:00:00. > :00:00.from the Atlantic. Thank you very much. That's it from us. On
:00:00. > :00:08.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Annabel Tiffin and
:00:09. > :00:10.Roger Johnson. Our top story: Jail for the carers who tormented
:00:11. > :00:20.dementia patients because they'd didn't think they'd remember. Having
:00:21. > :00:22.listened to the families, I know that they are struggling to come to
:00:23. > :00:25.terms with the terrible acts inflicted upon their loved ones
:00:26. > :00:27.Police say the abuse was utterly contemptible, aimed at people who
:00:28. > :00:30.couldn't defend themselves. Also tonight: Alder Hey's boss
:00:31. > :00:42.admits theatre staff are unhappy, but insists his hospital is safe. No
:00:43. > :00:45.parent need have any concern. It is one of the top hospitals for
:00:46. > :00:48.children. Why babies in buggies can now be pushed to the synagogue on
:00:49. > :00:50.the Sabbath. And the good Samaritan: a former homeless drug addict
:00:51. > :01:07.helping feed those in need. Residents with dementia at a nursing
:01:08. > :01:11.home in Lancashire were tormented by their carers because they wouldn't
:01:12. > :01:14.remember the abuse. A court heard weak and inadequate management led
:01:15. > :01:18.to the "gratuitous sport of mistreatment." Residents at
:01:19. > :01:21.Hillcroft nursing home in Slyne`with`Hest were stamped on and
:01:22. > :01:27.pelted with bean bags and balls "for entertainment." Today, three carers
:01:28. > :01:32.were jailed for between three and eight months for their ill treatment
:01:33. > :01:40.and neglect. Our chief reporter Dave Guest is outside the home where the
:01:41. > :01:44.abuse happened. Yes, Hillcroft Nursing Home behind
:01:45. > :01:48.me had a specialist unit which deals with the most vulnerable of
:01:49. > :01:53.residence, those with dementia. It was here that this quartet of carers
:01:54. > :01:56.basically, as you say, indulged in what the judge described as
:01:57. > :02:02.gratuitous sport, taunting and teething and abusing them. Darren
:02:03. > :02:04.Smith, last year, had admitted eight counts of ill`treatment. The others
:02:05. > :02:10.denied the charges against them but were found guilty by a jury in
:02:11. > :02:13.November. Today, they came to court to face their punishment. Three of
:02:14. > :02:17.them have gone to jail to enable Dobbie at Carole Moore, who got four
:02:18. > :02:23.months, Katie Cairns, who got five months, and Darren Smith, who got
:02:24. > :02:26.eight months. The fourth, Gemma Pearson, left court today because he
:02:27. > :02:30.was given a community order and told he had to carry out unpaid work
:02:31. > :02:36.People with her shouted at the breast as she left court this
:02:37. > :02:40.afternoon. The judge said today that a lax and inadequate management
:02:41. > :02:43.regime had allowed a culture to develop at the nursing home which
:02:44. > :02:48.allow this sort of behaviour to go on unchecked. It was only brought to
:02:49. > :02:51.the attention of the authorities when whistle`blowers finally managed
:02:52. > :02:55.to persuade someone to listen to them and the people were arrested.
:02:56. > :03:03.Police have described this as a terrible and despicable crime.
:03:04. > :03:09.Darren Smith, Katie Cairns, Carole Moore and Gemma Pearson showed
:03:10. > :03:12.complete disregard for the well`being of people they had been
:03:13. > :03:15.adjusted to cap. But it do that there ill`treatment was directed at
:03:16. > :03:21.some of the most vulnerable members of our community. So, the police
:03:22. > :03:26.clearly disgusted, but I would imagine the families are even more
:03:27. > :03:31.so. Yes, and one of them, Chris Haywood, his dad, can, has sadly
:03:32. > :03:36.died since, nothing to do with the abuses of it. He was stamped on by
:03:37. > :03:39.Katie Cairns, and Chris Haywood gave this reaction outside court when I
:03:40. > :03:43.asked him what the family but when they heard what had been going on
:03:44. > :03:46.here. The words cannot really describe it, to be blatantly honest.
:03:47. > :03:52.It is just harrowing. It is horrific. When you have placed your
:03:53. > :03:56.trust and faith in someone at a care home to look after your loved one,
:03:57. > :03:58.and then next thing you know, you have the police knocking on your
:03:59. > :04:03.door saying they had been abused by those people, it is the worst
:04:04. > :04:07.feeling in the world. You just feel so guilty that you have placed them
:04:08. > :04:12.there in the first place. What do you think of these bought? Words can
:04:13. > :04:16.describe, to be blatantly honest. I am just glad it's over. I am just
:04:17. > :04:27.glad we can put a line underneath it and that there is learning to take
:04:28. > :04:32.from this. Are you hopeful lessons will be learned? I am hoping lessons
:04:33. > :04:36.have to be learnt. Communication is key to keep these things happening
:04:37. > :04:39.again, and I am very confident that within the new care bill that will
:04:40. > :04:45.be introduced this year, things like that will be stamped out. Would you
:04:46. > :04:51.have trust to place another relative into a care home? I think it is
:04:52. > :04:56.unfair to judge or care homes because of this one incident. `` in
:04:57. > :05:02.care homes. There are good numbers of staff still held that I know And
:05:03. > :05:05.sadly they have been affected by these four characters. There was a
:05:06. > :05:13.delay between initial complaint and something being done about it. Yes,
:05:14. > :05:16.even when the Care Quality Commission past all this on to
:05:17. > :05:19.Lancashire County Council, there was a delay of several months before the
:05:20. > :05:23.police became involved. In a statement this afternoon, the County
:05:24. > :05:27.Council said: We are sorry there was a delay in staring the allegations
:05:28. > :05:29.with the police. Meanwhile, they'll crop themselves have made no further
:05:30. > :05:33.comment today. They have previously said that there is a new management
:05:34. > :05:34.in place, and that things have changed. Thank you very much.
:05:35. > :05:41.It's it's five years since a
:05:42. > :05:43.whistle`blower first raised concerns about the operating theatre that
:05:44. > :05:46.Alder Hey Hospital. But only yesterday, a report was made public
:05:47. > :05:50.which said urgent action was needed to avoid a serious incident. So is
:05:51. > :05:53.the safety of the sick children who get treatment there being
:05:54. > :05:56.compromised? We couldn't ask the hospital that question last night
:05:57. > :05:59.because no one was available for interview. But we'll do that in just
:06:00. > :06:06.a moment. First, here's Jayne McCubbin.
:06:07. > :06:11.Sometimes, days off were cancelled. If people phoned in sick, you just
:06:12. > :06:14.have to stay on. You can't just walk out of an operating theatre.
:06:15. > :06:17.This is the mother of a former manager from Alder Hey. She says she
:06:18. > :06:20.was shocked by the conditions her daughter worked under at what is
:06:21. > :06:27.considered one of the UK's leading hospitals. Sundays, we would see her
:06:28. > :06:31.and she said she would have gone ten or 12 hours without a drink. Last
:06:32. > :06:34.March, I was at Alder Hey as a damning report was made public about
:06:35. > :06:37.staff at breaking point in its operating theatres. Managers said
:06:38. > :06:41.changes had been made. But last night I was back, to hear this from
:06:42. > :06:44.another critical report. ''There is no doubt that changes made have had
:06:45. > :06:48.an adverse impact on staff.'' ' The level of risk is such that urgent
:06:49. > :06:53.change is needed to avoid a serious incident.'' "Things are bad
:06:54. > :07:00.the hospital treats over a quarter of a million of the children every
:07:01. > :07:05.year. Surgery saved Sam's life after a brain tumour just before Christmas
:07:06. > :07:09.2012. It is probably the best hospital in the world for children.
:07:10. > :07:13.Children and young people with any illness, I think that hospital is
:07:14. > :07:18.without a doubt Alder Hey, and it is the best hospital in the world.
:07:19. > :07:22.Indeed, today, a nursing union told me they believe concerns raised
:07:23. > :07:26.relate to staff conditions and morale, but not to patient safety. I
:07:27. > :07:29.would like to assure families that from our perspective and from the
:07:30. > :07:33.perspective of our members who work in Alder Hey, we have not had
:07:34. > :07:37.concerns presented to us about patient care and patient safety We
:07:38. > :07:43.have had presented to us over several months now, the consequences
:07:44. > :07:46.of a restructure. What would you like to say? This afternoon, one of
:07:47. > :07:50.those responsible for the restructure took calls on radio
:07:51. > :07:56.Merseyside. I actually laughed Alder Hey last year. It was because of
:07:57. > :07:59.bullying and harassment. He also insists the health of children has
:08:00. > :08:02.never been, mice, but it led down to the skill and dedication of staff
:08:03. > :08:12.working under massive pressure just as much as it is down to luck? You
:08:13. > :08:16.saw Sir David Henshaw there. He is the Chair of the Alder Hey NHS
:08:17. > :08:19.Foundation Trust. I asked him what he could say to reassure parents
:08:20. > :08:24.that his hospital is a safe place for their children to be operated
:08:25. > :08:28.on. Alder Hey is safe. That is the
:08:29. > :08:35.simple, single truth that we can say today. None of the reports have
:08:36. > :08:38.indicated otherwise. We have has no incidents. Safety is paramount for
:08:39. > :08:45.children in Alder Hey. What this report is is an open report on a
:08:46. > :08:48.late state of play in a big journey we're going on with better staff, as
:08:49. > :08:50.we change the way we are doing things in this old Victorian
:08:51. > :08:54.building which has been run wonderfully for many years, and we
:08:55. > :08:57.are moving into a new 21st`century environment in this new hospital we
:08:58. > :09:01.are building. So we have improving things all the time. But this report
:09:02. > :09:05.says things need to change before there is a serious incident, so much
:09:06. > :09:08.as you might be proud of the fact that there hasn't been won and that
:09:09. > :09:12.there is good service for many, many people, there is still a concern. It
:09:13. > :09:17.is your own internal report that says it. Yes, and it is a
:09:18. > :09:20.perception. If you read the report, you will see it as a report about
:09:21. > :09:25.perception among theatre staff. I have read the report, and view at
:09:26. > :09:29.talking about what is mentioned at the end. The capacity for change.
:09:30. > :09:33.Are you saying staff do not have that? No, I am saying that we have
:09:34. > :09:36.got to accept that we have been working in a Victorian building the
:09:37. > :09:40.staff are doing a fantastic job in a very poor environment. We are moving
:09:41. > :09:43.to a brand`new environment which will be very different, so we can't
:09:44. > :09:47.carry on behaving in some ways as we do now. We had to change the way we
:09:48. > :09:51.do things, the way we use instruments, the way we check
:09:52. > :09:54.things. It is about building that highly effective team for the
:09:55. > :09:57.future, using the best of technology and the best of what we can offer
:09:58. > :10:02.any new building. And how do you take them with you then? In
:10:03. > :10:08.November, they went behind your back to the CQC and raise their concerns.
:10:09. > :10:11.Some of them did, but the meeting this morning, for example, there
:10:12. > :10:15.were 100 people there, I was in that. The reports to me were that
:10:16. > :10:18.staff were very concerned about the misreporting of this report and the
:10:19. > :10:21.way their views are being misreported. They are concerned but
:10:22. > :10:25.they want a great job. They do a great job now and they want to do it
:10:26. > :10:27.in the future. The simple truth is, whether the simple truth is, where
:10:28. > :10:32.Italy and supply? They lie with your own staff who are doing the job now.
:10:33. > :10:38.We to make sure we give them what they need to do the job well and
:10:39. > :10:40.better, but let's be clear. It is safe, it continues to be saved, no
:10:41. > :10:44.parents need have any concern at all. It is one of the top hospitals
:10:45. > :10:47.for children. Thank you. A rapist who attacked a Chester
:10:48. > :10:51.woman just two days after being released from prison ` has been told
:10:52. > :10:54.by a judge he can expect "a lengthy custodial sentence". 38`year`old
:10:55. > :10:59.Peter Watton from Lache in Chester ambushed his victim while she was
:11:00. > :11:03.jogging with her dog. He then subjected her to a nine`hour ordeal.
:11:04. > :11:07.Today he was convicted of all 1 charges against him including rape
:11:08. > :11:16.and false imprisonment. His victim was praised for her presence of
:11:17. > :11:20.mind. She had the wherewithal to leave a trail of evidence behind
:11:21. > :11:25.her, to build a rap or with the defendant so that he might let her
:11:26. > :11:29.go, which he did eventually, although she ran away from him. And
:11:30. > :11:32.then when she gave her statement to the police, she had a very good
:11:33. > :11:35.clear recollection of events. The Metropolitan Police have told
:11:36. > :11:38.the BBC they're looking into claims that Special Branch officers spied
:11:39. > :11:41.on Hillsborough justice campaigners. An article in Private Eye magazine
:11:42. > :11:51.claimed the force refused to confirm or deny whether relatives were put
:11:52. > :11:54.under surveillance. Police in Manchester are trying to
:11:55. > :11:58.work out how a man ended up dead in the city centre canal this morning.
:11:59. > :12:01.The body was found near to Store Street and Great Ancoats Street just
:12:02. > :12:05.after six o'clock. He is believed to be in his 30s. Police say it is too
:12:06. > :12:13.early to say whether the death as suspicious. As you well know, the
:12:14. > :12:16.Northwest 17 vibrant, thriving cotton industry, but these days
:12:17. > :12:20.there are more empty mills than working ones. Now there are plans to
:12:21. > :12:22.boost the economy in Lancashire and Greater Manchester by investing in
:12:23. > :12:25.textiles once again. Naomi Cornwell reports.
:12:26. > :12:31.The textiles industry shaped the region we live in. 100 years ago,
:12:32. > :12:35.the Northwest cotton industry produced 7 billion yd.? of cloth a
:12:36. > :12:38.year. But gradually, the foreign markets set up their own factories.
:12:39. > :12:44.Gone are the days when Manchester was referred to as cotton Pulis
:12:45. > :12:48.Many of the big warehouses and factories are now being converted
:12:49. > :12:50.into offices and flats. But Greater Manchester still has the highest
:12:51. > :12:59.density of textile factories in the country. It is investment in these
:13:00. > :13:02.that makes people believe the textile industry could thrive again.
:13:03. > :13:06.The former MP for Rochdale is running a project to see of it is a
:13:07. > :13:09.realistic growth area. Over ?12 million from a regional growth fund
:13:10. > :13:14.has been earmarked for investment already. Greater Manchester,
:13:15. > :13:15.Lancashire and West Yorkshire cardiac centre of the textile
:13:16. > :13:21.manufacturing industry the United Kingdom. There is significant growth
:13:22. > :13:27.potential both in terms of exporter and also in terms of retailers
:13:28. > :13:32.needing local capacity to feed the turnaround that is now needed on the
:13:33. > :13:36.High Street. And in Middleton, this luxury company is working
:13:37. > :13:39.side`by`side with old college, who have set up a fashion academy on
:13:40. > :13:45.site. We're delivering the training alongside employers who are telling
:13:46. > :13:48.us what their needs are in skills over the coming months. The macro
:13:49. > :13:53.just brilliant to get people to experience. Everything that is here
:13:54. > :13:56.and available to us, it is just fantastic. You never get anything
:13:57. > :13:59.like this in college. And they'll be looking at how
:14:00. > :14:02.textiles can benefit the wider North West economy in the Sunday Politics,
:14:03. > :14:14.which is back this weekend at 1 o'clock on Sunday on BBC One.
:14:15. > :14:18.Lancashire's Police Commissioner says he is disappointed as taking
:14:19. > :14:22.over a year for him to be cleared of fiddling his expenses. The Crown
:14:23. > :14:25.Prosecution Service has ruled there is insufficient evidence to prove
:14:26. > :14:29.the claims were made dishonestly. It with the outcome I expected all the
:14:30. > :14:33.way through. If people feel I should apologise, absolutely, I would
:14:34. > :14:39.apologise for making those mistakes, but I feel that the outcome from the
:14:40. > :14:45.CPS does vindicate what I have said all the time.
:14:46. > :14:48.More than 400 jobs could go at Cheshire West and Cheshire Council.
:14:49. > :14:51.They say unavoidable staff reductions, which would save almost
:14:52. > :14:55.?15 million, are among budget options but out to public
:14:56. > :15:02.consultation. If agreed, management posts will be mainly affected.
:15:03. > :15:06.Meanwhile, the Isle of Man's Chief Constable says the forces to lose 6%
:15:07. > :15:10.of its staff due to budget cuts The department has to save almost ?
:15:11. > :15:13.million over the next two years 92% of the police budget is spent on
:15:14. > :15:18.wages. There is good news, however, at
:15:19. > :15:21.Porton, near Lancaster, where its brickworks could be up and running
:15:22. > :15:25.again by early next year. It was mothballed in 2010 because of a lack
:15:26. > :15:28.of demand, but site owners Hanson Building Products say there's been
:15:29. > :15:33.an upturn in the industry. 34 staff have already been recruited.
:15:34. > :15:36.The lives of thousands of Jewish people in Manchester are about to be
:15:37. > :15:39.transformed with the setting up of an eruv. It's a geographical area
:15:40. > :15:43.within which practising orthodox Jews will be able to do some of the
:15:44. > :15:46.things normally banned on the Sabbath. One of the biggest changes
:15:47. > :15:49.will be for families with young babies, because laws relating to
:15:50. > :15:52.pushing prams will be relaxed. Our reporter Judy Hobson has been
:15:53. > :16:00.finding out what difference an eruv will make.
:16:01. > :16:04.Getting ready for a sabbath. That means a day of rest for practising
:16:05. > :16:09.orthodox Jews. But things are about to change in this part of north
:16:10. > :16:14.Manchester. After ten years in the planning, and eruv has now been set
:16:15. > :16:19.up. It is a technical boundary incorporating parts of Salford,
:16:20. > :16:23.Prestwich and cramps all. This is Manchester's biggest orthodox Jewish
:16:24. > :16:27.immunity. It will change the situation in the street. Up till
:16:28. > :16:30.now, women with little children have basically been housebound, unable to
:16:31. > :16:32.take their children out of they can't walk, because it would be
:16:33. > :16:37.prohibited on the sabbath with a body. They will now be able to enjoy
:16:38. > :16:40.the sabbath. At the other end of the scale, old people who are
:16:41. > :16:44.housebound, who need wheeling, they have not been able to go out on the
:16:45. > :16:48.sabbath. They will be able to go to synagogue and family events. The
:16:49. > :16:51.eruv perimeter is 30 miles long and there must be a proper boundary
:16:52. > :16:56.like this fence, which has been specifically built. Here, the world
:16:57. > :17:00.has been made higher so that it stands out. So what happens when the
:17:01. > :17:07.boundary crosses a road? Before the sabbath began, this rabbi showed me.
:17:08. > :17:12.You can see on either side of the road, with a wire running across
:17:13. > :17:19.between these two posts, and that is an entrance into the eruv area. The
:17:20. > :17:23.sabbath started today just before five o'clock, and last until
:17:24. > :17:27.darkness tomorrow. Not all sabbath rules are relaxed within the eruv
:17:28. > :17:32.boundary, but Jews coming to the synagogue tonight could carry things
:17:33. > :17:36.like handkerchiefs and Keys, for the first time in the sabbath. I like to
:17:37. > :17:39.be able to get that with the children, and it will make life more
:17:40. > :17:44.sociable on the sabbath. Now, my wife can get out and about, and we
:17:45. > :17:50.can go out for the sabbath. It is liberating. The tarmac will be the
:17:51. > :17:53.biggest in the UK, and although not all Orthodox Jews like it, it will
:17:54. > :17:58.change the lives of thousands here celebrating the sabbath.
:17:59. > :18:02.Richard is here with the sport now, and could things really get any
:18:03. > :18:06.worse for David Moyes? Well, let's just say that things can
:18:07. > :18:09.surely only get better after the last couple of weeks. Three
:18:10. > :18:12.successive defeats on the field have now been followed up with trouble
:18:13. > :18:16.off it. The Manchester United manager has been charged with
:18:17. > :18:19.misconduct by the FA. It's all to do with comments he made about the
:18:20. > :18:25.referees after Tuesday's League One defeat at Sunderland. I think it's
:18:26. > :18:29.fair to say that opposition fans are revelling in United's woes. There's
:18:30. > :18:33.no doubt about that, and just to rub it in, their two biggest rivals have
:18:34. > :18:36.picked up awards today. Manchester City's Manuel Pellegrini has been
:18:37. > :18:38.named December's Manager of the Month, while Liverpool's Luis Suarez
:18:39. > :18:43.has been named Premier League Player of the Month. The striker is a
:18:44. > :18:46.worthy winner, having become the first Premier League player ever to
:18:47. > :18:53.reach double figures in a calendar month. Is there any light at the end
:18:54. > :19:07.of the tunnel for David Moyes and United? But of course. But to add to
:19:08. > :19:10.their problems, Wayne Rooney is out for tomorrow's match at home to
:19:11. > :19:13.Swansea. But United are doing everything they can to get the
:19:14. > :19:16.England striker fit for next week's big clash with Chelsea. He's been
:19:17. > :19:20.sent to the sunshine with a United fitness coach for warm weather work
:19:21. > :19:23.to speed up his recovery from a groin injury. Let's hope he makes a
:19:24. > :19:29.speedy return. In the championship tomorrow, Wigan host Bournemouth, on
:19:30. > :19:32.form under new manager Uwe Rosler. They have moved to within three
:19:33. > :19:35.points of the play`offs. Today, I sat down with the new boss to
:19:36. > :19:45.discuss personal battles and that good start at the stadium. We're
:19:46. > :19:48.turned the corner. We're still at work in progress. Every manager has
:19:49. > :19:53.his way to play football, and to run the football club and obviously I am
:19:54. > :19:57.here. I'm just here for four weeks, so it is a long way before I can say
:19:58. > :20:01.that is my team, but that is my aim, to bring this club back to the
:20:02. > :20:05.premiership. Your own individual story is interesting and quite
:20:06. > :20:09.different. You grew up in East Germany. Does that seem a lifetime
:20:10. > :20:18.away? Yes. I can't really remember that time. But I am fortunate that I
:20:19. > :20:22.had a chance to live in a different political system out of my life
:20:23. > :20:25.Yellow mattress another's experiences were extraordinary. I
:20:26. > :20:29.was reading that the East German secret police, the Stasi, tried to
:20:30. > :20:37.get you to spy on your team`mates? Yes. That was a common thing in the
:20:38. > :20:41.East. It must have been a scary moment. Definitely, because it got
:20:42. > :20:45.massive pressure on me. They more or less put the knife at my throat
:20:46. > :20:52.saying you work with us what you are against us. I followed my dad's
:20:53. > :20:58.advice to go right to the managers and sort them out. The biggest
:20:59. > :21:03.battle in your life has been with cancer. It is an obvious question,
:21:04. > :21:09.but how difficult a time was that? It is difficult to understand. When
:21:10. > :21:11.you are a sports person at the top of your profession, everything you
:21:12. > :21:15.did in your life before was just keeping fit and trying to perform,
:21:16. > :21:20.and then somebody tells you you probably have a week to live. That
:21:21. > :21:24.was difficult. Difficult to understand for me. You received
:21:25. > :21:29.support from all sorts of different people, including lots of Manchester
:21:30. > :21:33.City fans. Does that bond with Manchester City fans feel as strong
:21:34. > :21:36.as it always did with you? I always had a very good bond with the
:21:37. > :21:41.supporters. I have never lost contact through my time in Norway or
:21:42. > :21:47.Germany. But obviously, in that period, when I really needed help,
:21:48. > :21:52.psychologically, and support, the supporters of Manchester City most
:21:53. > :21:56.definitely helped, and for me, psychologically, they played a
:21:57. > :22:03.massive part for me to recover. Fascinating to sit down and talk
:22:04. > :22:08.with duvet today. `` Uwe Rosler There is an almost north`west derby
:22:09. > :22:11.to look forward to the BDO world darts championship, with Saint
:22:12. > :22:22.Helens's Stephen bunting, and Robbie Green meeting in the semifinals
:22:23. > :22:29.Number one seed Stephen beat Belgium's number one seed. You can
:22:30. > :22:35.see the match tomorrow at 2:45pm. You can tell he is continental, Uwe
:22:36. > :22:42.Rosler. Just sits there and listens to you all stop he didn't even see
:22:43. > :22:47.the cup. And his story is really interesting, as you heard. What we
:22:48. > :22:50.did not put in there was that it was a specific story about how he had a
:22:51. > :22:54.phone call from a friend, telling him when he was in the middle of
:22:55. > :22:57.chemotherapy that at a Manchester City game, more than 40,000 fans had
:22:58. > :23:04.been chanting his name. That really gave him the boost to go on. He was
:23:05. > :23:09.one of the really great strikers, wasn't he? An absolute icon. Thank
:23:10. > :23:12.you very much. Staying with a football theme in a
:23:13. > :23:15.way now. We are going to meet a man whose grandad was a successful
:23:16. > :23:19.manager for Everton Football Club and he came from a normal, loving
:23:20. > :23:23.family. But by the age of 17, Tony Smith was hooked on heroin, and he
:23:24. > :23:26.spent 15 years living on the streets. Tony overcame his
:23:27. > :23:29.addiction, and last night his church invited and paid for 100 homeless
:23:30. > :23:35.people to have a three course buffet at a restaurant in Manchester. Nazia
:23:36. > :23:39.Mogra reports. Lindon's getting an invite for the
:23:40. > :23:43.meal. He was once a builder. Now he's sleeping on a friend's sofa.
:23:44. > :23:54.Any money he earns is from playing music on the streets. Years ago you
:23:55. > :23:57.use to get spit on and kicked and everything, but these days, people
:23:58. > :24:00.don't seem to be as bad. Tony knows all too well what being homeless is
:24:01. > :24:04.like. He overcame drug addiction with the help of his church. Now he
:24:05. > :24:14.has a roof over his head and spends his time like today, helping others.
:24:15. > :24:17.Have you done all right today? No. Shame has a lot to do with it. You
:24:18. > :24:25.don't want to bother people. You think you can manage. Yeah, go on,
:24:26. > :24:28.Aldo it. Simon Kroon NICE one, fallow. A restaurant opening their
:24:29. > :24:32.doors for homeless people may for some be hard to believe, but for the
:24:33. > :24:37.manager of The Red Hot World Buffet, tonight is very special. We have
:24:38. > :24:41.lost a child in our family, and every time you walk down the street,
:24:42. > :24:44.you think that could be your son or daughter. Sometimes it is paying
:24:45. > :24:52.back, thinking they could be our family. It is nice. I had
:24:53. > :24:57.everything. I had a bag of food and now I'm going home. To see some of
:24:58. > :25:00.the lads' faces who've never been in a restaurant and some of the girls
:25:01. > :25:04.tonight, yes, definitely worth it Tony and his church but this will
:25:05. > :25:13.remind others that homeless people need help not just at Christmas but
:25:14. > :25:16.throughout the year. What a great story. I think they all
:25:17. > :25:22.enjoy themselves the shore. And now, the weather with Eno.
:25:23. > :25:27.Tomorrow is looking really good It is a date to be outdoors if you plan
:25:28. > :25:32.for that. For the weekend, the first half, I would say, is the best part
:25:33. > :25:36.of the weekend. Mostly dry and bright tomorrow, but some overnight
:25:37. > :25:40.frost from Saturday into Sunday Sunday starts off on a decent note,
:25:41. > :25:45.but a lot of the food will see some rain much later. For tonight, we
:25:46. > :25:48.will have a yellow weather warning for its valid from nine o'clock
:25:49. > :25:51.because we have had some rain through this afternoon and this
:25:52. > :25:55.evening. The rain continues to push through through this evening, gone
:25:56. > :25:58.by ten o'clock, hopefully, leaving behind a legacy of showers sneaking
:25:59. > :26:02.in through the Cheshire gap. But then we will see the skies clearing
:26:03. > :26:05.from the north, so clearing in Cumbria down, and maybe some fog
:26:06. > :26:10.patches there as well. We may see some fog in Cumbria and frost
:26:11. > :26:14.batches in the Isle of Man underneath clear skies, but here,
:26:15. > :26:17.also possibly the best places if you fancy trying to spot the Northern
:26:18. > :26:22.lights. Temperatures in Cumbria and the Isle of Man, you can see they
:26:23. > :26:26.drop very close to freezing. Where we keep the clouds, a mild night,
:26:27. > :26:31.temperatures maybe three or four Celsius. Then, tomorrow, these guys
:26:32. > :26:36.continue to clear. They clear from the north, clearing south. A decent
:26:37. > :26:40.day tomorrow. As can see, mostly dry, decent spells of sunshine.
:26:41. > :26:43.Breezy initially, but the breeze dies away through the afternoon
:26:44. > :26:47.It's not going to be particularly warm. Fog already starting to return
:26:48. > :26:54.by late afternoon. Six or seven Celsius tomorrow. Not warm at all.
:26:55. > :26:58.As we head into Sunday, another front begins to approach, but on
:26:59. > :27:02.Saturday night, the skies continue to clear. Lots of fog around,
:27:03. > :27:06.leading up to Sunday morning. Some frost as well. Then for Sunday, we
:27:07. > :27:09.start off with clear skies, a bright start, but you can see as we head
:27:10. > :27:15.into Sunday night, another band of rain begins moving in, so Sunday
:27:16. > :27:19.night could be wet. Not articulate warm again on Sunday, six or seven
:27:20. > :27:21.Celsius, but hopefully drier by Monday.
:27:22. > :27:26.Celsius, Thank you very much. Come and join
:27:27. > :27:34.the argument about Roger's Ty! I love it! Plus, negative? OK. It
:27:35. > :27:40.would go perfectly with Uwe Rosler's mullets from the 80s. I
:27:41. > :27:44.would have a dress in both colours. Opinion is divided. I will take it
:27:45. > :27:48.off then! Goodbye!