:00:00. > 3:59:59hundreds of people after a South Korean ferry capsized.
:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from Good evening. Welcome to North West
:00:00. > :00:08.Tonight with Annabel Tiffin and Roger Johnson.
:00:09. > :00:11.Our top story: Life sentences for three men who gunned down a
:00:12. > :00:16.Liverpool businessman on the doorstep of his own home. The court
:00:17. > :00:20.heard the shooting bore the hallmarks of a gangland execution.
:00:21. > :00:23.Also tonight. Compensation for a woman who woke up
:00:24. > :00:34.from her anaesthetic as staff got ready to remove her appendix. Big
:00:35. > :00:42.Dave Blackburn Cathedral as final preparations are made for the visit
:00:43. > :00:46.of the Queen `` day for. And ` not just for jubilees. Bolton
:00:47. > :01:09.council considers if this should be the way schoolchildren start every
:01:10. > :01:13.day. A woman who woke up from an
:01:14. > :01:15.anaesthetic as hospital staff in Burnley prepared to remove her
:01:16. > :01:18.appendix has been given compensation by the NHS Trust involved. Alexandra
:01:19. > :01:21.Bythell suffered post traumatic stress disorder after waking
:01:22. > :01:23.paralysed and unable to alert staff. East Lancashire Hospitals Trust has
:01:24. > :01:27.apologised and says it's made changes to reduce the chance of it
:01:28. > :01:35.ever happening again. Naomi Cornwell reports:
:01:36. > :01:38.My throat starts a close. Alexandra Bythell has experienced nightmares
:01:39. > :01:41.and panic attacks since her experience at Burnley General. In
:01:42. > :01:43.2010 doctors decided to remove her appendix after she suffered
:01:44. > :01:47.abdominal pains. She remembers counting to ten as the anaesthetic
:01:48. > :01:57.was given to her, but then waking up too soon. I could hear people moving
:01:58. > :02:01.around me, but I couldn't move to tell them. I was starting to panic
:02:02. > :02:06.because I was trying to breathe and the air was going nowhere, said that
:02:07. > :02:10.point I was panic and I would die. The next thing I remember was a
:02:11. > :02:18.touch my stomach, and at that point I started to think they would cut me
:02:19. > :02:25.open. We know that a drug was given and she fell asleep. So she wasn't
:02:26. > :02:30.on the theatre table? It doesn't change the psychological impact.
:02:31. > :02:32.East Lancashire Hospitals Trust has admitted that Alexandra suffered
:02:33. > :02:35.anaesthetic awareness as she was being prepared for surgery after
:02:36. > :02:39.staff failed to check that a vaporiser machine had gas in it.
:02:40. > :02:42.It's now paid her compensation but neither party has revealed how much.
:02:43. > :02:47.I have lost a lot of money with the length of time off work, but I never
:02:48. > :02:55.know if I will relapse again. I never know how long I'll be off
:02:56. > :02:58.work. In a statement, the Trust told us: "we are very sorry for the
:02:59. > :03:02.distress experienced by Ms Bythell. We are pleased that a settlement has
:03:03. > :03:05.now been agreed and procedures have been put in place to reduce the
:03:06. > :03:16.chance of this happening again." Alexandra hopes no one goes through
:03:17. > :03:19.what she experienced. Scientists at Manchester University
:03:20. > :03:22.claim to have made a significant discovery which could help to stop
:03:23. > :03:24.the spread of prostate cancer. Researchers say they've found that
:03:25. > :03:27.cholesterol lowering statins drugs may help to stop cancer cells
:03:28. > :03:36.changing shape and invading bone marrow.
:03:37. > :03:42.We have a long way to go before we cure this problem. But, steps like
:03:43. > :03:47.this help us to unlock the process which is the key mechanism to the
:03:48. > :03:55.spread of cancer, and other cancers like breasts and kidney cancer.
:03:56. > :03:58.The former chairman of the Manchester`based Co`operative Bank,
:03:59. > :04:01.Paul Flowers, has been charged with possessing Class A and Class C
:04:02. > :04:03.drugs. He was arrested by West Yorkshire Police in Liverpool last
:04:04. > :04:07.year. The 63``year`old Methodist Minister, who stepped down from his
:04:08. > :04:13.position at the bank in June, will appear before magistrates next
:04:14. > :04:17.month. Friends and family have been paying
:04:18. > :04:20.tributes to a two`year`old girl who died in Blackpool. Kacey Hambleton
:04:21. > :04:23.died after suffering a number of serious injuries, at her home on
:04:24. > :04:26.Granby Avenue on Saturday. A 23`year` old man, who was charged
:04:27. > :04:31.with her murder, has been remanded in custody.
:04:32. > :04:34.Record numbers of people in the North West are relying on foodbanks.
:04:35. > :04:37.The Trussell Trust, the organisation which oversees them, says 138,000
:04:38. > :04:41.people needed help last year ` more than three times the previous 12
:04:42. > :04:48.months. The Government says the rise is because there's more awareness of
:04:49. > :04:52.the help they offer. Three men are beginning lengthy jail
:04:53. > :04:55.sentences tonight for shooting a man outside his own home in Liverpool.
:04:56. > :05:00.Jason Osu was ambushed as he arrived at his house in a smart suburb. Mr
:05:01. > :05:04.Osu died a few days later. And one of his killers then went on to carry
:05:05. > :05:07.out a number of other shootings ` and he attempted to murder another
:05:08. > :05:11.man. Our Chief Reporter, Dave Guest, is in Liverpool now. Dave. Yes, the
:05:12. > :05:14.killing of Jason Osu has been described as brutal. What no`one
:05:15. > :05:18.knows, as yet, is why it happened. Detectives say he had no criminal
:05:19. > :05:25.convictions ` but his murder had the hallmarks of a targeted killing. But
:05:26. > :05:28.they still have no clear idea as to why he was targeted, or whether, in
:05:29. > :05:35.fact, the bullets had been intended for someone else.
:05:36. > :05:38.Jason Osu was a trained pilot and father of two young children. He
:05:39. > :05:41.lived at this house in a comfortable suburb of Liverpool. But one night
:05:42. > :05:45.in November 2012 he was ambushed here by two gunmen. They waited
:05:46. > :05:48.until he opened the electronic gates and drove in before nipping in after
:05:49. > :05:56.him and unloading their guns into his car. It is a brutal killing. He
:05:57. > :06:00.arrives in his driveway and without warning is attacked. He had no
:06:01. > :06:04.opportunity to defend themselves and was killed in the most brutal
:06:05. > :06:07.fashion. We have not been able to establish the motive behind the
:06:08. > :06:10.murder. Taxi driver Paul Croxton, who's 21 and 29`year`old Thomas
:06:11. > :06:14.White, pulled the triggers. This CCTV shots Croxton in his cab
:06:15. > :06:22.circling Mr Osu's home in the days prior to the killing. Police say he
:06:23. > :06:24.was carrying out a recce. Mr Osu suffered serious injuries and died
:06:25. > :06:28.in hospital some days later. Following his death, Paul Croxton
:06:29. > :06:31.went on to carry out a number of shootings at addresses in Liverpool.
:06:32. > :06:37.He also attempted to kill another man. We were able to establish links
:06:38. > :06:45.in the area in March 2013, and that was followed by the attempted murder
:06:46. > :06:56.of an associate of Jason Osu on the 4th of April 2013. A third man,
:06:57. > :07:00.George McGovern, was also convicted on involvement in the killing of
:07:01. > :07:03.Jason Osu. He was jailed for a minimum of 26 years today. White
:07:04. > :07:06.will serve a minimum of 32 years and Croxton 30 years.
:07:07. > :07:08.The men who carried out the killing are behind bars tonight. What is
:07:09. > :07:15.known yet is who committed them to carry out that murder. The judge
:07:16. > :07:29.said it was a professional gangland execution. There was a sinister
:07:30. > :07:36.force behind it. Council boss criticised over a
:07:37. > :07:42.grooming case has brought a slander case against the court. He said
:07:43. > :07:46.among other things, don't send any more vulnerable children to others.
:07:47. > :07:54.Legislation around care homes is inadequate. Those who operate the
:07:55. > :07:58.homes in the borough said he hadn't mention their names but had
:07:59. > :08:03.blackened their reputation and cause them to lose business. Today, a
:08:04. > :08:14.judge dismissed a claim. I spoke to Councillor Lambert.
:08:15. > :08:17.Pleased because it is a judgment, a decision I though should never been
:08:18. > :08:20.taken by the care homes, but more importantly it is permission from
:08:21. > :08:23.the courts that politicians nationally can speak out for their
:08:24. > :08:26.communities. That is quite an important point, isn't it, that a
:08:27. > :08:30.public figure you feel should be able to speak out on a public issue
:08:31. > :08:33.without fear of being sued by a private company? Absolutely. We have
:08:34. > :08:38.a duty for our residents with the safety of our children. I must be
:08:39. > :08:42.free to express an opinion. The public want that. They want leaders
:08:43. > :08:56.who will lead. The judge agreed that in fact what you said was opinion
:08:57. > :09:00.and not declamatory. `` to family . However, this has caused, it has
:09:01. > :09:04.cost a lot of money. It has taken a lot of the council's time. Is it
:09:05. > :09:08.something you would do again? I think we have to speak out. If we
:09:09. > :09:11.have to lead as politicians, both for our boroughs and communities, we
:09:12. > :09:15.have to make the statements and give opinion. That is the job of a
:09:16. > :09:18.politician. This came in light of the Rochdale grooming case. A lot of
:09:19. > :09:21.the girls weren't in private care homes. They were known to social
:09:22. > :09:24.services. The issue which I've campaigned vigorously on for a
:09:25. > :09:27.number of years is that the care system of children who are
:09:28. > :09:33.vulnerable in UK fails. I've asked several times for a national enquiry
:09:34. > :09:36.and that has to happen. But all children must be cared for, and what
:09:37. > :09:41.is responsible is that as a child moves into an area, as a local
:09:42. > :09:44.authority we have to be part of that plan. We have to ensure their needs
:09:45. > :09:48.are met and their medical needs and their schooling needs are met. Have
:09:49. > :09:51.things improved? Is there better liaison between the private care
:09:52. > :09:56.homes and authorities? In Rochdale we have a care home forum. Which has
:09:57. > :10:02.helped. I feel the Government needs to do much more. I said that when
:10:03. > :10:06.Labour were in power, I say it now. Put children first, get that
:10:07. > :10:16.legislation right. We have to put the children's vulnerability first.
:10:17. > :10:22.That was Councillor Lambert speaking to me earlier on.
:10:23. > :10:25.Mudasir Dean is a councillor in Bolton. His grandfather came over
:10:26. > :10:29.from India in the 1920s ` the first Asian to settle in the town, proud
:10:30. > :10:32.of Britain and Bolton. But his grandson says not enough is being
:10:33. > :10:36.done to instil a sense of patriotism in today's children. He wants
:10:37. > :10:39.schools to fly the Union flag and sing the national anthem every day.
:10:40. > :10:47.The council will vote on the issue this evening. Our political editor
:10:48. > :10:52.Arif Ansari reports. There's no shortage of enthusiasm
:10:53. > :11:07.given the right celebration. But should children being doing this
:11:08. > :11:09.every day? Yes, says the Bolton councillor inspired by his
:11:10. > :11:14.grandfather, the first Indian immigrant to settle in Bolton in the
:11:15. > :11:20.1920s. My grandfather was a proud British man. When people come here
:11:21. > :11:26.they don't adopt a sense of Britishness and I feel it is our own
:11:27. > :11:29.fault. They've got the idea in nearby Westhoughton. St George's
:11:30. > :11:32.Primary School doesn't just have the name but the flag too. But local
:11:33. > :11:41.people would not necessarily go further. I am very patriotic. I
:11:42. > :11:45.don't think they should. Bolton Town Hall flies the union flag. But while
:11:46. > :11:51.Labour says it's not opposed to the idea, schools should decide for
:11:52. > :11:58.patriotism, show the cliffs on the patriotism, show the cliffs on the
:11:59. > :12:03.Olympics again. Show those pictures, with all the
:12:04. > :12:05.celebrations. That inspires more people into sports, into being
:12:06. > :12:09.British than ever seeing a flag, which sadly is flying in the rain
:12:10. > :12:36.most days. want to, but I think it might not be
:12:37. > :12:42.everyone's cup of tea. Councillors will decide how much singing
:12:43. > :12:50.Bolton's children should do. So, what do you think? Should we be
:12:51. > :12:54.more like the USA in this respect? You see lots of slides outside
:12:55. > :14:20.buildings in America. We aren't like that here. Send
:14:21. > :14:23.the flaws, they have painted the ceiling is, everything they can. ``
:14:24. > :14:26.floors. It's an exciting mix of serenity `
:14:27. > :14:30.and vigorous preparation. Blackburn Cathedral will be more than ready
:14:31. > :14:33.for its first ever visit by Her Majesty The Queen. I think there are
:14:34. > :14:37.probably just two cathedrals she hasn't visited in her reign, and we
:14:38. > :14:42.are very fortunate to have her here tomorrow. For the best part of 50
:14:43. > :14:46.years Marian Kitchin has kept the cathedral laundry clean ` she's one
:14:47. > :14:53.of the 176 women and men who'll receive the honour of Maundy money.
:14:54. > :14:58.I'm so excited, really. I don't think I will sleep very much
:14:59. > :15:03.tonight. This morning I was awake before the birds started to sing. It
:15:04. > :15:07.was still dark and I keep thinking about it. It is so very exciting.
:15:08. > :15:10.When he was a young choirister, Alec Stuttard was supposed to sing at the
:15:11. > :15:19.Queen's coronation in 1953 ` but he contracted laryngitis and missed
:15:20. > :15:23.out. So being chosen to receive Maundy money was special. I burst
:15:24. > :15:27.into tears actually. I haven't been waiting 61 years for it but it does
:15:28. > :15:35.feel like a consolation. A great consolation. For the young members
:15:36. > :15:41.of the cathedral choir ` it's a time of excited anticipation. It will be
:15:42. > :15:46.amazing to get the chance to sing in front of the monarch. It is an
:15:47. > :15:57.amazing opportunity. I will sing and see what happens. You will get it
:15:58. > :16:01.right, won't you? I hope I get it right. The cathedral's former
:16:02. > :16:05.director of music will also receive Maundy money. I was very excited
:16:06. > :16:08.because I first saw her when I was a student at the Royal College of
:16:09. > :16:10.Music many years ago when she was Princess Elizabeth and she was
:16:11. > :16:20.absently stunning. Tomorrow's service starts at 11am.
:16:21. > :16:31.Shone in me down is Christopher Armstrong. `` joining me now. It has
:16:32. > :16:36.been a steady run through at this point and the team here, together
:16:37. > :16:43.with our partners, have been fantastic. Has its own kin? Not
:16:44. > :16:48.quite. I think it has on the High Street. People are so excited. It is
:16:49. > :17:02.the first occasion and Monica has been here. Who decides who will get
:17:03. > :17:11.the Maundy money? `` monarch. We said at this process with excellent
:17:12. > :17:17.people pursuing a network `` set up, so we could find the right
:17:18. > :17:24.people who've done wonderful work in their communities. The Queen treats
:17:25. > :17:29.it as special, doesn't she? Yes. This is important for her. It is the
:17:30. > :17:37.only thing she is doing that day in the region, so when she has finished
:17:38. > :17:45.here she will go back home. She goes back to honour someone, didn't she?
:17:46. > :17:51.Yes. It had its roots in the Gospels, where Jesus washed the feet
:17:52. > :18:06.of the disciples. Thank you very much. Have a great day. .
:18:07. > :18:08.Sport, and the race for the Premier League title continues tonight with
:18:09. > :18:12.Manchester City hosting Sunderland in a rerun of the Capital One Cup
:18:13. > :18:15.final. Everton are also in action, hoping to retake fourth place from
:18:16. > :18:19.Arsenal. Stuart Pollitt is at the Etihad Stadium for us and, if you
:18:20. > :18:25.want to earn big money, that's the place to go Stuart? It has been
:18:26. > :18:29.revealed that the players of Manchester City get the most money
:18:30. > :18:36.in the world. I would think it was a lovely weather that attracts them to
:18:37. > :18:40.come here, but it seems wages is the big part. There has been a new
:18:41. > :18:48.survey which puts their average first`team wages at 5.3 million
:18:49. > :18:53.pounds a year. That is more than any American team. It is plenty more
:18:54. > :18:58.than Manchester United, whose average is ?4.3 million. But that
:18:59. > :19:06.spending could cause problems for City couldn't it? Yes, because of
:19:07. > :19:19.financial fair play. Are rules which say clubs should break even `` these
:19:20. > :19:28.are. They could face punishment. The manager said he was more worried
:19:29. > :19:37.about the match tonight. It is important to have an opinion on
:19:38. > :19:42.that. It is important for the club. A big game per Manchester City
:19:43. > :19:45.tonight and a big one for Everton. They have seven straight wins.
:19:46. > :19:51.Arsenal moved ahead of them last night, but just a point tonight will
:19:52. > :19:59.move Everton back into that crucial fourth spot, but they do need a win.
:20:00. > :20:06.Roberto Martinez is in bullish mood. I am very excited. We have broken
:20:07. > :20:11.the highest points tally in the history of the Premier League, and
:20:12. > :20:15.as a club that is a great achievement. I expect a great
:20:16. > :20:23.welcome tonight and from that point on it has to be a real focus on the
:20:24. > :20:27.tough job in hand. Now, it's a huge bank holiday
:20:28. > :20:30.weekend of rugby league with the big derby between St Helens and Wigan at
:20:31. > :20:34.Langtree Park on Friday. One man who's played in more derbies than
:20:35. > :20:37.most is a man who's now played more Super League games than any other
:20:38. > :20:41.player, Saints skipper Paul Wellens. I caught up with the record breaker
:20:42. > :20:44.earlier today. Five challenge cups, four grand
:20:45. > :20:50.finals and a record 414 Super League appearances. And still no ego, no
:20:51. > :21:04.agent and nowhere else Paul Wellens wants to play. Has had only been St
:21:05. > :21:13.Helens for you? Since I was born. Since I was in the first team. This
:21:14. > :21:18.is a place I call home. He has never been one to talk himself up. He is
:21:19. > :21:22.outstanding. He is up there with one of the best players I have played
:21:23. > :21:26.with. Paul's spent 17 seasons at Saints. Some of those he started
:21:27. > :21:35.with are now in the club's Hall of Fame. Chris was the club captain.
:21:36. > :21:40.They may put my picture up here when I retire. Retirement's not in his
:21:41. > :21:48.mind, especially with Saints flying high after an unbeaten start to the
:21:49. > :21:53.season. How does this current team ranked alongside those you are
:21:54. > :21:57.played with? We are talking about potential to stop it is the ability
:21:58. > :22:02.to retrieve great things. When I was a young player I was given the
:22:03. > :22:06.opportunity to come through. I want to give that to the young players
:22:07. > :22:12.here. They mention games they were watching when I was involved. They
:22:13. > :22:20.were only nine or ten years old. It is quite surreal. No one is calling
:22:21. > :22:24.you Grandad? Not quite. They do poke fun occasionally. But with his
:22:25. > :22:32.skills as sharp as ever, it's Paul who's having the last laugh. I don't
:22:33. > :22:34.think I've ever met a more modest sportsmen.
:22:35. > :22:37.And finally this evening, the Women's Super League season kicks
:22:38. > :22:43.off tonight with Everton away to Birmingham. Good luck to them. And
:22:44. > :22:46.we'll have more on that league tomorrow when city's ladies team
:22:47. > :22:50.make their debut away to defending champions Liverpool. Will we see the
:22:51. > :22:57.two clubs battling for the Premier League title also fighting it out
:22:58. > :23:05.for the women's honours? We reckon Manchester City's players
:23:06. > :23:20.get ?200,000 a week, so they have earned ?50 while you have been
:23:21. > :23:24.speaking. Whether it's pulling the plug or flushing the loo, our waste
:23:25. > :23:28.water has to be dealt with. Last night a six part documentary began
:23:29. > :23:34.on BBC Two which follows the ups and downs of life working for north west
:23:35. > :23:37.water company United Utilities. Watermen included a look at how the
:23:38. > :23:40.company coped with last summer's heatwave and followed Adrian Booth
:23:41. > :23:52.whose job it is to unblock sewers. Our Environment Correspondent Judy
:23:53. > :23:55.Hobson reports. Getting clean water can be a dirty
:23:56. > :23:58.business. And no one knows that better than Adrian Booth from
:23:59. > :24:03.Blackburn, who featured in last night's documentary. You go home in
:24:04. > :24:08.such states sometimes, smelling, depending on what you've been doing.
:24:09. > :24:12.Last week my wife made me get changed into my underpants in the
:24:13. > :24:15.front garden before she even let me in to the house. A BBC film team
:24:16. > :24:20.followed a handful of United Utilities workers throughout last
:24:21. > :24:24.summer. So what was it like having a camera looking over your shoulder?
:24:25. > :24:27.At times I found it a little bit intrusive, because you have a
:24:28. > :24:33.realisation, which kicks in, that you put yourself out there to be
:24:34. > :24:37.either liked of disliked. That is not just by the public but by
:24:38. > :24:40.colleagues as well. The six`part series is intended be an eye opener
:24:41. > :24:47.into the working lives of those at the front line of the water
:24:48. > :24:52.industry. And this is the man who made the decision to let the cameras
:24:53. > :24:56.in. I think it was a good decision. Sometimes I think a company this
:24:57. > :25:00.size will be seen as a faceless business, but this is a chance to
:25:01. > :25:04.open the doors and let the viewers in to see what it is really like to
:25:05. > :25:08.work at United Utilities. It is a warts and all documentary, and I am
:25:09. > :25:11.proud to work for a company that has that level of faith in its
:25:12. > :25:23.employees. Adrian features in five of the six episodes. It is strange.
:25:24. > :25:29.I have been recognised already. The series continues next Tuesday 9pm on
:25:30. > :25:36.BBC Two. I love programmes like that. Let's
:25:37. > :25:42.get a look at the weather. I love programmes like that. Let's
:25:43. > :25:47.get a It was a glorious day today. We had plenty of sunshine. We saw
:25:48. > :25:54.temperatures close to 17 Celsius in Merseyside. I think tomorrow it will
:25:55. > :26:01.be disappointing, with temperatures down to 13 Celsius. Hopefully more
:26:02. > :26:07.sunshine on the weekend. We are expecting some rain on Sunday. It is
:26:08. > :26:11.quite a nice evening out there. There are still some sunshine to
:26:12. > :26:15.have. We keep the clear conditions overnight thread time, but as we
:26:16. > :26:28.head into Dawn McLeod edges its swaying and possibly some rain `` as
:26:29. > :26:35.we head into Dawn, the cloud edges. For tomorrow, a bit disappointing.
:26:36. > :26:40.We will see some patchy rain I suspect. The cloud will dub in the
:26:41. > :26:46.morning and that rain is on and off. It won't be particularly heavy. We
:26:47. > :26:52.have a bit of a westerly breeze as well. I think we will see some
:26:53. > :26:57.sunshine much later on in the afternoon as the cloud drops south.
:26:58. > :27:01.Highs of 12 Celsius tomorrow. Similar temperatures on Friday, but
:27:02. > :27:11.bright day. Similar on Saturday and expect rain on Sunday. We were
:27:12. > :27:16.talking about the singing of the national anthem in schools. Joe has
:27:17. > :27:21.been in touch and said I am all for it. Then said we should be paid
:27:22. > :27:33.erotic but the idea sounds too American for his liking. ``
:27:34. > :27:41.patriotic. Charlotte e`mailed to say she find it difficult enough to fit
:27:42. > :27:43.everything in her timetable. Thank you for watching. Have a good
:27:44. > :27:48.night.