01/05/2014 North West Tonight

a third of crimes could be going unrecorded by two of the region's

police forces. Victims need to have proper services and it's worrying if

there are victims that they're not feting the service and help that

they need. `` not getting the service and help that they need.

Among those crimes that weren't recorded were two alleged rapes in

Greater Manchester. Also tonight: Ten years in jail for the Nazi

fantasist who planned to blow up mosques on Merseyside. Claims the

Government's new benefits scheme isn't working as it's blamed for

causing a big rise in rent arrears. It's hard to see at the moment this

scheme could be extended on a national scale.

Liverpool's new Archbishop meets his flock ` on

they need. This is the second HMIC report to

criticise Greater Manchester Police. In March the force was found to be

failing victims of domestic violence. Last year Chief Constable

Sir Peter Fahy admitted officers only pursue about 40% of crimes

because they have to prioritise. But the HMIC says under recording crime

means forces don't know what resources they need. It may be that

detection rates are therefore artificially high and police chiefs

do not get the necessary information they need in order to deploy their

assets, their resources, in the most efficient and effective way.

Cheshire Police told us a recent audit found its reporting mechanisms

were effective and it's working to understand today's findings. We'll

be hearing from Greater Manchester Police in a moment. Overall,

nationally crime is falling. But today's report raises fears those

crime levels are actually higher if our police forces are failing to

record crime properly. Previously, Greater Manchester

Police have revealed they only investigate 40% of recorded crime.

If they're not recording a third of them at all, it suggests that, in

reality, they're only actually looking into about a quarter of all

crimes committed. A point I put earlier to the Deputy Chief

Constable, Ian Hopkins. Well, actually the figures in terms

of what we investigate, I would say we investigate all crime, if people

ring us to report a crime or turn up... You don't write it down in a

third of cases, you don't record it if someone reports a crime? Basic

level of investigation, of the 123 the auditors failed we have 24 of

those where the victim has said they believe they've been the victim of a

crime and despite constant attempts from us to recontact them they've

failed to engage with us. We have not recorded a crime. If you follow

the crime recording standard to the letter it's saying we should have

recorded a crime. I feel citizens should have a duty to engage and

help us investigate crime. The other point I would absolutely clearly

make is that it refers to ap number of rapes not recorded. For Greater

Manchester Police's part of the report that is two offences. Hang

on, sorry to interrupt. I have to pick up on that. Are you saying

there are two rapes that were reported to Greater Manchester

Police which weren't recorded? The audit says that they weren't

recorded as rapes. I have looked at them personally and they have been

thoroughly investigated. They were both complex issues. In one case at

the end of it there was evidence to suggest that there was no rape. It

has been investigated but the audit says we should have recorded a rape

at the beginning. We accept that but there was an investigation. The

second one was reported to us as a rape. When we spoken to the victim

and conducted the investigation they've said they weren't raped.

There is evidence to suggest there may have been an assault and we

should have therefore recorded an assault. This is the second damming

report from HMIC into Greater Manchester Police in the short space

of time, it was domestic violence a few weeks ago. How can people have

any confidence in the work that you are doing? Well, we regularly survey

people across Greater Manchester, the public are still very satisfied

with what we are doing and very supportive of local policing. Day

in, day out police officers across Greater Manchester do tremendous

jobs keeping people safe. Thank you. A self`styled Nazi who drew up plans

to bomb mosques on Merseyside is beginning a 10`year jail sentence

tonight. Ian Forman had experimented with explosives at his home in

Birkenhead. He was found out when his workmates

discovered he'd been using company computers to research chemicals

needed for bomb making. Our chief reporter Dave Guest takes up the

story. This is Ian Forman doing what he

enjoyed most ` dressing up in Nazi paraphernalia. He was a man driven

by bigotry and hate. He obviously had extremist views, really extreme

right`wing views and was a concern in our society.

This is Forman trying out some of his homemade explosives. Behind the

curtains of the unassuming semi he shared with his elderly parents,

Forman had been been perfecting his formula and drawing up a list of

possible targets. They included this Islamic Centre in Wirral. And this

mosque in Liverpool. When they were told what Forman had been planning,

people here were left shocked and bewildered. We only have three or

four Mosques in this area so we were in a shock why had someone try to

target this kind of Mosque in this area? He was found out when

workmates discovered he had used company computers to surf the web

for information about chemicals and explosives. They told the police. We

can't thank them enough for obviously reporting it and I would

encourage anybody that witnesses any suspicious activity, please report

it because I want to reassure them we will investigate anything sent

through to us. When police searched his home Forman handed them a

briefcase and said you better look at these, inside had what appeared

to be a home`made explosive device. There were a number of pots

containing powder. With the discover of that device the search was

suspended and an Army explosives expert was called out. Forman was

convicted of preparing for a terrorist act. We will never truly

know his full intentions, he had already prepared devices. The judge

described Forman as evil and today jailed him for ten years.

The trial of a man accused of murdering his wife at a flat in

Salford was halted this lunchtime after he lunged at and grabbed one

of the court interpreters. Ahmed Al`Khatib claims the djinn, an

apparition in Muslim beliefs, then commanded him to bury the body of

25`year`old Rania Alayed. He and his brother Muhaned Al`Khatib both deny

murder. Stepping Hill Hospital has admitted failing a patient in 13

different ways, contributing to his death. The inquest of 47`year`old

Gary Bradshaw from Stockport heard he was being treated for kidney

stones, but staff overlooked important blood and urine tests and

prescribed the wrong medication. An investigation's under way after a

schoolboy was found hanged in a park in Salford. Police were called to

woodland near Ellen Grove in Clifton on Monday evening. Police say

there's no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.

Labour and the UK Independence Party have officially launched their

regional campaigns for the European elections. The north`west will elect

eight Euro MPs, each representing the entire region. Voting is three

weeks today. Universal credit was supposed to

bring clarity to a confusing welfare state; to make sure work always

paid; to make people stand on their own two feet. But a year after the

scheme was launched right here in the north`west, we've learnt that

92% of claimants in some parts of the region have fallen into rent

arrears. As the Government this week announced it's ready to extend the

scheme across the region, we ask if it is really ready to roll? Here's

Roger to explain more. Universal Credit ` the scheme which

combines six benefits into one. It was piloted in Oldham, Warrington,

Tameside and Wigan. Two`thirds questioned here say it's a better

incentive to work that Job Seekers Allowance. Right now just over 4,000

people are on it in the region. 91% of the UK total. But that compares

to the Government's original prediction of 184,000 by now. It's

seriously behind schedule. But this week the Government announced that

from June more jobcentres across the north`west will come online each

week until the whole region is covered. Are we ready for it? Some

say the fact that our main centres ` Liverpool and Manchester ` are not

on this list indicates a lack of faith in the system. We'll ask the

Minister responsible in just a minute. First this from Jayne

McCubbin. Lee is a rarity, one of the first

5,000 to trial Universal Credit in the UK. How's it worked for you? At

first it had technical difficulties with e`mail, I wasn't able to sign

in and get it right. I have been told to look for work and prove it.

The system is getting tough, Lee's already been fined, sanctioned for

missing an appointment. If sanctions are the stick in welfare reform,

then the carrot is this, find work under Universal Credit and your

benefits will be gradually removed as your hours increase. But there

are expectations. We expect people to look for work for 35 hours a

week. People are paid on a monthly basis. It's about self`reliance so

housing benefit is paid direct to the claimant, not the landlord.

Claimants have to learn to budget. But this housing association, the

biggest in the pilot area of Warrington, says 92% of tenants have

already fallen into arrears. We are just not seeing the money come from

the tenant or from the DWP. It's hard to see at the moment that this

scheme could be extended on a national scale. None of the councils

in the pilot areas would speak to us on the record about how this scheme

is going. Off the record, sources told us about delays in payments,

delays in staff training, delays in the department passing on crucial

information. Here the verdict is Universal Credit is helping people

find work but managing budgets already hit by the cost of living

and other welfare cuts, that will be the problem as the scheme rolls out.

They need to have budgeting support further down the line, it's going to

be essential. The Government's view is that people like Lee have to

become self`reliant, they have to live up to their side of the deal.

But there are concerns the Government isn't delivering its own

promises. Earlier I spoke to Lord Freud, the

Minister for Welfare Reform and asked him that if so many people

were behind paying their rent, should the scheme be rolled out to

other areas? What we have got is a support system working with local

partnerships and other groups to make sure that people handle the

transition. So we are making some very active arrangements to help

people learn how to run their own lives and become independent. How

would you explain that so many people have got themselves into

bother here? Well, I am not sure if your figures for 92... %... That's

come from a Housing Trust. I think it's a limited number of people

currently we have 5,000 people have gone through Universal Credit.

They're new claimants. A small proportion of those may be on

housing. What we have learned is that there is an adjustment process

but the bulk of people actually do manage to pay their rent and so on

those projects, the average rent payment was running well into the

90%. Do you have any hard statistics that more people are finding work?

We have got statistics at a preliminary stage which shows that

people are searching much harder. They are spending roughly twice as

many hours looking for work as they were doing before under the old JSA

system. You haven't got the statistics to show they're getting

the jobs? We are very, very careful with our statistics. These are

official statistics. We release them when we have them. So we have early

signs that are promising and I look forward to being able to say that

the outcome of people trying harder is that they succeed more.

The Government's rejecting calls for the cervical smear test to be

offered to women under the age of 25 ` following the death of a teenager

from Wirral. 320,000 people signed an online petition calling for the

move after 19`year`old Sophie Jones from Eastham died from cervical

cancer. What we actually wanted was for GPs to sit up, take notice, not

be blase about their jobs and take notice of younger people when they

were going in with symptoms and then being referred to the right

departments as quickly as possible. Still to come: We catch up with the

Burnley Express. Jimmy Anderson tells us about steaming through 20

wickets in just three matches. It's been enjoyable being back with

the Lancashire lads and I am really happy I could contribute to this

week. And we will find out why the Manx

flag is flying high in Gambia. The new Archbishop of Liverpool says

the north`west needs more manufacturing jobs to help people

tackle deprivation. The Most Reverend Malcolm McMahon was

speaking just before his installation as the city's 9th

archbishop this afternoon. Archbishop McMahon told the

congregation he hopes the new Hillsborough inquests will uncover

the truth about what happened in the disaster. Here's our Merseyside

reporter Andy Gill. An informal start to a very formal

ceremony. Mal Malcolm McMahon greets friends at Liverpool's Catholic

Cathedral. At his residence before the installation he told us that

Liverpool needs jobs to make sure young people stay in the city. It

would have to be investment in industry, something that produces

wealth and prosperity in the city. Not just service and leisure

industries. The cathedral was packed for the installation. 33 current or

retired Bishops were among the congregation.

Applause as his predes cess cesser `` predecessor Patrick Kelly handed

over the Archbishop's crozier. The new Archbishop spoke about truth and

the new Hillsborough inquests. It's our hope and expectation that the

inquest will uncover and explain the truth of what happened so that

justice will be done for the 96 and for their families whose dignity

over the last 25 years has been an example to all of us. The Archbishop

led a mass of celebration before greeting his new flock outside. He

said he was honoured and humbled. A very glamorous and busy

inauguration. Lancashire's James Anderson and Jos

Butler have been named in the England squad to face Scotland in a

one`day international next week. Anderson's been in fine form for

Lancs this season, so he'll be hoping he can help the national side

get over their terrible winter in Australia. And Jimmy's proving a hit

in the world of fashion too, as he launched his own clothing range in

Manchester earlier. Stuart Flinders went to see him. As the County

season gets into its stride, so does Jimmy Anderson. Jimmy's

characteristically modest. Been really pleasing. I had a couple of

months off after Australia, trying to iron out any flaws that had crept

into my technique and it's been really enjoyable being back with the

Lancashire lads and I am happy that I could contribute to this week.

Wearing the shirt he will be modelling for a new men'swear range

tonight he told me about the loss of the coach to England and about new

coach Glenn Chapel. I think with Glenn taking over, with him having

been captain for five years under Peter Moores that will stand him in

great stead looking forward under his reign for the rest of the year.

I think the fact that Peter's been there for the whole winter and set

us up, the team's ready to go, he is leaving us in a good position. One

consolation during a disappointing winter in Australia has been the

success of Jimmy's football team Burnley promoted to the Premier

League. I have seen them a couple of times. I went to, I think I probably

went to one of the only games we didn't win... They'll be glad you

didn't come back then! Yeah, I have been following it very closely. I

have been watching on TV. It's been an incredible year really,

incredible season. If Jimmy carries on the way he started, he is in for

an incredible season too. Only an athlete can carry off

wearing a shirt like that. He models his own stuff, as well. Very dapper

he looks. I wouldn't! The new owner of Barrow Football

Club has promised to invest ?2 million to get the club back in the

football league. Paul Casson grew up in the town but moved to America

where he has made millions running a Dallas`based telecommunications

company. Mr Casson has paid ?600,000 to buy the ground and the club which

currently plays in the Conference North ` two divisions below the

football league. I think it's important to give back.

Now from what I have achieved I have the opportunity to give back. This

opportunity has come along. There is no reason we can't get back into the

football league. The community's big enough to support it. There is

enough love and depth of feeling for the club.

Fams Camara lives on the Isle of Man but was born to a poor family in

Gambia. As a young child he sold firewood and washed clothes to fund

his way through school and many people who grew up alongside him are

no longer alive, because they didn't have access to clean water. He's

recently secured funding from the Isle of Man's International

Development Committee to provide his village with a new well, replacing

the old one his own mother dug over 40 years ago. He's been overseeing

the work himself and Kelly Foran's been to meet him.

The warmest of welcomes. Fams greeted with song and dance for

giving this, clean, fresh water. Something many here have never had

before. It took just days to build but will provide clean water for 6 o

0 years `` 60 years. When I was a child the most important person in

my life was a plastic bottle. I travelled to school 14 kilometres to

and back and the plastic bottle means a lifeline, you put water in

to drink. This absolutely means life. He also gave out old mobile

phones and a phone he took saved the lives of a mother and child. It was

used to call for a doctor instead of a five`hour journey on a donkey and

cart to hospital. The parents were so thankful they've named this

little girl Lamin Nokia Jobe. Thank you, and we have to name our child

after the phone. I said what phone? He said Nokia. These children were

so excited to receive gifts, and the new well, funded by the Isle of Man

Government. As thanks to the island, the Manx flag will stay flying high

in this small village in Africa. Brilliant work, well done.

Now, how about this for a way to find about your new job? Manchester

City asked fans to apply for a new post at the club's membership

section. Shortlisted candidates had to sing the club's anthem, answer

City trivia and commentate on Sergio Aguero's title`winning goal. Then

the man himself went along to tell the winning candidate Lee John

Kenny. How about that! Fantastic. I bet he couldn't believe it. You were

right, we wouldn't win if we had to sing.

Good evening. Not a great day today. Most places were grey and overcast.

Dull, and damp. The picture will change over the next couple of

hours. This has been the track the rain has took, concentrated in the

south`west of the region but you can see on the latest pictures it's

pushing out. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a light shower in the

next hour. This warning is in place until tonight but it's probably

largely redundant. If you are driving you might bump into a shower

and it could be hefty. The rest of the night is a settled affair, it's

cloudy. The breeze is stronger than recently. Overnight temperatures

aren't as good as they've been. We have had double figures for many

nights this week. Tonight you will be looking at five for rural areas

and seven and eight for towns and cities. Tomorrow morning don't be

disappointed, eventually things will get better. You start with cloud

cover around. It will thin and break as the morning goes on. You can see

the clearance from this weather front coming through to parts of

Cumbria and Lancashire. Through the afternoon it should spread

everywhere. Eventually we cheer up. But you have to keep the faith

because it's going to take time before that happens. The breeze is

stronger and not from a favourable direction so temperatures realistic

realistically are about 13C as your high. The bank holiday weekend is a

mixed favour but it's not a bad one. It's mixed, but not bad. I don't

want to mislead you. We are pinning our hopes on a nice weekend! You

are, you are having a barbecue. Thank you for watching, see you

later. east of Mumbai. Across India

thousands of people do this job. 'The last two generations have been

robbed of an opportunity 'And yet it has greater impact

on our everyday lives than anything 'We need to put this issue

to bed now, 'and not leave it

for another generation.' I want a Britain that is free

to control its own destiny.