08/06/2014 North West Tonight

some big decisions to make. That's

Four businesses in the North West have been named by the Government

after failing to pay the minimum wage to workers.

They're on a list of 25 companies around the country that facd fines

Four of their employers namdd and shamed by the government today are

here in the West. At the salon in Wirral, their employers failed to

pay three workers a total of over ?7,000 that they were owed. In

Bolton and employer missed out on over ?400 in wages. In Trafford

Park, a company neglected to pay 15 of their staff a total of 100 and

?49. They said it was due to administration errors which should

have been corrected. And Mr and Mrs Hampton who run this in A`star pub

`` who run this pub also owdd money. We hope that this send out ` very

clear message to employers tp and down the country that paying the

National minimum wage is not only morally and ethically right but it

is a legal obligation. The government says that all fotr

businesses now face fines. A local MP has criticised

the new leader of Rochdale Borough Council Richard Farnell

for taking the job amid alldgations that the council was told

of sexual abuse at Knowl Vidw School A former health worker belidves

a report he wrote into abusd at the An inquiry into what happendd

at Knowl View is due to beghn. Mr Farnell says he wasn't aware

of the report at the time, but one local MP says even though he

accepts that, he thinks takhng the leadership again could send out

the wrong message to the public I do not think it is very whse at

this particular time, particularly with this inquiry going on hnto the

ongoing is at Knowl View School because Richard was the leader at

the time when these allegathons have made. So I do not think it hs a

clever thing for him to do `nd if he had spoken to me about it I would

have said so. Lancashire police have confhrmed

they are investigating a new allegation against

the former broadcaster Stuart Hall. A spokesperson

for the force confirmed A 26 year`old man is

in a critical condition aftdr what police described as a brutal attack

at the Parklife Weekender fdstival The victim and his girlfriend were

dancing in front of the main stage Officers are searching

for a mixed`race man, aged `round 25 67,000 people descended on

Heaton Park for the festival this weekend and today 14 people have

been arrested for various offences, Tomorrow on North West Tonight we'll

be reporting on preparations for the A French street`theatre company is

bringing three giants to thd city as part of a show commemorating

the centenary of World War One. This weekend a delegation

from Liverpool travelled to France to learn about the preparathons

and our Merseyside Reporter Andy Next month Liverpool will hold one

of the most important events commemorating the start of World War

I, the story of the ordinarx men who went to the trenches. The story will

be told by a giant grandmother, she is part of a street theatre company

based year in France. She h`s had her public debut this weekend. We

will be reporting on that ptblic debut all about the grandmother and

what a team from Liverpool can learn here about staging the event in

Liverpool. Sport now,

and in rugby league Warrington Wolves eased into the last four

of the Challenge Cup, running in eight tries in a convinchng win

over struggling Bradford Bulls. Richie Myler and Joel

Monaghan both scored twice. Warrington join Widnes, Leeds

and Castleford in the semi`finals. N Cricket's LV County Champhonship,

Lancashire are playing At close of play today they were

on 188`6. The Isle of Man has lost

in the final of the Conifa World Cup The last round of

the competition for non`FIF@ nations saw the Isle of Man go out 4`3

on penalties to Countea de Nissa. Fans back home say they're

proud nonetheless. They have gone out on penalties to

team that they have already beaten in the competition, they did really

well. They played really well, I thought they would have won it.

Good evening, any showers whll now move away. The cloud will bring

showers on Monday morning. Humidity rising, it will feel quite close

with overnight lows of around 1 degrees. One or two showers around

tomorrow, they will tend to ease during the morning and then 12

showers will develop in the afternoon, some of which cotld be

heavy and potentially thunddry. At times it will be easy, it whll feel

fairly warm in the top ten charter `` top temperature of around 20

degrees. There will be one or two showers. Things start to settle down

by the middle part of the wdek. That is all for me for now. We whll be

back in the morning. Good nhght Good evening. It was quite warm

today and humid. There was sunshine and also thundery showers. Low

pressure anchored to the south and west of the UK. Winds go

anticlockwise. We are dragging in some very warm and humid air. We are

dragging in some thundery showers. They will drift north, through the

southern counties into Wales and getting into the north of England by

dawn. It will be a warm night in the south. Just a few degrees behind

that the north will start on a decent note. The thundery showers

will work through northern England and into Scotland come the

afternoon, with some heavy showers breaking out elsewhere. We could see