:00:00. > :00:10.missing. That's all from the BBC News at Six - so it's goodbye from
:00:11. > :00:13.Welcome to North West Tonight with Annabel Tiffin...
:00:14. > :00:17.The Cyril Smith abuse scandal widens as more alleged
:00:18. > :00:22.Police say they've identified a total of 21 suspects
:00:23. > :00:27.New claims doctors' dodgy handwriting is putting patients
:00:28. > :00:32.How a row could change the face of this land forever.
:00:33. > :00:36.Life through a lens ` the people coming face to face with
:00:37. > :00:53.And I have been talking to the second fastest man in the world, he
:00:54. > :00:58.has been causing quite a stir at the school in Manchester. `` this
:00:59. > :01:00.school. Greater Manchester Police have
:01:01. > :01:03.confirmed seven alleged victims of the former Rochdale MP Cyril Smith
:01:04. > :01:06.have now come forward saying they they were abused at the Knowl View
:01:07. > :01:09.residential school in the town. Detectives say they're investigating
:01:10. > :01:12.a total of 21 suspects, including Cyril Smith, and they
:01:13. > :01:40.expect to make arrests soon. Ten men have come forward, three of
:01:41. > :01:46.these are new victims. Seven of them say that they were allegedly abused
:01:47. > :01:50.by Cyril Smith back in the 1970s and 1980s. This was an all boys school
:01:51. > :01:56.and it was run by Rochdale council but it closed in the late 90s.
:01:57. > :02:00.Officers say they now have 21 suspects, 14 of which they have
:02:01. > :02:05.identified and one of them is Cyril Smith. They also say that some of
:02:06. > :02:09.the suspects actually worked at the school and were members of staff
:02:10. > :02:14.there. Cyril Smith was a governor at the school and he was the Liberal MP
:02:15. > :02:21.for Rochdale back in the 1970s up until 1992. He died in 2010 and his
:02:22. > :02:24.family have always said that he categorically denied these
:02:25. > :02:32.allegations of abuse. What are the police saying? The police have
:02:33. > :02:37.reopened the investigation, that was 18 months ago. Since then Rochdale
:02:38. > :02:43.Council have also opened an inquiry to find out whether or not this was
:02:44. > :02:45.a massive cover`up. What was coming on `` going on and he knew what was
:02:46. > :02:51.happening? The police tell me this happening? The police tell me this
:02:52. > :03:02.is a complex investigation and they are expecting to make arrest is
:03:03. > :03:06.imminently over the next few months. We're joined now by Peter Garsden,
:03:07. > :03:13.who is representing one of the victims. What is your reaction to
:03:14. > :03:17.the news that 21 potential suspects have now been identified? My firm
:03:18. > :03:24.has dealt with child abuse cases in children's homes over the years, it
:03:25. > :03:34.does not surprise me that there are more than one abuser. Talk a bit
:03:35. > :03:39.about the breadth of your experience, we will come to that in
:03:40. > :03:43.minutes, but you will know from that that it is difficult to prove in
:03:44. > :03:46.things like this, historical abuse, time and lack of evidence,
:03:47. > :03:52.everything else. How confident are you that justice, we need to be
:03:53. > :03:56.done, can be done? There are new wave of prosecutions, a new attitude
:03:57. > :04:01.by the police. They will build their case, and hopefully, the victims, he
:04:02. > :04:04.had been waiting for many years, will get some justice, but we will
:04:05. > :04:11.have to wait and see how the investigation develops. What was the
:04:12. > :04:17.police's attitude for? There was an attitude that you've looked at one
:04:18. > :04:20.victim and did not look any further. But the new guidelines, they are
:04:21. > :04:25.looking at other cases and they are trying to build an investigation
:04:26. > :04:30.with more victims, which is a much better attitude. Just quickly, do
:04:31. > :04:36.you think now that there is a need for a public inquiry? Are we to find
:04:37. > :04:42.out what went on but also fight was not uncovered before. There was an
:04:43. > :04:47.investigation in the past which obviously was not affected. Needs to
:04:48. > :04:51.be an overarching umbrella inquiry with the power to command documents
:04:52. > :04:55.to find out why this investigation previously not successful. You have
:04:56. > :05:01.alluded to your breadth of experience. We're looking at
:05:02. > :05:05.Rochdale, a couple of homes. But is this something that happened in
:05:06. > :05:13.Greater Manchester and across the country that we still have to get to
:05:14. > :05:17.the bottom of? In the 1990s 41 out of 43 major police forces had a
:05:18. > :05:33.major child abuse investigation on your patch. Thank you very much
:05:34. > :05:40.indeed. A man has described how he had the
:05:41. > :05:44.body of his wife button eyes murdering her.
:05:45. > :05:48.This is a murder trial without a body. Her body has never been found.
:05:49. > :05:52.Andrew Fletcher is at Manchester Crown Court for us. The accused told
:05:53. > :06:32.the court wife but was responding to voices in
:06:33. > :06:37.his head. He said that he saw his wife having foreheads, heads very
:06:38. > :06:41.long to the ground, very big meals and sharp teeth. She was extending
:06:42. > :08:06.her hands around my neck, I could not breathe,
:08:07. > :08:09.A man's body has been found in an estuary in Cumbria.
:08:10. > :08:12.The discovery was made after 76`year`old John Allen from Preston
:08:13. > :08:15.went missing two weeks ago while walking his dog at Ravenglass.
:08:16. > :08:18.Doctors' handwriting is a long`standing joke,
:08:19. > :08:20.inspection at Manchester Royal Infirmary found that some medical
:08:21. > :08:24.that some medical notes were so hard to read that patients were at risk.
:08:25. > :08:27.Inspectors found that many medical and nursing records were illegible.
:08:28. > :08:30.The Infirmary is now introducing a new system of recording notes
:08:31. > :08:32.electronically to make sure patients get the right treatment.
:08:33. > :08:36.A sample of doctors' handwriting from an American nurse's blog.
:08:37. > :08:39.Decipher it incorrectly and the patient could end up with
:08:40. > :08:42.An inspection at the Manchester Royal Infirmary and
:08:43. > :08:51.Royal Manchester Children's Hospital found similar examples.
:08:52. > :08:59.The inspectors from the Care Quality Commission found that many entries
:09:00. > :09:02.and medical records were illegible and that staff had to get together
:09:03. > :09:08.to work out what doctors had intended to write. They concluded
:09:09. > :09:10.that the impact was likely to be miner but evidence of poor
:09:11. > :09:14.record`keeping was found on all but one of the words that they visited.
:09:15. > :09:21.?It can be a nightmare to read the doctors' notes.?
:09:22. > :09:27.In the report, they were of the view that it would have a miner impact on
:09:28. > :09:34.patient care. But they do say that patients were at risk? I would
:09:35. > :09:38.stress that it was an issue we were already aware of and were taking
:09:39. > :09:40.stretched to `` taking steps to try to address.
:09:41. > :09:43.How good Doctor Martyn Russel's handwriting is no longer matters.
:09:44. > :09:47.He's in the vanguard of a new way of keeping notes and medical records
:09:48. > :09:51.His notes and prescriptions used to be handwritten and stored
:09:52. > :09:57.Now they go directly onto a computer.
:09:58. > :10:06.Have you had particular problems in the past? Yes, lots of Rob Holmes.
:10:07. > :10:09.How did you cope with that? You used to have to find the person and then
:10:10. > :10:11.ask. `` yes, lots of problems. The new system will eventually be
:10:12. > :10:15.introduced in all areas of the Record`keeping in the NHS is
:10:16. > :10:19.finally entering the 12st century. Stuart Flinders,
:10:20. > :10:26.BBC North West Tonight, Manchester. One week today you will have the
:10:27. > :10:30.chance to vote in the European elections. Last night we reported on
:10:31. > :10:37.Labour, UKIP and the Conservatives. But which other parties are in
:10:38. > :10:47.contention? Well, five years ago the BNP stole the headlines after Nick
:10:48. > :10:50.Griffin became one of the North West's eight Euro MPs. We'll be
:10:51. > :10:53.talking to him shortly. our political editor Arif Ansari has
:10:54. > :10:57.been out on the campaign trail with The Liberal Democrats
:10:58. > :10:59.might be struggling. But veteran Euro MP Chris Davies is
:11:00. > :11:11.relying on his personal record My name is Chris Davies. No, I am
:11:12. > :11:16.sorry. That was you. How can I win a vote with you here?
:11:17. > :11:19.Well, it's certainly going to be tighter than five years ago.
:11:20. > :11:22.While Mr Davies is certain he'll beat the British National Party,
:11:23. > :11:28.The buttons that the BNP presses, which are to exploit the differences
:11:29. > :11:31.between people, to create skier stories about immigrants and the
:11:32. > :11:38.like maltose buttons are being pressed by UKIP. TUC them as one and
:11:39. > :11:43.the same `` do you see them as one in the same? They're not the same,
:11:44. > :11:48.but you will find every racist in the country voting for UKIP.
:11:49. > :11:50.Back in 2009 Nick Griffin was a winner.
:11:51. > :11:53.The other parties walked off stage in disgust.
:11:54. > :11:56.Since then Mr Griffin's audience appears to have deserted him
:11:57. > :12:01.But back in Congleton ` support for another challenger.
:12:02. > :12:07.The Green Party seems more interested in the environment than
:12:08. > :12:13.anybody else. But when it comes to the proper elections. For me next
:12:14. > :12:15.week is a proper election! The mac it is only a waste of time for
:12:16. > :12:18.money, isn't it? He's just the kind
:12:19. > :12:26.of protest voter the Greens want. Most people are fed up with the
:12:27. > :12:38.large parties at the moment, quite understandably so, because there are
:12:39. > :12:41.no real differences between policies.
:12:42. > :12:44.The Greens and the Lib Dems are in direct competition.
:12:45. > :12:46.But, positive or not, it's UKIP setting the agenda.
:12:47. > :12:57.I am going to leave you to it, but thank you very much. Very true, but
:12:58. > :13:03.at least the campaigning only has one week to go.
:13:04. > :13:07.There are total of 11 parties standing in the elections in the
:13:08. > :13:08.North West. For more information, have a look at the website at the
:13:09. > :13:30.bottom of the screen. It is a week today. The 22nd of May.
:13:31. > :13:36.One of the candidates is Nick Griffin, the BNP leader and North
:13:37. > :13:40.West European MP. He came on earlier and I asked him, with his party
:13:41. > :13:45.facing the prospect of heavy defeat this time round, why should people
:13:46. > :13:50.vote for him? This election is about immigration. Some people think that
:13:51. > :13:54.voting for UKIP is an anti`immigration vote. It is not,
:13:55. > :14:02.their policy would mean keeping out Polish people but allowing in
:14:03. > :14:08.Africans and Asians. People can vote for that if they want. We do not
:14:09. > :14:14.care if they are quite or black or brown or green, Britain is full, we
:14:15. > :14:17.should shut the door. You cannot deny that UKIP will steal some of
:14:18. > :14:22.the voters that perhaps would have voted for you in 2009, disaffected,
:14:23. > :14:34.quite, working class people, but perhaps they do not know like the
:14:35. > :14:45.extremism of the BNP. UKIP will not steal votes. But the BBC has helped
:14:46. > :14:49.him. They have had Nigel Farage on question Time virtually every other
:14:50. > :14:55.week. It has created the impression that UKIP are something special, but
:14:56. > :15:01.they are not, they are BBC puppet. Happens but in your party, your
:15:02. > :15:07.other MEP has left. You have lost your councillors in Burnley, you
:15:08. > :15:17.only have one left in Pendle. That cannot be down to the BBC. Town,
:15:18. > :15:20.parish and community councillors are working hard for the local
:15:21. > :15:27.communities. It is not just the BBC. The British government uses the
:15:28. > :15:35.equality commission with 70 tax funded lawyers taking us to court.
:15:36. > :15:40.They try to bankrupt us. When a party is subjected to this kind of
:15:41. > :15:47.pressure... It is all conspiracy against the BNP, you have not
:15:48. > :15:55.brought any of it against yourselves? Because they go against
:15:56. > :16:01.all of the big vested interests. Why has the BNP used the murder of Lee
:16:02. > :16:11.Rigby to promote itself? The BBC would never dare ask the question of
:16:12. > :16:17.someone... Why would you use Lee Rigby's name in a campaign when his
:16:18. > :16:21.family do not want that? When the families and these are routinely
:16:22. > :16:29.bullied by the mass media, the court system, the police, by going away
:16:30. > :16:33.quietly, it means that people like ourselves who are here to stand up
:16:34. > :16:38.for white people, victims of white racism, are not allowed to do it
:16:39. > :16:42.because it is racist. It is an outrageous thing, we have to talk
:16:43. > :16:44.about the appalling case of Lee Rigby, because that the government
:16:45. > :16:55.and British political elite do not get to grips with it then he will
:16:56. > :16:56.not be the last. Tomorrow we will be talking to the
:16:57. > :16:58.Green Party. A dispute over a patch of land
:16:59. > :17:01.in the Lake District could change the way farming has been carried out
:17:02. > :17:04.for centuries, according to some The land is common land
:17:05. > :17:22.but the owners say they want some Peter farms land on common land your
:17:23. > :17:26.Grasmere. He has a government grant, it needs renewing and Peter needs
:17:27. > :17:32.the landowner to sign the form. In this case it is a trust, but they
:17:33. > :17:37.have refused. Peter says that that is putting his livelihood at risk.
:17:38. > :17:44.If the money is not there then we will not know the impact until it is
:17:45. > :17:47.too late and it is not in our bank account and we are thinking, well
:17:48. > :17:53.how are we going to pay this bill and that bill? To farmers use this
:17:54. > :17:57.common land, the grant would give them extra land. It helps them to
:17:58. > :18:02.maintain things like dry stone walls and natural habitats. One third of
:18:03. > :18:09.farmland in the Lake District is common land. Farmers produce a huge
:18:10. > :18:16.range of benefits for society, some of those we pay for, such as lamb
:18:17. > :18:19.when we go to the supermarket, the other is landscape. The Lake
:18:20. > :18:24.District is the most visited area after London. People do not have to
:18:25. > :18:32.pay an entrance fee to come here. Instead the farmers are awarded
:18:33. > :18:35.three schemes. The landowners say that they want some control over how
:18:36. > :18:37.the area is maintained and believe that the farmers could apply for a
:18:38. > :18:43.different grants which would mean that they are not out of pocket. We
:18:44. > :18:47.have taken a management over of the Commons back from the National Trust
:18:48. > :18:51.because the landowner effectively once an active management role in
:18:52. > :18:55.the Commons. The Trust owns for other areas of common land in the
:18:56. > :18:58.Lake District, all sides hope that they can come to an agreement soon.
:18:59. > :19:02.Preston North End hope to book their place at Wembley tonight when they
:19:03. > :19:05.visit Rotherham United in their League One playoff second leg.
:19:06. > :19:08.Simon Grayson's side were held to a 1`1 draw in the home leg
:19:09. > :19:12.at Deepdale last Saturday and are looking to break
:19:13. > :19:14.their record of eight consecutive unsuccessful playoff campaigns.
:19:15. > :19:22.There's full match commentary on BBC Radio Lancashire from 7.45pm.
:19:23. > :19:25.He's the second fastest man in the world behind the legendary
:19:26. > :19:29.Usain Bolt, but today he was giving some North West youngsters
:19:30. > :19:32.Yohan Blake is the star turn at this weekend's
:19:33. > :19:36.BT Great City Games in Manchester where he'll run the 150m sprint.
:19:37. > :19:39.Today though, the man they call The Beast was passing
:19:40. > :19:51.on some tips to the next generation, and to our man Richard Askam.
:19:52. > :20:00.He is the youngest ever 100 metre world champion. At that distance,
:20:01. > :20:05.and a 200 metres, only Usain Bolt has run faster. Yohan Blake has his
:20:06. > :20:09.own distinctive celebration. Wouldn't that celebration come from?
:20:10. > :20:22.I was watching a Michael Jackson video. Thriller. I said that I had
:20:23. > :20:26.to do the Thriller. At the Rhino scowls, just smiles, when he made
:20:27. > :20:31.his surprise appearance at the school in Manchester. Yohan Blake
:20:32. > :20:35.treated the youngsters to some special training, a question and
:20:36. > :20:43.answer session. The mac what is like to be one of the fastest evil in the
:20:44. > :20:50.world? And for one pupil, a very special gift. His treasured cap. It
:20:51. > :20:56.was very exciting, I was happy to meet him. What will you do with that
:20:57. > :21:01.hat? Keep it for ever. This school is renamed for athletics, this
:21:02. > :21:08.14`year`old is a national champion. He has been a good inspiration. Now
:21:09. > :21:11.I know how he felt at this age. We have both gone through the same
:21:12. > :21:17.thing and I hope that I can turn into him, or even better. I am
:21:18. > :21:21.feeling good, I cannot wait for Saturday. The injury is pained me. I
:21:22. > :21:26.am just looking forward to the future. Hopefully everything will go
:21:27. > :21:42.to plan `` the injury is the hind me.
:21:43. > :21:45.The line`up for this year?s Liverpool International Music
:21:46. > :21:48.Festival has been announced. Stars from Boy George to Kid Creole and
:21:49. > :21:52.Ian Broudie from the Lightening Seeds will be taking part. There
:21:53. > :21:54.will be around 180 acts performing at venues across the city in August,
:21:55. > :22:24.with more big names to be announced. These are striking photographs. But
:22:25. > :22:33.Rankin's new exhibition has just opened in Lancashire.
:22:34. > :22:37.First of all, I thought, I want to die. Three years ago Leslie was
:22:38. > :22:41.diagnosed with breast cancer. Once the chemotherapy started to affect
:22:42. > :22:45.her appearance the mother of two from Bolton was determined to leave
:22:46. > :22:53.a lasting and beautiful image for her kids to remember her by. And so
:22:54. > :22:59.she was overjoyed when Rankin asked to foot graph. It has made me feel
:23:00. > :23:10.beautiful. So many people, when they get cancer and they lose their here,
:23:11. > :23:15.they think they look terrible. But it can be a good time, you can try
:23:16. > :23:22.things out. Her photograph is just one of 20 four trips up on shore.
:23:23. > :23:27.Paper trade me as me at my best, but that is how I have got through it.
:23:28. > :23:32.Even when my hand has been shaking because I have been in so much pain,
:23:33. > :23:36.I have still tried to get my eyeliner on, because I have thought,
:23:37. > :23:46.I am not walking out there like a victim. The exhibition follows
:23:47. > :23:50.people living with terminal illness. When you work in a hospice like I do
:23:51. > :23:53.every day, you see people who are facing the end of their life with
:23:54. > :23:58.character and fortitude and strength. Rankin has captured the
:23:59. > :24:03.essence of what I see every day in the hospice with his foot graphs.
:24:04. > :24:11.The exhibition is on until Saturday Peter
:24:12. > :24:35.. The power is in me. They are such striking images.
:24:36. > :24:38.Very nice exhibition. I spent most of the day learning how to put on
:24:39. > :24:42.false eyelashes. Good evening.
:24:43. > :24:48.It has been a decent day today, highs of 18 Celsius, but I can go
:24:49. > :24:52.higher. The temperatures tomorrow should be something to write home
:24:53. > :24:58.about. They should be in excess of 20 Celsius, but by the seaside day
:24:59. > :25:01.she'd be a touch cooler. The UV levels tomorrow should be quite
:25:02. > :25:06.high, so take care if you're outdoors. Some very light winds
:25:07. > :25:10.around. As we head into the overnight period the clouds will
:25:11. > :25:13.continue to clear away in places. Some mist and fog patches forming.
:25:14. > :25:20.Temperatures still in double figures, but for tomorrow, just in
:25:21. > :25:26.case we mist it, there should be a lot of clear skies. It is going to
:25:27. > :25:32.be very warm from the word go. It will be a warm day with a lot of
:25:33. > :25:37.sunshine. Very light winds indeed. Highs of 20 or 21 Celsius in the
:25:38. > :25:43.South. Maybe not quite as warm as you can see across parts of Cumbria.
:25:44. > :25:45.Just 15 or 16 Celsius, but it will be a nice day with glorious
:25:46. > :25:49.sunshine, hopefully wall`to`wall sunshine by the afternoon. These are
:25:50. > :25:54.the temperatures expected for Saturday. In Greater Manchester we
:25:55. > :26:00.should see highs of 22 Celsius. It will be a touch cooler elsewhere.
:26:01. > :26:05.Just 14 or 14 Celsius on the Isle of Man, but I still think it should be
:26:06. > :26:09.a lovely weekend. Rhododendrons are beautiful at this
:26:10. > :26:22.time of year. Not quite as colourful as your dress.
:26:23. > :26:54.See you tomorrow. Goodbye. at the European elections
:26:55. > :27:06.on May the 22nd. even though that would wreck
:27:07. > :27:11.the recovery and destroy jobs.