:00:00. > :00:22.Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Annabel Tiffin and
:00:23. > :00:25.Roger Johnson. Our top story. A police force under scrutiny after it
:00:26. > :00:28.fails to uphold a single complaint from the public. Greater Manchester
:00:29. > :00:31.Police says it's already reviewing its procedures. Also tonight. This
:00:32. > :00:39.is the International Festival of business but which things will it
:00:40. > :00:43.deliver? Simply the best. Manchester United opens a new exhibition to
:00:44. > :00:55.showcase the skills of a boy called George. And best foot forward, find
:00:56. > :00:56.out why these summer stroller is bring 400 years of history with
:00:57. > :01:08.them. Greater Manchester Police has been
:01:09. > :01:10.criticised for the way it investigates discrimination
:01:11. > :01:12.complaints made against its officers. The Police watchdog
:01:13. > :01:15.discovered that the force didn't uphold a single complaint of those
:01:16. > :01:18.it received from the general public. GMP says it's already addressing the
:01:19. > :01:27.issue as our Chief Reporter, Dave Guest, explains. We rely on the
:01:28. > :01:30.police to protect us. But, according to the Independent Police Complaints
:01:31. > :01:32.Commission, we can't always rely Greater Manchester Police to respond
:01:33. > :01:42.properly if we complain about the conduct of their officers. I think
:01:43. > :01:46.it is discrimination and not tackled well enough. The IPCC investigated
:01:47. > :01:48.the way in which allegations of discrimination were handled by GMP
:01:49. > :01:51.and two other forces. They examined 170 complaints of discrimination
:01:52. > :01:55.made against GMP, West Yorkshire and West Midlands Police. Those
:01:56. > :01:57.complaints were of alleged discrimination related to race,
:01:58. > :02:06.sexual orientation, disability and faith. Just over 90 were
:02:07. > :02:11.investigated and not one was upheld. The IPCC found eight out of ten
:02:12. > :02:13.cases were not properly assessed. And in two out of three cases,
:02:14. > :02:24.decisions were not properly communicated. To find out none of
:02:25. > :02:30.these discrimination complaints have been upheld is a surprise. The way
:02:31. > :02:37.complaints need to be looked at by police forces does need to improve.
:02:38. > :02:54.We were really surprised there was that kind of indifference to race
:02:55. > :03:01.issues. GMP insists it is better at dealing with complaints made by its
:03:02. > :03:05.own colleagues. On the streets it is often the word of the complainant
:03:06. > :03:13.against the word of a police officer. The police say the wider
:03:14. > :03:19.use of body cameras will help change that. PC Andy Moore's been using his
:03:20. > :03:29.for the past year. There can be no dispute about who said what.
:03:30. > :03:32.Absolutely. I just flick a switch. And GMP insists it's determined to
:03:33. > :03:39.ensure better handling of complaints in the future. The death of a
:03:40. > :03:42.four`year`old boy in a fire in Liverpool, believed to have been
:03:43. > :03:45.started by his mother, is to be subject to a serious case review.
:03:46. > :03:48.Moksha Jai Joshi, known as Jai and his mum 40`year`old Jamna Joshi,
:03:49. > :03:51.died in the blaze at Moscow Drive, on the 8th of May. Lancashire
:03:52. > :03:54.Safeguarding Children Board said it would review the role of agencies
:03:55. > :03:57.involved in the case. The Hillsborough Inquests have heard how
:03:58. > :04:00.a Liverpool fan may have been jumping on a crush barrier at the
:04:01. > :04:02.Leppings Lane end of the stadium before it collapsed in the crush.
:04:03. > :04:06.Structural engineer John Strange, giving evidence for a third day,
:04:07. > :04:09.referred to the claim as he was questioned by the QC representing
:04:10. > :04:12.three of the match commanders. Lord McNally of Blackpool has called for
:04:13. > :04:17.urgent action to improve the resort where he grew up. He told the House
:04:18. > :04:20.of Lords that the area needs investment in tourism and to make
:04:21. > :04:23.the most of new opportunties created by fracking. The Life Peer is
:04:24. > :04:26.calling on the Cities Minister to appoint a figurehead to promote
:04:27. > :04:42.Blackpool as Michael Heseltine did with Liverpool in the 1990s. What I
:04:43. > :04:48.would like to do just now is make a Heseltine and eight back pool
:04:49. > :04:51.feature. Even better dispatch in there to get things moving. The NHS
:04:52. > :04:53.has announced plans to create what are being described as Super
:04:54. > :04:56.Hospitals, across Greater Manchester. They would be five
:04:57. > :04:59.specialist Accident and Emergency units designed to take pressure of
:05:00. > :05:02.other hospitals in the region. But critics say it will cost too much
:05:03. > :05:09.and might eventually lead to existing hospitals having to close.
:05:10. > :05:15.Well, our reporter Elaine Dunkley is outside the Manchester Royal
:05:16. > :05:23.Infirmary for us now. Elaine. On one side this is about the effectiveness
:05:24. > :05:27.and efficiency of our hospitals. In the other hand this isn't about
:05:28. > :05:39.making changes to the NHS over 60 years. `` this is about. Out of four
:05:40. > :05:44.hospitals they want to create two super hospitals with specialist
:05:45. > :05:51.casualty units. What with this mean for certain hospitals? For North
:05:52. > :05:57.Manchester, Fairfield and team side it will be business as usual. They
:05:58. > :06:02.would see you there in exactly the same way with a minor incident but
:06:03. > :06:08.with a major trauma such as a heart attack you would be sent to one of
:06:09. > :06:17.the major hospitals. This is so do get the best care but a local MP has
:06:18. > :06:22.raised concerns. The end result will be to close some of our hospitals.
:06:23. > :06:37.You are twice as likely to die in some hospitals as others. Those who
:06:38. > :06:45.have come up with these proposals say it could save thousands of lives
:06:46. > :06:50.over the next five years. At our local General Hospital standards
:06:51. > :06:55.will be raised. We will have local keyer there which will be Sistine.
:06:56. > :07:01.And for specialist care, that will be available, the outcome of their
:07:02. > :07:09.surgery or that clinical episode, that would be better. These
:07:10. > :07:21.proposals are expected to be improved over the next few weeks. It
:07:22. > :07:24.goes to a public consultation. Liverpool is just days away from
:07:25. > :07:26.hosting the International Festival for Business. It has the bold
:07:27. > :07:29.ambition of boosting exports, helping to re`balance the UK economy
:07:30. > :07:33.and attracting 75,000 delegates, a quarter of a million visitors. But,
:07:34. > :07:37.just days away, only 6,000 delegates have so far registered. Will the
:07:38. > :07:40.festival deliver all it hopes to? Here's Jayne McCubbin. The
:07:41. > :07:45.International Festival for Business is days away. Outside the waterfront
:07:46. > :07:49.nerve centre a Great British product. Inside, all the help
:07:50. > :07:59.business needs to export more Great British products. It is an
:08:00. > :08:04.opportunity for businesses to work with each other, to talk with each
:08:05. > :08:07.other deals. But with days to go, only six of a promised 75,000
:08:08. > :08:14.delegates have signed up. Most of them regional. But don't go doubting
:08:15. > :08:17.Big Joe. CNN and these global companies are not sponsored up
:08:18. > :08:29.because they think it will just be a dream for Scousers. Journalists The
:08:30. > :08:37.journalists were here today to spread the word. At least ?5m of
:08:38. > :08:47.public money is helping to pay for it. But UK Trade and Industry
:08:48. > :08:50.expects results. This is where the UKTI will host some of their key
:08:51. > :08:52.events, each week a different theme to boost exports in different
:08:53. > :08:58.sectors and areas. The first week, the rooms over there. They are the
:08:59. > :09:01.deal doing rooms. IFB reckon they have information on ?1.7 billion
:09:02. > :09:04.worth of overseas deals in here they can provide one to one expert advice
:09:05. > :09:10.from experts on how to clinch those deals. You are a photographer, what
:09:11. > :09:18.do you want to get out of this? To get some contacts. We argue to
:09:19. > :09:26.promote our Aqua pressure massage to the delegates. But delegates here
:09:27. > :09:28.today were looking closer to home for those deals. IFB believe the
:09:29. > :09:31.local economy could benefit by ?100million. But the hope is much
:09:32. > :11:18.more is made overseas. The big launch is Monday.
:11:19. > :11:35.just went, you know? Hello lads had been killed. `` feel lads. ``
:11:36. > :11:45.fellow. Today, the scene of a commemoration for the soldiers who
:11:46. > :11:52.died securing this bridge. Our troops had Caughey on but they were
:11:53. > :12:07.Germans. As we started firing on them the public chased me. Prince
:12:08. > :12:13.Charles paid his respects watched by this man from Cheshire who was
:12:14. > :12:21.aboard a ship as it pummelled effective positions. I feel very
:12:22. > :12:34.privileged that I witnessed most of that day from a vantage point. It
:12:35. > :12:47.was an exciting time. In a way I am a bit embarrassed. It was our job to
:12:48. > :12:51.do what we did. Tomorrow is the 70th anniversary of the landings and
:12:52. > :12:57.veterans like these from the north`west will be parading in front
:12:58. > :13:00.of world leaders tomorrow afternoon. Now, it's a shocking fact that in
:13:01. > :13:03.this region, right now, there are around 1200 children looking for a
:13:04. > :13:08.foster home. More than anywhere else in the country. This evening at the
:13:09. > :13:12.Etihad Stadium, Manchester City Council is holding a special event
:13:13. > :13:24.to try to recruit more carers. Well, one young woman who knows all about
:13:25. > :13:27.the subject is Mary`May Moakes. She's 18 now but she was just
:13:28. > :13:31.eight`years`old when she arrived in the home of Julia and Paul Edwards.
:13:32. > :13:39.All three came in to see us this afternoon. It is hard to measure but
:13:40. > :13:44.we have got a great deal of satisfaction from seeing these young
:13:45. > :13:50.children come quite nervous with no self`confidence, growing into really
:13:51. > :13:56.wonderful young people with a lot of self`confidence, who have done
:13:57. > :14:01.exceptionally well at school, are going on into university education
:14:02. > :14:11.and have developed themselves sold. There is a perception from some
:14:12. > :14:16.quarters that children coming into fostering our troubled in some way.
:14:17. > :14:27.We have had no trouble with the three we have had. How did it feel
:14:28. > :14:39.when you went to them? When I first came I was nervous and would not
:14:40. > :14:45.really talk. You had your big brother to look after you, didn't
:14:46. > :14:52.you? He did look after me and I was all right. From being very low until
:14:53. > :14:58.now. A lot of people say I do not want to foster because I am going to
:14:59. > :15:02.get too attached to those children and they will get taken away from
:15:03. > :15:07.me. If you do short fostering you will grow some attachment but you
:15:08. > :15:13.know all the time you are preparing those children either to go back to
:15:14. > :15:17.their birth family or move on into long`term fostering or adoption. You
:15:18. > :15:22.are doing a job that is so worthwhile to give them safety,
:15:23. > :15:29.security and the beginning of the boundaries. This is what life can be
:15:30. > :15:40.like and it will only get better. What do you say to people who say
:15:41. > :15:47.you do it for the money. That is not why we do it. We get so much more
:15:48. > :15:53.out of it. We have taken them to squash and swimming. We get so much
:15:54. > :15:59.out of seeing them become confident and self`assured, they have been a
:16:00. > :16:05.credit to us basically. What do you say to those out there just now
:16:06. > :16:12.thinking they are not sure. It has definitely given me a second chance
:16:13. > :16:18.to do things I never thought I would be able to do like go on holiday,
:16:19. > :16:23.actually think of going to university and not just feel like I
:16:24. > :16:33.am not going to achieve anything. Thank you all for coming in. Well,
:16:34. > :16:39.tonight's meeting finishes at eight but if you want to know more you can
:16:40. > :16:43.ring the council's fostering line on 0800 988 8931 or go to the website
:16:44. > :16:46.www.fosterformanchester.com Richard's here with the sport, and
:16:47. > :17:10.we were hoping he'd make it but Andrew Flintoff won't be playing in
:17:11. > :17:14.Lancashire's T20 match tomorrow? No, he isn't quite ready. Freddie
:17:15. > :17:17.continued his comeback today for Lancashire's second eleven in their
:17:18. > :17:23.Twenty20 defeat against Leicestershire. He scored 16 with
:17:24. > :17:28.the bat and took 2`39 with the ball. But the club have decided it wasn't
:17:29. > :17:33.quite enough. So, not bad and another big name is back with Lancs.
:17:34. > :17:39.Jos Buttler hasn't been selected for England's Test against Sri Lanka
:17:40. > :17:44.next week. But it means Buttler will be available for tomorrow's Roses
:17:45. > :17:52.clash. Today, he's been in Lancashire at Kirkham and Wesham
:17:53. > :17:58.Cricket Club as part of the Chance To Shine project aimed at
:17:59. > :18:06.encouraging youngsters to play the sport and says it'll be great to
:18:07. > :18:12.have Freddie back. I think it is great. The legend of the game widely
:18:13. > :18:20.received really well by the public. It is nice to have a kilo. He is
:18:21. > :18:23.only 36 still. Football. Liverpool have agreed a deal in principle to
:18:24. > :18:26.sign Emre Can from Bayer Leverkusen. The Germany Under`21 midfielder has
:18:27. > :18:31.a ?10 million release clause in his contract, and Liverpool have met
:18:32. > :18:36.that figure. Can, who can also play in defence, joined Leverkusen from
:18:37. > :18:42.Bayern Munich last summer in a deal worth ?4 million. The quarter finals
:18:43. > :18:49.of Rugby League's Challenge Cup begin tonight. Widnes take on
:18:50. > :18:56.Keighley, who are a division below them and the lowest`ranked club left
:18:57. > :19:02.in the competition. Tomorrow, the Championship's leaders Leigh travel
:19:03. > :19:11.to Superleague heavyweights Leeds. Wigan and Warrington are both in
:19:12. > :19:19.action at the weekend. Good`looking, talented, bags of charisma. Not
:19:20. > :19:22.Roger, funnily enough, but George Best, probably the greatest player
:19:23. > :19:27.to pull on a Manchester United shirt. It's 40 years since he left
:19:28. > :19:31.Old Trafford, and the club is celebrating his memory with a new
:19:32. > :19:34.exhibition which opens tomorrow. Stuart Flinders has been at the
:19:35. > :19:37.Manchester United museum to take a look. Lots of marvellous exhibits
:19:38. > :19:40.here but take a look at this one. George Best scored six goals in a
:19:41. > :19:44.single game against Northampton Town, this is the ball. Lots of
:19:45. > :19:49.other shirts there to see. This is the assistant curator of the
:19:50. > :19:55.exhibition. What is this all about? The main thing is to celebrate
:19:56. > :20:01.George 's career off and on the football pitch. We have memorabilia
:20:02. > :20:10.related to his businesses. This is off of the pitch? Loads of products
:20:11. > :20:23.he endorsed himself. That is the main focus. What was it about George
:20:24. > :20:35.Best that made him so special? You'd have to be around 50 to have seen
:20:36. > :20:43.George Best play for United, but mention his name to supporters of a
:20:44. > :20:47.certain age, and they're likely to go misty`eyed as they recall one
:20:48. > :20:52.football's greats. He was two footed, he could head the ball just
:20:53. > :20:57.as well. They were playing on pictures that were not good today.
:20:58. > :21:02.He was skilful, quick, brave and cheeky. And women adored him. He had
:21:03. > :21:07.lots of girlfriends. He was a good`looking man. He had bright blue
:21:08. > :21:14.eyes, black year. He was very dark and suave. His drinking was
:21:15. > :21:21.legendary. I remember watching him play against Manchester City one
:21:22. > :21:28.week. We went to the bar afterwards and he was in there before us. But
:21:29. > :21:40.his later years were dogged by alcoholism. He was 59 when he died.
:21:41. > :21:50.The problems I have had have been well documented but I think at the
:21:51. > :21:56.end of the day people have got to remember the football, hopefully I
:21:57. > :22:02.gave a lot of pleasure to a lot of April. Hopefully they will remember
:22:03. > :22:08.the football. What was it like to be in the same team as hem? He was a
:22:09. > :22:16.little bit special. He was a lovely lad as well. A lot of the stories
:22:17. > :22:20.are exaggerated. When did you realise playing alongside him that
:22:21. > :22:28.there was something special about him? I came down to watch him in a
:22:29. > :22:34.youth match and I knew nothing about him but I thought I cannot believe
:22:35. > :22:40.this. I went to the trainer and said what is this and he said we are
:22:41. > :22:46.trying to keep him under wraps though nobody will know about him.
:22:47. > :22:54.You only had to put him on the pitch and people would know about him! He
:22:55. > :23:01.was the first celebrity footballer. He was a handsome lad which did not
:23:02. > :23:10.help. He was a footballer with lots of people chasing after him. It had
:23:11. > :23:15.never happened in football before. Fond memories. The exhibition opens
:23:16. > :23:19.tomorrow. Now, you might remember we mentioned The Isle of Man's
:23:20. > :23:24.involvement in the Conifa World Cup for nations not recognised by Fifa.
:23:25. > :23:31.Well, Ellan Vannin, that's the Manx name, are through to the semi`finals
:23:32. > :23:57.after a dramatic penalty shoot`out against Kurdistan. It finished 1`1
:23:58. > :24:06.in normal time. Now, we were talking about the D`Day celebrations now
:24:07. > :24:15.let's go back to the Napoleonic war where women in the local town set up
:24:16. > :24:23.an organisation for themselves. This is believed to be the only
:24:24. > :24:36.organisation of its kind running. A day for glamour, posh frocks and
:24:37. > :24:43.tradition. Long before the welfare state the ladies of Neston set up a
:24:44. > :24:49.mutual society to support each other and they still pay out benefits
:24:50. > :24:55.today. The society happened over 200 years ago with the Napoleonic Wars.
:24:56. > :25:08.They formed a society to help those less fortunate. The lead through the
:25:09. > :25:16.town. `` the power lead through the town. I have sisters and cousins and
:25:17. > :25:25.relatives from London and elsewhere who come all this week to celebrate
:25:26. > :25:33.the day. This year the older ones are having very bright colours in
:25:34. > :25:43.particular but the younger ones stay with pastels. We are doing lots of
:25:44. > :25:50.here today. They all love their here. At the school they created one
:25:51. > :25:58.thing and composed a special song about the history of Neston ladies
:25:59. > :26:07.club. We are working with different people, trying to get them involved
:26:08. > :26:19.with ladies Day and why it happens. It does try to make them understand
:26:20. > :26:29.why the day is such an amazing day. The female society is confident
:26:30. > :26:40.about its growing numbers and its future. Know`how is the weather
:26:41. > :26:53.looking for the rest of the week? There is good news in the forecast.
:26:54. > :27:05.Funded the downpours are a potential problem along the north`west of
:27:06. > :27:14.England. Moving on to the good news. Tomorrow it will be fine, dry and
:27:15. > :27:24.warm. The sun came out as we thought it would as we went after `` through
:27:25. > :27:37.the afternoon. Most places may be dry. For most of us a break in the
:27:38. > :27:46.cloud cover every now and then will allow temperatures to fall. In the
:27:47. > :27:54.towns and cities temperatures will be close
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