:00:00. > :00:00.soon. That is all from the BBC News at Six, goodbye from me. On BBC One
:00:00. > :00:17.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and
:00:18. > :00:32.Annabel Tiffin. Our top story. The family of Lee Rigby give us reaction
:00:33. > :00:42.to today's sentence for his killers. Also tonight: Fears for thousands of
:00:43. > :00:45.jobs in the North West after the Manchester`based coop announces
:00:46. > :00:48.record losses and a restructure I've been looking at the role the
:00:49. > :00:51.region's women played in World War One. And a golden ticket to the
:00:52. > :00:54.Oscars this weekend for two film`makers from Manchester. The men
:00:55. > :00:59.who murdered soldier Lee Rigby were jailed for life today ` but life
:01:00. > :01:02.will mean life for only one of them. Michael Adebolajo was told he will
:01:03. > :01:07.serve a whole life tariff ` that means he'll never be released. His
:01:08. > :01:10.accomplice Michael Adebowale will serve at least 45 years before
:01:11. > :01:16.there's any chance of him being considered for parole. Shortly after
:01:17. > :01:20.the sentences were announced, Lee's uncle said he pitied the murderers
:01:21. > :01:23.adding: "Lee will be remembered as the martyr and not these two
:01:24. > :01:26.murderers". Meanwhile, in Fusilier Rigby's home town of Middleton,
:01:27. > :01:29.there are calls for a lasting memorial to the murdered soldier.
:01:30. > :01:38.Our Chief Reporter, Dave Guest, was there today. A few years back Lee
:01:39. > :01:50.Rigby was a student in this classroom at Hopwood Hall College in
:01:51. > :01:53.Middleton. It was here that the teenager fine`tuned his plans to
:01:54. > :01:58.join the Army. This is Hopwood's Uniformed Public Services Course.
:01:59. > :02:10.He's remembered here with fondness. He was dedicated and hard`working.
:02:11. > :02:13.In the aftermath of Lee's brutal murder there were outpourings of
:02:14. > :02:16.support for Lee's grieving family ` a family thrust into the media
:02:17. > :02:20.spotlight. Today that family were in the spotlight again as they arrived
:02:21. > :02:22.at the Old Bailey in London to discover what punishment Lee's
:02:23. > :02:25.killers would face. The sentencing of Michael Adebowale and Michael
:02:26. > :02:32.Adebolajo had been delayed amid discussion of whether whole life
:02:33. > :02:37.sentences were legal. The judges decided they were. And today Michael
:02:38. > :02:41.Adebalajo was handed one. His accomplice Michael Adebawale will
:02:42. > :02:48.serve at least 45 years. A police officer spoke outside the court on
:02:49. > :02:51.behalf of the family. We would like to thank the court for handing down
:02:52. > :03:00.of what they believe the right prison terms. Back in Middleton a
:03:01. > :03:06.sense that justice had been done. We will be here to offer help and
:03:07. > :03:29.support and just to be here. This bench has a plaque attached with a
:03:30. > :03:35.dedication to temper on. Lee Rigby. It would be nice to name something
:03:36. > :03:43.after them. There are a number of options the council are looking at.
:03:44. > :03:48.So it seems Lee Rigby won't ever be forgotten here. Dave Guest, BBC
:03:49. > :03:52.Northwest Tonight, Middleton. Just before we came on air, I spoke to
:03:53. > :03:56.Lee Rigby's Uncle Ray Dutton. He's a Councillor at Rochdale Town Hall. I
:03:57. > :04:00.started by asking him for his reaction to today's sentences. It is
:04:01. > :04:07.one of relief, actually. The family is looking for closure and we have
:04:08. > :04:13.waited four months for the sentencing and we are happy with
:04:14. > :04:22.that now. What feelings do you have towards the two men who killed Lee
:04:23. > :04:32.Rigby? It is mainly petty and they have time to reflect on what they
:04:33. > :04:40.have done. Lee will be remembered as the martyr, not those two. What do
:04:41. > :04:48.you think of calls for the death penalty? I am personally against it
:04:49. > :04:55.so I am pleased these people will serve the rest of lies jail behind
:04:56. > :05:16.bars. They took Lee's life and know they have lost the lawn. `` their
:05:17. > :05:22.own. However you coping? It has been very difficult and it has affected
:05:23. > :05:29.the whole family as it has affected the whole nation but I believe the
:05:30. > :05:40.nation has been grieving with us. How open can you be with Lee's young
:05:41. > :05:50.son? Thankfully he was too young to understand what was going on. TV
:05:51. > :05:56.clips and newspaper clips will be held for him and hopefully later he
:05:57. > :06:09.will come to some understanding and have some good memories of his dad.
:06:10. > :06:12.There are fears tonight over the future of thousands of jobs in the
:06:13. > :06:16.North West at the Manchester`based Co`op group after it was revealed it
:06:17. > :06:27.plans to sell off large parts of its business. Annabel has more. The
:06:28. > :06:30.Co`op is a company which has its roots firmly in the North West,
:06:31. > :06:34.formed 170 years ago in Rochdale. 3000 people work at the headquarters
:06:35. > :06:37.in Manchester, and the group employs around ten thousand across the North
:06:38. > :06:41.West. Today's business is a sprawling operation. It has
:06:42. > :06:45.supermarkets, farms, pharmacies funeral homes and, of course,
:06:46. > :06:49.financial services. And it is its losses within the banking arm which
:06:50. > :06:52.are being blamed for its current situation, as it looks to off`load
:06:53. > :06:57.parts of its business. The group is expected to announce record losses
:06:58. > :07:00.of ?2 billion for 2013. It needs to save ?500 million over the next four
:07:01. > :07:04.years, which means as well as selling it's farms and pharmacies,
:07:05. > :07:12.many jobs could be under threat at head office where we join Mark
:07:13. > :07:24.Edwardson now. Behind me is the modern and new Co`op headquarters in
:07:25. > :07:28.Manchester. A statement of faith in the future. But behind its glass and
:07:29. > :07:32.steel facade things are not going nearly as well as anyone, especially
:07:33. > :07:39.its staff and loyal customers, would like. The Co`op's Manchester
:07:40. > :07:43.headquarters ,lit by the afternoon sunshine... The business was built
:07:44. > :07:45.on its core values set out during the founding of the Co`operative
:07:46. > :07:51.movement in 19th`century Rochdale. Values cherished by its customers in
:07:52. > :07:54.times of peace and war. Its place of the fabric of the region told
:07:55. > :07:58.explained at the People's History museum in Manchester. It was founded
:07:59. > :08:08.on democratic membership and women could vote ever got the vote in
:08:09. > :08:19.parliament. Also the way it did business and the principles of
:08:20. > :08:26.equality. Despite years of prosperity, Co`operative Group is in
:08:27. > :08:29.deep financial trouble. The beloved dividend could become a museum piece
:08:30. > :08:32.under proposals to drop it and replace it with lower prices in
:08:33. > :08:41.shops. And there are other possible casualties. Many of the pharmacies
:08:42. > :08:45.that it owns could be sold. These have come under pressure as the
:08:46. > :08:49.National Health Service tries to save money on prescriptions. Staff
:08:50. > :08:55.today told us they're still in the dark about their futures. I have not
:08:56. > :09:07.heard much about it so I cannot comment on it. It is being urged to
:09:08. > :09:12.stick to its core principles. I think it has a unique proposition
:09:13. > :09:21.that it can make ear to the public that other retailers do not have.
:09:22. > :09:37.The Co`op's future could be sealed as early as next month. Mark
:09:38. > :09:41.Edwardson, BBC North West Tonight. The crunch meeting that will decide
:09:42. > :09:45.the future will take place on the 26th of next month. But it will be
:09:46. > :09:52.years before we know if the expected restructuring of Co`op will pay
:09:53. > :09:55.dividends. More than 1000 jobs are set to be created in Liverpool,
:09:56. > :09:58.through a ?16`million project to help businesses expand. The City
:09:59. > :10:01.Council has successfully bid for almost ?8 million of European
:10:02. > :10:03.funding, which will be matched by private sector money and public
:10:04. > :10:07.funding. Nearly 1200 small businesses will be supported by the
:10:08. > :10:08.new scheme, which will run until October 2015. Hillsborough
:10:09. > :10:11.campaigners have described as "disgraceful", claims that tickets
:10:12. > :10:14.for the 25th Anniversary Memorial Service were sold for profit by
:10:15. > :10:17.touts outside Anfield. The tickets for next month's event are free `
:10:18. > :10:21.but it's believed a handful were disguised as match day tickets ` and
:10:22. > :10:25.sold for as much as ?100 each. Children were given a lesson in how
:10:26. > :10:28.not to spell when council contractors painted this road sign
:10:29. > :10:30.outside a school in Chester. The markings outside Highfield Community
:10:31. > :10:33.Primary School in Blacon was meant to read "clear" but instead read
:10:34. > :10:43."claer". The sign was corrected this morning for free. A survivor of an
:10:44. > :10:46.arson attack in Altrincham that killed her mother and teenage
:10:47. > :10:49.brother has been giving a dramatic account of what happened to an
:10:50. > :10:52.inquest. David Potts broke into his former girlfriend's house in the
:10:53. > :10:55.middle of the night and began pouring petrol over the floor and
:10:56. > :10:58.himself. The inquest in Stockport heard of the violent struggle to
:10:59. > :11:00.prevent him igniting the fuel before they were engulfed
:11:01. > :11:06.Cailin Van Straaten and a brother who was four at the time were the
:11:07. > :11:09.only survivors of the fire. Today, she gave a vivid account of what
:11:10. > :11:12.happened the night her mother's former boyfriend, David Potts, took
:11:13. > :11:23.a taxi to her home carrying canisters of petrol. It was
:11:24. > :11:32.September 2011. She woke early to the sound of a loud bang. David
:11:33. > :11:41.Potts had broken into the house He calmly poured petrol on the floor
:11:42. > :11:47.below. Her brother went to reach a hammer to stop them. As they
:11:48. > :11:53.wrestled with them, he took his lighter and engulf them all in
:11:54. > :12:03.flames. Tracy Jones and her 15`year`old son, Shaun, died along
:12:04. > :12:06.with David Potts. A month before the fire, social workers came to the
:12:07. > :12:10.house to warn Tracy Jones that Potts was a danger to her children. 3 `
:12:11. > :12:14.years`old, he was a heavy drinker and drug abuser. He had a history of
:12:15. > :12:17.mental illness and had had a child by an underage girl in Lancashire.
:12:18. > :12:20.Tracy Jones ended their relationship, but he couldn't accept
:12:21. > :12:23.it. Her daughter told the inquest today he was "creepy" and aggressive
:12:24. > :12:25.and had already hurt the four`year`old. Her mother, she said,
:12:26. > :12:29.was "submissive." She was frightened of Potts. The inquest is expected to
:12:30. > :12:32.continue its investigation into what happened here for some weeks yet.
:12:33. > :12:36.Stuart Flinders, BBC North West Tonight, Altrincham.
:12:37. > :12:42.Still to come on North West Tonight. We take a look at what this year
:12:43. > :13:01.holds for Sale Sharks star Mark Cueto. What would you do if you were
:13:02. > :13:10.a God? The short film which has propelled two Manchester film`makers
:13:11. > :13:13.to the Oscars. All this week we re marking the 100th anniversary of
:13:14. > :13:20.World War One with a look at how the war affected life here in the North
:13:21. > :13:24.West. Tonight, we're looking at the Cunard Shell Works, one of the many
:13:25. > :13:27.munitions factories that sprung up around the region. It was built by
:13:28. > :13:30.the great Liverpool`based shipping line, and as I've been finding out,
:13:31. > :13:41.it was the first heavy munitions factory to employ women. Is the
:13:42. > :13:49.magnificent Cunard Building in Liverpool. In 1918, there was a
:13:50. > :13:56.magnificent party here. But they were not celebrating the glamour of
:13:57. > :13:58.transatlantic liners. They were celebrating the success of a much
:13:59. > :14:07.more grim and legal business that take place a few miles away on the
:14:08. > :14:12.Dock Road. The war that was going to be all over by Christmas had, by
:14:13. > :14:34.1915 settled in to an appalling war of attrition. Expect a like Cunard
:14:35. > :14:45.`` expertee companies like Cunard were drafted in. This is all that is
:14:46. > :14:51.left of the munitions works. With men away, all the workers were
:14:52. > :15:02.women. The solution was female labour. They decided that they were
:15:03. > :15:08.capable of doing the whole operation with women. It was the first
:15:09. > :15:15.munitions factory in the country to employ entirely female labour. This
:15:16. > :15:32.radical move was replicated across the country and noted in a letter to
:15:33. > :15:37.Galbraith from his staff. It goes on to say that he demonstrated to the
:15:38. > :15:44.Hall engineering community of Great Britain what could be done. Life in
:15:45. > :15:53.the factory was caught in a remarkable series of pictures caught
:15:54. > :15:57.by Cunard. The serenity of the scenes is a strange contrast to the
:15:58. > :16:14.devastation that the shells would produce. They had their on magazine
:16:15. > :16:33.and there on musicians. `` their own musicians. It might not have led to
:16:34. > :16:43.a sense of the title meant `` entitlement but no women could see
:16:44. > :16:54.that their work was appreciated `` now women could see that their work
:16:55. > :16:57.was appreciated. And don't forget your BBC local radio station has a
:16:58. > :17:01.different World War One at Home story every morning at this week at
:17:02. > :17:37.8.15. It's a series made in partnership with Imperial War
:17:38. > :17:39.Museums. Sport now, and Richard A performance by Manchester United in
:17:40. > :17:43.the Champions League that David Moyes described as the worst his
:17:44. > :17:46.team has played in Europe? Yes, someone said it was the worst
:17:47. > :17:49.performance in Greece since Shane Ritchie played Danny Zuko in the
:17:50. > :17:51.musical. No laughing matter for United fans of course. Two`zero
:17:52. > :17:55.against Olympiakos who the Greek champions, but let's face it aren't
:17:56. > :17:58.at the level of Bayern Munich or Barcelona. United would have
:17:59. > :18:01.expected at least a draw and now progressing into the quarter finals
:18:02. > :18:04.becomes very tricky in the return at Old Trafford in three weeks' time.
:18:05. > :18:08.The Greeks scored once in either half. This second goal was the
:18:09. > :18:12.killer. David De Gea unable to keep it out and at the other end United
:18:13. > :18:15.didn't create enough and when they did couldn't make it count. This
:18:16. > :18:19.chance fell to the right man Robin Van Persie, but the Dutchman smashed
:18:20. > :18:23.it the wrong side of the bar. Some of the back pages will have made for
:18:24. > :18:26.very unpleasant reading for David Moyes, and Robin Van Persie's quotes
:18:27. > :18:29.after the game might not have pleased him either? No, the Dutchman
:18:30. > :18:33.said various things ` that his team`mates are often in the area he
:18:34. > :18:37.wants to play in, that as a result he has to change the way he plays,
:18:38. > :18:41.that the build`up was too slow. All sorts of problems for David Moyes to
:18:42. > :18:44.address before the next match against West Brom a week on
:18:45. > :18:47.Saturday. In last night's Football League action Preston North End
:18:48. > :18:49.dropped two points at home to Rotherham who scored an 89 minute
:18:50. > :18:53.equalizer. It finished three`three in a thrilling game at Deepdale Joe
:18:54. > :18:57.Garner thought his 18th goal of the season had won it for North End who
:18:58. > :19:00.were left frustrated by just a point and are six points from the
:19:01. > :19:02.automatic promotion places. After narrowly avoiding relegation last
:19:03. > :19:06.season it's been a completely different campaign so far for Sale
:19:07. > :19:09.Sharks. The Sharks are looking up at the top six this time rather than
:19:10. > :19:12.worrying about the battle of the bottom. Some things don't change,
:19:13. > :19:16.though. Mark Cueto remains a key part of the team and he's still
:19:17. > :19:20.breaking records. He has proved himself time and again for club and
:19:21. > :19:40.country. He is a great team man and the enthusiasm is all was there ``
:19:41. > :19:54.the enthusiasm is always there. His career has seen him break on record
:19:55. > :20:03.after the other. `` one record after another. People talk about my
:20:04. > :20:13.loyalty to the club but they have been loyal to me as well. They have
:20:14. > :20:18.always stood by me. He has changed his mind about calling time on his
:20:19. > :20:25.playing days so good though still be time to make it 100 tries in the top
:20:26. > :20:35.division? If I can get to ten this year, 100 is in sight but we will
:20:36. > :20:46.wait and see. If he stays free from injury, a magic century of scores
:20:47. > :20:49.might not be the surprise. Thousands of people are expected to line the
:20:50. > :20:55.streets of Preston for the civic funeral of Sir Tom Finney tomorrow.
:20:56. > :21:09.A legend for England and Preston North End, Sir Tom died at the age
:21:10. > :21:12.of 91, 12 days ago. Many famous faces from the world of football
:21:13. > :21:16.will be among the 600 invited guests at Preston Minster. But the only way
:21:17. > :21:20.for the general public to watch Sir Tom's funeral service is on a big
:21:21. > :21:23.screen at Preston North End. It s ticket only, and tickets can be
:21:24. > :21:26.obtained from the club. The roads around Deepdale will be closed
:21:27. > :21:29.tomorrow morning and the funeral cortege will leave Deepdale at
:21:30. > :21:32.12.15. It will then move along Sir Tom Finney Way, Deepdale Road, and
:21:33. > :21:35.Ringway, before arriving at Tithebarn Street at around 12.4 ,
:21:36. > :21:39.where it will be joined by a mounted police escort. A few minutes later
:21:40. > :21:42.it will arrive at Preston Guildhall, where it will be met by the Preston
:21:43. > :21:46.and District Veterans Association. It should arrive at Preston Minster
:21:47. > :21:49.on Church Street at around 12.5 . Church Street will be closed to both
:21:50. > :21:53.traffic and pedestrians throughout the service. The service itself is
:21:54. > :21:57.due to start at one o'clock, and will be followed by a private
:21:58. > :22:01.burial. If you'd like to sign the Books of Condolences which have been
:22:02. > :22:05.opened for Sir Tom, you can do that at Preston Town Hall or the Harris
:22:06. > :22:13.Museum until 6.30 tomorrow evening. It will be an emotional occasion.
:22:14. > :22:34.Tomorrow night we will be live from Preston at 6:30pm. It was shot over
:22:35. > :22:37.three days in Manchester and its stars acted for free, but now the
:22:38. > :22:41.British film The Voorman Problem, could win an Oscar. It was made by
:22:42. > :22:45.Baldwin Li and Mark Gill who got in touch with Kevin Spacey to see if he
:22:46. > :22:54.could lend them a hand. Colin Paterson's been finding out. We shot
:22:55. > :23:11.the opening scenes at Strangeways prison. On Sunday, they will join
:23:12. > :23:43.Hollywood stars at the Academy Awards. The film stars Tom Hollander
:23:44. > :24:04.and Martin Freeman.. I did some work as a cameraman. I worked on classic
:24:05. > :24:27.Dr Who DVDs. What will they say if they win? Not a bad problem for the
:24:28. > :24:35.boys from the The Voorman Problem. And now the weather.
:24:36. > :24:46.We had a perfect day. But last night lines of showers worked their way
:24:47. > :24:55.across Lancashire and some of them were fairly heavy. You will have
:24:56. > :25:01.noticed the wind biting through the day. The sun made a massive
:25:02. > :25:18.difference but if you were exposed to that when it has felt very raw.
:25:19. > :25:23.`` exposed to that wind. You can see some of the rain will be fairly
:25:24. > :25:34.heavy and there could be sleet and snow. It is a narrow band so it does
:25:35. > :25:41.not last too long. By four o'clock five o'clock in the morning it will
:25:42. > :25:53.have gone from the Isle of Man. By about seven o'clock it may be over
:25:54. > :25:58.the Pennines. If you get a couple of hours of clear weather temperatures
:25:59. > :26:03.will not fall too far and will be about five degrees of six degrees
:26:04. > :26:11.from many places. Tomorrow it will be scattered showers and patchy
:26:12. > :26:14.cloud. The showers will be more evenly distributed tomorrow and
:26:15. > :26:29.hopefully that will not be too many of them. That Breeze continues to be
:26:30. > :26:43.fairly brisk and the more southern parts may see showers as they head
:26:44. > :26:48.towards the time. `` as they head towards tea`time. A yellow alert has
:26:49. > :27:13.been issued by the Met Office. We have added a new viewer as we
:27:14. > :27:23.have been on a. A grand daughter for Dave Guest. Goodbye.