:00:00. > :00:12.there's a first look at the papers over on the BBC News Channel,
:00:13. > :00:17.Good evening. The Royal Livdrpool Hospital has defended the c`re it
:00:18. > :00:21.provides at weekends after ` BBC survey revealed that it has 7% of
:00:22. > :00:26.doctors in the hospital on ` weekend compared to a weekday. The figures
:00:27. > :00:29.were obtained by the BBC Radio consumer programme You and Xours.
:00:30. > :00:32.But the Royal Liverpool says it s confident that it provides ` safe
:00:33. > :00:39.service at weekends. Andy Ghll reports.
:00:40. > :00:47.A surgery ward at the Royal Liverpool today. The progralme asked
:00:48. > :00:52.a number of acute hospitals how many doctors were on site on Wednesday in
:00:53. > :00:58.December, and they then ask family doctors one site the followhng
:00:59. > :01:03.Saturday and Sunday. In England it was 16% of the weekday figure. For
:01:04. > :01:07.the world of, it was 7%. But doctors here say having that of doctors
:01:08. > :01:16.on`site doesn't mean that p`tients should be worried. We are m`jor
:01:17. > :01:19.teaching hospital. We have ` lot of training staff and academics during
:01:20. > :01:30.the week who don't provide hands`on clinic contact. So the percdntage
:01:31. > :01:40.appears low at the weekend. You and Yours said that the figures showed
:01:41. > :01:46.that there were far fewer doctors are weekend, but the hospit`l said
:01:47. > :01:50.that the mortality rate was the same stop there are a lot of consultants
:01:51. > :01:55.who come in to see their patients when they are not on call. H would
:01:56. > :01:58.like to try to formalise th`t level of professionalism to ensurd that
:01:59. > :02:03.patients that access to the diagnostics that they need `
:02:04. > :02:07.weekend. But other doctors say that will cost. If we want to ch`nge the
:02:08. > :02:12.health service completely and have a singing and dancing service, equal
:02:13. > :02:18.on Wednesday and Sunday, fine, but that will need an enormous dxtra
:02:19. > :02:21.input of staff. They say having more doctors at weekends would only make
:02:22. > :02:24.a difference if you also had more nurses, more porters and more lab
:02:25. > :02:27.technicians. 13 retired or serving policd
:02:28. > :02:29.officers have been identifidd as suspects in the ongoing
:02:30. > :02:32.investigation into the Hillsborough disaster, it's been confirmdd by the
:02:33. > :02:36.Independent Police Complaints Commission. The IPCC says 10 of
:02:37. > :02:39.these had already been interviewed under caution relating to a range of
:02:40. > :02:46.offences including manslaughter and perverting the course of justice.
:02:47. > :02:49.A man and woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the
:02:50. > :02:54.death of a 13`month`old boy in Preston. Emergency services were
:02:55. > :02:57.called to reports that the child wasn't breathing at an addrdss on
:02:58. > :03:01.Church Street. He died later in hospital. Police say they'rd
:03:02. > :03:05.treating his death as unexplained. Tributes have been paid to three
:03:06. > :03:07.people from Rochdale killed in a car crash in Norfolk. Jeffrey H`in, who
:03:08. > :03:12.was 66 and from Rochdale, died in the collision
:03:13. > :03:15.along with his wife Marion who was 69 and their 36`year`old son
:03:16. > :03:22.Christopher. They were involved in a collision with a lorry near King's
:03:23. > :03:27.Lynn yesterday. A special church service will be held this Stnday. A
:03:28. > :03:32.lot of friends have been rallying round and speaking to each other,
:03:33. > :03:40.and everyone is devastated. We always used to go out tonight.
:03:41. > :03:44.That's all I can say, basic`lly I am just so sad. Such a shock.
:03:45. > :03:48.Passengers have been promisdd improved services as Northern Rail
:03:49. > :03:51.has been granted an extension to its franchise. Under the deal, Northern
:03:52. > :03:54.Rail will carry on running trains across the north of England until
:03:55. > :03:56.February 2016. The company's been told it has to meet tough ndw
:03:57. > :03:59.targets. Police on Merseyside have sdized and
:04:00. > :04:02.destroyed dozens of dogs from dangerous breeds in the first
:04:03. > :04:06.operation of its kind in thd country. They were the pets of
:04:07. > :04:09.owners who'd been given leg`l approval to keep them. But those
:04:10. > :04:12.same owners had failed to mdet the conditions they'd previouslx agreed
:04:13. > :04:15.with a court. Today, the force mounted an operation to deal with
:04:16. > :04:24.the dogs and their irresponsible owners. Mark Edwardson reports.
:04:25. > :04:31.On Merseyside, 247 people are exempted under the dangerous dogs
:04:32. > :04:35.act and can legally own a d`ngerous breed. But 130 of those havd failed
:04:36. > :04:42.to comply with conditions, hncluding not renewing insurance. 22 dogs were
:04:43. > :04:46.seized today and destroyed. We visit those addresses, and if there are
:04:47. > :04:50.other breaches, and one of the animals today was guarding `
:04:51. > :04:55.cannabis factory. In recent years, three people have died after being
:04:56. > :05:00.attacked by dogs on Merseyshde. In 2007, it was five`year`old Dllie
:05:01. > :05:05.Lawrence, and a year later, four`year old John Paul Massey. Both
:05:06. > :05:11.were killed by dogs banned `nd the dangerous dogs act. Last ye`r, this
:05:12. > :05:13.man was killed by two dogs not classified as dangerous unddr the
:05:14. > :05:21.act. His brother has welcomdd the operation. Ten out of ten for
:05:22. > :05:27.Merseyside police. They havd taken it on themselves to do this. Show
:05:28. > :05:33.all the rest of the country up. It is getting too much. Dangerous
:05:34. > :05:37.breeds are often used by organised criminals is status symbol `nd
:05:38. > :05:42.security. Today, police werd giving them serious attention. Merseyside
:05:43. > :05:49.police told me that once word about today's Reds got out, quite a few
:05:50. > :05:52.owners who had been in breach of their conditions, they went out and
:05:53. > :05:55.got things like insurance. And finally Manchester Unitdd greats
:05:56. > :05:58.the Neville brothers, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Nicky Butt h`ve
:05:59. > :06:02.clubbed together to buy Salford City FC, subject to FA and Leagud
:06:03. > :06:05.approval. The deal for the club who play in the Evo`Stik League Division
:06:06. > :06:09.One North, is due to be completed later in the summer.
:06:10. > :06:15.That's it from me. Here's Dhanne with
:06:16. > :07:37.weather. Now the national forecast with Nick Miller.
:07:38. > :07:45.Hello, as winter becomes spring the atmosphere contains more energy
:07:46. > :07:49.Hello, as winter becomes spring the conditions are right, you get
:07:50. > :07:54.thunder storms. There have been some today. Bob took this picture near
:07:55. > :07:59.London this afternoon. The spring flowers will appreciate the re turn
:08:00. > :08:05.return of warmth. Until then big showers to come, pushing in across
:08:06. > :08:06.south-west England - some hail and thunder. Sleet and snow