:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six so it's goodbye from
:00:00. > :00:08.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson.
:00:09. > :00:12.And Annabel Tiffin. Our top story: New jobs are being created, but not
:00:13. > :00:14.enough to affect the stubbornly high unemployment figures in the
:00:15. > :00:18.North West. We'll hear from the Employment
:00:19. > :00:21.Minister Esther McVey. Also tonight: Watching and worrying.
:00:22. > :00:31.Filipino exiles in Cumbria wait for news of loved ones affected by
:00:32. > :00:37.Typhoon Haiyan. They found her dead body it in the
:00:38. > :00:40.street. My brother just found her when looking for it and now they
:00:41. > :00:48.will bring it back today. Honoured at last ` a gravestone for
:00:49. > :00:51.the policeman killed in the line of duty 120 years ago.
:00:52. > :00:53.And in a class of her own ` the former teacher who's become of one
:00:54. > :01:15.the North's most successful artists. Beccy Meehan is sizing`up Britain's
:01:16. > :01:21.largest artificial Christmas tree. I'm outside the biggest artificial
:01:22. > :01:24.Christmas tree in the UK. It is 90 ft tall. I will take a look inside
:01:25. > :01:34.very soon. Thank you. David Cameron today celebrated what
:01:35. > :01:37.he described as really positive news on jobs. Sadly, the North
:01:38. > :01:40.West's unemployment figures stubbornly refused to agree with
:01:41. > :01:43.him. Today, for the third quarter in
:01:44. > :01:47.succession, the number of jobless in the North West rose, while all
:01:48. > :01:49.the time the national figure has been falling. Our economics
:01:50. > :01:59.correspondent, Jayne Barrett, has been finding out more.
:02:00. > :02:05.Unemployment down at nationally but a different picture in the north`
:02:06. > :02:14.west. Nationally the rate is 7. % but he get 8.65%. This rise is tiny.
:02:15. > :02:20.It is incremental but it is the second consecutive increase in the
:02:21. > :02:25.second quarter and it is part of the reason why. The number of
:02:26. > :02:30.economically inactive in the north` west is 25% and the figure is
:02:31. > :02:35.rising. We are talking small numbers, but they are going in the
:02:36. > :02:40.wrong direction. Of course it is welcome when unemployment falls but
:02:41. > :02:45.we still have a long way to go. Some feel they have further to go
:02:46. > :02:51.then others. They say unemployment is down and the economy is going up
:02:52. > :02:55.but it is not everywhere. Nicky is one nerve many looking for
:02:56. > :03:00.employability training. She has been looking for work for a year.
:03:01. > :03:06.It is hard with the competition for every job. Nationally, more people
:03:07. > :03:11.might be in work but for more people, in fact record numbers of
:03:12. > :03:19.people, that work means part`time work. It is 16 1/2 which is classed
:03:20. > :03:30.as full`time but sometimes they cancel my shift. They Class that as
:03:31. > :03:38.full`time? Yeah s, I was doing cash in hand. All pretty informal but is
:03:39. > :03:47.the golden I get a full`time job? Yes. A third of men now work part`
:03:48. > :03:52.time. One mile away this company makes electronic components. They
:03:53. > :04:00.would like to expand but they cannot. All the units around here
:04:01. > :04:05.are taken for stop was that the same two years ago? Three years ago
:04:06. > :04:09.they were offering as units in this estate to purchase at a cut`down
:04:10. > :04:14.price. The that is a sign things are picking up. Definitely. There
:04:15. > :04:18.are signs of improvement but not enough to make a dent in the
:04:19. > :04:24.figures ` at least not in the north`west, not yet.
:04:25. > :04:28.Earlier, I spoke to Esther McVey, the Employment Minister and a North
:04:29. > :04:31.West MP, of course. I asked her about these figures. Why was the
:04:32. > :04:39.North West struggling to see the improvements seen elsewhere? There
:04:40. > :04:45.has been a fall from 2005. A slight increase now. But the slight
:04:46. > :04:50.increase matters to people who are out of work and do not see that
:04:51. > :04:56.austerity is working in the north` west. Hang on a second. It is over
:04:57. > :05:00.a million people across the country who are getting into work who have
:05:01. > :05:08.never been in work before. In the north`west, we are rebalancing that.
:05:09. > :05:12.The problem, says the CBI in the north`west, is about private sector
:05:13. > :05:18.at jobs which are being created but there are too many public sector
:05:19. > :05:25.jobs being lost. Take the looked at a survey today of HR directors.
:05:26. > :05:29.They say resignations are on the rise and that signify is greater
:05:30. > :05:34.employee confidence in the job market as they move on to other
:05:35. > :05:35.jobs. We shall have to sea of the next set of figures shows any
:05:36. > :05:42.positivity. Thousands of Filipinos here in the
:05:43. > :05:45.North West are still waiting to discover whether their family back
:05:46. > :05:48.home are alive or dead. They might be thousands of miles
:05:49. > :05:51.away from the chaotic aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, but they're sharing
:05:52. > :05:54.the shock and despair. Our chief reporter, Dave Guest, has been to
:05:55. > :05:57.visit one Filipino community in Cumbria.
:05:58. > :06:02.For five long days, Nini Litster has rarely strayed far from her TV
:06:03. > :06:08.screen, desperately devouring every scrap of news coming out of her
:06:09. > :06:11.devastated homeland. She's lived at Dalton`in`Furness for 20 years, but
:06:12. > :06:15.her mother, brothers and other family members are in the
:06:16. > :06:25.Philipinnes. She'd heard nothing from any of them after the typhoon
:06:26. > :06:30.struck. Terrified. Really terrified, worried, unbelievable, crying non`
:06:31. > :06:33.stop, cannot sleep. Her story is all too familiar at this Filipino
:06:34. > :06:37.grocery store in Barrow. It's become a meeting place for some of
:06:38. > :06:39.South Cumbria's 400 Filipino ex` pats. Marilyn's just received news
:06:40. > :06:48.she'd dreaded. Her teenaged niece is among the dead. They found her
:06:49. > :06:52.dead body in the street. Mike just `` my brother just founded when
:06:53. > :06:59.they were looking for it and now they will bring it back today. They
:07:00. > :07:03.say it is in times of tragedy that communities pull together and this
:07:04. > :07:10.community of Filipinos is no exception. A lot of your community
:07:11. > :07:15.are in need at the moment. A lot but we will do our best. Back in
:07:16. > :07:18.Dalton this afternoon, Nini received the news she'd prayed for.
:07:19. > :07:27.Her brother, Edgar, had managed to get a message to an aunt to send it
:07:28. > :07:36.on via Facebook. She said, your brother is alive. All of them. I
:07:37. > :07:41.couldn't believe it. I kept reading it and reading it does to be sure
:07:42. > :07:46.that I didn't miss any word at all. This was the first word you had had
:07:47. > :07:50.that they were all well? Yes, since Friday. So the family is alive but
:07:51. > :07:59.their battle for survival continues. Police investigating the deaths of
:08:00. > :08:01.55`year`old Stephen Dehoney and his 86`year`old mother at Wythenshawe
:08:02. > :08:05.in Greater Manchester say they believe it was a case of murder and
:08:06. > :08:08.then suicide. A neighbour contacted police after finding Stephen hanged
:08:09. > :08:12.at the home on Saltdene Road. The body of his mother Olwen, who was
:08:13. > :08:20.also known as Ethel, was found by police.
:08:21. > :08:28.I would say this is a tragedy beyond words. It is the saddest of
:08:29. > :08:32.circumstances. At this moment in time we do not believe there is
:08:33. > :08:35.anything beyond that. Just a very sad human story.
:08:36. > :08:39.The Blackburn MP and former home secretary Jack Straw has described
:08:40. > :08:42.his government's decision to open Britain's borders to Eastern
:08:43. > :08:45.European migrants as a "spectacular mistake". Writing in the Lancashire
:08:46. > :08:48.Telegraph, Mr Straw said the Government vastly underestimated
:08:49. > :08:51.the numbers of migrants. But the MP said immigrants from that period
:08:52. > :08:55.were less likely to claim benefits than UK natives.
:08:56. > :08:58.The area around Morecambe Bay is getting almost ?2 million in
:08:59. > :09:02.heritage funding. The money is intended to benefit communities
:09:03. > :09:05.natural habitats and historic sites. It's also hoped it'll improve the
:09:06. > :09:13.local economy and pay towards the creation of a new cycle route.
:09:14. > :09:21.5,000 people have already visited the large collection of Viking
:09:22. > :09:26.treasure less than a Mark `` a month after it went on display. It
:09:27. > :09:31.is worth more than ?100,000 and can be seen at Lancaster's Museum until
:09:32. > :09:35.December. The first witnesses have given
:09:36. > :09:40.evidence of the two men who threatened to blow up a plane.
:09:41. > :09:44.Mohammed Safdar and Tayyab Subhani were passengers on a flight from
:09:45. > :09:48.Lahore to Manchester. The jury heard how the flight was diverted
:09:49. > :09:55.to Stansted after the men got into an argument with a flight attendant.
:09:56. > :10:00.The flight from Lahore was just 10 minutes from Manchester when it was
:10:01. > :10:06.diverted to Stansted Airport in Essex, escorted there by a RAF
:10:07. > :10:10.typhoon jet fighters. Mohammed Safdar and Tayyab Subhani are
:10:11. > :10:16.accused of making false threat to blow the plane up, in charge they
:10:17. > :10:21.deny. These pictures of the men being arrested by Essex police were
:10:22. > :10:28.taken by fellow passengers and today the jury heard evidence from
:10:29. > :10:31.a passenger who described how Mohammed Safdar got into an
:10:32. > :10:37.argument with one flight steward. Later, when Emile was serve,
:10:38. > :10:44.Mohammed Safdar became angry again with the same Stewart `` when a
:10:45. > :10:49.meal was served. She heard him say to the steward, I will kill you
:10:50. > :10:55.She was asked by the QC leading the prosecution, it did you hear the
:10:56. > :10:59.word bomb? She replied know. Defence lawyers for the two men
:11:00. > :11:02.have suggested if any threats were made they were not serious and that
:11:03. > :11:04.what took place on the aeroplane was nothing more than a stupid
:11:05. > :11:16.argument and the trial continues. Hospitals in the north`west are
:11:17. > :11:23.sending teams to Portugal and Spain to solve their staffing crisis. It
:11:24. > :11:29.has carried out a survey of the Reece `` regions hospital trust and
:11:30. > :11:33.found that over 1,600 posts went unfilled.
:11:34. > :11:37.At an inquest this week, it was heard how a woman died at Tameside
:11:38. > :11:50.General after being left unchecked on awards for 12 hours.
:11:51. > :11:53.Staff at Tameside Hospital failed to spot a serious change in Barbara
:11:54. > :11:56.White's condition in the hours before her death. She'd gone
:11:57. > :11:59.unchecked for 12 hours as one member of staff looked after 20
:12:00. > :12:03.patients. I am not disputing the girls didn't tried their best but
:12:04. > :12:06.there is not enough around. This week, a coroner said she'd be
:12:07. > :12:09.writing to Tameside Hospital expressing her concern about the
:12:10. > :12:12.level of care Mrs White received. The hospital trust says staffing
:12:13. > :12:19.levels have improved dramatically since her death. The Royal College
:12:20. > :12:29.of Nursing has carried out a survey that found 1600 nursing posts in
:12:30. > :12:34.the north west are unfilled. But the government is training
:12:35. > :12:39.thousands of training `` of nurses a year and is says there are more
:12:40. > :12:41.nurses now At Southport and Formby General, managers say nursing
:12:42. > :12:50.levels are about right, but acknowledge recruitment problems.
:12:51. > :12:56.When I qualified, it was always about working in a hospital but now
:12:57. > :13:00.they work in nurses `` nursing homes and GP practices. There is so
:13:01. > :13:05.much on offer now. We are spreading things more thinly.
:13:06. > :13:15.One way of making up the numbers is to recruit from abroad. Elsa Silva
:13:16. > :13:21.is from Portugal. How do you cope with the language? We have English
:13:22. > :13:26.at school and on television. There must be technical terms that are
:13:27. > :13:31.unusual? Most medical terms have the same origin so it is easy to
:13:32. > :13:34.understand but we have to study The Royal College of Nursing says
:13:35. > :13:37.the NHS must make nursing levels a priority, echoing concerns raised
:13:38. > :13:46.by the investigation into failings at Mid Staffordshire Hospital.
:13:47. > :13:49.A short time ago, Steve Flanagan, the north west regional director of
:13:50. > :13:53.the Royal College of Nursing came into the studio and told me he
:13:54. > :14:00.didn't think recruiting abroad was a long`term solution. The Centre
:14:01. > :14:05.for Work Force intelligence in the NHS predicts that they could be a
:14:06. > :14:13.shortage of 47,000 nurses in the NHS across England by 2016. We are
:14:14. > :14:18.not going to plug that gap by going abroad to deplete from `` to
:14:19. > :14:22.recruit from depleted pulls abroad as well. It may be a short`term
:14:23. > :14:29.solution but it will never solve the problem. A There is not enough
:14:30. > :14:32.experienced nurses around? Indeed. I was with the director of nursing
:14:33. > :14:38.this afternoon he tells me she wants to recruit nurses but is
:14:39. > :14:43.finding it difficult. Those who she can recruit tend to be newly`
:14:44. > :14:47.qualified staff. It is the experienced cohort of staff we are
:14:48. > :14:52.having difficulty recruiting. The other part of the problem is that
:14:53. > :14:59.many employers are holding posts vacant in order to save money. So
:15:00. > :15:03.many of the posts receipt of the 1,600 that are vacant are
:15:04. > :15:10.deliberately vacant? Many are, I believe, yes. The government has
:15:11. > :15:15.set the NHS a target of saving money by 2015 and the biggest way
:15:16. > :15:19.they can do that quickly is to hold posts they can so they do not have
:15:20. > :15:25.to pay people or to cut posts and in fact they have done both. What
:15:26. > :15:30.effect does this have won care? When nursing shortages occur, it
:15:31. > :15:38.has a catastrophic effect on nursing care. When the ratio of
:15:39. > :15:47.registered nurses to patients exceeds 128 there is a serious risk
:15:48. > :15:52.of harm to patients `` one: Eight. How many instances do you think
:15:53. > :15:59.There are where the ratio? We are trying to establish that. I have
:16:00. > :16:02.asked directors what they ratio is and dire waiting for that to come
:16:03. > :16:06.back because I believe it is important for the NHS to be
:16:07. > :16:14.transparent about this and we will watch that situation very carefully.
:16:15. > :16:20.When Pc James Gordon suffered Hendo `` head injuries the doctor gave
:16:21. > :16:26.him a glass of whisky and sent him home but he never would Cup.
:16:27. > :16:32.That was 120 years ago and all that time he has been buried in an
:16:33. > :16:44.unmarked grave. Now, a ceremony has taken place to honour him. Officers
:16:45. > :16:47.from Merseyside formed a guard of honour to remember a "forgotten
:16:48. > :16:52.hero". PC James Gordon was buried in St Helens Cemetery 120 years ago,
:16:53. > :16:54.but until now his grave had been unmarked. On 12th November 1893
:16:55. > :16:58.Constable Gordon and a colleague disturbed three men who'd broken
:16:59. > :17:02.into a boiler works in St Helens and were trying to steal hens. As
:17:03. > :17:06.he tried to arrest them, he was hit with an iron bar. Sent home to bed
:17:07. > :17:09.with a head injury, he never returned to duty. Today's ceremony
:17:10. > :17:15.was all thanks to a former officer who discovered his unmarked grave
:17:16. > :17:20.while volunteering at the cemetery. It was one phone call and this is
:17:21. > :17:24.what happened. A police collection was given to PC Gordon's widow at
:17:25. > :17:28.the time, but it's thought she used it to feed their five children and
:17:29. > :17:32.couldn't afford to buy a headstone. Now that's been paid for by The
:17:33. > :17:35.Police Roll of Honour Trust. It was unveiled by the widow of film
:17:36. > :17:39.director Michael Winner. Together they'd set up a charity to remember
:17:40. > :17:48.those who'd died in the course of their duty. It's important to know
:17:49. > :17:52.they have died to help us. I think that is really, really... It should
:17:53. > :17:59.be honoured. It's hoped that the memorial will
:18:00. > :18:09.serve as a permanent reminder of his service to the community.
:18:10. > :18:15.It is children in need this week and we have been looking at how the
:18:16. > :18:23.money due so generously donate get spent. In Trafford, the charity is
:18:24. > :18:28.spending the money on an artist working with children. Forced
:18:29. > :18:33.marriage is without the consent of the bride or groom at all. We
:18:34. > :18:35.should point out, none of the gulls in this film are affected by forced
:18:36. > :18:59.marriage. My mother arranged my marriage to
:19:00. > :19:07.build a link with her family. When he came back I thought, I can't
:19:08. > :19:17.marry this person. I gave in. I didn't want people to say I had let
:19:18. > :19:26.my mum down. I gave in. We talked about the cameo idea as a family in
:19:27. > :19:30.Pakistan. It took me 10 years. It lasted three weeks but it took 0
:19:31. > :19:39.years to get a divorce. We have three basic ideas for the puppets.
:19:40. > :19:45.They make the sex, the puppets and the whole show. `` they make the
:19:46. > :19:52.set. They are fully involved with it. It is something that worries me
:19:53. > :19:58.a lot. It happens to my friends and my community. Even when you go
:19:59. > :20:03.abroad, you can ring people here and tell them they you are getting
:20:04. > :20:08.into a forced marriage and get help. I had no idea it happened. I
:20:09. > :20:12.thought it was something that happened in Pakistan. Coming to
:20:13. > :20:21.this group has made me more aware of it. We are blessed really with
:20:22. > :20:27.this group that when we have the creative artists coming in, lots of
:20:28. > :20:34.issues and taboo subjects are openly discussed.
:20:35. > :20:39.Fantastic. Just one of the many charities to get funding from
:20:40. > :20:41.Children In Need. It may inspire you and if it has, here is the
:20:42. > :20:55.website address: There are lots of ideas for fund`
:20:56. > :20:59.raising. We will be broadcasting on Friday night.
:21:00. > :21:08.Someone who has already got out there to raise some money is our
:21:09. > :21:12.very own Graham. In he is swimming his way around the county in as
:21:13. > :21:18.many different ways as he can ` pools or boating lakes in aid of
:21:19. > :21:23.Children In Need. He needs a hot drink! We will find out how he gets
:21:24. > :21:26.on by tuning into his breakfast show tomorrow morning.
:21:27. > :21:33.He'll be sinning in the bath tonight.
:21:34. > :21:36.Helen Clapcott may not be in a new recognise instantly but how work is
:21:37. > :21:42.in huge demand. The retired teacher turned painter
:21:43. > :21:44.has specialised in pictures of the industrial north following in the
:21:45. > :22:04.footsteps of her idol, LS Lowry I want it higher up. Helen Clapcott
:22:05. > :22:11.in her studio in July preparing for an exhibition taking place now.
:22:12. > :22:16.Stockport is her laugh. It is summer carnival, the subject of
:22:17. > :22:21.this work. She often does 100 sketches before she paints. It is
:22:22. > :22:26.climbing up the road with the floats and the made Queen's and the
:22:27. > :22:30.males in the background with the buses coming through. I am pleased
:22:31. > :22:35.with the final result. Their reputation is growing rapidly. She
:22:36. > :22:40.has exhibited in London and some of her paintings are fetching more
:22:41. > :22:47.than ?10,000. This his retirement. It is what I love doing. It is a
:22:48. > :22:52.way of life now and I get excited every time I make my it pains.
:22:53. > :23:02.Terry Mulligan is the ultimate beneficiary. It started about 5
:23:03. > :23:09.he's ago. There is a real charm about it. Joan Bakewell who is from
:23:10. > :23:13.Stockport is also a big fan and describes her work as bringing and
:23:14. > :23:20.almost lyrical beauty to the smoking beat `` Jimmy's and ruins.
:23:21. > :23:23.Even though things are disappearing, something new and fresh will
:23:24. > :23:29.replace the man that comes out in her work. Helen says's Stockport
:23:30. > :23:37.changing face will feature in her future work. Car parks, motorways,
:23:38. > :23:42.retail parks and commuter`belt, but it is still just as inspiring. Her
:23:43. > :23:52.work is on display until the end of the month.
:23:53. > :23:59.They are lovely. Cynics might say there is plenty of playing in
:24:00. > :24:04.Cheshire, but nothing quite as Berkeley as Britain's tallest
:24:05. > :24:09.artificial Christmas tree. At 100 ft tall it has 100,000
:24:10. > :24:18.lights and is covered in 20,000 baubles. Let us cross to the
:24:19. > :24:25.Cheshire Oaks shopping centre. Yes, we are here with the UK's
:24:26. > :24:29.largest artificial tree which is about to be lit up.
:24:30. > :24:39.Oh! Beautiful, but... Can you hear us?
:24:40. > :25:02.We can hear you. There centre manager is here. How
:25:03. > :25:10.long did this T `` take? It it days to build. It is seven Decca ``
:25:11. > :25:16.double`decker buses tall. We are really excited about launching this
:25:17. > :25:22.tomorrow. It will be wonderful. Presumably you hope it will attract
:25:23. > :25:29.Christmas shoppers. How is the Christmas shopping season going
:25:30. > :25:33.Trade is bullying `` buoyant. We are expecting a great night
:25:34. > :25:37.tomorrow night. We have a huge star on the top so it will be
:25:38. > :25:41.spectacular. Very festive here. Back to the studio.
:25:42. > :25:51.Now, at the weather. Good evening. We started off today
:25:52. > :25:58.with good spells of sunshine and it has been mostly drive. It will all
:25:59. > :26:05.change tonight. Let me show you the temperatures as we head towards the
:26:06. > :26:10.weekend. We may see double figure temperatures on Saturday but there
:26:11. > :26:15.will be plenty of cloud around. Wherever you are tonight expect
:26:16. > :26:20.rain and very strong wind. It is courtesy of a frontal system which
:26:21. > :26:25.moves in across the Irish Sea bringing in the rain. Turning into
:26:26. > :26:30.heavy showers overnight but we will see strong wind and possibly gales
:26:31. > :26:37.over the Isle of Man and around the coast. Possibly even on high ground.
:26:38. > :26:43.With strong wind and plenty of rain and cloud it will be milder than
:26:44. > :26:49.last night. Tomorrow, the afternoon looks to be the better part of the
:26:50. > :26:56.day. Starting quite cloudy and damp with a few showers. They will feed
:26:57. > :27:00.in through the Cheshire gap. Good spells of sunshine expected but a
:27:01. > :27:09.cold day because of the strong north`westerly wind and again, the
:27:10. > :27:13.chance of gales in the afternoon. When you factor in the north
:27:14. > :27:22.westerly winds, it will feel more like five or six Celsius so wrap up.
:27:23. > :27:24.Clear skies tomorrow night so temperatures possibly falling
:27:25. > :27:34.fairly close to freezing. Shall we have a look at the
:27:35. > :27:39.Christmas tree? It is very impressive. You cannot
:27:40. > :27:42.get the scale there but there is a building next to it.
:27:43. > :27:43.Thanks for watching and have a good night.
:27:44. > :27:45.Good night.