:00:00. > :00:00.That is all from BBC News At Six, I will be back with more
:00:00. > :00:07.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and
:00:08. > :00:11.Annabel Tiffin. Our top story: Wagons roll ` protests in Salford as
:00:12. > :00:15.test drilling starts at a proposed fracking site.
:00:16. > :00:19.We'll talk live to Friends of the Earth. Also tonight: He went for a
:00:20. > :00:28.blood pressure check and ended up bleeding to death. Today Brian's
:00:29. > :00:32.surgeon is severely criticised. We feel really betrayed and we feel
:00:33. > :00:39.like his life has been stolen from us. We have no life. A unique little
:00:40. > :00:42.boy ` how Klayton went from the critical list to a normal life
:00:43. > :00:47.thanks to pioneering surgery. The pips are going and so are the
:00:48. > :00:49.phone boxes. Campaigners on the Isle of Man fight to keep a British
:00:50. > :00:57.institution. And the vinyl countdown ` we meet
:00:58. > :01:09.the man with every number one album ever released.
:01:10. > :01:16.First tonight, the latest battle between anti`fracking protestors and
:01:17. > :01:19.police. One arrest was made in Greater Manchester this morning as
:01:20. > :01:23.campaigners tried to stop drilling equipment arriving.
:01:24. > :01:26.IGas says it is carrying out exploratory drilling at the site in
:01:27. > :01:29.Barton Moss and has no plans to do any fracking. Protesters who are
:01:30. > :01:39.camping there aren't convinced. The front line in the fight over
:01:40. > :01:45.fracking. Protesters try to stop a convoy of drilling equipment getting
:01:46. > :01:49.to the gates of Barton Moss. The police force them back. Shortly
:01:50. > :01:51.after these pictures were filmed a 41`year`old from Glossop was
:01:52. > :01:56.arrested on suspicion of obstructing the highway and obstructing police.
:01:57. > :02:06.Campaigners said the protester was injured and accused officers of
:02:07. > :02:10.being heavy handed. Our action here is peaceful and non`negotiable. We
:02:11. > :02:13.are upset that the disproportionate policing has been used already.
:02:14. > :02:16.Police said they were trying to maintain the protesters' safety
:02:17. > :02:20.Campaigners have been camped on the road to the site for several weeks.
:02:21. > :02:23.It follows a campaign against fracking plans in Lancashire and a
:02:24. > :02:35.far larger protest at Balcombe in West Sussex. The company has said
:02:36. > :02:39.they don't intend to do any fracking but they are doing exploratory
:02:40. > :02:43.drilling looking for the possibility of methane in the coal beds and they
:02:44. > :02:47.say that drilling were last three months. The arrival of the equipment
:02:48. > :02:55.has inspired some to lend their support to the protesters. I had a
:02:56. > :03:01.basement full of firewood that I was able to bring over. I am concerned
:03:02. > :03:09.about fracking. It is ten minutes by car for anyone who wants to get here
:03:10. > :03:14.very easily. Everyone can visit Extra security was being installed
:03:15. > :03:19.this afternoon with cranes beginning to drill and protesters going to do
:03:20. > :03:25.again. This is likely to remain the front line for some time yet.
:03:26. > :03:35.I'm joined now by Helen Rimmer from Friends of the Earth. The arguments
:03:36. > :03:39.against fracking as we know are that it will contaminate water and
:03:40. > :03:44.pollute the air. You also have other concerns about planning permission.
:03:45. > :03:49.We have concerns about the Barton Moss side. Planning permission was
:03:50. > :03:53.given for methane exploitation. The company want to drill to be shale
:03:54. > :03:59.gas layer which is a different operation. It is 3000 metres and it
:04:00. > :04:05.carries risks that haven't been considered. IGas is saying it is
:04:06. > :04:14.there to do exploration and to look at the geology of the area. It is
:04:15. > :04:19.clear that they want to find shale gas. This is about the prospect of
:04:20. > :04:23.thousands of wells across the north`west greater Manchester,
:04:24. > :04:30.Merseyside, Cheshire and Lancashire. You are using it as an example for
:04:31. > :04:35.other areas. There are risks that haven't been considered. The bigger
:04:36. > :04:39.picture is there are some serious concerns for air pollution, ground
:04:40. > :04:45.water contamination and the climate change. This is another fossil fuel
:04:46. > :04:49.that we cannot afford to burn. Are these people local people or people
:04:50. > :04:58.that have just come up from the previous site in Sussex? There are a
:04:59. > :05:05.lot of local people there. It is a popular site for bird`watching, dog
:05:06. > :05:09.will choose guide dog walkers. There are people who have come from
:05:10. > :05:15.welcome. There is a number of people that have come to set it up. There
:05:16. > :05:20.are local and people involved. The local MP has been very supportive of
:05:21. > :05:28.the anti`fracking campaign in Salford in bulk `` in Barton Moss.
:05:29. > :05:37.We came to some hostility for our crew members. People concentrate on
:05:38. > :05:44.the negatives. Peaceful protest is a way to bring attention. There was
:05:45. > :05:50.huge media attention and this has increased people's awareness of
:05:51. > :05:57.fracking. People have to look at the wider community. You can't always
:05:58. > :06:02.keep these protests peaceful. There was a lady that spoke saying they
:06:03. > :06:12.are acting peacefully and are committed to that. How long are the
:06:13. > :06:16.protesters prepared to stay there? It is very cold but I have heard
:06:17. > :06:22.from passionate people who want to say this is not the energy future we
:06:23. > :06:26.want. We shouldn't `` we should be keeping this fracking away from the
:06:27. > :06:30.Northwest. "I put my trust in the experts and
:06:31. > :06:34.they took my husband from me". The words tonight of a widow from
:06:35. > :06:37.Preston who said she felt vindicated after a Coroner found mistakes made
:06:38. > :06:43.at the Royal Preston Hospital led to her husband's death.
:06:44. > :06:45.Brian Galea went in with high blood pressure but died hours later after
:06:46. > :06:49.a specialist accidentally tore an artery while trying to remove a
:06:50. > :06:58.blood clot. Tonight the Hospital said they would review procedures.
:06:59. > :07:06.He was 47 years old when he went into the Royal Preston with high
:07:07. > :07:10.protein `` blood pressure but Brian `` Brian Galea was later dead. The
:07:11. > :07:16.hospital led to confusion and the wrong treatment and ultimately his
:07:17. > :07:20.death. His wife and three children are devastated. The biggest part of
:07:21. > :07:26.our life is gone forever. We can never get him back again. He was
:07:27. > :07:31.such a beautiful person and I can't believe we will never see him in
:07:32. > :07:35.real life again. On the day he died, he had large blood clots that was
:07:36. > :07:39.never communicated to him. A radiologist rushed him in for an
:07:40. > :07:45.operation without making the proper checks and then he accidentally tore
:07:46. > :07:48.his archery and Brian bled to death. An independent expert said it
:07:49. > :07:53.was outdated that he hadn't ordered a scan of the artery, one that would
:07:54. > :07:56.have placed the clot and prevented the ten that killed Brian. The
:07:57. > :08:14.coroner said: The verdict will bring comfort to
:08:15. > :08:17.the family. It confirms to them everything they have known and
:08:18. > :08:21.believed that his death was avoidable. Tonight the trust of the
:08:22. > :08:24.trust offered their sympathies and said they had reviewed their
:08:25. > :08:30.policies to see if any policies can be learned. The family say their
:08:31. > :08:38.trust in the NHS has been lost. We feel betrayed and believe that he
:08:39. > :08:43.has been stolen from us. We have two say, get on with your life. We have
:08:44. > :08:46.no life. Our lives have gone with Brian.
:08:47. > :08:49.Rochdale Council have launched their own investigation into former Co`op
:08:50. > :08:53.Bank chairman Paul Flowers' period as a Councillor in the town. Mr
:08:54. > :08:57.Flowers was Vice Chairman of Social Services in 1990 during an alleged
:08:58. > :09:01.Satanic abuse scandal which saw 16 children taken into care. The
:09:02. > :09:05.Council say they're reviewing documents from the time and will
:09:06. > :09:09.pass on anything of interest to the police.
:09:10. > :09:12.A man who died after being assaulted outside a bar in Chester has been
:09:13. > :09:26.named as Ronald Hayes from Northumberland. Cheshire Police have
:09:27. > :09:29.launched a murder inquiry. Two men, who were arrested after the incident
:09:30. > :09:32.early on Saturday, have since been released on bail.
:09:33. > :09:35.Police have released CCTV of a man stealing a till from a McDonalds
:09:36. > :09:37.driveway in Salford. It happened early yesterday morning in
:09:38. > :09:41.Pendlebury when he pointed a hand gun at the cashier before leaning
:09:42. > :09:44.through the window and grabbing the money. Detectives say the staff
:09:45. > :09:47.member was left shaken but unharmed. A Lancashire company has been
:09:48. > :09:51.ordered to pay more than ?200,0 0 in fines and costs following the death
:09:52. > :09:54.of a worker who was crushed by an overhead crane. Liam O'Neill died as
:09:55. > :09:59.a result of the accident at the Assytem workshop in Bamber Bridge.
:10:00. > :10:02.Today a court heard equipment which could have avoided the tragedy had
:10:03. > :10:10.been removed and never replaced Our Chief Reporter Dave Guest has the
:10:11. > :10:14.story. Liam O'Neill was a family man who
:10:15. > :10:19.was good at his job but his job was to cost him his life. He was killed
:10:20. > :10:23.in an accident at the Assytem workshop near Bamber Bridge in
:10:24. > :10:28.Preston in March 2011. He had been working on this for me to platform
:10:29. > :10:34.when an overhead crane started up, slid towards him and crushed against
:10:35. > :10:38.a safety rail. He died in hospital a week later. Fittings which could
:10:39. > :10:48.have prevented an accident have been removed and never replaced by the
:10:49. > :10:53.firm. If failed to assess the risk and left them failing to devise the
:10:54. > :11:02.safe systems at work. Assytem was prosecuted. The court said Assytem
:11:03. > :11:07.was remorseful of what happened They say they take cover and safety
:11:08. > :11:12.very seriously and up until this incident had enjoyed an exemplary
:11:13. > :11:15.record. The judge accepted the company had cooperated with the
:11:16. > :11:22.investigation but he said they had allowed an unsafe system of working
:11:23. > :11:33.to develop. He found `` find them ?160,000. Liam's widow, Debra, if
:11:34. > :11:40.issued a statement. Our lives are altered in many ways by Liam's
:11:41. > :11:43.deaths. `` death. Our lives will never be the same again.
:11:44. > :11:47.Two thirds of social housing tenants in Salford who have to pay the spare
:11:48. > :11:50.room subsidy have fallen into arrears. The city council says
:11:51. > :11:54.nearly 3,000 households in the area have fallen behind with payments.
:11:55. > :11:57.An independent review of the Isle of Man's health service starts today.
:11:58. > :12:02.It's been prompted by concerns over standards at Noble's Hospital raised
:12:03. > :12:05.by senior consultants. NHS inspectors from the UK mainland will
:12:06. > :12:10.monitor various departments at the hospital.
:12:11. > :12:13.Lancashire County Council has agreed in principle to take over Preston
:12:14. > :12:17.Bus Station and invest ?15 million for its redevelopment. It's after
:12:18. > :12:20.Preston Council said it couldn't afford to maintain it. The landmark
:12:21. > :12:24.was saved from demolition in September after getting listed
:12:25. > :12:34.status. Still to come on North West Tonight:
:12:35. > :12:40.we meet the Manchester man who has collected every single number one
:12:41. > :12:45.album since the chart began. We will be reporting from the fifth most
:12:46. > :12:50.beautiful city in Europe. It is not Prague, Budapest and not even
:12:51. > :12:55.Venice. It is much closer to home. Klayton Wilson's parents have always
:12:56. > :12:58.known he's special, one of a kind. But now he really is. The
:12:59. > :13:01.four`year`old from Grange`over`Sands is the first child with a rare new
:13:02. > :13:05.illness to undergo a bone marrow transplant.
:13:06. > :13:08.Klayton started his treatment at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
:13:09. > :13:12.when he was just eight`months`old. He's now a normal, happy little boy
:13:13. > :13:13.and is giving hope to other sick children around the world. Nazia
:13:14. > :13:23.Mogra's been to meet him. Klayton is like any four year old.
:13:24. > :13:27.Chatty, cheerful and full of energy. But when he was just eight months
:13:28. > :13:36.old he had to have a life saving operation.. It was like coming down
:13:37. > :13:39.a dark tunnel. We never knew whether he was going to get out the other
:13:40. > :13:45.end or whether it was just going to keep going. I don't think at that
:13:46. > :13:49.point in time the doctors knew either. Klayton was one of the first
:13:50. > :13:51.people in the world to have an illness known as Sideroblastic
:13:52. > :13:54.anemia with immuno`defficiency this means Klayton was not only anemic,
:13:55. > :13:58.he had a poorly functioning immune system and episodes if severe fever
:13:59. > :14:07.for which needed lots of hospital treatment. It was very surreal at
:14:08. > :14:14.times. Sometimes you were looking at him and thinking, are we going to
:14:15. > :14:20.see our little boy grow up? Is this how it is going to be? We just going
:14:21. > :14:29.to live the hospital two to three weeks of every month? Doctors
:14:30. > :14:33.decided to give him a life`saving bone marrow transplant. We are
:14:34. > :14:41.getting lots of e`mails and letters from across the world from families
:14:42. > :14:48.and doctors who think their children might have the condition. This was
:14:49. > :14:52.one of the first recognised treatments of the illness. His
:14:53. > :14:56.recovery is amazing and it has amazed doctors here but it gives
:14:57. > :14:59.patients hope from here and all of the worlds. With his fifth birthday
:15:00. > :15:00.just around the corner Klayton's family are looking forward to
:15:01. > :15:13.spending time with their little boy. I bet they will If we asked you to
:15:14. > :15:17.name the most beautiful city in Europe you might suggest the wide
:15:18. > :15:23.boulevards of Paris or the historic centre of Rome. Have a wonderful
:15:24. > :15:25.Christmas. `` I bet they will have a wonderful Christmas.
:15:26. > :15:31.You might go for Venice or Prague. However, none of these cities has
:15:32. > :15:34.appeared in the top five of an on line poll conducted by an American
:15:35. > :15:37.newspaper. But USA Today readers have voted Chester, yes, Chester, as
:15:38. > :15:46.one of the prettiest cities in Europe. Andy Gill has been soaking
:15:47. > :15:49.up the beauty. This Venice have three kilometres of
:15:50. > :15:55.Roman walls running all around the city centre? No. Does Bruges have an
:15:56. > :16:03.11th century cathedral like this one? No. Does Prague have unique
:16:04. > :16:06.double tiered shops like this one? I don't think so. Which is why, I
:16:07. > :16:10.guess, cities like these are languishing in the lower reaches of
:16:11. > :16:18.US Today's poll on lovely locations in Europe. Readers voted Riga in
:16:19. > :16:22.Latvia in top spot. Bergen in Norway was second. And in fifth, Chester.
:16:23. > :16:25.Above Prague. Above Bruges. Above, even, Venice. You know, that one
:16:26. > :16:29.with the canals. Just by Chester's Tourism Office today we found Margi
:16:30. > :16:38.from Florida. She didn't vote in the USA Today poll. But she does like
:16:39. > :16:45.Chester. It is not grand. You don't feel like you are lost in space It
:16:46. > :16:48.has a home spun feel. Everybody is friendly. The US paper talks of
:16:49. > :16:54.Chester's delightful shopping centre. And says there's not a
:16:55. > :16:56.modern structure in sight. Which is not entirely accurate. But
:16:57. > :17:04.Cheshire's tourism people are nevertheless thrilled with the vote.
:17:05. > :17:08.I couldn't be more delighted. If you know Chester, you know it is
:17:09. > :17:12.well`deserved. If you don't, come and see it because it is fabulous
:17:13. > :17:15.beautiful. A tenth of Chester's overseas visitors are American. The
:17:16. > :17:23.marketing people hope that'll now increase.
:17:24. > :17:37.From one very British thing to another British icon. They are up
:17:38. > :17:42.there with double`decker buses and fish and chips. Once seen as useful,
:17:43. > :17:46.attractive and focal point of rural life. But now Manx Telecom wants to
:17:47. > :17:49.remove six of the islands red telephone boxes. But as Kelly Foran
:17:50. > :17:56.reports it is not going to be without a fight. The big red phone
:17:57. > :18:03.box. For rural communities in the past it has been a lifeline to the
:18:04. > :18:08.outside world. Through it, they can reach their families, friends,
:18:09. > :18:15.medical and emergencies. Six of them on the island are going to be
:18:16. > :18:19.removed. They are an integral part of the community. They are very
:18:20. > :18:24.British and it is what foreigners expect to see when they come over to
:18:25. > :18:28.the Isle of Man. They were a real lifeline and it is important to
:18:29. > :18:32.remember that. On this one is something of a tourist attraction
:18:33. > :18:41.and people want it to stay. There is a lot of nostalgic opinion about
:18:42. > :18:45.phone boxes. This one really stands out. As pretty as they may be,
:18:46. > :18:58.people are not using them any more. This phone box has taken less than
:18:59. > :19:04.?5. These six take less than ?1 per annum but cost is ?600 each to keep
:19:05. > :19:08.them going. Decommissioned phone boxes have been turned into little
:19:09. > :19:14.libraries, information centres and even a large fish tank. They say
:19:15. > :19:18.they are open to suggestions and it is up to the public and local
:19:19. > :19:24.commissioners to decide if and how they are worth saving.
:19:25. > :19:33.It is quite hard to find a pay phone now. It seems a shame that you can't
:19:34. > :19:36.just keep those ones. Esther Rantzen's new helpline for
:19:37. > :19:39.the elderly launched across the country in a blaze of publicity
:19:40. > :19:42.yesterday. The Silver Line was rolled`out after a successful pilot
:19:43. > :19:45.here in the North West. But the national launch has meant a
:19:46. > :19:48.very busy time for the charity's call handlers at its headquarters in
:19:49. > :19:54.Lytham St Anne's. Elaine Dunkley's been to see how they coped.
:19:55. > :20:00.The phone's just haven't stopped ringing. In 24 hours over 4000
:20:01. > :20:04.people have used the Silverline Service. Calls have ranged from
:20:05. > :20:12.needing advice to a comforting voice at the end of the line. Very proud.
:20:13. > :20:16.It is very moving being hair and listening to everyone today. A lot
:20:17. > :20:21.of the callers have been quite emotional when they have come off
:20:22. > :20:24.the phone. It is a simple idea. We don't know why we have never thought
:20:25. > :20:27.about it before. Silverline has become a lifeline for people like
:20:28. > :20:31.Dorothy Masters. During the pilot scheme she was given a silverline
:20:32. > :20:38.friend who would call every week for a catch up. A friendliness that I
:20:39. > :20:44.was surprised and really excited by. I'm a friendly person and just
:20:45. > :20:51.going through the day is seeing nobody and having nobody, there has
:20:52. > :20:56.been weekends that I have sat here and I haven't even opened my front
:20:57. > :21:02.door. I have no family and nobody to love me and it is a nice feeling.
:21:03. > :21:05.From my point of view, it couldn't have been better. Silverline was
:21:06. > :21:08.created by Ester Ranzen and is funded by a ?5million lottery grant,
:21:09. > :21:11.an now an army of voluteers have been recruited to help ease
:21:12. > :21:20.loneliness and isolation for older people. We talk about everything.
:21:21. > :21:26.Family, pets, hobbies, favourite films. We exchange recipes and we
:21:27. > :21:33.have a good gossip or if they want to have a good moan, that is what
:21:34. > :21:38.they do. The shops have moved and the Post Office isn't there any more
:21:39. > :21:43.and the corner shop isn't there any more. People are busy and dashing
:21:44. > :21:49.around. As time moves on and they lose family and friends, it becomes
:21:50. > :21:53.very isolated and lonely. The lines are open 24 hours a day. Silverline
:21:54. > :21:59.is a friendly voice in a hour of need.
:22:00. > :22:03.Football now, and this season we're following the fortunes of Bury's new
:22:04. > :22:07.chairman Stewart Day who's attempting to revitalise the
:22:08. > :22:11.struggling League Two club. Things might not be going too well on the
:22:12. > :22:17.pitch but they have big plans off it. And the Chairman's been telling
:22:18. > :22:25.Howard Booth how much has been invested in the club so far.
:22:26. > :22:38.Money has been one `` money that has gone into it has been over ?1.5
:22:39. > :22:44.million. There is more coming. Could this club ever run itself? Yes,
:22:45. > :22:50.without a shadow of a doubt. This club doesn't get any third party.
:22:51. > :22:54.The stadium is getting used once a fortnight. It is difficult and we
:22:55. > :23:01.need to get the stadium being used more. One of the ideas is we have a
:23:02. > :23:08.stadium licence for concerts. We are working hard to bring in artists. We
:23:09. > :23:11.have a capacity of 15,000 for a concert. We have one or two major
:23:12. > :23:21.artists that we are talking to at the moment. We have a Scotland world
:23:22. > :23:28.champion. We are talking about Scott fight here. If he was to win his
:23:29. > :23:33.next couple of fights, he will get a major fight and we would love to
:23:34. > :23:51.host him here. Something more may materialise.
:23:52. > :23:54.How big is your record collection? Roy Jackson come his music
:23:55. > :23:58.collection fills his spare room Yes, Roy, from Manchester, has a
:23:59. > :24:02.copy of every number one album since the charts began, and this week he
:24:03. > :24:05.added the 1000th chart topper to his haul. He's now threatening to hang
:24:06. > :24:11.up his headphones though, as Abbie Jones has discovered.
:24:12. > :24:12.This has been a From chart topping crowd pleasers to cuddly TV
:24:13. > :24:27.characters. Labour of love. To the downright curious ` the
:24:28. > :24:32.wedding of Charles and Di. Roy Jackson has them all. His collection
:24:33. > :24:36.starts with Frank Sinatra's album Songs for Lovers released in 19 6.
:24:37. > :24:44.And he's now added his 1000th album, the latest from Robbie Williams I
:24:45. > :24:50.always like to have a challenge and I thought the next thing to do was
:24:51. > :24:54.to get all the number`1 albums. I never thought about getting 100
:24:55. > :25:04.number one albums. It has been very hard trying to get the early final
:25:05. > :25:12.of the 50s and 60s. Boy has had to deliver the system on how he decides
:25:13. > :25:16.what to listen to. He closes his eyes and pics. But Roy does have his
:25:17. > :25:49.favourites. This isn't the first time I've met
:25:50. > :25:52.Roy. Back in 2002 I came to see him because he'd collected every number
:25:53. > :25:59.one single for 50 years. Since then he's had to move his collection
:26:00. > :26:05.upstairs and into the spare room. I have said that 1000 is a good number
:26:06. > :26:08.but I might just carry on. Especially with Christmas around the
:26:09. > :26:15.corner and Roy has a list of more number ones that will keep his toes
:26:16. > :26:19.tapping into 2014. Keep collecting. Now we have the
:26:20. > :26:29.weather. I will need all that space for my
:26:30. > :26:36.shoes. It hasn't been a warm day today. We have seen temperatures
:26:37. > :26:41.hitting seven Celsius. For tomorrow, we will see the milder air moving
:26:42. > :26:45.in. As we head into Friday, that weather is flowing in again and it
:26:46. > :26:50.will be wet, windy and called for Friday. The temperatures for
:26:51. > :26:58.tomorrow, we go from seven Celsius to double figures. Friday is back
:26:59. > :27:04.down to single figures. Tonight we have plenty of cloud around. Cloud
:27:05. > :27:08.will thicken to bring the occasional spot of rain. Hopefully it will be a
:27:09. > :27:16.frost free nights because temperatures were well above
:27:17. > :27:21.freezing. Tomorrow, there is plenty more cloud around but it should be a
:27:22. > :27:29.milder day from the word go. Cloud will thicken towards the morning ``
:27:30. > :27:34.during the morning to bring a few spots of rain. The temperatures feel
:27:35. > :27:39.like summer compared to what we have had.
:27:40. > :27:43.Apparently there is a telephone box in Chester that is a cashpoint.
:27:44. > :27:46.Goodbye.