13:57.Liverpool facing each other at Wembley tomorrow lunchtime in the
:13:57. > :14:00.FA Cup semi-final. Many fans have already set off for
:14:00. > :14:04.London to watch the game. But as they depart, thousands of others
:14:04. > :14:13.are flocking to Aintree for the big race and we can rejoin Tony, who's
:14:13. > :14:21.live there with all the sport. What a weekend for Merseyside. It
:14:21. > :14:31.has been another bumper Ladies' Day. Despite some heavy rain, the women
:14:31. > :14:34.managed to hang onto their suntans. Away from that, there are talks
:14:34. > :14:37.about animal safety. The death at last year's race of
:14:37. > :14:39.two horses cast a shadow over the event. So this year, organisers
:14:39. > :14:42.have introduced restrictions on horses allowed to take part and
:14:42. > :14:45.fences have been made safer. Stuart Flinders reports on how changing
:14:45. > :14:48.attitudes to animal welfare have forced Aintree into making safety a
:14:48. > :14:52.priority. It is the day the rest of the world looks in on racing and
:14:52. > :15:01.what it saw last year was the death of to animals. The Grand National
:15:01. > :15:04.had to change. We don't want a repeat of last year, but it is the
:15:04. > :15:12.race and there may be accidents. Hour job is to make it as safe as
:15:12. > :15:17.we can. Attitudes to animal welfare have hardened. In 1954, 20 courses
:15:17. > :15:23.fail to complete the course and four died. The news will
:15:24. > :15:27.commentator was unmoved. gentleman who came unstuck a
:15:27. > :15:33.sorting themselves out. They had been trying to make Becher's Brook
:15:33. > :15:39.saved. The drop on the landing site has been reduced by four inches.
:15:39. > :15:44.They are trying to make sure that horses who are not up to we do not
:15:44. > :15:53.get to take part. The minimum age of a horse has been raised from six
:15:53. > :15:58.to seven years old and every 40 C on Saturday would have finished at
:15:58. > :16:06.least 4th in a similar race. fences were all right, but you have
:16:06. > :16:11.to go with the times. Nobody likes to see horses get hurt. Without
:16:11. > :16:19.some risk, it would not be the Grand National, but a organisers of
:16:19. > :16:29.the brace say that safety is their priority.
:16:29. > :16:30.
:16:30. > :16:34.Joining me now his former Grand National winner Nick Fitzgerald.
:16:34. > :16:40.Can the National ever be saved? There will always be an element of
:16:40. > :16:45.risk. They have tried to eradicate any real chance of a problem
:16:46. > :16:50.recurring with a horse. They have changed Becher's Brook. It was for
:16:50. > :16:54.me the ball and was like jumping off a cliff. They have even do it
:16:54. > :16:59.out so it becomes a level playing field. They are trying to make it
:16:59. > :17:03.safe for the time, but the problem is, if you make it to say, you
:17:03. > :17:07.detract from the racing. Let us not forget, this is the world's
:17:07. > :17:13.greatest horse race. Throughout history it has been the race
:17:13. > :17:17.everybody wants to win. I wanted to be the safest it can be, but let it
:17:17. > :17:27.still be a fair test. Talking of winners, can Ballabriggs do it
:17:27. > :17:27.
:17:27. > :17:32.again? He has got a strong chance. They could be history being made
:17:32. > :17:39.tomorrow. A lady could win the National tomorrow. One of odds?
:17:39. > :17:46.think it is 20-1. It will happen. These lady jockeys are getting
:17:46. > :17:56.better and better. And the reason you are here? The is the legends
:17:56. > :18:00.race tomorrow. We do have some proper legends racing as well.
:18:00. > :18:10.to speak to you. Let us hope that every man and every woman and every
:18:10. > :18:37.
:18:37. > :18:47.Lots of sport this weekend. Liverpool 1 to win the FA Cup as
:18:47. > :19:17.
:19:17. > :19:22.much as Everton. It has divided the city. -- Liverpool want. Families
:19:22. > :19:32.like this one are divided. With an extended family of half blues and
:19:32. > :19:39.
:19:39. > :19:45.half reds, Derby Day is not a day to be on the losing side. I think
:19:45. > :19:55.it's going to be Kenny Dalglish. The formed the players are in, the
:19:55. > :19:55.
:19:55. > :20:04.results, it is great. As they did last in 1989 and before
:20:04. > :20:11.that 1986. And despite the rivalry, for most
:20:11. > :20:21.it's good humoured. There is more bands of these days, but it is
:20:21. > :20:24.always in good humour. It will be great, whoever wins.
:20:24. > :20:27.And with a resurgent Everton and a Liverpool team with the cup winning
:20:27. > :20:36.habit, this is one derby that whoever you're rooting for, is
:20:36. > :20:46.particularly tough to call. I can't wait. BBC Radio Merseyside has for
:20:46. > :20:49.coverage. The kick-off is at 1238. -- is at 12:30pm.
:20:49. > :20:52.It could be an historic night for Fleetwood Town tonight. The Cod
:20:52. > :20:55.Army could realise their dream of making it into the Football League
:20:55. > :20:58.if they can beat Lincoln at Highbury. Already with 102 points,
:20:58. > :21:08.it would cap an incredible season for Micky Mellon's side. Good luck
:21:08. > :21:08.
:21:08. > :21:13.to them. That is pretty much it from the sports desk. We will be
:21:13. > :21:17.back later with all the fashion news. Back to the studio.
:21:17. > :21:20.Well, Tony may have left his top hat and tails at home today, but
:21:20. > :21:23.Dianne was among the throngs of women showing off their finery, and
:21:23. > :21:32.she scrubs up pretty well herself, too. We can join her now in another
:21:32. > :21:37.part of the race course where she's talking top togs and high heels.
:21:37. > :21:42.That is exactly what this is all about. It is a well's greatest
:21:42. > :21:52.horse race, but it is also at the north-west's premier fashion race.
:21:52. > :21:54.
:21:54. > :22:02.Earlier, we were talking to a nurse he says there is a surge in Angkor
:22:02. > :22:07.related injuries because of the high heels. They have been doing a
:22:07. > :22:12.roaring trade in Danish pastries and champagne hair. So, it is about
:22:12. > :22:18.horses, high heels and beautiful hats. You know what they say, if
:22:19. > :22:23.you want to get ahead, get a hat. So where better to go and get your
:22:23. > :22:27.hat than a farm? What is the connection between this
:22:27. > :22:32.farm and Aintree? There is the odd horse, but there are also hands,
:22:32. > :22:39.lots and lots of them. What is the reaction from people when they get
:22:39. > :22:45.here? They are quite surprised when they come down but farm track and
:22:45. > :22:50.are greeted by a wet labrador. Helen started her business last
:22:50. > :23:00.year when she took over her husband's sniggering and filled it
:23:00. > :23:03.
:23:03. > :23:10.with all these haves. -- hats. There was not much discussion, she
:23:11. > :23:17.just told me. He did not really use the snooker table very much. Maybe
:23:17. > :23:25.Christmas. And when Tommy is not mucking out, he is mucking in,
:23:25. > :23:32.serving customers. The customers are quite glamourous. Some of the
:23:32. > :23:37.local farmers come in and have a look. This is quite a nice one. It
:23:38. > :23:44.is quite Audrey Hepburn. In a recent weeks, Helen has had a lot
:23:44. > :23:50.of customers, looking at their Ladies' Day options. Set it takes
:23:51. > :24:00.longer to choose the have done anything else? Yes, in my case.
:24:01. > :24:01.
:24:01. > :24:06.long as customers keep buying, the snooker cues will remain redundant.
:24:06. > :24:10.What you saw Lees in Stewart's story there, but let me introduce
:24:10. > :24:20.her properly. We cannot get too close because we keep on banging
:24:20. > :24:20.
:24:20. > :24:26.our heads. How much thought has gone into this whole outfit?
:24:26. > :24:31.weather has made me change my mind. It was originally a strapless dress,
:24:31. > :24:35.but the weather has changed. It is your first time at Aintree, even
:24:35. > :24:40.though you are local. Why did you come along today? I went to Ascot
:24:40. > :24:48.last year, which I thought was amazing, and I've always wanted to
:24:48. > :24:52.come to Aintree because I only lived 10 miles away. This year I
:24:52. > :24:57.decided to come. And you have pushed the boat out. You look
:24:57. > :25:06.fantastic. We know the girls put so much effort into Ladies' Day. How
:25:06. > :25:10.does it compare to Royal Ascot? Very similar. I was quite surprised,
:25:10. > :25:17.but in all honesty, it is all about fashion and it is nice to see
:25:17. > :25:21.ladies dressed up. It has been great. Well, you look wonderful and
:25:21. > :25:26.I am glad you enjoyed the day. Hopefully we'll see you next year.
:25:26. > :25:31.Weather Wise, I'm afraid it has not felt to warm. The temperatures have
:25:31. > :25:35.tailed off over the last couple of hours. If you are coming racing
:25:35. > :25:39.tomorrow, you will see there are more showers in the forecast and
:25:39. > :25:44.the temperatures like even more. Through the weekend, it is all
:25:44. > :25:50.about that North to north easterly air coming in. As we start next
:25:50. > :25:58.week, it becomes very unsettled and be showery conditions will go and
:25:58. > :26:04.it will become wet and windy. Tonight, temperatures falling down
:26:04. > :26:14.to zero fairly widely. We are going through quite a cold snap at the
:26:14. > :26:15.
:26:15. > :26:23.weekend. There will be a widespread frost. Tomorrow, a mixture of cloud
:26:23. > :26:32.and showers. You will notice, one or two wintry ones could be around
:26:32. > :26:38.over the Pennines. Showers could turn up anywhere and it will be
:26:38. > :26:42.quite cold. The wind will pick up during the day. It will feel more
:26:43. > :26:48.like January than the middle of April. Sunday doesn't look so bad,
:26:48. > :26:53.it should be a dry and quiet day. But Saturday night is cold and it
:26:53. > :27:02.will take a while for temperatures to recover. As we start next week,
:27:02. > :27:09.it will become unsettled. I have never known anything like it.