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chilly. That's all from the BBC News at six | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
so Welcome to North West Tonight with | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Annabel Tiffin ` and Roger Johnson. MPs are unconvinced ` as Pfizer | :00:00. | :00:07. | |
refuses to safeguard jobs here ` We'll talk live to the | :00:08. | :00:13. | |
Macclesfield MP ` The flight from Manchester forced | :00:14. | :00:18. | |
into an emergency landing after the Thieves steal a protected swan and | :00:19. | :00:26. | |
its eggs from a Cheshire village And three Blackpool Tower `` we are | :00:27. | :00:33. | |
behind`the`scenes. More than 5,000 people are employed | :00:34. | :00:58. | |
by AstraZeneca here in the That single firm is responsible for | :00:59. | :01:01. | |
a big chunk of the regional economy. But tonight, as it is considered | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
for what could be the biggest ever British take`over, we ask if there's | :01:06. | :01:08. | |
anything to be feared from Pfizer? Today the US firm was grilled by MPs | :01:09. | :01:12. | |
over it's intentions for what many In a moment we'll speak to | :01:13. | :01:18. | |
David Rutley MP for Macclesfield who This is the value | :01:19. | :01:23. | |
of Astra Zeneca to the North West. Today Pfizer chiefs arrived | :01:24. | :01:32. | |
at Westminster to face a grilling. No wonder there's fierce interest | :01:33. | :01:53. | |
in this. Pfizer want what would be | :01:54. | :01:55. | |
the biggest buy out in UK history. MPs today wanted assurances that UK | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
jobs would be safe. I can't tell you how many people | :02:00. | :02:07. | |
will be here. and ?63 billion. The boss says he | :02:08. | :03:45. | |
hasn't heard the books. Do you believe him? I'm sure he has seen | :03:46. | :03:50. | |
annual report. He has a good idea of the jobs here. You're been talking | :03:51. | :03:55. | |
about it and we have for a long time now. I wanted to set the record | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
straight. What is their commitment in terms of jobs? Is he going to | :04:01. | :04:07. | |
stick with 2000 jobs in Macclesfield? I was disappointed | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
that he sidestepped the issue. He said there would be a substantial | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
presence in Macclesfield. He did say that. That again you heard on the KP | :04:18. | :04:26. | |
wasn't clear as to what that meant. `` clip. If you are spending ?63 | :04:27. | :04:34. | |
billion deal you need a better idea of your workforce. And how many will | :04:35. | :04:40. | |
be based in the second largest site in the UK. You talk about needing | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
concrete reassurance. Vince cable said it could be difficult for the | :04:45. | :04:48. | |
government to block this deal. Should David Cameron come out and | :04:49. | :04:53. | |
put pressure on Pfizer? He already is. He is working hard on that. We | :04:54. | :05:00. | |
need to find out what the commitments will be, make them | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
specific. They need to have a clear`cut commitment as to what | :05:07. | :05:09. | |
they're doing in Cambridge. We have to make these things enforceable, as | :05:10. | :05:16. | |
if there are tax breaks, if they don't follow through on their | :05:17. | :05:18. | |
commitments there is benefit should be clawed back. We need to be | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
looking at that clearly and Asians, because Pfizer have such a big deal | :05:24. | :05:29. | |
and a big interest in this which is vital to our economy. Over 2% of UK | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
exports are being manufactured from Macclesfield. Flank you for your | :05:35. | :05:39. | |
time. A plane bound | :05:40. | :05:42. | |
for Manchester has made an emergency The Boeing 737, with 114 people | :05:43. | :05:44. | |
on board, was diverted after the pilot reported an electrical | :05:45. | :05:49. | |
fault and fumes in the cockpit. This plane parked on its stand after | :05:50. | :06:09. | |
passengers were evacuated. The pilot reported a fault and the smaller | :06:10. | :06:13. | |
fumes. It triggered a full`scale emergency plan. The aircraft lands | :06:14. | :06:19. | |
and they tried to get permission for them to escort it back to stand as a | :06:20. | :06:24. | |
precaution. The aircraft landed safely. It taxied normally and the | :06:25. | :06:33. | |
passengers left normally. After the landing engineers opted to fly home | :06:34. | :06:39. | |
to Manchester rather than journey on. When the door was opened you | :06:40. | :06:43. | |
could deftly smell smoke. It was more noticeable after it had landed. | :06:44. | :06:58. | |
CU worried `` so you were worried? Yes. They were fantastic. No panic | :06:59. | :07:04. | |
at all. It is just when you see the fire engines, that is nerve | :07:05. | :07:10. | |
wracking. I was asked if I smell the smoke. I said I was fine. I didn't | :07:11. | :07:19. | |
smell it. There was no panic? Engineers have been checking over | :07:20. | :07:24. | |
the plane. Arrangements have been made the most passages to go on to | :07:25. | :07:38. | |
Amsterdam on other flights. Stuart Hall has been described as a rapist. | :07:39. | :07:42. | |
The prosecution has been summoned up its case against the man who is | :07:43. | :07:47. | |
charged with rape and indecent assault dating back to the 1970s. | :07:48. | :07:53. | |
The defence say they were in a consensual relationship with him. He | :07:54. | :07:57. | |
admits one can't but denies the others. | :07:58. | :07:59. | |
Dog owners who allow their pets to attack people are to | :08:00. | :08:02. | |
Maximum jail sentences for fatal attacks have increased | :08:03. | :08:06. | |
from two years to 14 years, while the term handed down over injury is | :08:07. | :08:10. | |
There've been a number of dog attack deaths in the region ` | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
including that of Jade Anderson in Atherton last year. | :08:15. | :08:17. | |
The writer and comedian Caroline Aherne ` originally from Wythenshawe | :08:18. | :08:20. | |
` has revealed she's battling a genetic form of lung cancer. | :08:21. | :08:23. | |
The actress ` and star of "The Royle Family" | :08:24. | :08:25. | |
She's now encouraging people to speak up about how they think | :08:26. | :08:29. | |
Next Thursday we have a major set of elections across the North West. | :08:30. | :08:35. | |
There are votes for 26 councils ` and also | :08:36. | :08:37. | |
for the European elections which are only held every five years. | :08:38. | :08:40. | |
Yes, last time you might remember the British National Party Leader | :08:41. | :08:43. | |
Nick Griffin became one of our eight Euro MPs. | :08:44. | :08:46. | |
So what's likely to happen this time? | :08:47. | :08:48. | |
Our political editor Arif Ansari can tell us what's at stake. | :08:49. | :08:51. | |
There are 751 Euro MPs in the European Parliament | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
and we select eight of them to represent the entire North West. | :08:57. | :09:01. | |
Last time, the Conservatives won, taking three seats. | :09:02. | :09:08. | |
The UK Independence Party, the Lib Dems and the BNP took one each. | :09:09. | :09:15. | |
But this time, that's going to change. | :09:16. | :09:18. | |
The last time the European election was held here in the North West | :09:19. | :09:22. | |
in 2009 we had a very unpopular Gordon Brown led government. | :09:23. | :09:27. | |
They won one seat at the Conservatives won three seats. | :09:28. | :09:30. | |
That is likely to be reversed and the big factor is UKIP. | :09:31. | :09:33. | |
They won one seat last time and are riding on the crest | :09:34. | :09:37. | |
They will increase their representation, possibly | :09:38. | :09:40. | |
at the expense of the Liberal Democrats, desperately trying to | :09:41. | :09:43. | |
This time the Tories are braced to lose one to Labour. | :09:44. | :09:47. | |
But what about the final eighth seat? | :09:48. | :09:53. | |
The mainstream parties would love to see the BNP lose. | :09:54. | :09:57. | |
But equally the Lib Dems will be struggling to hold on. | :09:58. | :10:00. | |
Maybe the Greens could win or UKIP might take a third seat. | :10:01. | :10:05. | |
An Independence from Europe, the English Democrats, NO2EU, | :10:06. | :10:17. | |
the Pirate Party and the Socialist Equality Party. | :10:18. | :10:20. | |
But if you prefer your politics closer to home, | :10:21. | :10:23. | |
The Tories control two ` Trafford and West Lancashire. | :10:24. | :10:36. | |
The Lib Dems only control South Lakeland. | :10:37. | :10:39. | |
So with hundreds of seats up for grabs, what's likely to change? | :10:40. | :10:45. | |
There are two huge contests in the north`west, Trafford and West | :10:46. | :10:48. | |
Lancashire, which the Conservatives are desperate to defend. | :10:49. | :10:50. | |
Labour are keen to win and if they were to take those two councils | :10:51. | :10:55. | |
Ed Miliband can expect to be Prime Minister at this time next year. | :10:56. | :11:00. | |
Labour also had designs on two councils under no control | :11:01. | :11:03. | |
with a reasonable expectation of taking them. | :11:04. | :11:06. | |
Then you have the issue of the Liberal Democrat meltdown. | :11:07. | :11:09. | |
They have lost almost half their council in the north`west over | :11:10. | :11:12. | |
And after that's all over, settle in for the general election. | :11:13. | :11:19. | |
The people of a village in Cheshire are appealing for help | :11:20. | :11:34. | |
in catching thieves who've stolen a swan from their village pond. | :11:35. | :11:37. | |
The thieves also took a clutch of eggs that were almost ready to | :11:38. | :11:40. | |
But they left behind the swan's mate. | :11:41. | :11:43. | |
Swans are a protected species so if the culprits are found they'll be | :11:44. | :11:47. | |
It's an idyllic spot just outside Warrington. | :11:48. | :11:51. | |
Certainly that is what this pair of swans thought | :11:52. | :11:56. | |
when they chose to nest here and look after their clutch of eggs. | :11:57. | :11:59. | |
They became a big draw for the locals. | :12:00. | :12:01. | |
We have seven eggs, so we have seven young ones. | :12:02. | :12:04. | |
And everybody comes to see them, loads of people. | :12:05. | :12:07. | |
Someone has stolen the eggs just days before they were | :12:08. | :12:12. | |
due to hatch and they've also taken the male swan too. | :12:13. | :12:15. | |
His mate has been left alone and forlorn. | :12:16. | :12:18. | |
It is hard to believe how someone can do such a horrid thing. | :12:19. | :12:22. | |
We have been coming two or three times to watch the nest | :12:23. | :12:28. | |
and we were excited to see they might have hatched today. | :12:29. | :12:32. | |
It is unfair on the swan and that person whgo has done this | :12:33. | :12:36. | |
know she has sat on the eggs for 30 of 40 days, something like that. | :12:37. | :12:45. | |
He didn't want us to show his face because | :12:46. | :12:48. | |
his job includes catching poachers but he says he's in no doubt the | :12:49. | :12:52. | |
Obviously, nobody has stolen it for a pet. | :12:53. | :12:56. | |
I can understand them taking one egg, but certainly not seven. | :12:57. | :13:01. | |
If they ever find out who took the eggs and the swan, they are likely | :13:02. | :13:05. | |
to face a hefty fine or possibly even a term of imprisonment. | :13:06. | :13:09. | |
But perhaps the saddest part of this story is that swans mate for life. | :13:10. | :13:12. | |
So, the one who is left behind is unlikely to find another soul mate. | :13:13. | :13:20. | |
A "Rolls Royce of a player" ` but no longer on the road to Old Trafford. | :13:21. | :13:31. | |
Rio Ferdinand leaves the club where he's been | :13:32. | :13:33. | |
And the lofty landmark on the eve of a major milestone. | :13:34. | :13:41. | |
We meet the men and women keeping Blackpool Tower going. You always | :13:42. | :13:50. | |
have it in your mind you could fall if you don't look after yourself | :13:51. | :14:03. | |
properly. Some of the pictures are amazing. | :14:04. | :14:05. | |
Now have you ever thought about the effort that goes | :14:06. | :14:09. | |
into restoring a painting? Well visitors to Tatton Park can do | :14:10. | :14:13. | |
just that because of a conservation project that is taking place. | :14:14. | :14:15. | |
It's just one of the schemes that has helped the | :14:16. | :14:19. | |
attraction get a prestigious award. Our reporter Yunus Mulla is at | :14:20. | :14:20. | |
Tatton Park and can tell us more. Tell us more about that. The gardens | :14:21. | :14:35. | |
here are visited by around 800,000 visitors every year and will weather | :14:36. | :14:41. | |
like this you can see why, but it is also halfway through a five`year | :14:42. | :15:01. | |
plan. This is one of the most important paintings here but it is | :15:02. | :15:08. | |
showing its age. You can see areas of flaky paint around here. I | :15:09. | :15:16. | |
removed all the layers of service dirt annual varnishes, taking it | :15:17. | :15:23. | |
back to the original layer. Then I will consolidate these areas of | :15:24. | :15:27. | |
flaking paint and anything that is missing I will fill them in. I will | :15:28. | :15:34. | |
retouch the missing pieces to bring it back together. It picks to | :15:35. | :15:42. | |
members of the family as well as members of the local gentry, so it | :15:43. | :15:46. | |
is an interesting painting from a social perspective. The painting is | :15:47. | :15:55. | |
being preserved in full view of the public, just one of the initiatives | :15:56. | :15:59. | |
that has helped it win a gold award from visit England. We walked into | :16:00. | :16:07. | |
the door and saw what they were doing. I believed we would get told | :16:08. | :16:13. | |
to leave, but it is interesting to see how it is done. The painting is | :16:14. | :16:19. | |
expected to be returned to its original place in the main hall by | :16:20. | :16:28. | |
the end of October. I apologise for those technical problems. I was | :16:29. | :16:32. | |
going to show you this, the Gold award at the park has been given for | :16:33. | :16:37. | |
its range of attractions here, including making the restoration | :16:38. | :16:42. | |
work that is taking place here, available for the public. They are | :16:43. | :16:46. | |
hoping to boost visitor numbers up to around 1 million by 2016 and this | :16:47. | :16:51. | |
is perhaps evidence they are on their way. Flank you very much. `` | :16:52. | :17:08. | |
thank. It's the end of an era | :17:09. | :17:11. | |
for Manchester United. Rio Ferdinand, for so long | :17:12. | :17:13. | |
the rock at the centre of defence, Michael Owen today described him | :17:14. | :17:17. | |
as 'a Rolls Royce player.' But, as Stuart Flinders reports, | :17:18. | :17:23. | |
Ferdinand isn't hanging up Six Premier League titles, the | :17:24. | :17:33. | |
European cup, Rio Ferdinand was a key ingredients in the winning | :17:34. | :17:40. | |
formula. He was in Singapore today as fans worldwide absorb the news of | :17:41. | :17:45. | |
his departure. In his most recent TV interview aired on Saturday, he was | :17:46. | :17:52. | |
cagey about his future. I want to play on. I still have stuff to | :17:53. | :17:57. | |
offer. He has released a statement thanking the club and the supporters | :17:58. | :18:01. | |
for an unbelievable 12 years. Team plays treated their good | :18:02. | :18:16. | |
wishes. He wasn't brought Old Trafford as a goal`scorer but as | :18:17. | :18:21. | |
winner in the final minute against Liverpool in 2006 is a fond memory | :18:22. | :18:27. | |
for fans. He signed in to browse more than ?29 million, a walled | :18:28. | :18:42. | |
records. `` in 2002 for more. What a player. Not many better England | :18:43. | :18:51. | |
centre halves. He has a future somewhere and in a particular team | :18:52. | :18:56. | |
he can thrive. There have been low points. In 2003 he was fined and | :18:57. | :19:01. | |
banned for eight months for missing a drugs test, but where ever he goes | :19:02. | :19:05. | |
on here he will be remembered for one of the greatest players of the | :19:06. | :19:08. | |
modern game and even be turns up here when an opposition shirt he | :19:09. | :19:11. | |
will get a good reception. Some more sports news now and Wigan | :19:12. | :19:19. | |
missed out on promotion to the Premier League last night | :19:20. | :19:22. | |
after losing 2`1 to QPR. They went to extra time | :19:23. | :19:25. | |
in the second leg of their Charlie Austin quickly scored | :19:26. | :19:28. | |
for QPR, giving them Meanwhile, Fleetwood took a slender | :19:29. | :19:31. | |
one nil advantage in their rescheduled League Two play`off | :19:32. | :19:39. | |
semi`final first leg against York, with Matty Blair scoring | :19:40. | :19:41. | |
against former side, York City. Andrew Flintoff is set to make | :19:42. | :19:45. | |
a comback to cricket in Lancashire. The club's announced they're | :19:46. | :20:10. | |
in talks over a return ahead of "Freddy" Flintoff ` as he's known ` | :20:11. | :20:13. | |
hasn't played in nearly five years after bowing | :20:14. | :20:17. | |
out in 2009 ` but has recently been That'll guarantee more bums on | :20:18. | :20:31. | |
seats. We have risk assessments here. It is the same in many big | :20:32. | :20:42. | |
countries. The men who painted lap pool Tower had to be very brave. | :20:43. | :20:46. | |
As Blackpool Tower prepares to celebrate | :20:47. | :20:48. | |
its 120th birthday tomorrow, we've been behind the scenes at one of the | :20:49. | :20:52. | |
The Tower Ballroom is a sight to behold. | :20:53. | :21:03. | |
But John Bowdler only ever sees it in his rear view mirror. | :21:04. | :21:06. | |
After 26 years playing here, he's still happy to have realised | :21:07. | :21:10. | |
It was my ambition to play here from the age of seven or eight. | :21:11. | :21:15. | |
I used to come in on the balcony with my mum and dad and watched | :21:16. | :21:19. | |
The work behind the scenes is non`stop and, altogether with | :21:20. | :21:25. | |
the front of house staff, over 300 people work at the There are quite | :21:26. | :21:30. | |
a number of people who have worked here for a number of years that have | :21:31. | :21:34. | |
They have the animal stories about the one night | :21:35. | :21:39. | |
the lions got out and a night watchman found them, and about | :21:40. | :21:43. | |
elephants and how they were used to stopping people getting into the | :21:44. | :21:46. | |
There are a lot of stories and lots of interesting people. | :21:47. | :21:52. | |
But it hasn't always been a pleasant place to work. | :21:53. | :21:55. | |
Painting the tower is a never`ending job, and those that | :21:56. | :21:58. | |
Over the years, they've faced the toughest conditions. | :21:59. | :22:06. | |
Among them, Joan Butterworth's uncle. | :22:07. | :22:14. | |
They had a tarpaulin which came loose and we understand | :22:15. | :22:25. | |
whipped him off the platform he was stood on and he came straight | :22:26. | :22:29. | |
He didn't even make the front page of the newspaper. | :22:30. | :22:32. | |
Nowadays the safety equipment stretches beyond a flat cap. | :22:33. | :22:35. | |
We have rope access that comes out where we will work off ropes | :22:36. | :22:39. | |
and hang off ropes and abseil down the tower. | :22:40. | :22:58. | |
They were brave. I showed people the picture of the man holding the | :22:59. | :23:13. | |
ladder. He was a brave man. of that and hopefully good spells of | :23:14. | :24:51. | |
sunshine. We could see 16 or 17 Celsius tomorrow, that is not bad. | :24:52. | :24:57. | |
Then, look at this. For Thursday the temperatures are getting higher, 17 | :24:58. | :25:01. | |
Celsius. We hang on to the high pressure for Saturday and Sunday. | :25:02. | :25:07. | |
Have a look at this. In Cheshire, we could see temperatures as high as 20 | :25:08. | :25:15. | |
Celsius. I can say Cheshire, but not Cumbria. We knew what she meant. A | :25:16. | :25:21. | |
lovely and warm weekend ahead for us. Have a lovely evening. Good | :25:22. | :25:26. | |
night. | :25:27. | :25:31. |