:00:00. > :00:07.transformation of the NHS in England. That
:00:08. > :00:12.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight tonight with Annabel Tiffin
:00:13. > :00:15.and Roger Johnson. Grateful for the support. The family of murdered
:00:16. > :00:29.Fusilier Lee Rigby join thousands to welcome his regiment home. Since
:00:30. > :00:33.NATO first went in there are now 9000 young female school girls, that
:00:34. > :00:37.shows we made a difference. We're live from the regiment's hometown of
:00:38. > :00:40.Bury. Also in the programme: Rent boys, cocaine and the Co`op. Can
:00:41. > :00:54.Manchester's ethical bank bounce back? Disaster at 130 mph, we hear
:00:55. > :01:00.from the powerboat racer who survived that high`speed crash. The
:01:01. > :01:04.perfect match. A teenager from Macclesfield becomes the world's
:01:05. > :01:09.first stems donor. And later in the programme, join me and my little
:01:10. > :01:25.friend, can you believe his mother does not love them? `` him. They
:01:26. > :01:28.stood shoulder to shoulder on the streets of Rochdale and body today
:01:29. > :01:42.bringing the two times to a standstill. `` Bury. Among them the
:01:43. > :01:46.family of Lee Rigby who was murdered in London last May. They said they
:01:47. > :01:54.were touched and grateful for the support. Our reporter watched the
:01:55. > :02:02.troops come home. She joins me live from the regimental museum there. An
:02:03. > :02:10.emotional occasion? It was. Hundreds of people came to see the 1st
:02:11. > :02:15.Battalion as it paraded through the streets today in their uniforms
:02:16. > :02:19.Back in the 1800s this is what a Fusilier would look like. This
:02:20. > :02:22.museum is regulated to the regiments, to local history and
:02:23. > :02:29.family history, they have been associated with this town since the
:02:30. > :02:32.1800s. They have served in all these places, including Afghanistan which
:02:33. > :02:41.is where the regiment today returned home from. Despite the cold
:02:42. > :02:47.weather, it was the warmest of welcomes. Hundreds lined the streets
:02:48. > :02:54.of Rochdale this morning to achieve on the first Fusiliers battle group.
:02:55. > :03:01.It means a lot. We have got to look after our country. Where would we
:03:02. > :03:07.be? We have to support the likes of the Fusiliers, it is our regiment.
:03:08. > :03:13.The only way we know how. Here where family and friends of Lee Rigby who
:03:14. > :03:18.had come to remember him. We had the tribute right for him and raised
:03:19. > :03:25.money for his son. We have come down here today to pay tribute to his
:03:26. > :03:31.battalion, it was his Battalion The streets here also came to a
:03:32. > :03:35.standstill, for a second time. These troops have returned from
:03:36. > :03:39.Afghanistan we are, despite their effort is, large parts of the
:03:40. > :03:43.country are still in the direct of the Taliaban. With so many
:03:44. > :03:51.casualties critics have questioned what the troops have achieved. There
:03:52. > :03:56.are now 29,000 young female schoolgirls in education which shows
:03:57. > :03:59.straightaway we have made a difference. You can see the
:04:00. > :04:07.programme that has happened since we have been ideal. We find the father
:04:08. > :04:13.of one of those soldiers in the crowd. I was chalking up, we should
:04:14. > :04:20.all be proud of these boys, they have put themselves in harms way for
:04:21. > :04:26.us, or we can do is support them. There is a guarantee of a job
:04:27. > :04:37.interview for everyone who leaves the arms forces. `` Armed Forces. I
:04:38. > :04:41.am joined now by a colonel who is the regimental secretary. We talked
:04:42. > :04:47.about emotions, it must have been very emotional for you to see so
:04:48. > :04:52.many people turn out today? Fantastic to see the turnout in both
:04:53. > :04:58.towns and the response from the lads who were on parade, it was fantastic
:04:59. > :05:05.and made the hard work really pay off. It is a bit of a shame that two
:05:06. > :05:10.of the battalions are merging together so one effectively is
:05:11. > :05:17.disappearing. It is, but they still have a future as one regiment. We
:05:18. > :05:21.still have a lot to do. This is one of the most important recruiting
:05:22. > :05:28.areas or the regiment, we proved that today with the families and the
:05:29. > :05:36.soldiers, fantastic. There is still a lot to come into this museum. Now
:05:37. > :05:40.back to you. Next tonight. Grieving families have been outraged by a
:05:41. > :05:47.spate of thefts and vandalism from the graves of children and babies at
:05:48. > :05:53.Fleetwood Cemetery in Lancashire. The families affected say those
:05:54. > :06:15.involved can have little idea of the hearty ER causing. `` party they are
:06:16. > :06:22.causing. `` heartache. Emma visits regularly to remember her son. He
:06:23. > :06:31.was a beautiful baby boy. It is the only place I can visit him. He died
:06:32. > :06:38.at five weeks. It is a little garden for him. This is how his grave
:06:39. > :06:43.looked before it was stripped beer by the vandals who have targeted his
:06:44. > :06:47.and neighbouring plots. They have really gone to town on all of the
:06:48. > :06:54.other little baby's believes. They have absolutely wrecked the place,
:06:55. > :07:00.it is disgusting. The police have increased patrols and say they are
:07:01. > :07:05.determined to catch the culprits. I have been in touch with the families
:07:06. > :07:11.to give them support and we need witnesses to bring people to
:07:12. > :07:19.justice. This family returned to their child's believe to prepare it
:07:20. > :07:26.for Christmas. It is not fair to let these few idiots when and leave it
:07:27. > :07:33.there, it is heartbreaking for us to see it with nothing on. Once again,
:07:34. > :07:38.the families have street in the graves as best they can. The hope is
:07:39. > :07:44.that somewhere, somebody who has got a conscience will report to is
:07:45. > :07:53.responsible for all of this and turned them in. `` report who is
:07:54. > :08:04.responsible. Burtons biscuits has been sold to a Canadian pension fund
:08:05. > :08:11.for ?300 million. The own three sites. The plan `` pension plan
:08:12. > :08:16.which also owns lottery company Camelot will take over later this
:08:17. > :08:23.month. Emergency services were cold to the market on Church Street this
:08:24. > :08:30.morning where there had been a structure collapsed. The family of
:08:31. > :08:37.this man who was murdered in Sri Lanka two years ago are hopeful the
:08:38. > :08:43.intervention of Prince Charles will speed up justice. Both he and David
:08:44. > :08:53.Cameron raised the matter. It is now walked a trial date will be set
:08:54. > :08:57.later this week. My brother went to a country on holiday just like
:08:58. > :09:03.anyone else. We hope there will now be trial bit `` trial date set which
:09:04. > :09:08.is something we have been looking for over two years. Let us see if
:09:09. > :09:16.the Sri Lankan authorities are as good as their word. Tabloid
:09:17. > :09:23.headlines involving rent boys, crystal meth and could gain all set
:09:24. > :09:28.within multi`million pound losses in the finance world. Who would have
:09:29. > :09:36.thought this would be over the head of the Co`op banking group? Today,
:09:37. > :09:42.more news on his past in Rochdale. Our reporter has been looking at the
:09:43. > :09:50.story. Let's start first with Mr Flowers and what has emerged about
:09:51. > :09:54.his links? One`time Methodist minister and chair of the Co`op
:09:55. > :10:00.banking group is seen here handing over cash or drugs. He has since
:10:01. > :10:11.apologised. The number of homes in Rochdale raided by social services
:10:12. > :10:19.over allegations of ritual abuse by the parents. Later returned. The
:10:20. > :10:24.head of the authority at the time defended those actions in this way.
:10:25. > :10:33.The guidelines came into force in 1987. I'd macro the year later he
:10:34. > :10:50.weaves the council but not before a gross indecency event. He had just
:10:51. > :10:54.four years banking experience. And so, today, the man who was
:10:55. > :11:01.responsible for putting him in that job as chair of the Co`op bank has
:11:02. > :11:06.resigned. Yes. Who would have thought we would have seen the
:11:07. > :11:20.headlines we have in the last 4 hours. I asked if it was likely they
:11:21. > :11:22.could bounce back. It is all about re`establishing trust in that brand.
:11:23. > :11:28.People watch your feet, not your lips. It is about what you do, not
:11:29. > :11:35.what you see. This is not fixed by an advertising campaign but by a
:11:36. > :11:42.major change in the organisation. You will be root and branch review
:11:43. > :11:48.of the whole organisation. What they need now is loyal customers and they
:11:49. > :11:53.are out there. This man said the actions of one, even the chair man,
:11:54. > :11:59.do not reflect the ethical nature of the Co`op bank who I am proud to
:12:00. > :12:06.bank with. Next tonight. A judge has dual 30 members of the major
:12:07. > :12:09.north`west drugs gang for a total of 35 years. Conspiracies to supply
:12:10. > :12:16.cocaine and cannabis which would have been worth millions of pounds.
:12:17. > :12:22.They weren't originally from Liverpool. Either is our Merseyside
:12:23. > :12:27.reporter. Police video of the arrest of Peter Clark. The court heard he
:12:28. > :12:32.was one of the leaders of cocaine and cannabis conspiracies worth
:12:33. > :12:39.millions. His brother Stephen was also arrested. All that originally
:12:40. > :12:43.from Liverpool. Police took pictures of the luxurious lifestyle they
:12:44. > :12:52.enjoy it. Please recovered guns ammunition and knives. I have no
:12:53. > :12:57.doubt there weapons enable the group to strike fear into other criminals.
:12:58. > :13:01.The firearms and other weapons could have been used at any time to
:13:02. > :13:08.frighten rival organised crime groups. Police took surveillance of
:13:09. > :13:14.this man putting cocaine into a car. Often the drugs seized where of very
:13:15. > :13:21.high purity. They also traded in cannabis and moved drugs between
:13:22. > :13:30.here and Northern Ireland. Some of the group had legitimate jobs so
:13:31. > :13:34.they had alibis for moving drugs. There are drugs around the
:13:35. > :13:40.Merseyside and greater Manchester media as well as further afield
:13:41. > :13:49.These men were jailed for a total of 95 years. The two brothers got 6
:13:50. > :13:54.and ten years each. The judge said the scale of this operation was
:13:55. > :13:59.enormous. Peter Clark had a fine army record before he got involved
:14:00. > :14:09.in drugs. That was a long fall from grace. The boss of greater
:14:10. > :14:13.Manchester's metrolink has rejected calls to resign after disruption to
:14:14. > :14:19.tram services this morning. There were freezing temperatures with ice
:14:20. > :14:22.along the network. Ice breaking trams which were brought in
:14:23. > :14:28.overnight could not prevent this line being suspended. Poverty is
:14:29. > :14:35.causing as many problems for children now as it did 120 years
:14:36. > :14:39.ago. 100 children in greater Manchester are currently living in
:14:40. > :14:46.poverty. This X Factor singer helped the charity launch a new scheme to
:14:47. > :14:50.support families in the worst affected areas. Finally you are not
:14:51. > :14:56.alone and can let your voice be heard. Growing up, I had the lot of
:14:57. > :15:01.friends, relatives, people who worked in my school, I saw a lot of
:15:02. > :15:08.people suffering. Would come to school with a dozen things going on
:15:09. > :15:18.back warm. We will have more in our late bulletin. Now moving on. At
:15:19. > :15:20.speeds of more than 130 mph, the powerboat pilot had an
:15:21. > :15:27.extraordinarily lucky is the earlier this month. It happened at the same
:15:28. > :15:37.location in Coniston water where a similar crash killed Donald Campbell
:15:38. > :15:47.45 years ago. Our reporter has the story. Coniston records week and
:15:48. > :15:55.power boards pilot Keith Whittle had already broken the formula to world
:15:56. > :15:59.record, but he was not satisfied. Conditions were perfect, I thought
:16:00. > :16:05.it would be nice to push the record over 130 malls per hour to make it
:16:06. > :16:15.harder for the next guy. But there was about to be very dramatic
:16:16. > :16:20.conclusion. It was in at a perfect angle. Maybe approached the timing
:16:21. > :16:30.gate at the other end and at that point away she goes. Oh, dear. There
:16:31. > :16:35.we go. 1.5 flips. When it lifted on we knew it was serious and
:16:36. > :16:39.expensive. You just go into survival mode, wait for the accident to
:16:40. > :16:49.finish and then you have got to get out. In the way it was lucky because
:16:50. > :16:57.it went in former `` stern first. Going in former could have been a
:16:58. > :17:07.different story. 45 years ago Donald Campbell was killed instantly when
:17:08. > :17:19.his boat crashed. The man who got the record just became a grandad and
:17:20. > :17:25.he was pleased to still be alive. I am just happy we got the record
:17:26. > :17:33.Astonishing, apparently he just had bruising. Good to hear. What is the
:17:34. > :17:40.most generous thing you have done for a stranger? This 16`year`old may
:17:41. > :17:44.just have saved someone's life as the youngest person ever to donate
:17:45. > :17:51.bone marrow cells to someone completely unrelated. She did it
:17:52. > :17:58.because someone in her family was affected. Despite not knowing be the
:17:59. > :18:04.second, a she said she would do it all again. She is looking to answers
:18:05. > :18:12.for the deep philosophical question, when does a cake, a cake? She has
:18:13. > :18:18.become the youngest person ever to donate bone marrow cells to a
:18:19. > :18:23.stranger after being matched on a donor register. She remembered a
:18:24. > :18:28.family friend who had leukaemia and did not think twice about saying
:18:29. > :18:33.yes. I did not think twice about going through with it. I wanted to
:18:34. > :18:41.help someone so they did not have to go through all that pain. She said
:18:42. > :18:50.the process was pain free. These days, in 90% of cases they simply
:18:51. > :18:58.extract cells making it as easy as giving blood. She never told her
:18:59. > :19:08.mother until she had said yes. How does it make you feel? Just so
:19:09. > :19:14.proud, it is absolutely amazing Being the modest life`savers she is,
:19:15. > :19:21.if she even forgot to tell her friends. She was just like, I am
:19:22. > :19:25.doing it, I was like, what? Yes it she was in class and said she would
:19:26. > :19:35.be donating sums themselves next week. She is looking forward for the
:19:36. > :19:39.time when her recipients can get in touch. I would like to know if they
:19:40. > :19:43.have been given more time, a life basically. Until then, act to the
:19:44. > :20:01.equally heroic task of finishing A`levels. I spoke to someone who
:20:02. > :20:10.runs a register for bone marrow donation. The usual delay until
:20:11. > :20:16.someone comes up with the matches six years so this is unusual. The
:20:17. > :20:20.old`fashioned bone marrow transplant which is from the bottom of your
:20:21. > :20:28.back where we remove the bone marrow, that is only about 10% of
:20:29. > :20:33.cases. For 90% of cases it is actually a needle in your arm from
:20:34. > :20:40.which we take the stem cells out and then we put them in another arm It
:20:41. > :20:45.takes about four hours but is really simple. And you are hoping Victoria
:20:46. > :20:50.will encourage lots more people particularly young people, to come
:20:51. > :20:56.forward now. Yes, it she is doing a great job already of telling them
:20:57. > :21:03.how easy and simple it is and how painless it is. Thank you. No sport.
:21:04. > :21:10.John W Hendry is apparently planning to give his own private jet to fly
:21:11. > :21:15.Lewis Suarez back to Merseyside ahead of the Liverpool derby. He is
:21:16. > :21:22.currently in Uruguay for his country's World Cup play`off against
:21:23. > :21:31.Jordan. Not ideal conditions for cricket but Lancashire's preseason
:21:32. > :21:37.training has started. Our reporter has been finding out about winter
:21:38. > :21:41.life for county players. If you are lucky enough to play cricket for
:21:42. > :21:49.England, this is how you spend your winters. But for county players
:21:50. > :21:57.winters used to mean swapping your cricket helmet may be for our hard
:21:58. > :22:00.hat and finding another job. For some, that meant shelf stacking
:22:01. > :22:08.painting and decorating, or even journalism. The wages from county
:22:09. > :22:17.cricket do not go far in meeting annual demands. In here it might be
:22:18. > :22:26.freezing and training does not start for nine months but some is
:22:27. > :22:31.underway. For this man it was very different 21 seasons ago. Literally
:22:32. > :22:35.you would have four months off and they might come back overweight
:22:36. > :22:43.There would be rushed to get in shape for the season. The standard
:22:44. > :22:46.has gone up, professionalism in the game has driven standards up and
:22:47. > :22:54.that is great for the sport in general. Can you see them winning a
:22:55. > :23:02.fourth Ashes series? I think so they have so much strength. Where'd
:23:03. > :23:09.you thinking this morning you wish you were in Australia? Yes, we
:23:10. > :23:15.really want to be playing on grass, there is no better incentive than
:23:16. > :23:19.the Ashes. They can spend the winter hoping to head to best really rather
:23:20. > :23:30.than having to head down to the job centre. Rarely has such a small
:23:31. > :23:38.animal caused such a fuss in our office. The cutest antelope you have
:23:39. > :23:46.ever seen. Our producer is a sucker for one of these. His mother
:23:47. > :23:52.rejected him at birth, he has been bottle`fed at Chester 's zoo. And
:23:53. > :23:59.look to be sent to meet him. Time for tea and the zookeeper is being
:24:00. > :24:11.mother. Currently he is on for feeds per day. Here is his big sister to
:24:12. > :24:16.have a look. He is small, cute, and if that was not enough to have you
:24:17. > :24:26.all siding, his mum does not love him! She is not a very good mum
:24:27. > :24:35.When he was born she was not paying much attention to him. She was not
:24:36. > :24:43.much better with his sister before. In the wild you would think they
:24:44. > :24:49.would be vulnerable to Lyons. Yes, lines and pythons. They can hide in
:24:50. > :24:57.the bush or they will run away, they run in a zigzag pattern. You might
:24:58. > :25:04.think he would be great as a small pet but that is not allowed.
:25:05. > :25:11.Definitely not. You would not have any zoo animal as a pet. We are here
:25:12. > :25:18.for breeding and conservation. Eventually he will go on a normal
:25:19. > :25:32.diet of shoots and fruits. If his sister Goodspeed she would ask for a
:25:33. > :25:41.kiss! They are so gorgeous! `` if his sister could speak. We have had
:25:42. > :25:47.about 55,000 hits on our Facebook page since boasting pictures
:25:48. > :25:56.earlier. Now onto the weather. It is getting colder. He was beautiful, I
:25:57. > :26:03.want to take him home! It was beautifully sunny today but how cold
:26:04. > :26:09.was it? Once you've stepped out the front door and factor in the
:26:10. > :26:16.wind`chill, it felt like zero and even below freezing in Rochdale
:26:17. > :26:25.Freezing all afternoon. Tomorrow will be bitterly cold again. Rain or
:26:26. > :26:38.wintry showers at times. Deals or severe gale force winds. Tonight,
:26:39. > :26:43.frost forming. There will be wintry showers or even snow on high ground.
:26:44. > :26:53.Elsewhere, plenty of rain and strong winds. Temperatures will fall close
:26:54. > :27:00.to freezing. It is not the rain that is the main issue over the next 24
:27:01. > :27:07.hours. It is the fact that rain is falling on frozen surfaces saw rain
:27:08. > :27:14.will be causing ice to be an issue. A wet and windy start to tomorrow.
:27:15. > :27:21.Rain will continue to pile in. Wintry showers through the
:27:22. > :27:26.afternoon. Some bright spells. Feeling colder than the high of
:27:27. > :27:33.eight Celsius tomorrow. Watch out for ice on the roads. We will all
:27:34. > :27:40.have to be really careful in the morning? Yes! We are back with an
:27:41. > :27:47.update at half past ten. Good night. Goodbye.