:00:06. > :00:12.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight. Our top story: under
:00:12. > :00:16.attack, an alarming increase in assaults on ambulance crews Proms a
:00:16. > :00:22.call for better protection. Some now say they want body armour.
:00:22. > :00:28.Also tonight: farewell to Jack, a town pays tribute to a soldier's
:00:28. > :00:33.sacrifice. Jack disliked the terms hero and brave. He would say he was
:00:33. > :00:41.just doing his job. A royal day on the Isle of Man with a little
:00:41. > :00:50.confusion over who is who. Who is going to be with her? Who is her?
:00:50. > :01:00.Prince charming. And 40 years since they formed,
:01:00. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:11.It is a bewildering but growing problem, the number of assaults on
:01:11. > :01:17.ambulance staff in the north-west has gone up by more than half. In
:01:17. > :01:20.the Fylde area alone, there were five attacks just last weekend. The
:01:21. > :01:26.attackers who were often drunk damaged ambulance equipment and one
:01:26. > :01:29.union says it may now be time to consider body armour for paramedics.
:01:29. > :01:35.They go out to help and end up on the receiving end of nasty
:01:35. > :01:39.behaviour? They do. It is extraordinary. The problem of
:01:39. > :01:44.assaults on ambulance staff is one that is getting worse. For the last
:01:44. > :01:49.year there were at 268 Physical and verbal attacks on paramedics in the
:01:49. > :01:53.north-west. That is more than 50% up on the previous year. Abbas
:01:53. > :02:00.bosses say the results are so routine that some crews do not even
:02:00. > :02:03.report them -- ambulance bosses. is unbelievable that people would
:02:03. > :02:06.assault staff while they are carrying out their duties. They
:02:06. > :02:12.should not have to be looking after their -- looking over their
:02:12. > :02:20.shoulders. We do risk assessments but they should be able to get on
:02:20. > :02:24.with their job without fear. didn't staff in Blackpool have seen
:02:24. > :02:30.a shocking number of assaults recently -- ambulance staff. There
:02:30. > :02:35.were five on the weekend just gone. The ambulance service says it will
:02:35. > :02:40.take anyone who attacks its workers to court. Last year 68 people who
:02:40. > :02:44.attacked paramedics were prosecuted and some were sent to prison. Often
:02:44. > :02:48.the people carrying out the attacks were drunk but not always. Managers
:02:48. > :02:54.think education is the way to tackle the problem. We need to show
:02:54. > :02:59.a bit of respect. They are coming to help people. They want to do the
:02:59. > :03:02.best for the patient. We need to make them understand the
:03:02. > :03:08.consequences of assaulting the group which could lead to the
:03:08. > :03:13.number of -- the crew being off work. The ambulance service can
:03:13. > :03:15.flag addresses where they have had problems before. The Association of
:03:15. > :03:18.Professional Ambulance Personnel says staff may need protection
:03:18. > :03:26.might body armour. That is not something that all paramedics would
:03:26. > :03:29.welcome. In other news, a man has appeared
:03:29. > :03:34.in court charged with the murder of a two-year-old boy in Bolton. Rio
:03:34. > :03:39.Smedley died in hospital on Sunday. A postmortem showed he had severe
:03:39. > :03:44.abdominal injuries. 22-year-old Daniel Rigby has been remanded in
:03:44. > :03:49.custody. 13 people have been arrested
:03:49. > :03:53.following a series of police raids across Merseyside targeting gun and
:03:53. > :03:57.gang crimes. Officers went to 15 properties in Croxteth, Norris
:03:57. > :03:59.Green and Kirkby. Seven guns as well as drugs have already been
:03:59. > :04:03.seized as part of an ongoing operation.
:04:03. > :04:08.An inquest has heard how an instructor died and a schoolboy had
:04:08. > :04:15.to be resuscitated after a canoeing accident near Ullswater. Grant
:04:15. > :04:18.Kinney was in a canoe with a 14- year-old people when they capsized.
:04:18. > :04:22.The inquest recorded a verdict of accidental death.
:04:22. > :04:27.He was a consummate professional soldier who died after just doing
:04:27. > :04:31.his job in Afghanistan. Those are the words mourners heard today at
:04:31. > :04:36.the funeral of Corporal Jack Stanley. The 26-year-old was
:04:36. > :04:40.seriously injured in a bomb blast in February. He went to hospital in
:04:40. > :04:45.Birmingham but died earlier this month.
:04:45. > :04:51.In the pouring rain mourners gathered outside the church in a
:04:51. > :04:54.little Deraa. It was the rain that help some wipe away their tears. As
:04:54. > :04:58.Corporal Jack Stanley's funeral cortege arrived for the funeral.
:04:58. > :05:03.There were hundreds of people wanting to pay their respects. Some
:05:03. > :05:07.wore the colours of his favourite football team, Bolton Wanderers.
:05:07. > :05:13.The 26-year-old was injured in a bomb blast in February but died two
:05:13. > :05:16.months later in Birmingham. His family were by his side. His
:05:17. > :05:20.officer commanding read a statement on their behalf today. It will be
:05:20. > :05:25.remembered and cherished by those who knew him in our own way and our
:05:25. > :05:31.own time. Jack disliked the terms hero and brave. He would say he was
:05:31. > :05:34.just doing my job. The sentiment is echoed by it injured soldiers who
:05:34. > :05:39.now face a life with disabilities both mental and physical. Before
:05:39. > :05:43.his death the commander for the Queen's while guards had defied
:05:43. > :05:49.medical experts to regain consciousness. During the service
:05:49. > :05:54.he was described as an outstanding soldier and many junior soldiers
:05:54. > :05:59.aspire to be like him. He also had a cheeky smile and made people
:05:59. > :06:03.around him laugh. The congregation were also thank for their support.
:06:03. > :06:07.The military are held in high regard here, not just in
:06:07. > :06:15.remembrance of those who have died in previous wars but obviously Jack
:06:15. > :06:19.and others who have made it plain that the sacrifice still goes on.
:06:19. > :06:25.private service followed the funeral. His family have asked for
:06:25. > :06:30.donations to be paid for a charity raising money for injured soldiers.
:06:31. > :06:37.They will be continuing their own money-raising efforts in a charity
:06:37. > :06:41.match this weekend. On the Isle of Man it has been
:06:41. > :06:44.quite a day. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have
:06:44. > :06:49.been there to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. It is the first
:06:49. > :06:52.time the couple have visited the island together. Allah chief
:06:52. > :06:57.reporter was there. They knew they were here to welcome
:06:57. > :07:05.some very important visitors but did they know exactly who those
:07:05. > :07:11.visitors wire? Who is going to be with her? Prince charming. Prince
:07:11. > :07:15.charming?! Dave Prins certainly proved himself charming with the
:07:15. > :07:20.children as did his wife -- the Prince has certainly proved himself.
:07:20. > :07:26.They were visiting as part of the Diamond Jubilee tour. Members of
:07:27. > :07:32.the Royal Family will be travelling to all of the Commonwealth realms,
:07:32. > :07:39.and British overseas territories during the jubilee year. We shook
:07:39. > :07:46.his hand. We will not be able to see him again. I am never going to
:07:46. > :07:50.wash my hand! Their first stop was the island's National Sports Centre.
:07:50. > :07:55.This place has produced some world- class cyclists. It is great that
:07:55. > :07:58.they are coming to see the good work being done here. It is a great
:07:58. > :08:08.honour the fact that they are coming to the small island and
:08:08. > :08:13.coming to a lot of places. Those places included visiting this crowd
:08:13. > :08:22.despite the worsening weather. The couple were particularly taken by
:08:22. > :08:27.this sheet. He thought it was quite nice. -- this sheep. We are going
:08:27. > :08:32.to send him some. This is reversed visited the island of the Duchess.
:08:32. > :08:37.Prince Charles has not been here since 2000. It will be a day to
:08:37. > :08:40.remember far everyone and not just because of the weather.
:08:41. > :08:45.They could not have had a worse day for it!
:08:46. > :08:53.It is always a thrill. When we had her Majesty here in the building,
:08:53. > :08:57.everybody was with their nose up against the window.
:08:57. > :09:02.The people of Salford will be voting in the city's first ever
:09:02. > :09:06.election far a mayor a week today. Salford and Liverpool will become
:09:06. > :09:16.the first cities in the north-west to have elected leaders. Who should
:09:16. > :09:17.
:09:17. > :09:22.get the job? BBC Radio Manchester is holding a debate this evening.
:09:22. > :09:28.Thank you. This is the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra's studio and
:09:28. > :09:33.it promises to be quite a show. We have got a number of the voters who
:09:33. > :09:37.will be making a decision in this election as well as nine of the 10
:09:37. > :09:44.candidates. Labour has decided not to turn up because they do not want
:09:44. > :09:50.to share a platform with the British National Party. For the
:09:50. > :09:54.first time, Salford gets the chance to vote for its leader of the
:09:54. > :09:59.council, its new city mayor. I have been looking at the ways in which
:09:59. > :10:04.that person could change the image of the city. A city's name projects
:10:04. > :10:09.and identity. For many, Salford still means terraced housing,
:10:09. > :10:13.poverty and crime. One old church has seen the city around it changed.
:10:13. > :10:18.When I first moved here, there were a lot of disadvantaged young people
:10:19. > :10:25.and a lot of crime. There are still some problems as they are in any
:10:25. > :10:32.city. But the problems are a lot less. Even fewer problems in this
:10:32. > :10:37.neighbourhood far from the inner city. A Meyer should be able to
:10:37. > :10:42.help with initiatives to bring together the community -- a mayor.
:10:42. > :10:46.I am talking about businesses, the BBC as well as local people.
:10:46. > :10:50.Looking around Salford Quays and perhaps you can spot the city's
:10:50. > :10:55.future. One of those instrumental in the regeneration says an elected
:10:55. > :10:59.mayor is not going to help. What we need in Salford as in many parts of
:10:59. > :11:04.the North of England is sustained investment to change the reality of
:11:04. > :11:08.people's lives, changed the skill base, improve housing, improve the
:11:08. > :11:13.environment. One new figurehead with no new powers and resources is
:11:13. > :11:17.not going to do that. When riots broke out last year, some felt a
:11:17. > :11:23.figurehead was exactly what the City needed. Last summer's riots,
:11:23. > :11:28.it would have given the media, the public, somebody to go to as the
:11:28. > :11:32.accountable person to talk to and for Salford. 10 people want the
:11:32. > :11:37.high-profile role. That is 10 different ways to shape the image
:11:37. > :11:41.of Salford. I am pretty sure that the image of the city is one of
:11:41. > :11:44.those issues that will come up today. I should say that there is a
:11:44. > :11:52.full list of candidates who are standing in the election bomb mayor
:11:52. > :11:59.of Salford on the website. -- in the election for mayor. The debate
:11:59. > :12:04.on the radio starts at 7pm. It will be a very different kind of
:12:04. > :12:11.production to what normally comes out of the studio.
:12:11. > :12:16.Thank you very much. Still to come: when in Rome, drive
:12:16. > :12:20.like they do in Rochdale. The cars made here with an Italian job in
:12:20. > :12:26.mind. And an Olympic hopeful drops into
:12:26. > :12:33.Manchester. How many days is it to go? How many days is it to the
:12:33. > :12:40.game's? I know it was 100 days... thought you would know off the top
:12:40. > :12:44.of your head. I am just focusing on my training.
:12:44. > :12:49.After all the bleak economic news, something brighter to report. Quite
:12:49. > :12:53.literally. A Lancashire business has won a Queen's Award for Export
:12:53. > :12:58.after lighting some of the world's most famous modern buildings. Using
:12:58. > :13:05.state-of-the-art technology designers at ACDC have used special
:13:05. > :13:11.low energy techniques to bring the structures to live.
:13:11. > :13:15.-- to bring the structures to live. From the world's tallest tower in
:13:15. > :13:24.Dubai to Regent Street in London. Modern lighting is much more than
:13:24. > :13:31.purely functional. The designs are created here. This is the lies that
:13:31. > :13:36.are in Kew Gardens in London. You have l e d fixtures mounted between
:13:36. > :13:41.bronze. It brings to the bridge to life in the evening. For today's
:13:41. > :13:45.architects, lighting is part of the design, creating a mood, a better
:13:45. > :13:50.place to work or simply an eye- catching statement. This is the
:13:50. > :13:58.traditional method of making lighting. Gases are ignited within
:13:58. > :14:02.a glass of two. The future is bright, this time it is LED. Modern
:14:02. > :14:06.lighting uses the faction of the energy it used to. LED lights go on
:14:06. > :14:11.for years. The bobbing more creative with lighting,
:14:11. > :14:14.particularly now as new light sources become available. We have
:14:14. > :14:19.got energy efficiency and people are more willing to use the light
:14:19. > :14:22.source and look at different ways you can use it within a space.
:14:22. > :14:32.Queen's Award for Export is for enterprise within international
:14:32. > :14:34.
:14:34. > :14:42.trade. The firm has grown by 90% A great achievement. Don't you love
:14:42. > :14:47.the city by night to? Now, what sort of car to drive? Something
:14:47. > :14:52.stylish and eye-catching? It is the kind of car you might see at the
:14:52. > :14:57.Jet Set European resort. But while the athletes gathered in Rome to
:14:57. > :15:01.compete, the cars rolled off the production line in Rochdale.
:15:01. > :15:11.Enthusiasts are trying to gather as many Rochdale Olympics as they can
:15:11. > :15:17.
:15:17. > :15:23.to celebrate the Olympic torch's Forget the Ferrari, put aside the
:15:23. > :15:33.Porsche. The north-west once had its own brand -- band of sports car,
:15:33. > :15:34.
:15:34. > :15:38.the Rochdale. It was in a disused cotton mill. In 1960, the company
:15:38. > :15:42.decided to mark the Rome Olympics with the new model of kit car that
:15:42. > :15:46.if -- that enthusiasts could assemble at home. It might be a
:15:46. > :15:52.long way from Italy, but this town was proud of the Rochdale Olympic.
:15:52. > :15:58.It was so well-engineered. It was just a big lump of plastic, like
:15:58. > :16:03.formal racing cars are these days. Around 400 had been made by the
:16:03. > :16:12.time production ended in the 1970s. Now many of those are set to the
:16:12. > :16:17.unite in their birthplace to mark this year's games. -- reunite.
:16:17. > :16:21.are going to have some involvement in leading the torch. He is, we
:16:21. > :16:25.have had cars that nobody has heard of, but hopefully this might bring
:16:25. > :16:33.it back into the public eye. happens all the time. People come
:16:33. > :16:43.up and ask you, nice car, it looks like a little Jaguar! Nice
:16:43. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:48.colourful stop what is it? And I go, it is a Rochdale Olympic. He did
:16:48. > :16:57.Rochdale pass through the town on Saturday 23rd June. -- the Rochdale
:16:57. > :17:02.will pass through. They are gorgeous little things.
:17:02. > :17:11.Now, she is the place to go up this year's Olympics. She is just as
:17:11. > :17:15.likely to appear in the fashion pages as the sports section.
:17:15. > :17:18.Jessica is one of our great hopes for a medal in three months' time,
:17:18. > :17:24.but today she met a group of teenage athlete hoping to become
:17:24. > :17:28.the Olympic stars of feature. Jessica Ennis has this effect on
:17:28. > :17:33.people, stopping shoppers in their tracks at the Manchester Arndale
:17:33. > :17:37.this morning. She was there to promote the great City Games, an
:17:37. > :17:42.event next month which will be her final competition before the
:17:42. > :17:45.Olympics. How many days is that until the Games? I know it was a
:17:45. > :17:51.hundred days to go... I thought you would know off the top of your
:17:51. > :17:57.head! I'm just focusing on my training. Everyone is exciting --
:17:57. > :18:01.excited about counting down the numbers. For those of you who don't
:18:01. > :18:05.know much about athletics, Jessica Ennis is a heptathlete. That means
:18:05. > :18:10.she has to perform well in seven track and field events to win a
:18:10. > :18:15.medal, and the signs are, she is going to do just that. She is known
:18:15. > :18:18.beyond athletics. One newspaper offered tips this week on how to
:18:18. > :18:24.have a stomach like hers. You probably have to follow at a
:18:24. > :18:29.punishing training regime for six hours a day like her. It was an
:18:29. > :18:32.inspirational meeting today. She is a very dedicated athlete. She goes
:18:32. > :18:39.back to the drawing board when things go wrong and trains 10 times
:18:39. > :18:43.harder. It is not just about Lord Cullen. Just to get suffered an
:18:44. > :18:48.injury to her for it, forcing had of the Olympics. But thanks to her
:18:48. > :18:53.determination, she has bounced back and she can't see beyond 2012.
:18:53. > :18:57.really focusing on this year, but definitely, next it to the bar
:18:57. > :19:07.championships again which I'm preparing for. It is very hard at
:19:07. > :19:07.
:19:07. > :19:15.the moment because it is such a big thing. Jessica Ennis will be back
:19:15. > :19:23.for those Great City Games on May 20th. A bit of football news for
:19:23. > :19:25.you. Sir Alex Ferguson says Manchester United are in a better
:19:26. > :19:28.position to win the title than local rivals Manchester City as
:19:28. > :19:31.both sides prepare for Monday's derby, which is built as a
:19:31. > :19:34.potential title-decider. United's manager says his side can afford to
:19:34. > :19:37.draw the game while City must win the match to have a realistic
:19:37. > :19:39.chance of becoming Premier League Champions. He also told the press
:19:40. > :19:42.conference that, in terms of trophy - trophies, the battle between
:19:42. > :19:44.United and City now surpasses the rivalry between United and
:19:44. > :19:47.Liverpool. If we're going to be contesting for titles, which I
:19:47. > :19:49.think we will be doing, it will become just as important as the
:19:49. > :19:52.Liverpool game. Maybe not in terms of the motion, because the
:19:52. > :20:02.Liverpool United games are emotional, but in terms of
:20:02. > :20:07.
:20:07. > :20:10.importance, it is. -- in terms of emotion. And some bad news for
:20:10. > :20:13.Liverpool fans. Charlie Adams - Charlie Adam has been ruled out of
:20:14. > :20:16.the FA Cup Final at Wembley against Chelsea in nine days' time. He'll
:20:16. > :20:19.miss the rest of the season with strained knee ligaments. Cricket,
:20:19. > :20:21.and defending County Champions Lancashire have had a good opening
:20:21. > :20:24.day against Somerset, with Steven Croft hitting a century. Lancashire
:20:24. > :20:33.are something big for something small with Croft now on something
:20:33. > :20:36.large not out. The Red Rose lost their first two matches of the
:20:36. > :20:39.season and are looking to bounce back at Taunton.
:20:39. > :20:41.They were the biggest band of their day, Manchester based, all four
:20:41. > :20:44.members brilliant writers, singers and musicians. Mention 10cc to
:20:44. > :20:54.people today and they still evoke vivid images and sounds from the
:20:54. > :20:59.
:20:59. > :21:01.1970s. Do you remember them? They did some great songs. A new 10cc
:21:01. > :21:04.tour is about to get underway with performances at the Bridgewater
:21:04. > :21:07.Hall and in Liverpool. Earlier I spoke to original member Graham
:21:07. > :21:11.Gouldman and asked him whether people were right to call them the
:21:11. > :21:16.Take That of the 70s. I don't know about Take That, that is very nice
:21:16. > :21:21.of you to say that! What was it like back in those days? You ruled
:21:21. > :21:28.the airwaves. I suppose we did. A lot of bands go through periods
:21:28. > :21:34.when they can do no wrong because they do it right. There was a
:21:34. > :21:44.wonderful period during the early 70s when it was there for a bus --
:21:44. > :21:49.
:21:49. > :21:53.when it was the four of us. We were like a gang, a team, it was us
:21:53. > :22:00.against the world. We were having a great time, we had our own studio.
:22:00. > :22:07.We all wrote and produced, we all sang, we all played. We were a
:22:07. > :22:13.self-contained unit. And the idea is that big pop stars go off to LA,
:22:13. > :22:20.you guys were in Stockport the whole time. I think you can create
:22:20. > :22:24.dramatic anywhere. What impact of that have, staying in the north-
:22:24. > :22:27.west to record the biggest hits? think it had a big effect on the
:22:28. > :22:35.music scene in the north, mainly because of the fact that we had
:22:35. > :22:45.strawberry studios in Stockport. It was as good or better than any
:22:45. > :22:49.
:22:49. > :22:59.other studio in the country. are reforming and doing loads of
:22:59. > :23:10.
:23:10. > :23:20.shows. Yes, you can definitely feel the rebel. -- ripple. You can feel
:23:20. > :23:28.
:23:28. > :23:30.people going, ah. We will hear more from you later on in the programme.
:23:30. > :23:39.The special performance will be playing out of the programme with
:23:39. > :23:44.their performance later. He gets very excited on stage, he says.
:23:44. > :23:48.Let's take a look at the weather. Guess who is back! Good evening.
:23:48. > :23:52.I'm back and I haven't bought anything good for you. You weather
:23:52. > :23:57.does not change through the next three days. In Scotland, it will be
:23:57. > :24:03.bright, in the south of England, it will be warm. It is going to be
:24:03. > :24:10.really quite wet. Not as wet as it has been today, it has been about
:24:10. > :24:13.this area of low pressure. There will be some more rain in now
:24:13. > :24:17.forecast. Showers through the day- to-day have been belting. The Met
:24:17. > :24:24.Office is warning that they will continue for a time tonight. We're
:24:24. > :24:30.not out of the woods yet. The rain was very lively and active today.
:24:30. > :24:36.We had some thunder and hail as well. We don't have any flood
:24:36. > :24:46.alerts, but when this rain comes through in the night, they could be
:24:46. > :24:48.
:24:48. > :24:57.some localised flooding. It will be lighter than it has been.
:24:57. > :25:02.Temperatures 6-seven degrees for most of us. Things will be better
:25:02. > :25:10.for the Isle of Man and parts of Cumbria. This weather in the south-
:25:10. > :25:17.west to move away but does not do so successfully. So you come back