:00:00. > 3:59:59at night. There is frost on the way. Thank you very much. Goodbye from
:00:00. > :00:09.me. And Good evening. Welcome to NorthWest
:00:10. > :00:11.Tonight with Roger Johnson and Annabel Tiffin.
:00:12. > :00:14.Our top story. Calls for a government inquiry after
:00:15. > :00:17.claims a Merseyside Hospital stopped a surgeon raising concerns about
:00:18. > :00:20.patient safety. Alder Hey has denied any
:00:21. > :00:24.mistreatment of whistle blowers. Also tonight. The huge search
:00:25. > :00:28.underway in the Lake District for a Lancashire pensioner last seen
:00:29. > :00:32.walking with his dog. Back on track. Sale's Danny Cipriani
:00:33. > :00:34.talks about his troubled past and his longing to play for England once
:00:35. > :00:43.more. Loud and proud. Lancashire boasts
:00:44. > :00:54.the Army's first professional brass band. But is conducting it child's
:00:55. > :00:56.play? I was scared at first, but when you
:00:57. > :01:11.get the hang of it, it's quite nice. Senior members of staff at Alder Hey
:01:12. > :01:14.Hospital gagged a surgeon when he tried to raise concerns about
:01:15. > :01:18.patient safety. That's the claim from a group of doctors today
:01:19. > :01:22.calling on the government to lead a judicial inquiry in to how the Trust
:01:23. > :01:26.treats whistle`blowers. Shiban Ahmed has not fully returned
:01:27. > :01:33.to work since he was suspended in 2009. Alder Hey denies he has in any
:01:34. > :01:36.way been mistreated for whistle`blowing, and says their
:01:37. > :01:39.staff are encouraged to raise their concerns. Here's our Health
:01:40. > :01:44.Correspondent Nina Warhurst. It has been a centre of excellence
:01:45. > :01:49.for generations. One that the North West is proud of. So reports earlier
:01:50. > :01:59.this year staff at Hey buckling under pressure `` at Alder Hey
:02:00. > :02:07.buckling under pressure came as a shock to many. But not this man. He
:02:08. > :02:12.says his career was ruined when he tried to report shortcomings when he
:02:13. > :02:21.worked as a surgeon in 2008 at Alder Hey. 48 hours after escalating
:02:22. > :02:25.concerns, Shiban Ahmed found himself at the centre of allegations and
:02:26. > :02:29.investigations. Senior members of staff said his mental health needed
:02:30. > :02:36.to be looked at. He was suspended and ordered to have a site electric
:02:37. > :02:47.assessment. `` a psychiatric assessment. That assessment found
:02:48. > :02:53.that he was not unwell. But now the government is being asked for an
:02:54. > :02:57.independent, judge led enquiry. He has been referred and just before a
:02:58. > :03:01.psychiatric assessment when he was well, he has been excluded from a
:03:02. > :03:06.profession that he trained many years to do and that he loved. It is
:03:07. > :03:19.a great loss to the NHS that he is not working. Alder Hey said...
:03:20. > :03:28.But this man worked at Alder Hey when Tim what `` when Shiban Ahmed
:03:29. > :03:32.was suspended and said it discouraged others from coming
:03:33. > :03:36.forward. People will shrug their shoulders and have a certain amount
:03:37. > :03:40.of disbelief that this could go on. If I had not lived through it
:03:41. > :03:49.myself, I would find it remarkable. The government has pledged an end to
:03:50. > :04:00.the practice of gagging whistle`blowers. Well, Nina joins us
:04:01. > :04:07.now. Nina, this surgeon has felt wronged for almost five years, what
:04:08. > :04:10.will happen now? First of all it is important to
:04:11. > :04:16.acknowledge that a lot of excellent care goes on at Alder Hey. But when
:04:17. > :04:20.you make allegations about gagging and whistle`blowers, it has to go to
:04:21. > :04:25.an independent enquiry. I asked the Department of Health what they think
:04:26. > :04:32.about this. They said that NHS staff who have the courage and integrity
:04:33. > :04:36.to speak out must be protected. They will decide in the next two weeks
:04:37. > :04:49.whether Shiban Ahmed will get a judicial enquiry.
:04:50. > :04:52.Thank you. Two men who escaped from a prison
:04:53. > :04:56.van in Salford and the gang who helped them have been jailed for a
:04:57. > :04:59.total of 103 years. 32`year`old Stevie McMullen and Ryan McDonald,
:05:00. > :05:02.who's 20, were on their way to court last April when the van was
:05:03. > :05:06.ambushed. McDonald was sentenced to 21 years and McMullen 25 years. Ten
:05:07. > :05:09.men and three women helped the pair escape and stay on the run.
:05:10. > :05:12.Today, we have seen significant sentences handed down by the court.
:05:13. > :05:17.Sentences totalling over 100 years. It sends out a powerful message that
:05:18. > :05:25.anyone who becomes involved in this type of crime will be dealt with
:05:26. > :05:29.extremely harshly by the courts. A search is continuing tonight in a
:05:30. > :05:32.Cumbrian estuary after a Preston man disappeared while out walking his
:05:33. > :05:35.dog. 76`year`old John Alan was last seen at Ravenglass early yesterday.
:05:36. > :05:37.Police fear he may have got into trouble trying to rescue his pet.
:05:38. > :05:41.Peter Marshall reports. For the second day in a row search
:05:42. > :05:44.teams have been scouring Ravenglass estuary for any sign of the missing
:05:45. > :05:46.76`year`old. Emergency services were first alerted to John Allen's
:05:47. > :05:52.disappearance at nine o'clock yesterday morning. Building workers
:05:53. > :05:57.nearby had seen someone in the estuary. He was swimming through the
:05:58. > :06:01.water and then they couldn't see him so they came down onto the beach to
:06:02. > :06:05.try and see if they could find him and they couldn't see him. His dog
:06:06. > :06:10.was howling in distress on the other side and that was the point they
:06:11. > :06:12.decided to call the police. At the height of the subsequent
:06:13. > :06:15.search, around 100 people were involved, rescue helicopters and
:06:16. > :06:21.teams including divers in search boats.
:06:22. > :06:26.For a small seaside village that only sees a few tourists a day to
:06:27. > :06:36.have so many police cars and so many fire engines, it was quite chaotic.
:06:37. > :06:40.Police say they do not believe Mr Alan would have deliberately gone
:06:41. > :06:44.for a swim in the estuary. Rather they think he may have been trying
:06:45. > :06:48.to help his dog out of the water. The dog made it to shore but there
:06:49. > :06:52.still has been no sign of Mr Alan. Rescue workers are hoping that low
:06:53. > :06:55.tide will help their search. We can see in all the gullies and all the
:06:56. > :06:59.little hidden areas that you cannot see when the tide is in.
:07:00. > :07:02.The search teams are battleing against strong currents. They say
:07:03. > :07:11.they will do everything they can for as long as it takes.
:07:12. > :07:13.14 breast care patients at a Lancashire hospital have been
:07:14. > :07:17.recalled after problems with a machine used for taking biopsies.
:07:18. > :07:19.The records of 117 patients at Ormskirk and District General
:07:20. > :07:32.Hospital have been reviewed. Hospital bosses have apologised and
:07:33. > :07:35.say the risk to patients is low. A leading child abuse lawyer is
:07:36. > :07:38.calling for an independent inquiry into alleged abuse by Jimmy Savile
:07:39. > :07:41.at a children's home in Manchester. Broome House in Didsbury is already
:07:42. > :07:44.being investigated by Manchester City Council ` the local authority
:07:45. > :07:53.which ran in. But solicitor Peter Garsden says there could be a
:07:54. > :07:57.conflict of interest. Police in Greater Manchester have
:07:58. > :08:00.released CCTV of the moment a cyclist was deliberately knocked
:08:01. > :08:03.from his bike in Hyde. The victim suffered injuries to his back, leg
:08:04. > :08:10.and arm in the crash, which happened on Saturday afternoon.
:08:11. > :08:14.A mother has told the Hillsborough Inquests that her son would have
:08:15. > :08:17.been alive today if she hadn't given him a Liverpool season ticket as a
:08:18. > :08:20.birthday present. Keith McGrath died in the disaster in 1989.
:08:21. > :08:24.His mother paid tribute to him on the final day family statements were
:08:25. > :08:25.red to the jury sitting in Warrington. From the court, Stuart
:08:26. > :08:29.Flinders reports. Keith McGrath was, according to his
:08:30. > :08:32.mother, a walking encyclopaedia when it came to sport. A Liverpool season
:08:33. > :08:37.ticket seemed to be an ideal present for his 17th birthday. But the
:08:38. > :08:44.choice of gift has haunted his mother, Mary Corrigan, ever since.
:08:45. > :08:49.All these years I have been seeing if we had not got him that ticket,
:08:50. > :08:57.he would be home safe today. I note that is not true. But it is they are
:08:58. > :09:00.at the back of my mind. Hers was one of six statements red
:09:01. > :09:03.to the court today. In another, Brian Matthews' sisters described
:09:04. > :09:07.him as a man of integrity, who should have been safe when he went
:09:08. > :09:11.to that match on that fateful day. Peter Tootle had been to his first
:09:12. > :09:14.match when he was just 18 months old. His family told the court his
:09:15. > :09:19.first word was Liverpool. Ian Glover had ordered flowers for his mother,
:09:20. > :09:24.Theresa's birthday. They arrived two days after his death at
:09:25. > :09:27.Hillsborough. Handsome and funny, a loveable
:09:28. > :09:30.rogue, that, the inquest was told, was Steven Robinson. And then there
:09:31. > :09:37.was Peter Burkett, celebrating New Year 1989. His stepmother Anne, here
:09:38. > :09:40.on the right, recalled how he kissed his girlfriend, telling her it would
:09:41. > :09:48.be a special year. It was the year of Hillsborough, the year Peter died
:09:49. > :09:52.along with one of his best friends. Today sees the end of the first
:09:53. > :09:57.phase of the inquests, an opportunity for families to paint a
:09:58. > :10:01.portrait of those they lost. Most of them are not used to public
:10:02. > :10:06.speaking, and many of them were nervous. But all agreed on the
:10:07. > :10:12.importance of revealing the individuals behind that figure of
:10:13. > :10:19.96. People just refer to them as the 96. But now they are 96 faces, 96
:10:20. > :10:22.personalities. The inquests have now been adjourned for three weeks. When
:10:23. > :10:25.the jury returns it will begin to consider what went wrong at
:10:26. > :10:33.Hillsborough and why 96 people died. Stuart Flinders, BBC North West
:10:34. > :10:46.Tonight, Warrington. And we have heard all those 96
:10:47. > :10:49.tributes. The death of a young father whose
:10:50. > :10:53.body was found in a reservoir near Oldham two months ago is now being
:10:54. > :10:56.treated as murder. Before he went missing from his home in Failsworth,
:10:57. > :10:59.Craig Wilcox told friends he believed he was in danger.
:11:00. > :11:01.His family say he was a very generous man and they're devastated
:11:02. > :11:04.by his loss. It's a serene and tranquil spot just
:11:05. > :11:08.outside Oldham. But Dovestone Reservoir is at the centre of a
:11:09. > :11:11.murder mystery. Craig Wilcox's body was pulled from the water at
:11:12. > :11:14.Dovestone two months ago. Today, the police confirmed his death is now
:11:15. > :11:17.being treated as murder. As we progressed the investigation, the
:11:18. > :11:21.more information we have found, the more concern we have had over the
:11:22. > :11:24.death of Craig. We have done further tests to try and precisely define
:11:25. > :11:28.the cause of death. Our concerns come from the fact that Craig had no
:11:29. > :11:33.suicidal thoughts at all, no history of self harm, he was a
:11:34. > :11:37.happy`go`lucky character. Craig Wilcox was a much loved son and
:11:38. > :11:43.father. His dad described him as generous and said he had a great
:11:44. > :11:46.sense of humour. Is there any reason to suggest that
:11:47. > :11:49.Craig might have been fearful of someone? Yes, we have had some
:11:50. > :11:56.information that would suggest that some lads were after him. As yet,
:11:57. > :12:00.it's a mystery exactly what happened to Craig between January six, the
:12:01. > :12:05.last time he was seen, and February 24, the day his body was pulled out
:12:06. > :12:09.of the reservoir here. The police are keen to piece together exactly
:12:10. > :12:16.where he went, who he met and how he came to be in the water. A lot of
:12:17. > :12:20.people visit this site. People may have seen something suspicious. And
:12:21. > :12:30.that something could just be the clue that helps the police solve
:12:31. > :12:38.this mystery. Still to come tonight. I on the
:12:39. > :12:42.prize. Danny Cipriani talks about his hopes of an England recall. It's
:12:43. > :12:48.something I have always thought about.
:12:49. > :12:55.And hitting the right note. The Army's first brass band plays for
:12:56. > :13:09.its harshest critics. As you probably know, we are a
:13:10. > :13:13.rapidly ageing population. But with so many of us living much longer,
:13:14. > :13:16.how well equipped is the world around us to deal with the
:13:17. > :13:18.particular needs of people as they get older?
:13:19. > :13:21.Well, the city of Manchester has been named as Britain's first
:13:22. > :13:24.age`friendly city by the World Health Organisation. It was given
:13:25. > :13:26.the accolade after making small, but important changes to transport,
:13:27. > :13:29.housing and social care. Graham Satchell reports.
:13:30. > :13:32.Manchester. It's a vibrant city with a young population. Perhaps
:13:33. > :13:38.surprisingly, it is the first age friendly city in the UK. You've got
:13:39. > :13:44.to have eyes all over the place really. The only way you can get
:13:45. > :13:48.across here is taking a chance. Tommy is 81 and in the centre of
:13:49. > :13:52.town, he is struggling to cross the road. It's frightening. You take
:13:53. > :13:59.your life in your hands. Very, very risky. Very, very risky. So as the
:14:00. > :14:05.population ages, how do you adapt cities to make them age friendly?
:14:06. > :14:12.Tommy took us to his part of Manchester, Withington. In the
:14:13. > :14:15.butchers, a chair. That chair, if you have been walking about
:14:16. > :14:21.shopping, it's nice to have a sit down. At the bus stop, side panels
:14:22. > :14:26.have been pot in to protect against the rain. It was cold stood here, so
:14:27. > :14:32.it's important to have these panels. But in the scheme of things, it
:14:33. > :14:36.scratches the surface, really. It may not look much, but Manchester
:14:37. > :14:39.has been listening to people like Tommy and making small changes to
:14:40. > :14:45.transport, housing and social care, taking account of older people in
:14:46. > :14:48.every policy decision they make. Manchester is leading the way in its
:14:49. > :14:56.thinking, its planning for a world with more and more older people.
:14:57. > :15:07.Good for Manchester. We are all getting older,
:15:08. > :15:11.apparently. Sport now, and Manchester City will
:15:12. > :15:14.have to decide whether to accept a settlement with UEFA for breaching
:15:15. > :15:17.financial fair play rules or to try to negotiate a less severe
:15:18. > :15:20.punishment. City are one of around 20 clubs who've failed to keep
:15:21. > :15:23.within strict rules on spending. The measures could range from fines, to
:15:24. > :15:36.squad restrictions in the Champions League.
:15:37. > :15:39.He was once regarded as the rising star of English Rugby Union. The
:15:40. > :15:42.game's tough tackling pin`up boy. But a celebrity lifestyle and a
:15:43. > :15:46.string of front page headlines threatened to undermine his talent.
:15:47. > :15:49.Now Danny Cipriani is patiently rebuilding his career. He's been a
:15:50. > :15:53.mainstay of Sale Sharks success this season. He's kept himself well out
:15:54. > :15:56.of the limelight. And he's now on the verge of an England return.
:15:57. > :16:07.Something I asked him earlier if he's now focussed on. It's something
:16:08. > :16:10.that I've thought about. It's the reason why, if you're English and
:16:11. > :16:15.you play rugby it's what you want to do. I had to do myself justice in
:16:16. > :16:19.terms of putting myself in the best place in terms of putting my hand
:16:20. > :16:22.up. It was a conscious effort at the end of last season to make sure I
:16:23. > :16:27.did that. I've been pretty pleased with how it has gone. Just give us
:16:28. > :16:30.an insight into what it's like as a young man, a successful young man,
:16:31. > :16:33.the good`looking, wealthy... Talking about you! You do all the things
:16:34. > :16:37.that other young guys do, but you find yourself on the front page of
:16:38. > :16:42.the paper. It is difficult at times. People try and say you... I'm not
:16:43. > :16:46.living my life differently too much to how I was before. It's just
:16:47. > :16:50.making a conscious effort in terms of training and diet and things like
:16:51. > :16:53.that. It takes a long time to get used to that, to making sure you
:16:54. > :16:57.cool your own meals and things like that. You're not hell`raising any
:16:58. > :17:03.more? No different to anyone else really. I guess I just have to carry
:17:04. > :17:07.more responsibility in how I behave because it's part of growing up.
:17:08. > :17:10.There's a time when you think to yourself it doesn't matter, why is
:17:11. > :17:14.everyone talking aboutme and you just want to live your life and, if
:17:15. > :17:22.anything, you do become a bit more rebellious. But I'm 26 now, or 25
:17:23. > :17:29.now... I'll look it up! Stick with 25. I'm enjoying my rugby again.
:17:30. > :17:34.This club has really helped me get back on track in that way. No one
:17:35. > :17:38.can ever teach you how to be a role model and you just have to live your
:17:39. > :17:44.life in a certain way and by being 25, I've learnt. The World Cup, you
:17:45. > :17:49.are 25`ish, is this realistically your last chance now to burst into
:17:50. > :17:55.the England frame with a view to the World Cup next year? For the World
:17:56. > :17:59.Cup, it is a good time to start to try to get back into the squad. But
:18:00. > :18:02.I do have two games left this year. Particularly this one on Saturday
:18:03. > :18:05.against Leicester where, as a team, we want to pot a performance on for
:18:06. > :18:09.the boys leaving because they've been playing at this club for five
:18:10. > :18:12.or six years. After that, perhaps we can talk and discuss that and
:18:13. > :18:15.hopefully my form has been consistent throughout the season to
:18:16. > :18:21.warrant a place. Thank you for talking to us. No worries.
:18:22. > :18:47.And you did look at out. He is 26. But who is not
:18:48. > :18:50.films and dramas, has come to the north west to film its latest
:18:51. > :18:52.production. It's the first time Disney has filmed a series outside
:18:53. > :18:56.the US. Evermore will be broadcast around
:18:57. > :18:59.the world on the Disney US channel. It's being produced by a local
:19:00. > :19:04.company and its setting is Arley Hall in Cheshire. Judy Hobson
:19:05. > :19:13.reports. For this peak only, Arley Hall has
:19:14. > :19:19.become the setting of Disney's latest drama. It is the story of
:19:20. > :21:03.Tara who has been brought over to Evermore.
:21:04. > :21:19.Tara who has been brought over to Disney magic, we can do without. ``
:21:20. > :21:26.with that. The Army now has its first brass
:21:27. > :21:29.band. The Band of King's Division based in at the Weeton Barracks in
:21:30. > :21:33.Lancashire had a mixture of woodwind, percussion and brass but
:21:34. > :21:37.now it has been reformed as a brass band, the first in the country.
:21:38. > :21:40.They only got together a few days ago, and already they've had to face
:21:41. > :21:42.their fiercest critics ` their own children at the school next door.
:21:43. > :21:45.Nazia Mogra reports. This is the first time the Army was
:21:46. > :21:48.Mike brass band has played together in public and what better place
:21:49. > :21:53.around the school next door? It was really, really, really loud and it
:21:54. > :22:02.was funny. I liked the way they hit the drum. I felt like dancing. How
:22:03. > :22:07.did it feel to be the conductor? I was scared at first, but once I got
:22:08. > :22:18.the hang of it, it was quite nice stop to have your own band, it feels
:22:19. > :22:26.good. These kids here know these musicians really well. They are
:22:27. > :22:33.their parents. Henry's dad is leading the band.
:22:34. > :22:40.It's nice to see them smiling. It's not often we get to see their dad
:22:41. > :22:50.working. It was very emotional, to see the pride on your child's face.
:22:51. > :22:55.It is a nice feeling. Children are the harshest critics. So what did
:22:56. > :23:08.they'd score them out of ten? Nine. 1000. Seven. I must've got something
:23:09. > :23:12.wrong, didn't get a ten. The band's next performance is in
:23:13. > :23:16.Wales. I don't think anything will ever compared to playing in front of
:23:17. > :23:32.their sons and daughters. How cool is that. You own children
:23:33. > :23:36.are always the harshest critics. Will the sunshine continue?
:23:37. > :23:46.Good evening. On the higher ground, beautiful sunshine. Everywhere else
:23:47. > :23:56.blanketed in cloud. Mist and fog will be the next problem for us.
:23:57. > :24:01.Some change for the end of the week. The mild air is being pushed out and
:24:02. > :24:08.cooler conditions coming on Thursday and Friday. But it will settle down
:24:09. > :24:12.again for the bank holiday weekend. If you have got the sunshine, and
:24:13. > :24:18.West is their best, the more you hang onto that for the next hour or
:24:19. > :24:35.so. But everywhere else is seeing cloud". `` cloud" encroach. The
:24:36. > :24:39.temperatures look good again first thing in the morning. Seven or eight
:24:40. > :24:48.degrees. Those are minimum temperatures. Tomorrow, visibility
:24:49. > :24:53.will be up problem. Cloud cover will be sovereign. It will take some time
:24:54. > :25:01.for it to go, and temperatures will start to rise. A few showers
:25:02. > :25:05.breaking out. They will be slow moving because the wind is very
:25:06. > :25:11.light. Some of them will be heavy with a rumble of thunder. But they
:25:12. > :25:18.will not turn up every word. Temperatures are 16 or 17 degrees.
:25:19. > :25:25.But it changes after that. A few people seeing on twitter,
:25:26. > :25:31.Danny Chudley Ali has a good way of calculating his age. `` Cipriani.
:25:32. > :25:34.Thank you for watching, good night.