:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to North West Tonight with Annabel Tiffin and Roger Johnson.
:00:00. > :00:12.But its first councillors come as the Lib Dems suffer heavy local
:00:13. > :00:16.election losses We'll analyse the region's changing political
:00:17. > :00:35.The Inquest jury visits the scene of the 1989 tragedy.
:00:36. > :00:39.The Cod Army hope to batter Burton at Wembley in the
:00:40. > :01:07.The jury in the new Hillsborough inquests have visited the scene
:01:08. > :01:10.of the 1989 tragedy to see the stadium for themselves.
:01:11. > :01:13.96 Liverpool fans died in the disaster at an FA Cup semifinal
:01:14. > :01:17.The stadium has changed a lot since that time
:01:18. > :01:20.and the jury members were shown the former location of important
:01:21. > :01:29.Our Merseyside Reporter Andy Gill is live in Sheffield for us tonight.
:01:30. > :01:37.Andy, this was a strictly controlled visit.
:01:38. > :01:44.It was. Tonight the Hillsborough ground is once again the
:01:45. > :01:48.Hillsborough stadium in the closed season. But for a few hours today it
:01:49. > :01:53.was a working coroner 's court, with all of the things that that implies.
:01:54. > :01:56.There were restrictions about what the media could say and short while
:01:57. > :02:03.they were here. But that jury were the precise people who were `` will
:02:04. > :02:10.decide exactly how and why the 96 liver or fans died. It was important
:02:11. > :02:18.for them to know what the stadium looked like and how it worked. The
:02:19. > :02:23.jurors arrived to retrace the footsteps of Liverpool fans and 99.
:02:24. > :02:27.The coroner used a microphone to speak to the jury about what they
:02:28. > :02:33.were seeing. Hillsborough is different now from how it was at the
:02:34. > :02:41.time of the disaster. Cones and tape were used to mark where key features
:02:42. > :02:43.used to be. The turnstiles were much further forward, and the cones here
:02:44. > :02:50.represent the wall for those turnstiles were. Over here,
:02:51. > :02:55.represented by the yellow cones, was the position of gate C. That was the
:02:56. > :03:01.gate that was opened on police orders to relieve pressure outside
:03:02. > :03:07.came in here and went down the came in here and went down the
:03:08. > :03:10.central tunnel into pens three and four. Put graphs were shown,
:03:11. > :03:20.the pens as they were. The jury also the pens as they were. The jury also
:03:21. > :03:26.saw other key locations. Promote health, they drove past a pub where
:03:27. > :03:31.drank. They walked along from the drank. They walked along from the
:03:32. > :03:37.station to the stadium, just as the fans did. The jury travelled along
:03:38. > :03:41.the emergency services rich to the Northern General Hospital, then it
:03:42. > :03:46.was passed an old bus station, back to the stadium to see the memorial,
:03:47. > :03:51.onto the Royal Hallamshire Hospital and then back to the start. The jury
:03:52. > :04:01.will be back at court next week when the inquests resume. The jury were
:04:02. > :04:04.also shown in the position of the police control box. The coroner said
:04:05. > :04:07.to them that the view that they had no is not the same as they had
:04:08. > :04:12.then. They were shown the position of crash barriers where they were on
:04:13. > :04:17.the terraces. And they visited the Sheffield Wednesday club shop. That
:04:18. > :04:19.building used to be the gymnasium, which is where many of the bodies
:04:20. > :04:23.were taken. Disgraced broadcaster Stuart Hall
:04:24. > :04:25.has had his prison sentence doubled after being convicted of indecently
:04:26. > :04:29.assaulting a girl under the age of 16. He was already serving a
:04:30. > :04:32.30`month sentence for sex offences and was told today he will be behind
:04:33. > :04:36.bars for another two and a half years. But the judge told the
:04:37. > :04:39.84`year`old he would have received a much greater sentence if he'd been
:04:40. > :04:52.prosecuted under current laws. Our The judge explained that because
:04:53. > :04:58.these offences dated back to the early 1970s and 1980s then he had to
:04:59. > :05:04.be sentenced with the guidelines at the time. Had they been committed
:05:05. > :05:10.more recently he would be able to give a more strict sentence. He said
:05:11. > :05:14.that it represented a gross breach of trust about most gravity and
:05:15. > :05:20.involved an element of grooming. He said it had been carried out by him
:05:21. > :05:25.with a sense of arrogant and contemptible amenity and represented
:05:26. > :05:31.an act of file bravado and betrayal. Stuart Hall sat quietly in the dock
:05:32. > :05:35.having no reaction to those comments or the sentence. The sentence was
:05:36. > :05:38.two years and six months to run consecutively with the one he is
:05:39. > :05:42.already serving, not at the same time, but it starts when this one
:05:43. > :05:50.that he is already doing finishes. When Matey be out? He was always due
:05:51. > :05:56.to be heading back to prison today. He is serving a sentence for 14
:05:57. > :06:01.indecent assault that he admitted to last year. The two and a half years
:06:02. > :06:05.that he has been given here today for the additional two indecent
:06:06. > :06:10.assaults are to run after that. They will be added onto the 18 months. In
:06:11. > :06:14.theory, Stuart Hall faces another three years in prison. The judge
:06:15. > :06:18.criticised him for not showing any remorse and said that he should have
:06:19. > :06:25.disclosed these two indecent results at the time `` two indecent assaults
:06:26. > :06:29.at the time. Because he had not done that he said he had to impose a
:06:30. > :06:32.severe sentence, although he said it is likely that Stewart will be
:06:33. > :06:36.released on licence for the last two years of his sentence, so in theory
:06:37. > :06:58.he could be out by the end of next year.
:06:59. > :07:00.A 47`year`old man shot during a siege
:07:01. > :07:02.in Liverpool remains in a stable condition in hospital tonight.
:07:03. > :07:05.Armed officers surrounded the house on Shellingford Road
:07:06. > :07:08.The Independent Police Complaints Commission has launched
:07:09. > :07:17.The Liverpool Philharmonic Hall is closing for six months from this
:07:18. > :07:21.The multimillion`pound project will see the stage rebuilt
:07:22. > :07:23.and improvements made to the foyer, box office,
:07:24. > :07:48.We've been voting to elect councillors in 26 local
:07:49. > :07:52.While there has been no change in overall control in most of them
:07:53. > :07:56.the challenge from UKIP has been fiercely felt across the region.
:07:57. > :07:59.Bolton elected the first two UKIP councillors,
:08:00. > :08:09.They've been taking seats from all of the main parties.
:08:10. > :08:12.but the Lib Dems have been the main casualties overall.
:08:13. > :08:14.They've been completely wiped out in Manchester,
:08:15. > :08:17.have just one councillor left in Rochdale, and in Liverpool, where
:08:18. > :08:21.they used to be so strong, they lost every seat they were defending.
:08:22. > :08:25.The Conservatives were defending two councils.
:08:26. > :08:30.They lost West Lancashire to no overall control and held Trafford
:08:31. > :08:33.in Greater Manchester, but it was a close`run thing and we can join
:08:34. > :08:59.Overall this has been a good day for Labour, but it shows that they can
:09:00. > :09:02.win in parts of Manchester. Labour did not expect to take this council,
:09:03. > :09:06.but they did expect that they were going to be able to knock the
:09:07. > :09:17.Conservatives out so that this came under no overall control. It is a
:09:18. > :09:22.big success for the Tories here. I spent most of the day in Manchester
:09:23. > :09:27.for where, as you said, the Liberal Democrats had a terrible day, losing
:09:28. > :09:32.nine seats. As for UKIP, yes, some games, the first elected councillors
:09:33. > :09:36.in the region, but no widespread breakthroughs with them, as Stewart
:09:37. > :09:39.Flinders reports. Notice anything different about
:09:40. > :09:42.Bolton? The town hall clock is still ticking but, according to the town's
:09:43. > :09:45.new UKIP councillors, Bolton is according to the town's new UKIP
:09:46. > :09:56.councillors, Bolton is changing. The whole reason for UKIP is to
:09:57. > :10:06.change our relationship with Europe. What has that to do with Bolton
:10:07. > :10:11.Council? It is important for us to talk about local issues have you
:10:12. > :10:20.been campaigning on European issues? Now we have been `` no, we have been
:10:21. > :10:27.campaigning on local issues. What are your policies specifically? It
:10:28. > :10:32.is all about level playing fields. We chip in 5.2 9p per year in
:10:33. > :10:42.council tax in the word and we get little back spent in the ward ``
:10:43. > :10:51.?5.2 million. What are you going to be asking for? An equal share out of
:10:52. > :10:54.money across the North. UKIP finished second in 13 other words.
:10:55. > :11:03.What is it about them that has proved so attractive to waters and
:11:04. > :11:09.Bolton? Immigration is imported, controlling our borders. These are
:11:10. > :11:18.the things that you are concerned about? The same old thing, the same
:11:19. > :11:23.old rhetoric. Teasing that is why people voted for them? Be fed up
:11:24. > :11:29.with the main parties, aren't they? UKIP bar on the march, blood Dems
:11:30. > :11:37.are in retreat. `` UKIP are on the march. Even the party's
:11:38. > :11:43.Parliamentary candidate lost his council seat. It is premature to say
:11:44. > :11:48.that liberalism is dead. It is not dead in Rochdale, I will be back
:11:49. > :11:53.next year. We will come out with a strategy to win some seats back. How
:11:54. > :12:06.far can UKIP go? How far down candle Lib Dems call `` can the Lib Dems
:12:07. > :12:10.go? In Liverpool the Green Party made several games. That pushes them
:12:11. > :12:16.up to four. They are now the main opposition party to labour in
:12:17. > :12:21.Liverpool. The British National Party narrowly held onto its only
:12:22. > :12:34.seat in the country and that is with only six votes. Let us have a chat
:12:35. > :12:38.now to a professor from Liverpool University. Can you begin by giving
:12:39. > :12:45.us your analysis of Labour's performance? The North West map was
:12:46. > :12:51.already read but it has gone deeper shade of red. Labour really needed
:12:52. > :12:54.to take this council out of Conservative control. This was the
:12:55. > :12:57.Battle of the suburbs. In West Lancashire red was an overall
:12:58. > :13:02.control but Labour ought to have taken it. Labour has one big, but
:13:03. > :13:08.mainly in the cities and mainly at the expense of the Liberal
:13:09. > :13:13.Democrats. I was in Manchester today, the Liberal Democrats look
:13:14. > :13:19.shattered and had been wiped out of Manchester. How bad is it for them?
:13:20. > :13:23.We kept asking how low can the Liberal Democrats go, and the answer
:13:24. > :13:26.is rock bottom. They are an endangered species in the cities.
:13:27. > :13:31.The only thing that they can cling to amid the wreckage is the fact
:13:32. > :13:34.that they did better in Sefton and Stockport, already do have some
:13:35. > :13:41.parliamentary seats. What about UKIP? This is a tasty starter for
:13:42. > :13:44.them. The fact that they got representation in Bolton and all the
:13:45. > :13:52.much they did not expect is a real roost for UKIP. They are presence,
:13:53. > :13:56.`` real boost. Thank you very much indeed for seeing the election
:13:57. > :13:59.through to the end with us. Jamie elections there were two ballot
:14:00. > :14:03.papers. For those of you who used them there are still more to come,
:14:04. > :14:27.the European elections will be counted
:14:28. > :14:30.The family of a convicted terrorist have been told their
:14:31. > :14:34.The authorities wanted to seize Munir Farooqi's house in Manchester
:14:35. > :14:36.because that was where he conducted his activities.
:14:37. > :14:40.It was the first time anti`terror laws had been used in this way.
:14:41. > :14:43.But a judge today ruled taking the house would punish
:14:44. > :14:49.Our Chief Reporter Dave Guest has the story.
:14:50. > :16:21.The courts within Manchester and the a convicted terrorist, currently
:16:22. > :16:30.The courts within Manchester and the UK have proven that it is not a
:16:31. > :16:36.terrorist family, because at `` because if it was then the house
:16:37. > :16:39.would have been seized. Think it was the crippling to do, to use
:16:40. > :16:43.legislation to make this application, which was heard by the
:16:44. > :16:45.judge `` it was the correct thing to do.
:16:46. > :16:48.Munir Farooqi won't be considered for parole until at least 2020.
:16:49. > :16:54.Dave Guest, BBC Northwest Tonight, Manchester.
:16:55. > :16:57.Next tonight, the face of a four`year`old girl from Preston will
:16:58. > :17:01.be on many cinema screens from today as part of an appeal to raise money
:17:02. > :17:07.Megan Fish was born with a congental heart defect and needs a
:17:08. > :17:10.number of operations, but was chosen to front a fundraising campaign
:17:11. > :17:26.Megan was born a remarkable girl, her heart was not working quite
:17:27. > :17:34.right. A star on firm and just as likely to light up any room if you
:17:35. > :17:41.meet her. `` start one film. She was born with a complex heart condition.
:17:42. > :17:51.I have a purely hard. And you have to come here to the hospital? With
:17:52. > :17:57.her family she attends weekly play sessions at Liverpool's Alder Hey
:17:58. > :18:00.Hospital. It is like walking back into a family. She knows exactly
:18:01. > :18:05.where she is going, she knows all the staff, so she feels at home and
:18:06. > :18:09.she feels as if she has what some security about what is going to
:18:10. > :18:15.happen to her. Hospital's newest ambassadors taking part in a charity
:18:16. > :18:19.appeal to fund research and equipment at the new Alder Hill
:18:20. > :18:23.Hospital which opens next year. We have had fantastic support from the
:18:24. > :18:28.community and corporate. We still have a long way to go. We have
:18:29. > :18:36.raised about 2 million in pledges and income since October. Today, the
:18:37. > :18:42.youngster, who has already had two operations, were told that doctors
:18:43. > :18:48.will operate again next week. Megan is showing us that she is ready for
:18:49. > :18:51.this next operation, so hopefully she will feel that she will be able
:18:52. > :18:57.to do a little bit more. Before then her immediate concern is to catch
:18:58. > :19:13.yourself on television tonight. Back to the studio.
:19:14. > :19:27.And, Richard, the bank`holiday weekend could see Fleetwood Town
:19:28. > :19:38.Yes, in the League Two playoff final on Monday.
:19:39. > :19:39.I've been at the club a couple of times this week and there's a
:19:40. > :19:48.And if Fleetwood beat Burton Albion at Wembley it'll be half`a`dozen
:19:49. > :19:55.A remarkable story that now just needs a happy ending.
:19:56. > :20:02.In many ways their rises one of the most couple stories on foot pole. It
:20:03. > :20:16.is just everything, unbelievable. It has been difficult at times, but to
:20:17. > :20:32.get a success story, it is buzzing. My mum actually asked if we could
:20:33. > :20:42.get tickets. I thought she was making it up. She is in the singing
:20:43. > :20:46.section. Cashiers noisy! Enjoy. Average crowds of a few hundred a
:20:47. > :20:52.decade ago have swelled to more than decade ago have swelled to more than
:20:53. > :21:04.200 now and five times that are expected to make the journey to
:21:05. > :21:17.Wembley `` 2000. Fleetwood A is a place on its own, it is very unique.
:21:18. > :21:22.Sometimes I think we have this tribal feeling amongst ourselves
:21:23. > :21:28.that we are proud of this town and where we have come from and we want
:21:29. > :21:32.the team to do well and support the team at Wembley.
:21:33. > :21:35.The team is on the brink of English football's third tier. I think
:21:36. > :21:39.everyone will remember it for the rest of their lives. You only enjoy
:21:40. > :21:40.it if you win. You only enjoy it if you win, go they are focused. That
:21:41. > :21:42.is what we are going to try and do. A victory that would cap an
:21:43. > :21:42.extraordinary rise for a small club with increasingly big ambitions.
:21:43. > :21:42.There'll be all the build`up and full match commentary,
:21:43. > :21:44.On to Super League, and Wigan Warriors are up to second
:21:45. > :21:46.in the table after a convincing 25` 4 victory
:21:47. > :21:51.The Warriors scored four tries, two of them by Joe Burgess.
:21:52. > :21:54.His second saw him run 70 metres to put the game beyond Salford.
:21:55. > :21:57.The Red Devils have now not won in seven matches.
:21:58. > :22:00.Tonight St Helens will be looking to bounce back
:22:01. > :22:02.from last weekend's Magic Weekend defeat against Warrington Wolves.
:22:03. > :22:04.Saints take on Huddersfield Giants at Langtree Park.
:22:05. > :22:09.Nathan Brown's men could go back to the top of the table with a win.
:22:10. > :22:14.The Wolves are at Wakefield on Sunday with Widnes at Castleford.
:22:15. > :22:17.Two of the North West's female boxers have been talking about
:22:18. > :22:20.their hopes of winning gold at the European Championships next month.
:22:21. > :22:23.Preston's Lisa Whiteside and Natasha Jonas from Liverpool are both part
:22:24. > :22:30.of the GB squad competing in Romania at the end of this month.
:22:31. > :22:34.Natasha, in the blue, is determined to shine ahead of selection for
:22:35. > :22:44.And, like her, Lisa is focused on winning gold.
:22:45. > :22:53.I do not want anything less. It is a tough tournament, the Europeans. We
:22:54. > :22:58.do have the Commonwealth Games and the World Championships, but the top
:22:59. > :23:16.girls are usually in the European countries. We're always trying come
:23:17. > :23:20.back with a medal,. After Fleetwood Town, I cannot wait. Let us hope
:23:21. > :23:23.that they can do it. Good luck to them.
:23:24. > :23:27.A baby camel is being hand`reared at Blackpool Zoo after her mother
:23:28. > :23:30.The Bactrian calf, who is just three weeks old,
:23:31. > :23:34.She's being fed bottles of milk five times a day
:23:35. > :23:55.She has not been aimed yet, but the scarf appears to be part of the
:23:56. > :24:04.family at Blackpool zoo. When her mother rejected her it seemed that
:24:05. > :24:10.she would not survive. The mother kept kicking the calf away. Then we
:24:11. > :24:15.decided to give her an artificial milk replacer. The little one is now
:24:16. > :24:28.housed with a surrogate mother. This are good mother's brawl is vital.
:24:29. > :24:32.to behave like a camel. But for now to behave like a camel. But for now
:24:33. > :24:35.she is safe with her keepers. Like all newborn babies she has to
:24:36. > :24:48.be weighed. The real test as to how she is doing. 31. And all is fine.
:24:49. > :24:54.When she gets older we will start introducing some solid food
:24:55. > :25:07.gradually. The rest is history, as they say. She is the third camel to
:25:08. > :25:12.be born at the zoo. It is in danger of species, less than 1000 remain
:25:13. > :25:13.the wild. They are all doing well the wild. They are all doing well
:25:14. > :25:14.and it is hoped that eventually this and it is hoped that eventually this
:25:15. > :25:27.little one's mother will start taking an interest.
:25:28. > :25:32.It is a mixed forecast. Things do get better in our weekend forecast
:25:33. > :25:39.day by day. Hank holiday Monday is still looking like the best day of
:25:40. > :25:43.Walter waltz on chain. It gets worse Walter waltz on chain. It gets worse
:25:44. > :25:47.before it gets better. We can still see many lines coming towards us. If
:25:48. > :25:52.you are going out this evening the rain will still be around for
:25:53. > :25:57.another couple of hours. By midnight, apart from on the Isle of
:25:58. > :26:05.Man, the pick should become drier. `` picture. A couple of breaks in
:26:06. > :26:08.the cloud cover every now and again but it is predominantly cloudy and
:26:09. > :26:14.the temperatures are 11 or 12 Celsius. However, you do not keep
:26:15. > :26:20.that picked for a morning. Relatively bright for the first
:26:21. > :26:29.couple of hours of daylight. But the Met Office have issued a yellow
:26:30. > :26:35.warning, that is far of the most southern parts of the region. The
:26:36. > :26:42.rain that turns up could be really very heavy indeed. This is your
:26:43. > :26:45.cloud cover every now and again. But cloud cover every now and again. But
:26:46. > :26:48.11, it will be very heavy at times. 11, it will be very heavy at times.
:26:49. > :26:55.Showers will follow behind it. There could be some thunder, potential
:26:56. > :26:58.downpours. The warnings are for the most southern parts of the region,
:26:59. > :27:05.but just about anywhere could see some showers from time to time. That
:27:06. > :27:09.is a poor picture. This line of whether tries to pull away and we
:27:10. > :27:15.might catch some dry weather here and there. On Sunday there are still
:27:16. > :27:18.some showers. Not as lively or as heavy. It does quieten down. We
:27:19. > :27:23.cannot promise you Walter waltz unchained but some good weather. Top
:27:24. > :27:27.temperature of 18 Celsius. You know that you know that you're
:27:28. > :27:30.getting old when policeman and doctors start to look like they
:27:31. > :27:39.should still be at school. We did not mention the victory of the
:27:40. > :27:44.18`year`old who has been elected as a councillor. Well done to him.
:27:45. > :27:46.Have a lovely bank holiday.