03/05/2012 North West Tonight

Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson...

And Dianne Oxberry. Our top story... Driven to kill her children. An

inquest hears how a mother stabbed her two sons to death.

Jael Mullings was said to be suffering from paranoia and unable

to cope. Also tonight...

Why some of our best-known beaches could be forced to carry a health

warning. Return to the Reebok. Why Fabrice

Muamba was in tears as he got back on a football pitch. Thank you, the

support has been overwhelming. And why one man's obsession with

A big rise in tourism. And why one man's obsession with

Charlie and the chocolate factory A mother who killed her two

children at their home in Cheetham Hill had phoned her doctor's

surgery just hours before their death pleading for help, an inquest

has been told. Jael Mullings was just 21 when she

stabbed her two young sons to death in November 2008. Manchester Crown

Court heard today how she was suffering from psychotic episodes

at the time and questions have been raised over how the police handled

her case. Nina Warhurst is here in the studio with more.

The inquest has heard how the two young boys were stabbed to death at

their home in Cheetham Hill in November 2008. Romario Mullings-

Sewell was two. His brother Delayno, just three months old. They died at

the hands of their mother, Jael Mullings. She was 21 at the time.

She denied their murder but admitted manslaughter on the

grounds of diminished responsibility. She was found to be

suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and was sent to a

secure psychiatric hospital indefinitely. She's given evidence

to the inquest via a video link. Today, they heard that on the day

of the children's deaths, she phoned her doctor's surgery,

screaming and out of control. They immediately called the police and

told them that she was not very lucid, screaming at the children in

particular. Paranoid, delusional thoughts and the feeling she was

being watched and a history of self-harm. The police response was

today described by the family's solicitor as too slow. The coroner

explained that 2999 call is made, police have two options. The first

is allocated in two minutes and police must arrive in 10 minutes.

The second is allocated in 20 minutes and police must arrive in

60 minutes will stop the police chose great too. Greater Manchester

Police today admitted that their handling of the call was not

adequate. They have since put in new regulations to protect

vulnerable people. Jael Mullings's mother described her life had been

difficult for her daughter ringing up two young boys and her cannabis

use had increased. She added, it does not make any sense to me how

she has gone from being such a good, caring, devoted mother to what has

happened night. The inquest continues tomorrow.

Some of our beaches could be forced to display a health warning to

swimmers within three years. A report into water quality shows the

North West has the worst beaches in the country with sea water being

regularly contaminated by sewage and pollution from farmland. Only

eight of them have been recommended by the Marine Conservation Society,

which says agencies and councils need to do more to clean up their

act. Our Reporter Nazia Mogra has spent

the day at Blackpool. Enjoying a dip in the sea in

Blackpool today, but anyone thinking about a swim on Blackpool

Central and South Beaches should think carefully, according to The

Marine Conservation Society. They say these beaches are just not upto

scratch. If a bathing water feels for five consecutive years from

2015, by law, a sign has to be put up advising people not to enter the

water. Just imagine the impact that will have on tourism revenue. The

likes of Blackpool, for example, has invested something like �300

million. According to the Good Beaches Guide,

the North West is the worst. Only 8 out of 37 of our beaches are

considered clean. Southport, Formby, Wallesey, Castletown are among the

few who got a thumbs up. But Blackpool remains our most popular

resort, so will holidaymakers be put off by today's report?

Would you have a dip in C? Yes. I can't swim, but I will have a dip.

I would going. I have been many times. Never changed all the years

we have come. The sand is nice. The water is not nice.

Black full council say they are doing their best and are working

with United Utilities to make sure the water on its beaches is safe.

What affects the water from here is tenor 15 miles back from Blackpool.

Agricultural land, run-off and industrial areas and so on all

filter into the sea water. In tackling the problem of water

quality, we have to deal with those issues that go way back.

The North West beaches have until 2015 to clean up their act.

It looked quite inviting! Some of the day's other news...

A mass will be held in Liverpool this evening to mark the fifth

anniversary of Madeleine McCann's disappearance in Portugal. The

service is at her grandparents's parish church in Childwall, where

Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry were married. We hope to God that

Madeleine is safe and has been cared for. Of course we do. And,

please God, even though it is five years and so one, that there will

be a happy ending to this terribly painful story.

A garage in Wigan has been used as a polling station for the local

elections today, Parties in 26 council wards have been battling it

out for your vote. Meanwhile, residents in Liverpool and Salford

will vote for their first directly elected mayor, while Manchester

holds a referendum on the idea. Polling closes at ten o'clock

tonight. A pupil from a Primary School in

Manchester has been diagnosed with typhoid. The youngster, who attends

Abbott Community Primary School in Collyhurst, is said be recovering

well. Typhoid is caught by eating food or taking drinks prepared by

someone who has the infection, or when sewage contaminates drinking

water. The Health Protection Agency says it is extremely unlikely that

anyone else in the school will be affected.

Old Trafford football stadium is to host the 2013 Rugby League World

Cup Final. The event will take place in November next year. Old

Trafford, the traditional home of Super League's Grand Final, also

hosted the last World Cup Final to be played in the UK, back in 2000.

Burnley will be enjoying a special Royal honour as part of the Diamond

Jubilee year. The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles

will all visit on the same day. Their tour will involve a trip to

Weever's Triangle and Burnley Football Club. It's unusual for all

three Royals to visit one place at the same time.

Fabrice Muamba made an emotional appearance at the Reebok Stadium in

Bolton last night just seven weeks after he collapsed with a cardiac

arrest while playing. Before the match against Tottenham, which

Bolton won 4-1, he was given a standing ovation and thanked fans

for their support. Carol Lowe reports.

The sight many feared they would never see. Seven weeks ago, Fabrice

Muamba was carried off the pitch close to death. Bolton fans were

thrilled at his return last night. And his fiance was clearly moved at

the celebrations. He was overwhelmed, too, as the

Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for your support.

Thank you, not just the whole country, and the supporters been

overwhelming. His recovery has been remarkable.

His heart stopped for 78 minutes. A heart specialist who came down from

the stands and the use of a defibrilator helped save his life.

I am overwhelmed with the support I have got. I am just happy to be

able to speak to people again, to walk freely. I am just happy that

I'm here. So will he return as a player?

Bolton manager says not yet but he is moving in the right direction.

You cannot imagine what must have been going on inside his head last

night. You can't, but it was lovely to see

him looking so remarkably well. He did look really well and we wish

him a continued and speedy recovery. Well, what happened to Maumba has

focused attention on a campaign calling for defibrilators to be put

in all public places. It is because a bit of liberator at the game that

they were able to keep him alive. It's being supported by a family

from Liverpool who say their 12- year-old son could have survived if

one of the machines had been on hand when he collapsed. Here's

Dominic Hughes. I had run onto the pitch to see to

Jake, and then someone came up and said they needed a physio.

Rhys Bradley found herself facing a very similar scenario when a player

on a neighbouring pitch collapsed with cardiac arrest. Thanks to Ruth

and her colleagues, he survived and the third greater improved his

chances. We need one of these in every place.

Even at A-Level like best, or were none of the players are paid, it is

just a weekend team, everybody needs to have training at some

level and you do need to make sure that you have people present at all

games were able to administer CPR safely and effectively.

Inside, there is a pad, which she would open.

One place that already has them is this school in Liverpool, his

specialist sports college. They now have machines close to hand and the

staff that no doubt use them. Knowing that we have this in place,

if such a situation was to rise, at least we know we have trained staff

who can use this machine and perform when needed.

For a particularly like this one here...

The family of all the king is still trying to come to terms with the

loss of their 12-year-old son. A machine like this may have saved

Oliver's life after he went into cardiac arrest after the schools

were innocent. But there was not one available. Now, his parents are

backing an E petition to get politicians to put more machines

and the public places and spare other families the loss they have

suffered. We are suffering through losing all

other. We cannot stand by and we needs to avoid other parents going

through this. But his total devastation to the family. We

cannot let it go on. Campaigners believed that at least

a dozen children die in the UK each week from sudden unexpected heart

attacks. But they believe having machines like this in parks,

swimming-pools and schools could save hundreds of lives each year.

A good idea, isn't it? That will never be a waste of time.

It will never be a waste of time. Still to come on North West

Tonight... Packing a golden punch. The Olympic

boxer with eyes for the main prize at London 2012.

And a happy reunion for the Happy Mondays, back together and touring

again after an acrimonious split. We could still be classed as

children when we broke up. We can In if we have an acrimonious split

before the end of a programme, we could then go on tour. Now it is

they've guessed, no connection. As the days and weeks take down

towards the Olympics, it is a crucial time for the athletes

hoping to qualify in a variety of sports. For the British tight one-

day team, this week's European Championships, being held in

Manchester, are the last event where fighters can stake a claim

for London 2012. Pretty noisy, the last play-offs? Good evening. The

first day of action at the championships is just drawing to a

close. This is the final flight of the day behind me. An important

event in its own right but an important stepping stone for north-

west hopefuls for London 2012. Next week is a very big stepping stone

on the road to London for another of our hopefuls, we have been

following Natasha or on North West Tonight on-and-off for 18 months,

and this week we travel to her training base in Sheffield to for

find out that her hopes have received a boost. Natasha's journey

to London is almost complete. After years of battling friends and

rivals, she has finally become the chosen one in the lightweight

division for Britain. The division was Kay, a big weight has been

lifted off my shoulders. Next week she fights at the World

Championships in China. She needs to make the semi-finals to qualify

for the Olympics. I would love to come back with a medal.

Qualification is tea, a medal is my aim. Are you looking at her as a

potential medallist? It is down to the draw. I would love to stay here

and say she would win gold, she is a talented and lovely girl.

Natacha trains here at her Sheffield-based four nights a week,

staying at a hotel which has become a second home. A home away from

home. I say I have a work mother, my own mother, and my premiere in

mother. If she can get medals at the world championships and

Olympics, all three mothers will be delighted. A fair few fighters here

are hoping to follow in Natasha's footsteps and get a place in London.

Amongst them, Bianca, who has a chance of being in the Games

because the most popular type condo fighter has suffered a serious

injury. Her participation is in some doubt so Bianca has a chance

to step into her shoes. Another interesting competition going on

between two people from the north- west, competing for just one spot.

They actually share house, but only one can go to London. I am joined

by Steve from Great Britain tight corner. How big an event is is for

Manchester? It's is the first time we have held a Championships in the

UK. We have got 40 countries represented. All going for European

glory, but also Olympic selection. A big event for everyone. The

British team is based here but they are based just down the road to.

very big year. For a sport like this, how much does the Olympic pro

a help the sport? For many spores like ours, it is a once-in-a-

lifetime opportunity for us to really put the sport on the front

and back page. To get the profile we don't normally enjoy. Events

like this help Amnesty against just three months away, it will be a

huge bonus. Thank you very much for joining us. This event lasts until

Sunday. There are a few tickets available for action over the

weekend, you will see some of Britain's best fighters and for a

chance to see them as you point at the Olympics. It is sold out.

Whenever you bring his sport to the north-west, it is always well

attended. Always takes off. No nonsense sport that. You have to

feel for the guys fighting for one place, living in the same house!

The economy may be struggling but tourism is not. Manchester and

Liverpool are in the top five tourist destinations in the UK.

Good news for me because that is where I will be holidaying this

year. The number of visitors to beat City went up 15 per cent. It

is bringing some much-needed money into the region. Liverpool last

year. We love the Beatles. music is a Big Mac leads, as his

football. The they are not the only reasons that people come. I have

heard about nice things, like the rivers and museums. Shopping, too.

The shops are important. One outlet only open for a few weeks is

already selling overseas. resold the biggest and heaviest

piece in the shop last week, going to Canada two days later. In the

museum they have had a million visitors in nine months, from all

quarters of the world. New Zealand, California, Canada. A chap from

Brazil, who says "amazing, one of the best museums of Europe". It is

great for Liverpool and Manchester, but what is more important is what

it means to the local economy is and to jobs. Manchester, 37,000

people work in tourism, in the report it is 27,000. They want that

to grow. By 2020 we are predicting thousands more jobs in tourism in

the City because of the demands. Manchester is two big football

clubs helped attract thousands of overseas tourists in 2011, it is in

third place in the UK cities. Liverpool is up to 5th, ahead of

Glasgow. Now it is hoping the Sea Odyssey of last year means next

year's figures will be even higher. It is planning more big events in

future to keep tourists coming back. If you are going to Liverpool 1

Manchester, you can go to the Peak District, the Lakes. A I am a girl

who comes from a city running through it, even though I live in

Manchester, as a tourist I love to go to cities with a river. A bit

more vibrancy about them. When in Liverpool or Manchester, that is

the case. They were torn apart by They were one of the biggest bands

to come out of Salford until finally they decided they didn't

like Mondays after all. Twenty years on, the HAPPY Mondays are

going back on the road again. With their acrimonious split behind them

the band are going back to their roots - with a few changes. Front

man Shaun Ryder told Dave Guest his image as the bad boy of the music

world is a thing of the past. original line-up is back together

and preparing for and their first tour in the 20 years. Our eyes said

never again, then we decided, if we are going to do it, let's get the

original band back together. Not since 1994. It is no secret that

they broke up under much acrimony. Is there any tension now? Good

grief, that was a long time ago. We could still be classed as children

when we broke up. We can certainly now be classed as old men. Boring

old man. The talking of growing up, you had a reputation as a bad boy.

Are you expecting a new group of fans to come through? With the

reality TV stuff, we have all had a go at that. Each time we did, it

brought in a lot of new interest in to the band and the bands we have

been involved with. Be too kicks off in Newcastle tonight. On Sunday

they will be back in their home city. We are all 20 years older,

apart from Fabrice Muamba it seems. The whole reality thing has open

them up to new fans. Now, we've got a golden ticket to

Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. You might have thought it's in

Hollywood, but no - it's right here in the North West - in Eccles to

precise. Nick Franklin is such a big fan of the Roald Dahl story

that he's filled his spare room with items from the film

adaptations - and now it's thought to be the biggest collection of

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory memorabilia in the country. Naomi

Cornwell's been for a tour. Blair at me take you on a tour.

It's a magical world of chocolate, candy canes and gobstoppers,

otherwise known as Nick's spare room. I began collecting in 2004.

My interest in it goes back quite a long time. To the original film in

1971, I was eight or nine. It's an expensive business, with

original props costing thousands of pounds. A selection of four bars,

16 were made for the film. Does it makes you hungry? Everyone can have

a gobstopper, they are free with the room.

The films inspired Nick to become a TV set designer and have even

influenced his artworks. I thought it was a passing novelty years ago,

but it has grown and grown. It is staggering. The detail and time he

has taken is amazing. There are so many items here that

the Guinness book of records is currently verifying whether this is

the biggest private collection of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

memorabilia in the UK. People who collect this memorabilia have a

special name, David from Little Britain is a famous fan.

Nick's collection is so popular that he even rents the room out to

visiting actors. The outfits are optional. They might expect me to

be dressed as an umpire Lumpur. I This, apparently, is an everlasting

gobstoppers. That is a model. A surreal moments, would you like to

hand over for the weather. I had two poor forecasts, somebody may

Starting with the beginning of this week, it was glorious. 18 Celsius

on Monday. Look at the temperature for tomorrow. 11, if we are lucky.

Nine or 10 Celsius in some places, and over the weekend, not improving.

Getting colder still. All courtesy of a cold front which will sink

South tomorrow. It will leave lots of cold air behind for Friday and

Saturday and Sunday. For tonight, well, some sunshine across Cumbria

and Lancashire. Heading into dawn, the cloud will begin to build and

the temperature not so bad. We have got a light wind, dropping as low

as six or seven Celsius. Then the picture changes tomorrow, it will

be colder tomorrow and cloudier. A cloudy start from the word go. Some

spots of rain as it sinks south, bringing rain with it. Cloud will

break at times to bring some some, these are the temperatures. 10 or

11 if we are lucky. It will be cold tomorrow night, and on Saturday we

are down to 10 degrees Celsius. If you are travelling to Wembley for