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Thousands of protest to remain in Independence Square tonight, | :00:00. | :00:13. | |
Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Annabel Tiffin and | :00:14. | :00:18. | |
Graham Liver. Our top story: On the front line of the fracking protests | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
` the constant battle between police and campaigners in Salford. We'll be | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
joined by the police commander to discuss the dispute. | :00:26. | :00:27. | |
Also tonight: Facing eviction ` the couple who've lost their latest | :00:28. | :00:30. | |
legal challenge to benefits changes. It's put a lot of stress on us. I've | :00:31. | :00:42. | |
got medical problems. We're having to fight this. It's not on. | :00:43. | :00:45. | |
The would`be rugby world champions ` Wigan prepare for battle down under. | :00:46. | :00:59. | |
And the purple popster rocks up in Manchester ` fans have been queuing | :01:00. | :01:01. | |
all day. Legal moves to evict anti`fracking | :01:02. | :01:20. | |
protestors from their camp in Eccles have been put on hold. A court in | :01:21. | :01:23. | |
Manchester today adjourned the hearing until early March. For now, | :01:24. | :01:27. | |
the camp remains ` as do the protestors. They've accused the | :01:28. | :01:30. | |
police of adopting heavy handed tactics at Barton Moss. The police | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
deny that and say the cost of keeping order is rising by the day. | :01:34. | :01:39. | |
Today there were three more arrests. Here's our Chief Reporter, Dave | :01:40. | :01:43. | |
Guest. Policing Barton Moss hasn't come cheap. ?700,000 so far ` and | :01:44. | :01:50. | |
counting. There are deliveries to the site on four days each week And | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
when there are around 60 officers are deployed to ensure the wagons | :01:55. | :01:57. | |
can get through. Some protestors claim to be victims of police | :01:58. | :02:01. | |
brutality. The police say some protestors have been aggressive and | :02:02. | :02:06. | |
provocative. GMP have recorded 2 official complaints from protestors | :02:07. | :02:09. | |
` five of them apparently from one person. The force invited us to see | :02:10. | :02:27. | |
their officers in action today. Another day at the office for police | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
and protestors at Barton Moss. The police say they're here to | :02:32. | :02:33. | |
facilitate peaceful protest. The protestors have a different point of | :02:34. | :02:36. | |
view. They're aggressive. They force us up the lane and kick us in the | :02:37. | :02:43. | |
back of the legs. Knuckling you in the back. I'm a teacher so I'm down | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
more this week than usual. If you're expecting it to be brutal why have | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
you brought a baby? I'm not going to get involved. The internet is awash | :02:52. | :02:54. | |
with videos alleged to show police brutality at Barton Moss. The police | :02:55. | :02:58. | |
deny claims that they're routinely heavy handed with protestors. But | :02:59. | :03:02. | |
here, an officer is heard wrongly accusing a man of drink driving The | :03:03. | :03:09. | |
incident's now being investigated by GMP under supervision from the | :03:10. | :03:11. | |
Independent Police Complaints Commission. An 8am briefing from | :03:12. | :03:23. | |
officers responsible for maintaining order at Barton Moss today. Be | :03:24. | :03:30. | |
vigilant. How can you trespass on public land?! It's a public footbath | :03:31. | :03:46. | |
on public land! Eh?! `` footpath. If the protestors move, the police are | :03:47. | :03:52. | |
happy. If they don't, that's when an arrest would be made. Do you not | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
accept that the protestors have done anything to exasperate the | :03:58. | :04:07. | |
situation? No. They're exercising their human right. The police are | :04:08. | :04:16. | |
not behaving the way they normally do. They'd be pushing us. They're | :04:17. | :04:24. | |
saying you've changed your tactics because we're here? No. There are a | :04:25. | :04:37. | |
mixture of people here. We've got to recognise that. There are more | :04:38. | :04:42. | |
cameras here than on the red carpet at the Oscars. The protestors film | :04:43. | :04:45. | |
the police who film the protestors who film us. Eventually the two | :04:46. | :04:58. | |
trucks make it to the drilling site. Police and protestors disperse ` | :04:59. | :05:01. | |
both sides will reconvene again when the next convoy arrives. Joining us | :05:02. | :05:13. | |
now is Greater Manchester Police Assistant Chief Constable Ian | :05:14. | :05:24. | |
Wiggett. 22 complaints so far, a YouTube video of angry scenes on | :05:25. | :05:27. | |
site ` could GMP be handling this better? The majority of the | :05:28. | :05:40. | |
complaints are related to minor pushing and people being filmed in a | :05:41. | :05:43. | |
public place. There are some more serious complaints which we have | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
here and one in particular is being investigated. This is the case of | :05:50. | :05:57. | |
the man who was accused wrongly of drink`driving. That matter is under | :05:58. | :06:03. | |
investigation. We have lots of allegations made but in terms of | :06:04. | :06:07. | |
substantive complaints that have come forward, but evidence we can | :06:08. | :06:15. | |
investigate, it is a small number. We have been the now for 90 days. We | :06:16. | :06:26. | |
have 60 officers there at least It is a confined area. But are a lot of | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
people filming. The protesters are filming all the time. Some footage | :06:31. | :06:36. | |
is making its way online, particularly when it has been a | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
confrontation, but the mood does change from day to day. Your | :06:41. | :06:50. | |
officers are facing a volatile situation every day ` there are | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
bound to be some tempers flaring ` your officers only human... We | :06:54. | :06:58. | |
insist that the officers behave to higher standards. We review all of | :06:59. | :07:03. | |
the footage at the end of the day. `` the highest standards. Are any of | :07:04. | :07:18. | |
the officers still on site, the ones who are being investigated? We are | :07:19. | :07:24. | |
investigating certain matters. The officers who work regularly down | :07:25. | :07:32. | |
there. We are in a very difficult situation because you can see it as | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
a constrained site. We recognised that emotions run high. We apply a | :07:37. | :07:44. | |
fair degree of tolerance and we try our best to facilitate the process | :07:45. | :07:49. | |
but unfortunately there are some numbers down here who are intent of | :07:50. | :08:01. | |
people not carrying this out. What about a 15`year`old girl? That was | :08:02. | :08:09. | |
trespassed. Whether it is a child or an elderly woman, we have to deal | :08:10. | :08:20. | |
with the situation. `` trespass It is a situation we would prefer not | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
to be in. It has cost us a lot of money and is a drain on resources. | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
We are doing our best to try to get the balance correct. Thank you. | :08:30. | :08:37. | |
Two officers found guilty of negligence after a soldier from Bury | :08:38. | :08:41. | |
was shot and killed will be allowed to rejoin the army after winning | :08:42. | :08:43. | |
appeals. 21`year`old Fusilier James Wilkinson died when a malfunctioning | :08:44. | :08:46. | |
machine gun accidentally fired. Corporal Colin Bell and Staff | :08:47. | :08:49. | |
Sergeant Patrick Price had their army dismissal orders quashed and | :08:50. | :08:54. | |
their sentences cut. Four people have been arrested over | :08:55. | :08:57. | |
a robbery at a Salford care home while more than 50 residents and | :08:58. | :09:00. | |
staff were inside. It happened earlier this month at Pendleton | :09:01. | :09:03. | |
Court Nursing Home. The raiders fled with cash and jewellery. Police say | :09:04. | :09:06. | |
no`one was injured, but a number of people were distressed. | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
Manchester Airport is to have its own specialist anti`slavery team. | :09:12. | :09:14. | |
It's part of a Home Office plan to help spot potential human | :09:15. | :09:16. | |
trafficking victims and disrupt organised crime gangs. The team led | :09:17. | :09:20. | |
by Border Force, will start work later this year. | :09:21. | :09:26. | |
And the future of one of the Isle of Man's red phone boxes has been | :09:27. | :09:29. | |
secured ` after a local bank stepped in to fund it. The kiosk at | :09:30. | :09:33. | |
Cregneash was one of six on the island deemed unprofitable ` but it | :09:34. | :09:36. | |
will now be restored. 500 people have signed a petition for Manx | :09:37. | :09:42. | |
Telecom to keep the phone boxes A couple from Southport say they | :09:43. | :09:45. | |
face eviction after losing a court battle against housing benefit | :09:46. | :09:48. | |
changes. Charlotte Carmichael says she's unable to share a bedroom with | :09:49. | :09:51. | |
her husband because she's seriously ill. But under new rules his | :09:52. | :09:54. | |
bedroom's treated as a spare room and the couple face a cut in benefit | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
payments. An appeal against what critics call "the bedroom tax" was | :09:59. | :10:01. | |
turned down in the High Court today. Stuart Flinders reports. Anxious | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
moments for the Carmichaels. They were waiting to hear the result of | :10:07. | :10:09. | |
an appeal against housing benefit changes. It's caused so much stress. | :10:10. | :10:21. | |
My health is... I'm anxious all the time. The changes are supposed to | :10:22. | :10:24. | |
discourage couples from living in properties big enough to house | :10:25. | :10:28. | |
families on the waiting list. But the Carmichaels say they have no | :10:29. | :10:31. | |
choice. Charlotte has spina bifida and needs to use a special bed. | :10:32. | :10:36. | |
Campaigners went to court, claiming the changes penalise disabled | :10:37. | :10:38. | |
people, but a senior judge today found against them. The relevant | :10:39. | :10:43. | |
legal test for a successful challenge is whether the measures | :10:44. | :10:46. | |
are manifest without reasonable foundation. This stringent test is | :10:47. | :10:56. | |
not satisfied in these cases. The appeals are dismissed. We may be | :10:57. | :11:06. | |
evicted. There's no guarantee we'll be able to live here. It's put a lot | :11:07. | :11:15. | |
of stress on us. I've got medical problems. We're having to fight | :11:16. | :11:21. | |
this. It's not on. The Government says the old system was open to | :11:22. | :11:25. | |
abuse. Campaigners are seeing if they can now take their appeal to | :11:26. | :11:32. | |
Europe. She's been one of the region's most | :11:33. | :11:36. | |
distinctive and well known MPs. But Hazel Blears, the Labour MP for | :11:37. | :11:39. | |
Salford and Eccles, has decided to call it a day and step down at the | :11:40. | :11:43. | |
next general election. Elected in 1997, she reached cabinet before | :11:44. | :11:47. | |
imploding in the expenses scandal. Our political editor Arif Ansari has | :11:48. | :11:51. | |
been looking back on a memorable political career. Her first public | :11:52. | :11:58. | |
appearance was as a movie extra And there's always been a little bit of | :11:59. | :12:02. | |
showbiz about Hazel Blears. Now she's decided to leave the political | :12:03. | :12:12. | |
stage... The energy and passion she shows is fantastic. It is amazing to | :12:13. | :12:17. | |
see how she connects with local people. The grammar school girl from | :12:18. | :12:23. | |
Salford was first elected in the Blair landslide of 1997. She became | :12:24. | :12:26. | |
a minister, introducing the five`a`day healthy eating regime and | :12:27. | :12:28. | |
then Police Community Support Officers. Always loyal and usually | :12:29. | :12:32. | |
chirpy ` Tony Blair promoted her to cabinet as Party Chair. It didn t | :12:33. | :12:35. | |
stop her campaigning against her own government's plans to close | :12:36. | :12:37. | |
maternity services at Salford Royal. Gordon Brown promoted her again to | :12:38. | :12:40. | |
Communities Secretary. But they fell out spectacularly. She mocked his | :12:41. | :12:44. | |
"youtube if you want to" moment He called her expenses record "totally | :12:45. | :12:46. | |
unacceptable". I've sent a cheque to the same equivalent amount. What I | :12:47. | :12:52. | |
don't was in accordance with the rules. People are angry. Under | :12:53. | :12:59. | |
intense media pressure, she quit on the eve of European elections. | :13:00. | :13:02. | |
Labour campaigners were furious that she was "rocking the boat". She | :13:03. | :13:10. | |
resigned on the eve of the local elections, weeding a badge and it | :13:11. | :13:17. | |
was something she regretted later. `` wearing. But she campaigned hard | :13:18. | :13:27. | |
and won re`election with a 6,00 majority four years ago. She wasn't | :13:28. | :13:30. | |
wanted in Ed Miliband's new team. Instead she helped Salford recover | :13:31. | :13:33. | |
from the riots and ensured the BBC chose Salford Quays to base Media | :13:34. | :13:36. | |
City. But family life was becoming painful. It was the brutal diagnosis | :13:37. | :13:39. | |
we have about in relation to cancer sufferers but he did was happening | :13:40. | :13:42. | |
to the people I live with. Many will remember Hazel Blears for her | :13:43. | :13:45. | |
expenses. Others will recognise her total commitment to Salford and her | :13:46. | :13:54. | |
constituents. Now to the big fuss surrounding the | :13:55. | :13:56. | |
smallest of Lakeland properties Bridge House in Ambleside is | :13:57. | :14:00. | |
centuries old and The National Trust wants to put up a couple of | :14:01. | :14:03. | |
handrails to help visitors view it. But that has led to a flurry of | :14:04. | :14:07. | |
opposition from the local parish council. Peter Marshall reports | :14:08. | :14:18. | |
They believe it was built in the mid`1600. Built over 400 years ago, | :14:19. | :14:25. | |
once apparently home to a family of eight. The National Trust wants to | :14:26. | :14:29. | |
put in guardrails to stop people falling off. They aren't planning | :14:30. | :14:36. | |
massive changes. They just want to put guardrail Cor. Also a handrail. | :14:37. | :14:47. | |
The steps are quite steep but the idea hasn't gone down well with the | :14:48. | :14:51. | |
parish council. It wants the proposals blocked. It's an iconic | :14:52. | :14:58. | |
building, gifted in 1926. People photograph it. They don't like | :14:59. | :15:06. | |
change. It has been like that for years and years. Why would you | :15:07. | :15:17. | |
change? It's not about health and safety. It's about letting people | :15:18. | :15:25. | |
enjoy it. If they can't navigate the states then that is no use. `` the | :15:26. | :15:35. | |
steps. I think it's ridiculous. Unnecessary. You've got to be safe | :15:36. | :15:44. | |
if you're claiming up to the top so I don't think it would spoil it If | :15:45. | :15:52. | |
it was bright pink... The decision is likely to come down to the Lake | :15:53. | :15:58. | |
District National Park Authority. This debate could get lively. | :15:59. | :16:09. | |
Sport now, and some welcome news for Manchester United and for Wayne | :16:10. | :16:12. | |
Rooney's bank balance as well? Yes, he's agreed a new five`and`a`half | :16:13. | :16:15. | |
year contract worth up to ?300, 00 a week. That makes him the highest | :16:16. | :16:24. | |
paid player in the Premier League. It will raise eyebrows. Chelsea | :16:25. | :16:29. | |
tried to buy the England striker in the summer but David Moyes, and of | :16:30. | :16:32. | |
course this incredible deal, the most expensive in the club's | :16:33. | :16:35. | |
history, persuaded him to commit his future to United. The Reds play | :16:36. | :16:46. | |
Crystal Palace tomorrow. Curator has charged Manuel | :16:47. | :17:08. | |
Pellegrini with conflict. We lost against Barcelona and we were angry. | :17:09. | :17:20. | |
I apologise for what I said. Meanwhile, Everton have a tough | :17:21. | :17:23. | |
match at Chelsea but have no intention of giving up on that | :17:24. | :17:25. | |
crucial fourth Champions League place. Boss Roberto Martinez has | :17:26. | :17:29. | |
made a behind the scenes change He's appointed iconic Everton hero | :17:30. | :17:31. | |
Duncan Ferguson to first team coach. The former striker scored 72 goals | :17:32. | :17:35. | |
in 273 appearances and has spent the last two`and`a`half years as youth | :17:36. | :17:38. | |
coach. He's developing into an exciting coach. I think we need him | :17:39. | :17:42. | |
in the first team environment. He's an Evertonian. A great influence. | :17:43. | :17:50. | |
He'll be a big part of the staff in the first team from now till the end | :17:51. | :17:55. | |
of the season. Wigan Warriors fans have just a few | :17:56. | :18:00. | |
hours to wait to see if their team will be crowned the best club side | :18:01. | :18:03. | |
in the world. The Warriors are preparing to take on the Sydney | :18:04. | :18:06. | |
Roosters in an annual challenge that pits our title winners against the | :18:07. | :18:09. | |
Australian champions. And If Wigan do lift the trophy, they'll be the | :18:10. | :18:13. | |
first Super League side to do it down under. Wigan Warriors are on | :18:14. | :18:16. | |
the brink of history ` already double winners at home, they could | :18:17. | :18:20. | |
become the first Super League team to be crowned World Champions on | :18:21. | :18:31. | |
Australian soil. Victory would also make them the first team to lift the | :18:32. | :18:38. | |
title four times. The coach did that himself as a player in 1987. He | :18:39. | :18:42. | |
still views it as the pinnacle of his career. I want these players to | :18:43. | :18:49. | |
understand the importance. In 2 years, when they've finished, they | :18:50. | :18:52. | |
want to look back and know they ve created history. I understand the | :18:53. | :19:01. | |
challenge. They're a fantastic team but we'll make it a fantastic team. | :19:02. | :19:05. | |
Wigan were successful again in 991, and caused a big upset in beating | :19:06. | :19:09. | |
the Brisbane Broncos on their own patch in 1994. But the Warriors also | :19:10. | :19:17. | |
know what it's like to lose to the Ozzies, as they did three years ago. | :19:18. | :19:29. | |
It's a challenge. We understand Wigan won two titles last year. | :19:30. | :19:33. | |
Wigan won a warm up match comfortably against New Zealand | :19:34. | :19:39. | |
Warriors. They won't be lacking support either ` some fans have made | :19:40. | :19:41. | |
the ten`and`a`half`thousand mile journey to cheer them on. | :19:42. | :19:55. | |
And you can hear commentary of that match on BBC Five Live Extra with | :19:56. | :19:58. | |
build up starting at 9am tomorrow morning. | :19:59. | :20:12. | |
In the Winter Olympics in Sochi we have two competitors in this | :20:13. | :20:15. | |
weekend's events. Former Queen's Guardsman Lamin Deen from Manchester | :20:16. | :20:18. | |
is the pilot of the four man bobsleigh. The former Burnage High | :20:19. | :20:22. | |
School pupil David Ryding from Chorley who learned to ski on Pendle | :20:23. | :20:26. | |
dry ski slope and competed at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver is | :20:27. | :20:29. | |
competing in the slalom. You can see how they get on on BBC Two over the | :20:30. | :20:42. | |
weekend. Good luck to them. Now, in just ten minutes the doors | :20:43. | :20:46. | |
are going to open on one of the gigs of the year in Manchester. Pop | :20:47. | :20:50. | |
royalty's come to the city in the diminutive form of Prince. He's at | :20:51. | :20:56. | |
the Academy. Unsurprisingly, there have been queues forming there since | :20:57. | :20:59. | |
last night. Gill Dummigan's there now. You're a fan? I am! It is a few | :21:00. | :21:14. | |
minutes until the doors open. Prince has been here four times in | :21:15. | :21:32. | |
Manchester. Last time at the Apollo. Will the drizzle put you off? No! | :21:33. | :21:41. | |
He's been filling stadiums for more than 30 years ` last time he was in | :21:42. | :21:46. | |
the UK in 2007 it was for a 21 night tour of the huge 02 arena in London. | :21:47. | :21:50. | |
So when the artist currently known as Prince did this at Wednesday s | :21:51. | :21:53. | |
Brit awards... The result was inevitable. Sold out in 60 seconds. | :21:54. | :21:57. | |
With a face value of ?70, they were soon appearing on resale websites | :21:58. | :22:00. | |
for many times that. Then a rumour went around that a couple hundred of | :22:01. | :22:03. | |
tickets were going to be available and look what happened. I have come | :22:04. | :22:11. | |
from Aberdeen. This morning. It took seven hours. I came from Surrey | :22:12. | :22:19. | |
Those tickets go on sale at 7pm but in the meantime, the fans here have | :22:20. | :22:23. | |
worked out a numbering system to get them. We have been here since 1 pm. | :22:24. | :22:33. | |
We didn't really use the sleeping bag. We just stayed up. It was a | :22:34. | :22:41. | |
good atmosphere. I got here before 10pm last night. I have been a | :22:42. | :22:50. | |
Prince fan for 20 years. He puts a show one for you. `` on. Since the | :22:51. | :23:03. | |
late 70s, Prince has sold more than 80 million records worldwide. His | :23:04. | :23:10. | |
last UK top ten single was many years ago. He has the funk. An inner | :23:11. | :23:34. | |
Hendrix. He will deliver. There are a few people there who think it will | :23:35. | :23:38. | |
be a fantastic night. They have travelled a long way. We are from | :23:39. | :23:45. | |
Aberdeen. We set off at 1am this morning. What about you? Venice We | :23:46. | :24:08. | |
came here yesterday. What is it about Prince? Here is the greatest | :24:09. | :24:17. | |
musician in the world. The greatest artist. We love him. Thank you. 2000 | :24:18. | :24:28. | |
lucky people are here tonight. 000 more tomorrow. There are rumours of | :24:29. | :24:45. | |
more UK concerts. They are keen Tickets aren't cheap! Are you a fan? | :24:46. | :24:53. | |
I saw him many years ago! We are going to see some rain on | :24:54. | :25:14. | |
Sunday. With that in mind, parts of Cumbria and North Wales have issued | :25:15. | :25:21. | |
a yellow earlier let. The winds will be strong. This has been the story | :25:22. | :25:33. | |
of the day. Many places have managed to get away from the showers. There | :25:34. | :25:36. | |
was almost springlike sunshine in places. Over the last few hours the | :25:37. | :25:44. | |
showers have moved. I think we will see some more as we head through the | :25:45. | :25:47. | |
evening. If you are going out tonight you will probably see some | :25:48. | :25:55. | |
of them. The year is fairly cool. You're overnight temperatures are | :25:56. | :26:01. | |
not quite as cool as last eight We are looking at three or four | :26:02. | :26:05. | |
Celsius, perhaps a degree lower than that. Tomorrow, the morning is the | :26:06. | :26:16. | |
best part of the day. I think you will see good light of through that | :26:17. | :26:22. | |
period. The weather system starts to come towards us and we will see some | :26:23. | :26:27. | |
more showers eventually. They should be isolated and not too much of a | :26:28. | :26:32. | |
problem however. Towards the end of the day, the temperatures will be | :26:33. | :26:43. | |
seven or eight. Thank you. Just a word before we go about next | :26:44. | :26:47. | |
week, when we begin our coverage of the centenary of World War One here | :26:48. | :26:51. | |
on Northwest Tonight and on BBC local radio. All through the week | :26:52. | :26:54. | |
we'll be covering stories about the impact of the War here at home. I've | :26:55. | :26:58. | |
been filming over the last few weeks. There are some moving | :26:59. | :27:00. | |
stories. Those stories will be featured on your BBC local radio | :27:01. | :27:04. | |
breakfast shows on Monday morning at 8.15am. On my Radio Lancashire | :27:05. | :27:07. | |
breakfast show I'll have the story of the Butterworths minus four | :27:08. | :27:10. | |
brothers from Lancaster who all lost their lives in the war. `` the | :27:11. | :27:29. | |
Butterworths ` four brothers. We discuss a young couple. Remarkable. | :27:30. | :27:40. | |
That's it from us. Goodbye. | :27:41. | :27:46. |