:00:00. > :00:00.Thank you. That's all from the BBC News at Six so it's goodbye from me,
:00:00. > :00:10.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and
:00:11. > :00:15.Annabel Tiffin. Our top story. Tracey Shelvey died after a man was
:00:16. > :00:16.cleared of raping her. Now the police operation is being
:00:17. > :00:23.investigated. Tracey was one of seven complainants
:00:24. > :00:26.in the case. Also tonight: Cumbria's education crisis. Inspectors raise
:00:27. > :00:29.serious concerns about failing secondary schools in the county
:00:30. > :00:30.Carry on drinking. But the Police hit out as Blackpool rejects curbs
:00:31. > :00:43.on 24`hour licences. My dad Les Dawson. Now his baby s
:00:44. > :00:49.grown`up, she's made a surprising discovery about her father's life.
:00:50. > :01:01.And taking the plunge with Davina McCold. How the TV celebrity was
:01:02. > :01:05.reduced to tears for charity in Windermere.
:01:06. > :01:10.A week ago Tracey Shelvey fell to her death from a Rochdale shopping
:01:11. > :01:13.centre. Days earlier she'd heard that the man she and six other women
:01:14. > :01:16.had accused of rape had been acquitted. Now it's emerged an
:01:17. > :01:20.investigation has started into the way the police handled some of the
:01:21. > :01:23.cases. Tracey Shelvey's death has prompted
:01:24. > :01:27.one victim of a separate rape case to waive her right to anonymity and
:01:28. > :01:35.speak to us about the trauma of going through the legal system.
:01:36. > :01:39.Here's Jayne McCubbin. In June 012 a number of women went to police to
:01:40. > :01:42.make allegations of rape. In July, three of those women complained to
:01:43. > :01:47.GMP about the way in which their cases had been handled. The matter
:01:48. > :01:53.was referred to the IPCC and IT began an investigation. But almost
:01:54. > :01:56.immediately it stalls. That's because in August 2012 ` 24`year`old
:01:57. > :02:01.Patrick Hall is charged with seven counts of rape. At that point the
:02:02. > :02:05.legal system says the IPCC can't question officers involved in a
:02:06. > :02:12.court case. A trial and a retrial follow. Patrick Hall is finally
:02:13. > :02:16.found not guilty of all charges Within days of that acquittal,
:02:17. > :02:20.Tracey Shelvey is dead. Now the IPCC said they are now looking again at
:02:21. > :02:24.the original case. The court process is traumatic. Traumatic for people
:02:25. > :02:28.who're wrongly accused. Traumatic for the complainant. So tonight we
:02:29. > :02:31.reveal a unique project in Liverpool to take some of the trauma out of
:02:32. > :02:43.the court process. It has been the hardest two years of
:02:44. > :02:51.my life. It is difficult to say the word out lied `` loud. I tried to
:02:52. > :02:56.commit suicide in January. You feel worthless. Aimee Pye waived her
:02:57. > :03:01.right to anonymity to speak to us. She felt so strongly that victims of
:03:02. > :03:04.sexual assault need a voice. She felt so strongly that the court
:03:05. > :03:11.system could make victims doubt themselves. If I have to stand up
:03:12. > :03:20.against someone who's telling me are you sure that's right? Is your
:03:21. > :03:23.memory correct? You doubt yourself. Frances Andrade committed suicide
:03:24. > :03:26.during the trial of Micheal Brewer. Her husband said she was traumatised
:03:27. > :03:30.after being accused of lying in court. Micheal Brewer was later
:03:31. > :03:34.convicted of her sexual assault Tracey Shelvey fell to her death
:03:35. > :03:37.last week at the end of what police described as a traumatic case for
:03:38. > :03:39.all involved. Patrick Hall was proven innocent. Now here at
:03:40. > :03:44.Liverpool Crown Court, a new scheme's about to be piloted. They
:03:45. > :03:47.hope it will deal with the trauma of giving evidence. Complainants can be
:03:48. > :03:50.cross examined on camera months earlier in the court process. And
:03:51. > :03:59.without the alleged offender being present. We hope that the new system
:04:00. > :04:05.will make sure the victim can give the best evidence that they can
:04:06. > :04:08.They will be able to give it early in the process which means their
:04:09. > :04:12.recollection will be as fresh as it can be and it will mean that they
:04:13. > :04:16.are not in the court building, not in the same room as the defendant
:04:17. > :04:24.and we hope that will empower them to give the best evidence that they
:04:25. > :04:29.are able to give. Amy was supported by the rape and criminal abuse
:04:30. > :04:37.centre will stop her attacker eventually pleaded guilty. The talk
:04:38. > :04:45.your body. Give yourself a voice and don't let them take that away. In
:04:46. > :04:49.the trial involving Tracy `` Tracey Shelvey, Patrick was found not
:04:50. > :04:55.guilty. An inquest will decide how and why she fell to her death. The
:04:56. > :05:00.IPCC are now looking at the original case and on looking at how it was
:05:01. > :05:03.handled by the GNP. We expect further news on it this week.
:05:04. > :05:05.The Schools watchdog Ofsted has raised serious concerns about the
:05:06. > :05:09.quality of secondary education across Cumbria. It says too few
:05:10. > :05:12.secondary schools in the county are good in Barrow all three
:05:13. > :05:17.state`funded secondaries are now deemed to be failing.
:05:18. > :05:21.The Local Education Authority admits work has to be done but says the
:05:22. > :05:26.county has many great schools. Peter Marshall reports.
:05:27. > :05:30.The message to schools like Walney is must do better. It's been put in
:05:31. > :05:39.special measures following its latest Ofsted inspection. Some
:05:40. > :05:45.parents are not impressed. I don't think the school is very good. It is
:05:46. > :05:48.down to stability at the moment They are chopping and changing. The
:05:49. > :05:52.school, now has a new head and says an improvement plan is already in
:05:53. > :05:55.place. In Barrow all three state funded secondary schools are now
:05:56. > :05:58.deemed to be failing to some degree. Furness Academy remains in special
:05:59. > :06:00.measures but is making adequate progress. Inspectors identified
:06:01. > :06:10.serious weaknesses at St Bernard's Catholic High School. Its overall
:06:11. > :06:15.effectiveness ` inadequate. We want to provoke change and reaction. We
:06:16. > :06:20.are desperate that the children get a better education. We believe all
:06:21. > :06:27.children should go to a good school and that is what we want to haven't
:06:28. > :06:31.all stop `` what we want to happen. The watchdog went in to 17 secondary
:06:32. > :06:33.schools in the county in November and December after concerns about
:06:34. > :06:43.poor performance. It says the inspections have raised concerns
:06:44. > :06:48.over: it does paint a negative picture but I would urge people to
:06:49. > :06:51.remember the positives. There is a huge amount of good work that goes
:06:52. > :06:54.on in schools throughout Cumbria and I have no doubt that Cumbria County
:06:55. > :06:57.Council says its working hard to improve those schools under its
:06:58. > :07:00.control but stresses that 65% of secondary school pupils in the
:07:01. > :07:05.county attend a school that is either good or outstanding. Will
:07:06. > :07:10.continue. Ofsted says it will hold follow up inspections in the next
:07:11. > :07:13.few weeks. A teenager who attacked a paramedic
:07:14. > :07:17.with a baseball bat while he was responding to an emergency call in
:07:18. > :07:22.Leyland has been jailed for eight years. Lewis Westwood, who's 19 hit
:07:23. > :07:25.the trainee over the head last October. The paramedic sustained a
:07:26. > :07:29.fractured skull and is still recovering.
:07:30. > :07:34.The retrial has started of a police call handler who's accused of giving
:07:35. > :07:37.information to the family of Dale Cregan at the time he was on the
:07:38. > :07:40.run. It's alleged Kathryn Smith abused her position of trust within
:07:41. > :07:44.Greater Manchester Police because her boyfriend was a friend of
:07:45. > :07:48.Cregan. She's on trial with two other people, one of them Cregan's
:07:49. > :07:51.mum Anita. The family of a pensioner from
:07:52. > :07:54.Kendal who disappeared on holiday last summer held a service today to
:07:55. > :07:59.celebrate his life. Roger Bainbridge was 67 when he disappeared on the
:08:00. > :08:03.Greek holiday island of Anti`Paxos. His family say that although they
:08:04. > :08:07.can't hold a funeral they wanted to give friends and family a chance to
:08:08. > :08:11.mark his life. The North West continues to have the
:08:12. > :08:16.the highest number of empty shops in the country. According to the Local
:08:17. > :08:19.Data Company, more than 17% of units in the region were empty last year.
:08:20. > :08:23.Among the worst performing locations are Morecambe's West End, Bolton and
:08:24. > :08:26.Altrincham. Greater Manchester's Chief Constable
:08:27. > :08:31.has pleaded not guilty to charges arising from the death of a man shot
:08:32. > :08:34.dead by one of his officers. Sir Peter Fahy is accused of breaching
:08:35. > :08:39.health and safety laws in connection with the death of Anthony Grainger.
:08:40. > :08:42.He was fatally wounded during a police operation in Cheshire in
:08:43. > :08:47.2012. His family and supporters say the legal action against the force
:08:48. > :08:53.doesn't go far enough. Here's our Chief Reporter Dave Guest.
:08:54. > :08:57.They say they want justice for Grainger, and they believe the
:08:58. > :09:01.authorities are failing to deliver it. The Crown Prosecution Service is
:09:02. > :09:06.taking action against Greater Manchester Police for allegedly
:09:07. > :09:08.breaking Health and Safety laws But Anthony Grainger's supporters
:09:09. > :09:19.demonstrating outside the CPS offices in Manchester today, say
:09:20. > :09:25.that's not enough. We are after justice and not after the person
:09:26. > :09:28.that pulled the trigger but also the commanding officers who were
:09:29. > :09:31.involved in the operation. Anthony Grainger died at the wheel of this
:09:32. > :09:34.stolen Audi on a car park in Cucheth, Cheshire in 2012. GMP
:09:35. > :09:38.officers believed he was about to take part in an armed robbery. But
:09:39. > :09:42.no weapons were found in the vehicle. The Crown Prosecution
:09:43. > :09:45.Service decided not to take action against the officer who pulled the
:09:46. > :09:48.trigger. Instead they've opted to take the Chief Constable to court
:09:49. > :10:00.for allegedly breaking health and safety rules. The chief is what s
:10:01. > :10:04.known as the corporate sole of the force, a legal status that means he
:10:05. > :10:07.represents the force but doesn't share criminal liability. In this
:10:08. > :10:09.case it's alleged there were serious deficiencies in the preparation of
:10:10. > :10:14.the operation which exposed people to unnecessary risk. If convicted
:10:15. > :10:18.the force could face an unlimited fine. In London today a lawyer
:10:19. > :10:22.entered a not guilty plea to the health and safety breach on behalf
:10:23. > :10:30.of Sir Peter who was not in court. There'll be a further hearing later
:10:31. > :10:36.this month at Southwark Crown Court. These protesters say that will not
:10:37. > :10:40.deliver true justice for Anthony Grainger.
:10:41. > :10:43.A ban on early morning drinking in Blackpool has been rejected. The
:10:44. > :10:46.police and local council leaders wanted alcohol sales after 3am to be
:10:47. > :10:50.stopped to end drunkenness and violence on the streets. The
:10:51. > :10:53.council's licensing committee has rejected the plan ` saying trouble
:10:54. > :10:57.is more likely to be caused by people drinking before that time. So
:10:58. > :11:03.what happens now? Stuart Flinders reports. Blackpool at three in the
:11:04. > :11:09.morning. The police and council leaders wanted this to be closing
:11:10. > :11:12.time to limit drunken behaviour But the town's biggest bars and clubs
:11:13. > :11:16.won't be closing for another two hours yet. And the council's own
:11:17. > :11:19.licensing committee has now rejected an EMRO or Early Morning Restriction
:11:20. > :11:31.Order, saying the cause of trouble on Blackpool's streets was more
:11:32. > :11:34.likely to be drinking before 3am. Lancashire police say they are
:11:35. > :11:40.disappointed by this decision and they say late night drinking causes
:11:41. > :11:45.problems for them, ambulance staff, shop and Post Office workers to
:11:46. > :11:48.They say they want to work with the licensees to find an alternative
:11:49. > :11:56.solution for the problem but you get the impression that the relationship
:11:57. > :12:03.between both sides has been damaged. The relationship has not been as it
:12:04. > :12:11.should be. Who's fault is it? On both sides. I don't know. Have the
:12:12. > :12:17.police handed it badly? I think they have probably gone into quickly
:12:18. > :12:20.without looking at alternatives Lancashire Police wouldn't discuss
:12:21. > :12:23.the issue on camera. Nor would Blackpool Council, which says an
:12:24. > :12:26.alternative solution to the problem of drunken behaviour must be found.
:12:27. > :12:35.Visitors agree there's a problem. But what's the solution? A very good
:12:36. > :12:41.question. I really don't know, to be honest with you. They are not going
:12:42. > :12:49.to shut the bars at 3am. What is the alternative? You need the later
:12:50. > :13:00.hours because if everyone is going at the same time, it causes hassle.
:13:01. > :13:06.It is a story lots of you have been getting in touch with. We may read
:13:07. > :13:11.out some of your comments later Still to come on North West Tonight.
:13:12. > :13:13.A tale of two cities. The best of times, the worst of times `
:13:14. > :13:15.contrasting football fortunes in Liverpool and Manchester.
:13:16. > :13:19.And pedalling through the pain. Davina McCall heads for Accrington `
:13:20. > :13:25.on the latest leg of her Sport Relief challenge.
:13:26. > :13:31.Les Dawson was one of the greatest comics to come from the North West `
:13:32. > :13:34.and became something of a national treasure. He was famous for his
:13:35. > :13:38.extraordinary piano playing ` and his Sissy and Ada routines. But he
:13:39. > :13:43.had other talents which have ` until recently ` remained a secret.
:13:44. > :13:47.His daughter Charlotte was a baby when Les died and during her journey
:13:48. > :13:51.to find out more about him, she made an amazing discovery. Six Music s
:13:52. > :14:01.Chris Hawkins went to meet her for this week's Inside Out North West.
:14:02. > :14:10.I kept getting this recurring nightmare that I was a sports car
:14:11. > :14:15.and the wife's mother had her foot on the throttle. This is a special
:14:16. > :14:21.place for Charlotte. She had to grow up without her dad, sharing the
:14:22. > :14:25.memory with his adoring fans but never actually knowing him in
:14:26. > :14:26.person. Charlotte has had to piece together her father's story for
:14:27. > :14:43.herself. This is for you Charlotte. This is
:14:44. > :14:49.the home video that Les Dawson made for her. Now she wants to find out
:14:50. > :14:56.about the man and his rise to fame and the talent he kept secret. In
:14:57. > :15:03.the North of England, we have something called learners. This is a
:15:04. > :15:11.romantic novel I found when I was moving house. I came across the
:15:12. > :15:23.romantic novel that he wrote. He wrote it in a woman's name. He hid
:15:24. > :15:27.behind a pseudonym. Yes, he did I have read every book. I have had to
:15:28. > :15:33.get to know him through all of this but I am so lucky in a way because
:15:34. > :15:42.he has left me search an incredible legacy. At the end of the day, all I
:15:43. > :15:49.want is my dad back. Wave to the camera. Say hello. You won't
:15:50. > :15:57.remember any of this. He makes you laugh every time you see him. You
:15:58. > :16:09.can see more of that at Inside Out tonight at 7:30pm.
:16:10. > :16:23.Richard is herewith the sport. Another painful weekend if you're a
:16:24. > :16:27.Manchester United fan. Particularly as Liverpool had such a
:16:28. > :16:31.good result as well? Yes David Moyes used the phrase as bad is it gets
:16:32. > :16:35.and even though they didn't lose against Fulham.. It finished 2` .
:16:36. > :16:38.Iit was the way it ended that was so disappointing. United, who had three
:16:39. > :16:41.quarters of the possession and put in more than 80 crosses conceded
:16:42. > :16:45.right at the death. Liverpool thrashed the then leaders Arsenal
:16:46. > :16:47.5`1 and as you can see it puts a completely different complexion on
:16:48. > :16:50.the Premier League table. It leaves United nine points behind Liverpool
:16:51. > :16:53.who sit in that crucial fourth spot...and Brendan Rodgers' side
:16:54. > :16:57.just six points off the leaders after a weekend which couldn't have
:16:58. > :17:06.been more different for our big two reds. Red alert at Old Trafford
:17:07. > :17:12.This was the image that should have been on the back pages. The United
:17:13. > :17:19.boss celebrating his comeback from a goal down. With the hard work done,
:17:20. > :17:27.they were undone into added time. Many were scratching their heads. It
:17:28. > :17:33.is the worst position they have been named because of that particular
:17:34. > :17:38.thing that if they are not in the Champions League, who will come to
:17:39. > :17:56.Manchester United? The bookmakers see them as long shots for a place.
:17:57. > :18:04.They harp 200`1. `` are. Liverpool on 25 /1. They are now 14/1. Fourth
:18:05. > :18:14.favourite. Liverpool are the big movers this weekend.
:18:15. > :18:23.In the Championship. These were the goals. It could have been ten. Luis
:18:24. > :18:33.Suarez might not have scored but this is worthy of another knock
:18:34. > :18:42.Speaking today, his manager was still on a high. It was wonderful to
:18:43. > :18:49.watch. The team played without concentration and organisation and
:18:50. > :18:56.quality. Brendan Rodgers now has two look at rising expectation.
:18:57. > :19:02.I'm sure it will turn for Manchester United. Burnley moved into second
:19:03. > :19:05.spot thanks to a brace from Danny Ings which secured a 3`1 win over
:19:06. > :19:08.Millwall. The visitors took the lead on the half hour mark but Ings
:19:09. > :19:18.blasted in this equaliser. Dean Marney than put the Clarets ahead
:19:19. > :19:22.before half time. Ings scored again in the second half to ensure all
:19:23. > :19:28.three points. In League one. Two goals from Joe
:19:29. > :19:31.Garner's was enough for Preston to beat struggling Tranmere and close
:19:32. > :19:34.the gap on the three teams above them. Craig Davies provided the
:19:35. > :19:37.cross for the Garner to nod in his first. Rovers levelled when Ash
:19:38. > :19:39.Taylor finished from close range. A swift counter attack allowed Garner
:19:40. > :19:46.to slip in for the winner. The Liverpool heptathlete Katarina
:19:47. > :19:49.Johnson`Thompson made a strong challenge to replace pregnant
:19:50. > :19:52.Jessica Ennis on the British Athletics team by winning two golds
:19:53. > :19:55.at this weekend's Sainsbury Indoor Championships in Sheffield. The
:19:56. > :20:01.21`year old broke the British high jump record that's stood since 997
:20:02. > :20:11.by clearing 1.96 metres. She took the long jump title with a personal
:20:12. > :20:13.best of 6.75 metres. I interviewed her last year and her
:20:14. > :20:31.favourite thing is her Nan's fry up. Manchester United fans are
:20:32. > :20:37.struggling at the minute but four of the top centre are our clubs.
:20:38. > :20:42.Everton are not far behind. Everton slipped up a little bit
:20:43. > :20:49.against Spurs. Liverpool was a standout results. Luis Suarez'
:20:50. > :20:58.volley was sensational. Most of us would think twice before
:20:59. > :21:11.swimming across Windermere in the height of summer. Little wonder then
:21:12. > :21:15.that on a morning when many were scraping ice off the windscreen it
:21:16. > :21:18.was an even more daunting challenge for TV presenter Davina McCall.
:21:19. > :21:21.She was reduced to tears on the latest stage of her 500 mile run,
:21:22. > :21:27.cycle and swim from Edinburgh to London for Sport Relief.
:21:28. > :21:30.After being carried from the waters of Windermere she recovered to ride
:21:31. > :21:39.to Accrington where we can join Stuart Pollitt. She has already
:21:40. > :21:44.climbed the mountains of the lakes put Day three was the day that she
:21:45. > :21:54.feared most. It involved swarming across Lake Windermere where their
:21:55. > :22:00.water temperature was for Celsius. It is perishing week`old and I just
:22:01. > :22:08.have to keep moving. I am very nervous. I literally can't stop
:22:09. > :22:10.shaking. On the verge of tears as she prepared to enter the water her
:22:11. > :22:30.spirits were kept up. Under an hour later and towards the
:22:31. > :22:35.end of the swim, she began to struggle and had to climb to her
:22:36. > :22:41.support kayak. They had to carry her to the warmth of a nearby hotel
:22:42. > :22:48.Thankfully after receiving treatment to warm her up, she was able to
:22:49. > :22:57.recover. I have warmed up now and have had a warm bath. I am ready to
:22:58. > :23:03.get on the bike. She is still on the way. You have to add my her. She
:23:04. > :23:06.looked like she couldn't move when she came out.
:23:07. > :23:09.And if Davina has inspired you to do your bit for this year's Sport
:23:10. > :23:19.Relief ` then log onto bbc.co.uk/sportrelief and sign up to
:23:20. > :23:21.an event near you. I'm delighted to say that Diane s
:23:22. > :23:34.back with us for the weather. Were you going to say an old face?
:23:35. > :23:42.You have a new hairstyle. It is nice to be back.
:23:43. > :23:48.We are still stuck with that very wet weather as we had through the
:23:49. > :23:55.next couple of days. We have a drop in temperatures and it is wet and
:23:56. > :24:00.winter re. It will also be windy. Thursday, we have gale force winds.
:24:01. > :24:05.There is a little bit of everything in store. That's called out is
:24:06. > :24:12.descending everywhere. Every cloud has a silver lining and this is our
:24:13. > :24:19.live shot. What you will see is one all too clear spells tonight. You
:24:20. > :24:26.will be able to see Jupiter and it would be a great night to see that.
:24:27. > :24:32.There are one or two showers around. There is some good breaks
:24:33. > :24:36.developing in the cloud but as you head towards dawn, this is the next
:24:37. > :24:41.area of rain moving through the Isle of Man as you head towards the early
:24:42. > :24:52.hours of the morning. Temperatures through the night are around to
:24:53. > :25:03.Celsius. Rowley, it could be much colder and you will be looking at a
:25:04. > :25:09.frost. `` in rural areas, it could be much colder and you will be
:25:10. > :25:13.looking at a frost. The Met Office have issued a yellow warning for
:25:14. > :25:20.snow mainly over the highest hills. You could be looking at up to five
:25:21. > :25:29.Celsius `` five centimetres. For most of us, it is another wet
:25:30. > :25:32.morning. It keeps on coming. By 11 o'clock, it should have cleared the
:25:33. > :25:39.coast and then eventually everywhere. With that cold air
:25:40. > :25:53.around, it will feel really quite winter re and you will see some
:25:54. > :25:58.wintry showers. Through Tuesday night into Wednesday, there could be
:25:59. > :26:04.more wintry showers. Temperatures around five Celsius at best.
:26:05. > :26:14.When you come back, all you think you are going to talk about is rain
:26:15. > :26:19.and rain. But I am bringing you rain and snow!
:26:20. > :26:22.We were talking about the Early Morning Restriction Order order that
:26:23. > :26:32.they have not brought in in Blackpool. Barry tweeted that they
:26:33. > :26:36.have chosen stags and hens over families. One man says it is what
:26:37. > :26:44.people want to do rather than what the police want them to do.
:26:45. > :26:53.Andrew says not good for Blackpool, not good for the policing. Nigel
:26:54. > :27:01.Jackson says, I love Blackpool but I don't visit late on at night. We
:27:02. > :27:09.have had Kerry Hodgson who is back. Many are glad to see you back.
:27:10. > :27:19.It is nice to be back. It is nice to return to work.
:27:20. > :27:22.Good night.