:00:00. > :00:00.power cuts to thousands of homes. Now we can join the news
:00:00. > :00:08.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and
:00:09. > :00:11.Annabel Tiffin. Our top story: They preyed on troubled and vulnerable
:00:12. > :00:13.teenagers ` three men are jailed for almost 40 years for grooming and
:00:14. > :00:19.sexual exploitation. We hear from one of their victims.
:00:20. > :00:22.Also tonight: "We want to stay together" ` the businessman forced
:00:23. > :00:25.to live apart from his family after claiming he was wrongly deported
:00:26. > :00:28.from America. As the region's final Remploy
:00:29. > :00:39.factory prepares to close, we reflect on a year of anguish for
:00:40. > :00:41.many disabled workers. I've been here for 26 years, and
:00:42. > :00:44.this is what they do. Three generations of South Seas
:00:45. > :00:48.sporting muscle ` the Fijian family welcoming their countrymen to
:00:49. > :01:03.Rochdale. In good hands ` the man taking over
:01:04. > :01:06.the world's finest watchmaker. Three men who groomed and sexually
:01:07. > :01:11.exploited two vulnerable teenage girls are tonight beginning lengthy
:01:12. > :01:15.jail sentences. Brothers Shamin and Giash Uddin and their friend Robert
:01:16. > :01:20.Jackson were said to have used and abused the youngsters for their own
:01:21. > :01:24.sexual pleasure. Detectives say others were also
:01:25. > :01:27.involved but have yet to be brought to justice. Our Chief Reporter, Dave
:01:28. > :01:30.Guest, has more on the story and joins us now.
:01:31. > :01:33.Brothers Shamin and Giash Uddin used all the classic tricks of the
:01:34. > :01:42.groomer's evil trade to befriend and then betray their young victims The
:01:43. > :01:44.girls, aged 14 and 15 at the time, were vulnerable, troubled teenagers.
:01:45. > :01:48.They made the perfect prey for men said to be intent on using them for
:01:49. > :01:51.their own gratification. But, as one of the girls explains, it all began
:01:52. > :02:01.so differently. We've used an actress to speak her words.
:02:02. > :02:04.They would take us over and give as alcohol and cigarettes. They would
:02:05. > :02:10.say nice things to us, tell us that we were pretty and that they loved
:02:11. > :02:12.us. They would complement is and by me things. They would take me for
:02:13. > :02:15.meals and two hotels. But, once hooked, the girls were
:02:16. > :02:18.treated with contempt. They were plied with drink and drugs to make
:02:19. > :02:20.them compliant during sordid sessions of abuse at various
:02:21. > :02:23.locations around Greater Manchester. Shamin Uddin raped both girls and
:02:24. > :02:29.attempted to orchestrate the gang rape of one of them. These are the
:02:30. > :02:33.charges on which a jury convicted him in Manchester. Charges he'd
:02:34. > :02:36.denied and he attempted to paint himself as a victim, claiming the
:02:37. > :02:43.girls were manipulative and lied about their ages. But he knew full
:02:44. > :02:47.well they were underage. This is his friend, Robert Jackson. He was
:02:48. > :02:50.convicted of raping the older girl. Shamin's brother Giash was found
:02:51. > :02:53.guilty of having sex with a child. Detectives know others were involved
:02:54. > :03:01.in abusing the girls, but so far only these three have been
:03:02. > :03:06.convicted. There were more men involved, but
:03:07. > :03:16.some of the evidence did not identify who those people were. I
:03:17. > :03:20.can never say no or yes. Words will not explain what it has
:03:21. > :03:23.done to me and how it has made me feel. It has destroyed my life.
:03:24. > :03:27.Tonight, the trio are behind bars. Shamin Uddin was jailed for 19
:03:28. > :03:30.years, his brother got six and Robert Jackson was sent down for 12
:03:31. > :03:43.years, the judge telling them he was satisfied they posed a significant
:03:44. > :03:48.risk to young girls. Here are some other stories. Police
:03:49. > :03:52.are continuing to appeal for information after a 19 two`year`old
:03:53. > :04:00.woman was robbed in her home in Bolton. `` 92`year`old. The robber
:04:01. > :04:10.went into the living room and ripped her Careline pendant from her neck.
:04:11. > :04:15.The sinking of Liverpool's Duck Tour boat in the River Mersey in June was
:04:16. > :04:17.due to a fault with the foam used to provide buoyancy. That's the
:04:18. > :04:20.conclusion of a Marine Accident investigation. Video footage showed
:04:21. > :04:26.31 tourists desperately jumping from windows while others clung to life
:04:27. > :04:29.rafts in the Albert Dock waters The nuclear engineering company AMEC
:04:30. > :04:32.is to create more than 300 jobs in Cheshire. The posts will be in the
:04:33. > :04:35.company's Clean Energy Europe business based in Tatton. Jobs will
:04:36. > :04:46.range from project management to electrical engineering. The
:04:47. > :04:53.Northwest's last Remploy factory will close this week. The closure
:04:54. > :04:58.follows five other sites in the last 14 months.
:04:59. > :05:01.The government says that the factories put disabled people into a
:05:02. > :05:06.ghetto and they say that the money saved will be helped to find the
:05:07. > :05:15.people new jobs. Is the policy working?
:05:16. > :05:21.From Blackburn to Barrow, across the north`west, the government has
:05:22. > :05:27.closed nine Remploy factories in a year. 350 disabled workers have been
:05:28. > :05:31.laid off. I am struggling on my own with three
:05:32. > :05:38.kids. It is not fair. I have been here four years and this
:05:39. > :05:42.is what they do. Sorry. This factory in Blackburn, the
:05:43. > :05:48.region's last, is closing as well after almost 70 years. Its 19
:05:49. > :05:51.workers say that the government has not delivered on a promise to help
:05:52. > :05:55.them find new jobs in mainstream industry.
:05:56. > :06:03.Everyone here has been sacked. Nobody has been put through any
:06:04. > :06:10.process for anything else. Remploy procedures happens, when the
:06:11. > :06:17.government closed loss`making factories and retrained workers for
:06:18. > :06:22.mainstream industry. For everyone who is funded for
:06:23. > :06:24.subsidising a loss`making factory, we can get eight people into
:06:25. > :06:32.employment. But vulnerable workers like Tim who
:06:33. > :06:37.has worked here for 26 years, are not convinced.
:06:38. > :06:44.I am willing to go out and get a job suitable for me. Will there be any
:06:45. > :06:55.jobs out there? Tim has reason to worry. They admitted that it is not
:06:56. > :07:02.working. The failure rate is 38%.
:07:03. > :07:08.When the factory closes, it will be the end of Iraq. Many will not new
:07:09. > :07:11.jobs. We did ask the government for an
:07:12. > :07:14.interview. The Department of Work and Pensions said that the annual
:07:15. > :07:17.budget for disability employment of ?320 million is protected to help
:07:18. > :07:23.redundant workers into new jobs If you are a regular viewer, you
:07:24. > :07:32.will note that our reporter has been following the workers for 18 months.
:07:33. > :07:46.The. Read will be here tonight. Next, Philip was born in Bolton but
:07:47. > :07:55.he lived in America since the age of nine. He was deported to Manchester
:07:56. > :08:04.from America in what he says is a mistake. Yes, the MP has written to
:08:05. > :08:08.Barack Obama asking him for clemency to allow Philip to return home. Full
:08:09. > :08:14.is to live on separate continents, Philip has been enjoying some time
:08:15. > :08:21.with his family this week. However, it is not a holiday. He would want
:08:22. > :08:26.to be at home in Los Angeles. I am married to an American citizen, my
:08:27. > :08:31.daughter is an American citizen He has never had an American passport,
:08:32. > :08:36.having gone into America and his mother 's passport. However, he was
:08:37. > :08:41.arrested after police found drug paraphernalia in the back of a car
:08:42. > :08:48.that he was a passenger. He was not charged with any offences related to
:08:49. > :08:56.this, but because he said that he was an American. He was deported.
:08:57. > :09:04.The pilot gave me my passport and said that I was on my own.
:09:05. > :09:11.Philip says that the difficulty has been bad for his daughter Kayleigh
:09:12. > :09:16.who has learning difficulties. I get teased at school, because
:09:17. > :09:22.people ask where my dad is. It has been very difficult. I pray
:09:23. > :09:25.every day. Just constant communication, making sure that I
:09:26. > :09:33.talk to him every morning and evening. That is all we have.
:09:34. > :09:39.They are being supported by Andy Burnham who has written to Barack
:09:40. > :09:44.Obama asking for clemency. This is an ordinary family. I am
:09:45. > :09:47.appealing to the president as a parent.
:09:48. > :09:51.At the end of this week, Kimberley and Kayleigh will have to return to
:09:52. > :09:58.America without Philip. They hope their family will be reunited soon.
:09:59. > :10:02.Two men have been jailed after a high`speed car race through the
:10:03. > :10:12.streets of Bolton which ended in serious injuries to a man and a boy.
:10:13. > :10:16.Mohamad Patel and Furqaan Mohmed were travelling twice the speed
:10:17. > :10:20.limit when the accident happened. The judge described the actions as
:10:21. > :10:26.shameful. This drive almost ended with death.
:10:27. > :10:34.The men saw each other in their cars and then had a high`speed race. This
:10:35. > :10:41.footage from a bus shows the journey. One witness told the court
:10:42. > :10:46.that she thought she would die. A 51`year`old man and a 12 year boy
:10:47. > :10:52.were among a number of pedestrians who had just left a nearby mosque
:10:53. > :10:59.during Ramadan. As they walked along the past, the two cars drove at
:11:00. > :11:05.speed past them. They then hit a BMW that was driving along the street.
:11:06. > :11:08.The cars collided and then the two cars hit the pedestrians and cause
:11:09. > :11:13.them serious injuries. The court heard that the man has ``
:11:14. > :11:20.that the boy has not recovered from his injuries and has not yet
:11:21. > :11:26.returned to school. Mohamad Patel, who is 20, was sentenced to three
:11:27. > :11:31.months after admitting to causing serious incidents by day just
:11:32. > :11:38.writhing and perverting the course of justice. The other man was
:11:39. > :11:42.jailed, and another man received a sentence for perverting the course
:11:43. > :11:45.of justice. It is a miracle that nobody died.
:11:46. > :12:00.The fact that everyone lived is remarkable.
:12:01. > :12:04.Still to come on North West Tonight: From hero to zero ` we examine where
:12:05. > :12:09.it's all gone wrong for City's keeper Joe Hart.
:12:10. > :12:15.It is a period that you go through and it is a period of learning.
:12:16. > :12:23.And in good hands, the man who is taking over as the world's finest
:12:24. > :12:31.watchmaker. Now, I am sure that you remember
:12:32. > :12:36.Alice. She was the Cumbrian teenager who inspired many after revealing
:12:37. > :12:44.the bucket list of things that she wanted to do before she died. She
:12:45. > :12:48.was 17 when she died of lymphoma. Her family have just returned from
:12:49. > :12:53.Africa where they scattered some of her ashes. They have raised ?10 ,000
:12:54. > :13:00.for the charity that Alice set up to help seriously ill children.
:13:01. > :13:06.At the summit of Kilimanjaro just a few days ago, Alice's sister and
:13:07. > :13:11.other family members among the people who made it to the top, where
:13:12. > :13:18.the wind was very cold. I am feeling proud but tired. It was
:13:19. > :13:22.really hard work. They scattered some of Alice's ashes
:13:23. > :13:34.at the top of the mountain. I knew that she would be proud of us
:13:35. > :13:41.for getting up there. Alice Pyne became famous for her
:13:42. > :13:49.bucket list, things that she wanted to do before dying. Getting people
:13:50. > :13:55.to sign up as donors, meeting Take That were things that she was able
:13:56. > :13:59.to do. That she was not able to get to the top of Kilimanjaro. She had
:14:00. > :14:05.visiting Africa and her bucket list, so when she knew that she was
:14:06. > :14:15.terminal, she started planning where we would take her ashes.
:14:16. > :14:20.Today, the family are at a charity dinner celebrating the charity. The
:14:21. > :14:27.money will go towards a centre for terminally ill children.
:14:28. > :14:34.Does going on these trips help you, make it easier?
:14:35. > :14:40.It gives our lives purpose. We have the mission.
:14:41. > :14:45.The family will continue to spread the ashes in places that she did
:14:46. > :14:49.visit. And she was famous for her blog and
:14:50. > :14:59.her mum is carrying it on and we will put the address of that website
:15:00. > :15:02.and our Facebook page. He was first elected the MP for
:15:03. > :15:06.Blackburn in 1979. But after winning eight general elections, Jack Straw
:15:07. > :15:08.has decided to call it a day next time round. Home Secretary, Foreign
:15:09. > :15:17.Secretary, Justice Secretary ` during the Blair and Brown years he
:15:18. > :15:24.was the region's most famous politician.
:15:25. > :15:28.When this lady was a Cabinet Minister, Jack Straw was her
:15:29. > :15:36.political adviser. He would eventually succeed her in the
:15:37. > :15:40.Cabinet and four MP to Blackburn. When Barbara resigns, I put my name
:15:41. > :15:46.in. There was competition for the seat, but luckily, I received a
:15:47. > :15:51.nomination. The former student leader. Can you
:15:52. > :15:55.hear me OK? He was a straight talker and had
:15:56. > :16:00.political aisle. It made him successful and popular.
:16:01. > :16:06.We love Jack Straw because he is a really good person.
:16:07. > :16:14.He is a fantastic guy. A very good man. He has supported the Asian
:16:15. > :16:20.community. He has had a step back, but he used
:16:21. > :16:24.to be a central figure. He is very caring and cares about
:16:25. > :16:32.this town. When Tony Blair won, Mr Straw became
:16:33. > :16:35.secretary. Just before the attacks of 911, he was Foreign Secretary,
:16:36. > :16:42.propelled onto the international stage.
:16:43. > :16:48.Iraq was a very controversial decision. It was the single most
:16:49. > :16:54.important decision I was ever involved in.
:16:55. > :16:58.He was one of only three men to remain in Cabinet for the duration
:16:59. > :17:06.of the Blair and Brown years. His autobiography was called Last Man
:17:07. > :17:12.Standing. I can do detail so that you do not
:17:13. > :17:22.miss a paragraph, which contains important things. I took the House
:17:23. > :17:26.of Commons seriously. Also, it turned out that I had the capacity
:17:27. > :17:29.to put my hands up when something went wrong.
:17:30. > :17:35.He announced his retirement to the local party first. You will be a
:17:36. > :17:43.hard act to follow. He will be a hard act to follow
:17:44. > :17:46.During his lifetime, George Daniels was considered by many to be the
:17:47. > :17:50.finest watchmaker in the world. Working from his studio in the Isle
:17:51. > :17:53.of Man, Daniels is claimed to be the first person in history to make
:17:54. > :17:56.every component of a watch, from scratch and by hand. He died in
:17:57. > :17:59.2011, bequeathing his entire workshop to his apprentice, Roger W
:18:00. > :18:03.Smith, who continues what is known as the Daniels Method of hand`making
:18:04. > :18:14.watches. We've been to meet him and find out more about his painstaking
:18:15. > :18:18.quest for watchmaking brilliance. Watchmaking is all about trying to
:18:19. > :18:25.achieve perfection. You are always striving to make the very best.
:18:26. > :18:28.One finds that one is shaping the components according to the natural
:18:29. > :18:35.laws of the universe. George Daniels was the first man in
:18:36. > :18:40.history to make a watch from start to finish. As an 18`year`old, I was
:18:41. > :18:46.amazed and I wrote to him and ask him if I could be his apprentice. He
:18:47. > :18:55.said that I had his book, a teacher she bare how to make a watch, go
:18:56. > :18:59.away and teach yourself. `` it teaches you there. He looked at the
:19:00. > :19:02.watch and he was not impressed. He was very angry. I went away and
:19:03. > :19:07.thought that I wanted to start another. The whole watch took five
:19:08. > :19:13.and a half years to make. Georgia sat down at his bench and he opened
:19:14. > :19:22.the box and he sat, turning it over, looking at it, inspecting it
:19:23. > :19:26.is. Suddenly, is put it down, turned round and said congratulations, you
:19:27. > :19:30.are a watchmaker. In the studio, we create ten pieces
:19:31. > :19:34.a year. These watches are some of the rarest watches that you will
:19:35. > :19:46.find anywhere in the world. It takes six months for each watch.
:19:47. > :19:49.Watchmaking at this level is very unusual in the fact that we are
:19:50. > :19:54.creating components, we will spend an incredible amount of time
:19:55. > :19:57.decorating and finishing. Then we will cover that components up with a
:19:58. > :20:04.watch dial and the component will never be seen again.
:20:05. > :20:12.Today, we live in a world that is all about speed, all about cheapness
:20:13. > :20:20.and we need to start to appreciate that quality is not something that
:20:21. > :20:25.we create in an instant. It takes time and thought. This is why I
:20:26. > :20:34.approach my watchmaking as I do It is fascinating.
:20:35. > :20:43.Onto sport now, and Peter Marshall's here, having spent the morning
:20:44. > :20:49.enjoying some Fijian hospitality. There were victories for most of our
:20:50. > :21:02.clubs at the weekend. Manchester was having a good result, until Joe Hart
:21:03. > :21:06.stepped in. An afternoon to forget for Joe Hart
:21:07. > :21:18.is in what is increasingly becoming a year to forget. Conceding stupid
:21:19. > :21:22.goals. 12 months ago, the City and England
:21:23. > :21:26.number one looked like he had the goalkeeping world at his feet. Now,
:21:27. > :21:30.he's just got his head in his hands. It is not just the defender, it is
:21:31. > :21:35.also Joe's fault. It is a situation that happens to everyone. It is a
:21:36. > :21:38.period that you go through and it is a period of learning.
:21:39. > :21:48.Joe went through it in 1970 when he made this mistake.
:21:49. > :21:53.I was very fortunate, in a way. It was a mistake, but Bert asked to see
:21:54. > :21:58.me afterwards. I took his words and worked very hard. Thank God, things
:21:59. > :22:03.became better. Joe has do do the same.
:22:04. > :22:06.Would you talk to him? We're not allowed near the players. It is up
:22:07. > :22:08.to the management. That management situation means an
:22:09. > :22:17.Italian goalkeeping coach has been followed by a Spanish one.
:22:18. > :22:19.I worry what the input of another foreign goalkeeping coach has on
:22:20. > :22:24.him. The job for that coach now is to try
:22:25. > :22:27.and return Joe Hart to where many thought he'd be for many years ` the
:22:28. > :22:37.undisputed number one for club and country.
:22:38. > :22:40.Onto the Championship, and Burnley took the three points in the
:22:41. > :22:43.top`of`the`table game against QPR at Turf Moor. Danny Ings scored both
:22:44. > :22:51.goals for the Clarets, who are now three points clear at the top. There
:22:52. > :22:54.was a fiery Lancashire derby between Blackpool and Blackburn. It ended
:22:55. > :23:01.2`2, but both sides were reduced to ten men after a scuffle involving DJ
:23:02. > :23:09.Campbell and Jack Robinson. The Rugby League World Cup got under
:23:10. > :23:15.way at the weekend. There has been a strong Fijian community here for a
:23:16. > :23:25.long time. I met the family who created a bond between the two
:23:26. > :23:28.places. They brought their love of Rugby
:23:29. > :23:30.League from Fiji's palm fringed islands to the traffic islands of
:23:31. > :23:33.Rochdale. 75`year`old Mike Ratu joined Rochdale Hornets in 1965
:23:34. > :23:36.brought here by the British Army. His son Emon went on to play for the
:23:37. > :23:39.Hornets. Grandson Michael still does, after
:23:40. > :23:43.stints with Leeds, Hull KR and the Fijian national And the national
:23:44. > :23:52.team ` the Bati, or warriors ` take on Ireland at the Spotland Stadium
:23:53. > :24:00.in Rochdale tonight. I am a nervous wreck. I am getting
:24:01. > :24:07.emotional. You see the boys coming in and when I see them, with the
:24:08. > :24:09.palm trees on the left hand side, near the heart.
:24:10. > :24:12.The family moved here in the footsteps of other Rugby League
:24:13. > :24:15.pioneers who joined Rochdale Hornets in the early sixties. Since then,
:24:16. > :24:22.Fiji and Rochdale have formed a bond.
:24:23. > :24:26.I have grown up with the lads. It was a rugby family. The whole of
:24:27. > :24:31.Rochdale will support to Fiji tonight.
:24:32. > :24:35.I will be excited. Emotions are running high, but just as a young
:24:36. > :24:40.man watching, I will be very proud and excited.
:24:41. > :24:50.With excitement amounting after the opening game, Rochdale has added
:24:51. > :24:53.Fijian food to the menu. Do people think that Fiji could make the World
:24:54. > :24:59.Cup final? I think they could be contenders.
:25:00. > :25:04.They will get near the end, but I have to back Australia.
:25:05. > :25:10.The moral of that is not to ask an Australian, because they were always
:25:11. > :25:20.say that the Australians will win. And now is the weather.
:25:21. > :25:30.Yes, you will have heard about the storm, but we were lucky, most of
:25:31. > :25:37.the storm mist us. For the rest of the week, we will have quite
:25:38. > :25:40.unsettled conditions. It will be ten or 11 Celsius. It will be a mixture
:25:41. > :25:48.of sunshine and showers. We will see strong winds. Everything but the
:25:49. > :25:53.kitchen`sink. Tonight, we will still have some showers from across the
:25:54. > :25:58.Irish Sea. There will be strong westerly winds. We will see clear
:25:59. > :26:05.skies in between the showers. The skies will be clear over Cumbria,
:26:06. > :26:11.the temperatures will drop. Tomorrow, more of the same. It will
:26:12. > :26:16.be unsettled. We will see plenty of blustery showers. They will move in
:26:17. > :26:21.from the Irish Sea. We will have a westerly breeze driving the showers,
:26:22. > :26:28.but in between the shower was, we will see some bright spells. It will
:26:29. > :26:34.not feel very warm. The highs will be 11 or 12 Celsius for tomorrow.
:26:35. > :26:37.But it is a cold 11 or 12 Celsius with that wind.
:26:38. > :26:42.Heading into Wednesday, it will be a decent night, but we will have
:26:43. > :26:48.another band of rain moving back in. We are likely to have this in the
:26:49. > :26:55.late afternoon or evening. However, for today, if you held of your
:26:56. > :26:58.journey, I still think that should BBC local radio station is the place
:26:59. > :27:03.to go for updates as to what is happening on the roads further down
:27:04. > :27:10.south will stop that is it. Thank you very much. Keep in touch
:27:11. > :27:14.with your local radio station. There have been some fatalities but
:27:15. > :27:19.it has been terrible, but it is rare that we have come off more likely.
:27:20. > :27:22.I think we will have snow later in the year.
:27:23. > :27:51.Buy. This is Malcolm, who owns Iceland.
:27:52. > :27:53.He's the one that's going to present us with
:27:54. > :27:55.the ten grand. When we win it. You've just got to make it
:27:56. > :27:58.as bearable Here we are in the PR nerve centre
:27:59. > :28:03.of Iceland at the end of 96 hours
:28:04. > :28:06.of total hell. But we haven't tested
:28:07. > :28:10.for dog or cat either. Is this the warmest supermarket
:28:11. > :28:13.around? Iceland Foods -
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