:00:13. > :00:16.Good evening and welcome to North West Tonight. Our top story: 91
:00:16. > :00:26.injuries from his head to his toes. Rio Smedley's mother is accused of
:00:26. > :00:27.
:00:27. > :00:32.not doing enough to protect her child from his killer. New calls
:00:32. > :00:35.for Sir Norman Bettison to resign after allegations. A fine for a
:00:35. > :00:45.former mayor from Cheshire. His tenants said they lived in deadly
:00:45. > :00:48.
:00:48. > :00:52.conditions. Quite extraordinary, I have seen better places in India.
:00:53. > :00:58.Top of the class - the Bolton teacher awarded an industry Oscar.
:00:58. > :01:01.He is a very good role model. He is a unique teacher. I will always
:01:01. > :01:11.remember him. 6,000 miles from home, the massive moth off-course in
:01:11. > :01:26.
:01:26. > :01:32.A court has been told at two year- old boy from Bolton was murdered by
:01:32. > :01:34.his mother's boyfriend and left of 91 separate injuries. Paramedics
:01:34. > :01:37.were told Rio Smedley had fallen down the stairs. But Manchester
:01:37. > :01:40.Crown Court heard today he'd probably been punched and kicked in
:01:40. > :01:46.the abdomen. Stuart Flinders has been in court for us today. Stuart,
:01:46. > :01:50.what more can you tell us about Rio's injuries? As you say, 91
:01:50. > :01:56.separate injuries to his body from his head quite literally down to
:01:56. > :02:03.his toes. When paramedics arrived at his home, in April this year,
:02:03. > :02:08.they found him lying on a sofa, not breathing. They were called by his
:02:08. > :02:16.mother, she told them he had fallen down the stairs head first on
:02:16. > :02:20.trying to retrieve a toy. The prosecution said he had suffered
:02:20. > :02:30.one or more heavy blows to the abdomen caused by kicking or
:02:30. > :02:36.stamping. Good as the prosecution say killed him? Charge of murder is
:02:36. > :02:40.Daniel Rigby, 23 years old. He was the boyfriend of the child's mother.
:02:40. > :02:44.He was alone with the child in the house when he suffered those
:02:44. > :02:50.injuries and according to the prosecution he had on previous
:02:50. > :02:56.occasions punched and head-butted his partner when she was pregnant.
:02:56. > :03:03.After the town's death, she told the police he had been kind and
:03:03. > :03:08.loving with her son. What is his mother accused of? She is charged
:03:08. > :03:12.with allowing her child's death. The prosecution said she did not
:03:12. > :03:16.take enough care to protect him from the danger she knew that was
:03:16. > :03:22.out there. She allowed him to spend time alone on a number of occasions
:03:22. > :03:27.with Daniel Rigby. Today the midwife told the court she was a
:03:27. > :03:37.good mother. She has also pleaded not guilty and the trial continues
:03:37. > :03:37.
:03:37. > :03:40.tomorrow. For more than 30 years, Brian Silvester has been a
:03:40. > :03:43.respected councillor in Cheshire. But today the former Mayor of Crewe
:03:43. > :03:45.and Nantwich faced a court for allowing tenants to live in
:03:45. > :03:48.potentially deadly conditions. He and his brother Colin had pleaded
:03:48. > :03:51.guilty to breaking fire safety rules at a property they own and
:03:51. > :03:53.which housed eight people. The judge described the place as an
:03:53. > :03:56.accident waiting to happen. Our Chief Reporter, Dave Guest, has
:03:56. > :03:58.more. It looks rather quaint from the
:03:58. > :04:08.outside. But inside it certainly wasn't, according to some who lived
:04:08. > :04:13.
:04:13. > :04:16.It was quite extraordinary, I have seen better places in India.
:04:16. > :04:18.place had been divided into 10 bedsits. It's owned by brothers
:04:18. > :04:22.Brian and Colin Silvester. Brian's a well known figure in Cheshire.
:04:22. > :04:25.He's a former Mayor of Crewe and Nantwich and now a leading light on
:04:25. > :04:28.East Cheshire Council. But today he arrived at Chester Crown Court to
:04:28. > :04:32.find out what his punishment would be for breaking fire safety rules
:04:32. > :04:35.at the property just outside Shavington. Fire service inspectors
:04:35. > :04:40.had found a lack of working smoke detectors, fire alarms and fire
:04:40. > :04:44.extinguishers. There was no emergency lighting and no clear
:04:44. > :04:54.evacuation routes. One tenant kept a rope in his upstairs bedsit to
:04:54. > :04:54.
:04:54. > :05:03.lower out of the window if the worst happened. Milder option was
:05:03. > :05:06.to have a rope tied to it. There was no other options. Inspectors
:05:06. > :05:10.were so concerned they issued a prohibition order forbidding anyone
:05:10. > :05:16.to live in the place because it was not safe enough, but people did
:05:16. > :05:21.continue living here. That got the brothers into even more trouble.
:05:21. > :05:29.They admitted a total of 12 charges. The judge said the house had been
:05:29. > :05:38.an accident waiting to happen. He find Colin Sylvester �37,000. Brian
:05:38. > :05:48.was fined �45,000. It must also pay �22,000 each in costs. They have
:05:48. > :05:50.
:05:50. > :05:53.now spent �27,000 bring the fire precautions up to scratch.
:05:53. > :05:56.The family of the second Greater Manchester Police Officer murdered
:05:56. > :05:59.last month say hundreds of tributes, flowers and cards of support have
:05:59. > :06:02.helped them deal with their loss. Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone were
:06:02. > :06:05.shot dead when they went to answer a suspected burglary in Mottram.
:06:05. > :06:08.Nicola's family has thanked all the police and members of the public
:06:08. > :06:11.for lining the streets to pay their respects at her funeral and say
:06:11. > :06:14.Nicola would have been ''immensely proud''. Her Royal Highness the
:06:14. > :06:16.Princess Royal has been in Lancashire today to officially open
:06:16. > :06:20.the Fleetwood Nautical Campus. It provides training for the Merchant
:06:20. > :06:30.Navy and offshore energy industries. The project marks the completion of
:06:30. > :06:32.
:06:33. > :06:37.the first phase of a 10-year redevelopment strategy. A public
:06:37. > :06:40.enquiry has started today to examine plans to build 6,000 new
:06:40. > :06:46.homes in South Lakeland. They will look at planning in the district
:06:46. > :06:52.over the next 15 years and how much development may be on greenfield
:06:52. > :07:01.sites. A container full of charity donations set off for Central
:07:01. > :07:07.America today. St Joseph's has collected around 70,000 items,
:07:07. > :07:12.ranging from the foyers to clothes. Some of those kids have never had
:07:12. > :07:21.new clothes, they have just tap hand-me-downs. Some of them will
:07:21. > :07:24.get toys for Christmas and they have never had one before. Dougie
:07:24. > :07:26.Freedman is the new Manager of Bolton Wanderers. The 38-year-old
:07:26. > :07:29.left Crystal Palace after Wanderers were finally given permission to
:07:29. > :07:32.speak to him late yesterday. Freedman is expected to watch the
:07:32. > :07:41.team's Championship match at Wolves tonight before taking charge at The
:07:41. > :07:50.Reebok Stadium. There are new calls for her the Yorkshire chief
:07:50. > :07:53.constable to resigned. Maria Eagle told the House of Commons she has
:07:53. > :07:56.evidence that Sir Norman Bettison was involved in "trying to concoct
:07:56. > :08:06.a story that all the Liverpool fans were drunk". He's always denied
:08:06. > :08:08.
:08:09. > :08:13.being part of a cover-up. Naomi Cornwell reports: At the time of
:08:13. > :08:16.the Hillsborough disaster, Norman Betws in was a senior inspector.
:08:16. > :08:21.After the disaster he spoke to a fellow student from an evening
:08:21. > :08:27.class. John Barry was studying with him on a part-time business course
:08:27. > :08:32.in Sheffield. He wrote a letter revealing that to the Hillsborough
:08:32. > :08:40.support group. Last night, the letter was read out in the House of
:08:40. > :08:44.Commons. He told me he had been asked to put together evidence for
:08:44. > :08:47.the forthcoming enquiry. He said, we are trying to concoct a story
:08:47. > :08:56.that all the Liverpool fans were drunk and we were afraid they were
:08:56. > :09:06.going to break down the gate. We decided to open them. I didn't say
:09:06. > :09:08.
:09:08. > :09:13.anything in response that evening, it was never mentioned again.
:09:13. > :09:20.Norman Bettison has always denied any involvement in a cover-up. He
:09:20. > :09:24.will retire next year. Today, one of the candidate standing for
:09:24. > :09:34.election called on him to stand down immediately. In a statement,
:09:34. > :09:36.
:09:36. > :09:39.But he's not the only police officer under investigation.
:09:39. > :09:46.South Yorkshire Chief Constable wrote to me on Friday to say he has
:09:46. > :09:51.said a list of 1444 names of certain Yorkshire officers to the
:09:51. > :09:54.IPCC. This is of huge number of names. More than we expected.
:09:54. > :09:58.figure includes 304 police officers who are still serving, and the Home
:09:58. > :10:01.Secretary Theresa May has said she'll work with Labour to see if
:10:01. > :10:10.new laws are needed to compel former officers to co-operate with
:10:10. > :10:14.the investigation. A little earlier, I spoke to a member of the
:10:14. > :10:20.Hillsborough Justice Campaign. She told me their focus is on more than
:10:20. > :10:25.just one man. I don't like circling round Norman better since
:10:25. > :10:33.specifically, because it goes way beyond Norman Paterson. However, he
:10:33. > :10:36.stands up as a good example of what was going on, and I think that
:10:36. > :10:42.clearly he consistently denies his involvement and nobody would wish
:10:42. > :10:47.to deny him a fair hearing, or due process. However, I do think as a
:10:47. > :10:51.matter of course and urgency, he should be suspended from office.
:10:51. > :10:57.I'm sure that in his position as chief constable, if there was an
:10:57. > :11:02.officer under him, with allegations of this magnitude level that the
:11:02. > :11:06.officer, I'm sure he would suspend him as a matter of course, and yet
:11:06. > :11:12.we see him clinging on, and I think his position is completely
:11:12. > :11:17.untenable. Norman bet as an aside, do you think the net is closing on
:11:18. > :11:21.those responsible for the cover-up? It is, I think it is closing on
:11:21. > :11:28.them, and all the time there are further snippets of evidence which
:11:28. > :11:31.showed just how wide the cover-up was and how limited the evidence
:11:31. > :11:38.that was given to people tried to decide bringing about prosecutions
:11:38. > :11:43.was. The Hillsborough Independent Panel shock many people with its
:11:43. > :11:49.findings. There are subsequent inquiries as a result of that. Are
:11:49. > :11:56.you confident they will be equally as Barack and exhausted? We hope so,
:11:56. > :11:59.clearly last night, a commitment to that end was admitted. Again, we
:11:59. > :12:09.stressed that nobody must be involved to was ever involved in
:12:09. > :12:11.
:12:11. > :12:18.any aspect of investigating Hillsborough in the past. Still to
:12:18. > :12:22.come, Liverpool says it cannot afford to subsidise school uniforms.
:12:22. > :12:32.This is usually found in the Philippines so how did this moth
:12:32. > :12:33.
:12:33. > :12:36.end up 6,000 miles away? That is amazing. They've been used
:12:36. > :12:38.recreationally for decades, and are seen by partygoers as providing a
:12:38. > :12:42.safe, legal high. But there's a warning tonight that sniffing
:12:42. > :12:45."poppers" can cause serious damage to the eyes. A study at the Royal
:12:45. > :12:48.Bolton Hospital has found the liquid chemical can harm users'
:12:48. > :12:58.retinas, and experts are calling for more research to be carried out.
:12:58. > :13:05.
:13:05. > :13:10.Our Health Correspondent Nina Warhurst has this exclusive report.
:13:10. > :13:18.Used in the clubbing community, poppers have been bought over-the-
:13:18. > :13:24.counter since the 1970s. A report out today from the Royal Bolton
:13:24. > :13:29.Hospital links it to deteriorating eyesight. The eye is very sensitive,
:13:29. > :13:39.it has a very high metabolism. Operas are very strong chemicals,
:13:39. > :13:40.
:13:40. > :13:43.and we think they cost direct toxicity to the cells. Look at this.
:13:44. > :13:46.The white line shows a normal retina - in this case flat and
:13:47. > :13:49.smooth - compare it to someone who's been using poppers for five
:13:49. > :13:53.months. There's a dome forming underneath, causing blurred and
:13:53. > :13:58.inconsistent vision. Selling the liquid that makes them is not
:13:58. > :14:04.illegal but selling it for human consumption is. Retailers get
:14:04. > :14:14.grounded by labelling it as something different. I was in one
:14:14. > :14:14.
:14:14. > :14:19.shop and he offered me this. It is our room deodorant. Steve took part
:14:19. > :14:24.in it because he was concerned about his eyesight. People could
:14:24. > :14:30.make a more informed choice. recent report found that one in
:14:30. > :14:40.five gay people I use the poppers. If these are available and people
:14:40. > :14:40.
:14:40. > :14:43.do not realise, we would like more investigation. The Royal Society
:14:43. > :14:46.for Ophthalmologists have called this a small but significant study.
:14:46. > :14:49.It doesn't suggest that everyone who uses poppers will lose their
:14:49. > :14:53.vision - but does suggest more work needs to be done so that users can
:14:53. > :15:00.decide for themselves whether the high's worth it. Next, most parents
:15:00. > :15:03.find when senior school pupils start, the cost of uniforms rocket.
:15:03. > :15:05.In the past, councils have given families on low incomes vouchers to
:15:05. > :15:08.help with the cost. But in Liverpool tonight councillors will
:15:08. > :15:12.be asked if this should stop. It's a decision which will affect 24,000
:15:13. > :15:14.children. Here's Annabel. So among our local authorities, let's have a
:15:14. > :15:19.our local authorities, let's have a look at who gives what in uniform
:15:19. > :15:24.grants. Well, in Liverpool at the moment �700,000 a year is set aside
:15:24. > :15:27.for subsidising school uniforms. It costs Manchester City Council just
:15:27. > :15:35.under �300,000 in school uniform grants - it says they are not at
:15:35. > :15:39.risk. Cumbria County Council allocates �268,000 a year. Again
:15:39. > :15:42.the council says they are not under threat. However In Lancashire,
:15:42. > :15:52.Wirral and Cheshire East school uniform subsidies have already been
:15:52. > :15:58.
:15:58. > :16:03.A new school uniform can be a big outlay. People on benefits and low-
:16:03. > :16:11.income get �20 towards a primary uniform and �40 to words secondary
:16:11. > :16:16.costs. You can pay �8 for a shirt. The grant is usually about �20. It
:16:16. > :16:26.can get you the essentials that they go through quite quickly.
:16:26. > :16:29.
:16:29. > :16:37.need to get by, you have bills to pay. I just go weekly. This shop
:16:37. > :16:44.runs a saving club to help spread the cost. With blazers costing
:16:44. > :16:49.between �70 and �120, trousers being �15, shirts being �10,
:16:49. > :16:53.parents can easily spend �150 before they have bought a pair of
:16:53. > :16:58.shoes, a cold and a full peak it. School uniform grants are really
:16:58. > :17:05.School uniform grants are really vital. Where grants are available,
:17:05. > :17:10.they are a lifeline for these families. With large savings to be
:17:10. > :17:15.made, the city council says it can no longer protect the vulnerable.
:17:15. > :17:25.We need to find �140 million in the next four years and we need to make
:17:25. > :17:33.
:17:33. > :17:37.The cut could be approved in two The city council is meeting this
:17:37. > :17:40.evening so we should have the result whatever they decide in the
:17:41. > :17:43.bulletin tomorrow. A primary school teacher from Bolton has been
:17:43. > :17:46.recognised at the Oscars of the teaching world. 32-year-old Ben
:17:46. > :17:55.Tipton from Sacred Heart RC Primary School in Westhoughton was given a
:17:55. > :18:03.gold award for his outstanding use In a minute we will be hearing from
:18:03. > :18:06.Ben and his headteacher but first They're known as the Oscars of the
:18:06. > :18:09.teaching world and Ben Tipton became one of only eight teachers
:18:09. > :18:19.in the whole country to be honoured for his exceptional work in the
:18:19. > :18:24.
:18:24. > :18:29.classroom at a glitzy ceremony in I absolutely love it. I am very
:18:29. > :18:33.lucky that I work here. I work with a fantastic team. This is not just
:18:33. > :18:42.for me but for everyone, the teachers, the support staff, the
:18:42. > :18:44.parents and the governors. Welcome to Sacred Heart FM. Back home in
:18:44. > :18:47.Bolton, pupils admit Mr Tipton really impresses them in lessons at
:18:47. > :18:54.Sacred Heart RC in Westhoughton- They say the way he uses technology
:18:54. > :19:04.makes their learning more fun. makes him special is he is always
:19:04. > :19:08.entertaining kids, making them have fun. He helped us with my maths, I
:19:08. > :19:11.was really struggling with that. While he's the one normally
:19:11. > :19:17.rewarding the children for their good work, he's now the one being
:19:17. > :19:21.praised for his efforts instead! think he is a very positive role
:19:21. > :19:28.model who is a very unique teacher and is definitely one of the
:19:28. > :19:35.teachers I will always remember. Ben Tipton and the Sacred Heart's
:19:35. > :19:41.headteacher Martin Johnson are here now. You were with us at lunchtime
:19:41. > :19:44.and you are back again. It's fantastic. The whole day has been a
:19:44. > :19:48.celebration of not just my achievements but the whole school.
:19:48. > :19:52.How does it feel to hear your pupils pay tribute to you? I feel
:19:52. > :19:59.very proud and privileged to that they say such things about me. That
:19:59. > :20:06.is the reason I go to work, to teach them and get as much of them
:20:06. > :20:11.as I get back to them. You haven't been teaching that long, have you?
:20:11. > :20:18.It was only six years ago that I started teaching, I was pushed into
:20:18. > :20:23.it gently by my girlfriend, now wife. I never really thought I
:20:23. > :20:30.could have the potential to be a teacher, but she said I needed to
:20:30. > :20:35.go for it and I did. I never looked back. What makes him so good?
:20:35. > :20:38.was the right teacher for the right time at our school. His use of
:20:38. > :20:44.technology has inspired the whole community to move forward with
:20:44. > :20:48.their learning. How does that work? The key to learning is good
:20:48. > :20:53.communication, and we have a fantastic learning platform. The
:20:53. > :20:58.green screen technology used on there, children pretending to be
:20:58. > :21:03.whether reporters. The radio station enhanced communication.
:21:03. > :21:07.Then's role is to connect learning and culture. This is not something
:21:07. > :21:15.he does in isolation in his own platform, he does that throughout
:21:15. > :21:22.the school. It has been a good year for the school, hasn't it? It is
:21:22. > :21:28.fantastic, in March, we got it standing in all areas. -- expanding
:21:28. > :21:32.in all areas. Same in peak, we got a distinction for the awards, one
:21:33. > :21:39.teacher got an outstanding new teacher award. And one of these
:21:39. > :21:46.Oscars is rare, isn't it? It is. is a once in a career thing isn't
:21:46. > :21:54.it? It is because you cannot win again. The key to children being
:21:54. > :21:59.happy learners is having a happy team and getting praised. The
:21:59. > :22:05.teaching Awards is fantastic for that. You haven't had a chance to
:22:05. > :22:08.going to school today, have you? What will they say to you? They
:22:08. > :22:15.have been buzzing up until the awards, they were excited to hear
:22:15. > :22:20.about it. When I eventually get back to work, I'm sure they will be
:22:20. > :22:28.very proud. The reason you are not going back is? Nine days ago I
:22:28. > :22:36.became a father for the first time. And you're lovely wife push you
:22:36. > :22:42.into teaching and has now started the family, congratulations. You
:22:42. > :22:52.can see the full programme tonight on -- a on BBC Two this coming
:22:52. > :22:52.
:22:52. > :23:01.On this programme we bring you tales of weird and wonderful
:23:01. > :23:09.wildlife. But this family were of a flutter when they found this on
:23:09. > :23:16.their windowsill. It is normally found thousands of miles away. How
:23:16. > :23:20.did it get here? The wings are beautifully coloured but it is the
:23:20. > :23:24.size that sets it apart. This species is usually found in the
:23:24. > :23:32.Philippines, so when one turned up in the gardens of this North West
:23:32. > :23:40.Terrace, the owners were amazed. was flapping around on this when
:23:40. > :23:46.sylph. We were quite scared. It was huge. My dad told me it was an
:23:46. > :23:52.Atlas moth. I had never heard of it. It normally lives in south-east
:23:52. > :23:57.Asia, 6,000 miles away from Ramsbottom. They are the loudest
:23:57. > :24:06.marks in the world but only live for about a week. They took it to
:24:06. > :24:10.this matter fly -- butterfly house. This is the moth that was brought
:24:10. > :24:16.here. It is probably the first specimen found in the British Isles.
:24:16. > :24:22.We don't know where it has come from, either a private individual
:24:22. > :24:31.or it could have been on cargo. Although it did not survive, the
:24:31. > :24:37.offspring did. They are very hungry caterpillars. We have about 30 of
:24:37. > :24:42.them, they are native caterpillars. They will make a cocoon and spend a
:24:42. > :24:50.year before hatching. It is hoped they will breed and enthral more
:24:50. > :24:55.visitors. You know that famous book about caterpillars, imagine what
:24:55. > :25:02.about caterpillars, imagine what they will eat? Shall we see the
:25:02. > :25:05.weather. Had I done that story, I would have got a rolled-up
:25:05. > :25:10.newspaper and done what you do at home, because that is the creepiest
:25:10. > :25:15.thing I have ever seen. Good evening. Everything changes, as we
:25:15. > :25:19.head through the next few days. It is still on the cards. By the time
:25:19. > :25:28.we get a Thursday the weather front move through the whole of the
:25:28. > :25:30.country and it opens the door too much colder conditions. The
:25:31. > :25:34.temperatures of 14 today, by Saturday it will be down to six
:25:34. > :25:38.Celsius. The weather for this evening and overnight is more of
:25:38. > :25:45.what we have through the day, it is exactly the same as tomorrow. It is
:25:45. > :25:53.all about the cloud cover, it never leaves us and it stays all the time.
:25:53. > :25:59.It will support tiny spot of drizzle. Mist and fog is a
:25:59. > :26:02.possibility as we head towards the early hours of tomorrow morning. If
:26:02. > :26:10.you have a journey that takes you over the Pennines, that is where
:26:10. > :26:15.you will continue to see the mist and fog. Significantly, the
:26:15. > :26:20.temperatures are very good. 12 degrees everywhere. Tomorrow
:26:20. > :26:26.morning, there will be more fog and mist, the cloud will be low in the
:26:26. > :26:32.Pennines. Through the morning, the mist and fog should go, the cloud
:26:32. > :26:36.will lift. It never really leaves us, there will be a tiny bit of
:26:37. > :26:42.drizzle. Every now and then, there will be a break in the cloud cover.
:26:42. > :26:45.We might get 45 minutes of sunshine as we head towards lunchtime. The
:26:45. > :26:50.cloud cover is really the predominant feature, and again,
:26:50. > :26:55.with those like wind, the temperature will be pretty good. --
:26:55. > :27:00.with that wind. Tomorrow night, it will continue to be mild. It is the
:27:00. > :27:03.last really mild one. On Thursday, this is the day when everything
:27:03. > :27:13.starts to change. This weather front is working its way down
:27:13. > :27:14.
:27:14. > :27:20.across the country, bringing rain, and opening the door to that chilly
:27:20. > :27:26.and opening the door to that chilly weather. On Saturday, six Celsius.