:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me - and
:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and Annabel Thffin.
:00:00. > :00:08.Elderly residents are moved out of their care home
:00:09. > :00:15.We've been speaking to the families of the residents.
:00:16. > :00:26.The human cost of solving one village's traffic bottleneck.
:00:27. > :00:32.Memories of the Fab Four but does Liverpool cash in dnough
:00:33. > :00:40.And the showbiz wedding snap that's broken social media records
:00:41. > :00:45.and made a star of the Liverpool lad who took it.
:00:46. > :01:04.I thought it was cool. Another job for me. I have to focus.
:01:05. > :01:07.Residents of a care home at the centre of an investigation
:01:08. > :01:11.into alleged mistreatment h`s closed after the county council was
:01:12. > :01:17.Briarwood Rest Home in Lostock Hall became the subject of policd
:01:18. > :01:28.Our reporter Yunus Mulla is outside the care home, Yunus.
:01:29. > :01:38.A privately run care home hdre is empty of its residents. Lancashire
:01:39. > :01:43.County Council were asked to step in in what they call an unprecddented
:01:44. > :01:45.move when its owners told them they were going to close this nursing
:01:46. > :01:52.home down by the end of the month. The elderly residents were being put
:01:53. > :01:54.onto minibuses today Her daughter says she
:01:55. > :01:59.moved here two weeks ago. We did not feel we were doing
:02:00. > :02:03.anything wrong by putting hdr there. And it has come like a bolt out
:02:04. > :02:13.of the blue. Families were served notice that
:02:14. > :02:19.the home was to close by thd end Lancashire County Council w`s asked
:02:20. > :02:24.to step in and find alternative The homes owners were arrested
:02:25. > :02:31.separately earlier this month after allegations
:02:32. > :02:36.of mistreatment of residencd. They have been released pending
:02:37. > :02:39.further enquiries In a statement,
:02:40. > :02:57.the police said: There isn't a shortage of places
:02:58. > :03:00.at care homes in Lancashire and the County Council says all the
:03:01. > :03:04.residents have now been movdd out. The authority will continue working
:03:05. > :03:17.with Lancashire Police and the You mentioned the Care Qualhty
:03:18. > :03:26.Commission, what is their involvement? They carried ott an
:03:27. > :03:31.inspection in September 2010 and there were concerns over thd quality
:03:32. > :03:39.of management here. Specifically a standard looking at incidents which
:03:40. > :03:44.should be reported to the CPC. More recently the care home past a number
:03:45. > :03:48.of other standards relating to training and record`keeping but the
:03:49. > :04:04.CQC had said they carried ott and responsive inspection of thd home.
:04:05. > :04:09.Lancashire County Council h`ve confirmed that the residents have
:04:10. > :04:15.been found new homes elsewhdre in the region and they will hand the
:04:16. > :04:18.keys back to the service. Two prison inmates robbed
:04:19. > :04:20.a security van while Lee Hookway was supposedly
:04:21. > :04:24.on a four day home visit. Scott McCafferey was meant
:04:25. > :04:27.to be working for the YMCA. In fact they were taking part in
:04:28. > :04:30.a raid at a Lancashire supermarket. Today they and others were
:04:31. > :04:32.sentenced in Preston. Our Chief Reporter Dave
:04:33. > :04:44.Guest has the story. Two masked men burst into a
:04:45. > :04:49.supermarket in broad daylight. One is brandishing a kitchen knhfe,
:04:50. > :04:53.their target is the securitx guard stocking up a cash machine `t
:04:54. > :04:58.Sainsbury's. It was terrifyhng for those who witnessed it. Shoppers and
:04:59. > :05:04.staff, it was a well`planned attack and carried out to the plan. The men
:05:05. > :05:09.in the masks were Anthony and leave. Scott McCaffery was in a getaway
:05:10. > :05:16.car. They knew one another well They were both inmates at prison at
:05:17. > :05:20.the time of the robbery. Ond was on for days home leave, McCaffdry was
:05:21. > :05:26.meant to be on work leave at the YMCA. McCaffery after the robbery
:05:27. > :05:32.went to his day work placemdnt and returned to the prison. Leith
:05:33. > :05:38.walkway was on leave so he returned to the area after the robbery. He
:05:39. > :05:42.was unlicensed serving part of a nine`year sentence for robbdry. All
:05:43. > :05:50.three admitted conspiracy to robbery. A sister and her p`rtner
:05:51. > :05:55.had helped, they positioned the getaway cars and were convicted of
:05:56. > :05:59.conspiracy to robbery. The five appeared before the judge at Preston
:06:00. > :06:03.Crown Court today to discovdr what the punishment would be. Thd judge
:06:04. > :06:07.said it was astonishing Scott McCaffery had been able to plan this
:06:08. > :06:15.serious crime while still sdrving a sentence in jail. The men wdre given
:06:16. > :06:22.extended sentences of 15 ye`rs and were told they would serve telling
:06:23. > :06:24.prison and five unlicensed. The others got four years in five years
:06:25. > :06:27.respectively. The former TV weather presenter
:06:28. > :06:30.Fred Talbot has appeared in court The 64`year`old denies nine counts
:06:31. > :06:33.of indecent assault and one The offences are alleged to have
:06:34. > :06:38.taken place at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys where Mr Talbot
:06:39. > :06:44.taught between 1968 and 1983. A 43`year`old man from Mersdyside
:06:45. > :06:47.has been jailed for eight ydars after being caught with heroin
:06:48. > :06:49.worth around a million pounds Ian Hayton, from Garston,
:06:50. > :06:52.was chased by police when he refused to stop aftdr being
:06:53. > :06:59.caught using his mobile phone. Officers searched the vehicle
:07:00. > :07:01.and found almost 20 kilogralmes The parents
:07:02. > :07:07.of a young woman who died in a three car crash in Salford on Sunday,
:07:08. > :07:10.have described her as a "wonderful 22`year`old Amy Hobson and
:07:11. > :07:16.19`year`old Aaron Jones werd in a Vauxhall Corsa on the
:07:17. > :07:20.East Lancs Road when it was involved Plans to re`open
:07:21. > :07:30.the river Roch that gave Rochdale The council had asked the
:07:31. > :07:34.Heritage Lottery Fund to put money into the project,
:07:35. > :07:36.which would involve revealing It's been concealed since
:07:37. > :07:43.the river was hidden in a ctlvert The issue of whether to protect
:07:44. > :07:49.greenbelt land is one that `ffects But in one part of Merseyside,
:07:50. > :07:57.the debate over how much of this type of land should be built
:07:58. > :08:00.on has lead to a brand new political This is members of Formby rdsidents
:08:01. > :08:13.action group formed to fight plans We decided to do rosettes
:08:14. > :08:20.of green and white, green for green Maria is the groups first councillor
:08:21. > :08:32.elected in May with a landslide win. I never wanted to be a politician
:08:33. > :08:35.or involved in politics. Green belt is so important to stop
:08:36. > :08:40.urban sprawl, the green belt is agricultural land so
:08:41. > :08:45.for food security for the ftture. Jan thought her views were permanent
:08:46. > :08:48.thanks for the green belt until developers proposed btilding
:08:49. > :08:53.on these fields. We went around the whole of Formby,
:08:54. > :08:56.even people not from the arda and other parts of Formby
:08:57. > :09:00.and the support was tremendous. The developers have since whthdrawn
:09:01. > :09:04.the application to build here. Frank says they are not NIMBYs
:09:05. > :09:07.but they need affordable hotsing 90% of the houses we have btilt
:09:08. > :09:13.have been on brown field sites. Not one house has been built
:09:14. > :09:18.on the green belt. The reality is there will bd
:09:19. > :09:23.some building on green belt given that we haven't got the land and
:09:24. > :09:28.brown field areas we would like Whether you view green belt land
:09:29. > :09:30.like this as holding back much`needed
:09:31. > :09:34.development or as a vital b`rrier holding back the concreting over of
:09:35. > :09:38.the countryside, it seems cdrtain this issue will continue to have
:09:39. > :09:45.a growing hold on local polhtics. And our political editor Arhf Ansari
:09:46. > :09:55.will be asking where we shotld be building new homes on this weekend's
:09:56. > :09:57.Sunday Politics with the Conservative MP for Ribble Valley,
:09:58. > :10:00.Nigel Evans, and Rosie Coopdr, That's at 11 o'clock,
:10:01. > :10:03.Sunday on BBC One. Parents and children have bden
:10:04. > :10:05.demonstrating outside children's centres in Liverpool in protest
:10:06. > :10:08.at budget cuts which they fdar Liverpool Council has blamed
:10:09. > :10:32.the government for a reducthon We do work with families around the
:10:33. > :10:37.language and literacy and preparing kids the school. In areas lhke
:10:38. > :10:42.Liverpool where there is lots of deprivation, to have a huge impact
:10:43. > :10:45.on long`term educational outputs and strengthening families.
:10:46. > :10:48.22 years ago, plans were announced to build a bypass round Brotghton
:10:49. > :10:54.The bypass will help remove some of the thousands of vehicles ` which
:10:55. > :10:58.But the project has a human cost ` as our environment correspondent
:10:59. > :11:05.Betty and Dennis are getting ready to leave.
:11:06. > :11:08.This has been their home for 55 years but a controversial ndw bypass
:11:09. > :11:15.The route was first planned 22 years ago, the threat of eviction has been
:11:16. > :11:21.You're waking up in the night thinking,
:11:22. > :11:27.Every time they publish somdthing it makes you feel sick.
:11:28. > :11:29.Their neighbours properties won t be demolished, they will live with
:11:30. > :11:36.We believe it will get the same volume of traffic
:11:37. > :11:39.which is considerable through the bottleneck quicker.
:11:40. > :11:48.Others think the bypass is long overdue.
:11:49. > :11:51.This is the reason why the bypass is being built.
:11:52. > :11:55.The centre of Broughton has had congestion for 40 years.
:11:56. > :12:00.22,000 cars driving through every single day.
:12:01. > :12:04.The ?23 million bypass is intended to reduce traffic in Broughton and
:12:05. > :12:11.Diverted traffic off the A6 and run the village.
:12:12. > :12:14.The new road would pass close to a junior school and that has
:12:15. > :12:23.The children in the backgrotnd, coming out to play,
:12:24. > :12:32.They will be running around getting air pollution.
:12:33. > :12:35.The council says there are plans to minimise the effect of noisd
:12:36. > :12:39.and pollution on the childrdn and say the bypass is vital.
:12:40. > :12:43.A bypass will help to removd the intrusion and delay caused
:12:44. > :12:49.There's a need to deal with future traffic.
:12:50. > :12:52.Planning permission for the road has been granted, the council h`s now
:12:53. > :12:55.issued compulsory purchase orders on acres of farmland they hope to start
:12:56. > :13:06.Dennis and Betty?s house will be just a memory.
:13:07. > :13:12.Renewing rugby rivalries ` Wigan and St Helens resume their battle to
:13:13. > :13:19.And the record`breaking wedding snap, the Liverpool lad who took it
:13:20. > :13:29.and some advice from a singhng star.
:13:30. > :13:38.I will see once for! Don't get carried away! I think I know who
:13:39. > :13:42.that was! Liverpool's International Fdstival
:13:43. > :13:44.of Business has taken After all the talk
:13:45. > :13:47.about selling things abroad ` this is all about maximising one
:13:48. > :13:51.of the city's biggest assets. Speakers at the two`day semhnar
:13:52. > :13:55.think Liverpool should do more to exploit the Fab Four `
:13:56. > :13:57.as our Economics Corresponddnt Four boys, ten years,
:13:58. > :14:06.600 million record sales all The question is,
:14:07. > :14:14.has this city done enough to really The Beatles ` a ?70 million
:14:15. > :14:21.a year industry for Liverpool Many of those speaking here think
:14:22. > :14:27.we haven't even come close. Esme has made the business of
:14:28. > :14:34.the Beatles her own, academhcally. There's the big museum, shops,
:14:35. > :14:40.bus tours, blue plaques. And set up a Beatles group
:14:41. > :14:51.so we can offer Beatle packs. It took the city until the 0980s to
:14:52. > :14:56.discover this wasn't historx, Many could not get over the fact
:14:57. > :15:03.the Beatles had gone. They felt it wasn't what Liverpool
:15:04. > :15:06.needed and what have they done When the first nod to
:15:07. > :15:12.their departed sons arrived Word has it Apple were constantly
:15:13. > :15:18.on the phone bemoaning the But fast forward,
:15:19. > :15:25.the sector has grown 300% And whisper it,
:15:26. > :15:30.Apple have been back on. The conference heard
:15:31. > :15:33.a new hush`hush partnership could be There's been a long history between
:15:34. > :15:38.Apple Corporation and Liverpool but We might know all the words but
:15:39. > :15:52.there's always room for improvement. Still, far more business to be
:15:53. > :16:07.wrung out of the Beatles. It's time for sport now,
:16:08. > :16:11.Graham Liver is here and there's lots to report
:16:12. > :16:22.on the transfer front tonight. Occasionally, you get things that
:16:23. > :16:28.come along that you find it difficult to say. You make le say it
:16:29. > :16:34.every time it comes on autocue. Defibrillator. I struggle whth it.
:16:35. > :16:35.You have a name coming up you have been practising.
:16:36. > :16:42.Yes, a couple of our clubs shelling out big money and boosting
:16:43. > :16:47.News on an imminent arrival at Anfield in a moment
:16:48. > :16:50.but first another move completed at Old Trafford.24
:16:51. > :16:53.hours after Spanish midfielder Ander Herrera became Louis Van
:16:54. > :16:56.Hall's first signing for Manchester United, Southampton full`back
:16:57. > :17:02.The 18`year`old, the youngest player to play at this year's World Cup,
:17:03. > :17:09.Liverpool are also on the vdrge of making a major signing from
:17:10. > :17:14.England midfielder Adam Lallana is to have a medical ahead
:17:15. > :17:20.If all goes well, the 26`ye`r`old should complete the transfer within
:17:21. > :17:24.24 hours and join The Reds other summer signing from Southampton
:17:25. > :17:31.Reds striker Luis Suarez, b`nned from all foorball activities for
:17:32. > :17:34.four months after 'that' bite at the World Cup, has received support from
:17:35. > :17:41.defender Geogio Chiellini, the man on the other end of the bitd, has
:17:42. > :17:44.called the ban 'excessive' `nd says he will feel alienated being unable
:17:45. > :17:50.Suarez has today been droppdd by one of his sponsors
:17:51. > :17:56.David Moyes is back in the news he's talking with Turkish club
:17:57. > :18:00.Galatasaray about replacing former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini
:18:01. > :18:05.It's been confirmed that the ex`Everton boss who was sacked
:18:06. > :18:07.by Manchester United in April has held talks in Turkey
:18:08. > :18:10.but the club says they were mainly an exchange of ideas
:18:11. > :18:16.Now to one of the most intense rivalries in sport.
:18:17. > :18:20.Wigan and St Helens have gone at each other hammer and tongs
:18:21. > :18:23.for decades trying to domin`te the world of Rugby League.
:18:24. > :18:25.Tonight, they resume that b`ttle in the Super League.
:18:26. > :18:28.Saints hold top spot at the moment but Wigan will go all
:18:29. > :18:32.To players and fans alike ` it?s a big day.
:18:33. > :18:52.Wigan, rugby country. Saint Helens, rugby country.
:18:53. > :18:57.They've been duelling against each other for generations.
:18:58. > :19:00.To fans it's the most delichous of local derbys each side convinced
:19:01. > :19:16.From when I was a lad, you had to beat Saint Helens. Nobody else,
:19:17. > :19:20.Saint Helens. You can feel the tension in the stadium. Standing in
:19:21. > :19:27.Wigan and you say Saint Heldns will win? My dad is a massive Wigan fan
:19:28. > :19:33.as well. He would not be impressed! Wigan is the best. Always whll be.
:19:34. > :19:38.Wigan played leaves and we shall for the opposition. We don't like Wigan
:19:39. > :19:49.winning. You want a winter night? Definitely. If Wigan win, how will
:19:50. > :19:55.you feel? Disappointed. If we win, chuffed to death. Couple of drinks!
:19:56. > :19:57.Former Saints player Ray Frdnch says Derby day was brutal on
:19:58. > :20:02.In the sixties he shared a surreal communal bath meeting with Wigan
:20:03. > :20:18.He picked up a plastic bag with tomato plants. Tell him to try
:20:19. > :20:25.these? I thought, you are ghving me tomato plants! That was how it was.
:20:26. > :20:32.Wigan will have home advant`ge ` but both teams have injury concdrns
:20:33. > :20:39.And whichever side you?re on tonight, you can get full`match
:20:40. > :20:42.commentary on BBC Radio Manchester for Wigan and Merseyside for Saints.
:20:43. > :20:47.Lancashire cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins has confirmed he
:20:48. > :20:51.won't be taking part in this year's Tour de France after being left out
:20:52. > :20:56.The news means that the 2012 winner, who lives near Chorley, is now free
:20:57. > :20:58.to join Team England's track team for the Commonwealth Games
:20:59. > :21:05.Rain across the Pennines me`ns that Lancashire's T20 Roses clash
:21:06. > :21:11.The match was due to start `t 5 30, if it does get underway there'll be
:21:12. > :21:13.commentary on BBC Radio lancashire and updates
:21:14. > :21:19.And that's all the sport for now, but I'll be here later with
:21:20. > :21:21.the result from Wigan`Saints and ` weather permitting `
:21:22. > :21:35.Great news for the cycling team to have Bradley Wiggins. Why dhd you
:21:36. > :21:40.struggle with Adam Alana? The easiest name in there. Brithsh
:21:41. > :21:47.soldier, I struggle with. And defibrillator. You would thhnk we
:21:48. > :21:52.would get paid for this and get on with it. A former shop workdr is
:21:53. > :21:56.being saluted as one of the worlds top photographers. Connor McDonald
:21:57. > :22:02.was called in to take the snaps at a top showbiz wedding. Apparently make
:22:03. > :22:08.the photographer pulled out of the big day so they called Connor. The
:22:09. > :22:14.shot he took of the newlyweds has broken social media records.
:22:15. > :22:17.I basically got a camera ond Christmas because I was doing
:22:18. > :22:21.I went to a lot of concerts and saw photographers
:22:22. > :22:24.and thought what a cool job, I went how they get to do that.
:22:25. > :22:27.I asked one where he studied and he city never studied I asked
:22:28. > :22:34.a band and management and they let me in to take pictures.
:22:35. > :22:37.He began blagging his way into gigs which turned into some
:22:38. > :22:41.paid work and one night spotted a young singer called Rita Ora.
:22:42. > :22:44.I started with Rita and one night spotted
:22:45. > :22:49.I started with Rita, my career started and thought it was
:22:50. > :22:54.I got in touch with her man`gement and asked if I could she wanted me
:22:55. > :23:00.She was going on tour with Coldplay and it would be cool
:23:01. > :23:07.With Rita I was sought from the start.
:23:08. > :23:10.News of his work at a round of someone passed his name to
:23:11. > :23:19.Next, a call to be a wedding photographer.
:23:20. > :23:22.I didn't have time to think about it.
:23:23. > :23:31.Contractually you can't talk about the wedding
:23:32. > :23:38.The photo you took is the most`liked Instagram photograph of all time.
:23:39. > :23:43.When you look now, how does make you feel?
:23:44. > :23:48.Seeing all of the numbers underneath and how many liked it, it's cool.
:23:49. > :23:55.We thought we would ask thel what makes a good photo?
:23:56. > :24:02.I have known him from the start and there's a few photographers
:24:03. > :24:06.that take great pictures and still make you look decent and good.
:24:07. > :24:09.Connor is one of those people, the best person to have around `nd I
:24:10. > :24:13.love him and he deserves evdrything and I will see you on tour, Connor.
:24:14. > :24:35.They were an inset sensation but they are not the only ones. A mega
:24:36. > :24:40.sensation on our Facebook p`ge. More details at the moment, first the
:24:41. > :24:44.weather. It isn't bad. Good evening. Compared to other parts of the
:24:45. > :24:51.country, the forecast is much much better. We do have a weather front
:24:52. > :24:55.bothering us over the next couple of hours but all things considdred when
:24:56. > :25:01.that drops away, you can sed it did a ring around and moving out of the
:25:02. > :25:06.way and we try and fairly fhne. Sunday is a better day but Saturday
:25:07. > :25:12.isn't a write`off. Now, we have heard about some rain, yes, for the
:25:13. > :25:18.cricket, we have seen our f`ir share. For the most part, lhght and
:25:19. > :25:22.patchy but heavy bursts and it is trying to push north. If yot are
:25:23. > :25:26.going out tonight, the rain will be around for a short while.
:25:27. > :25:30.Eventually, it falls away and by midnight most places will bd dry. We
:25:31. > :25:35.are hanging on to the cloud cover, that keeps temperatures up. But it
:25:36. > :25:40.is cool and fresh air, something you will notice in the overnight
:25:41. > :25:46.period. Things will feel frdsher. We talk about temperatures in double
:25:47. > :25:51.figures but you will notice the change. On Saturday morning, a lot
:25:52. > :25:59.of cloud cover around and a few spots of drizzle here and there As
:26:00. > :26:03.the morning goes on, as the cloud cover thins and breaks, you can see
:26:04. > :26:08.brighter skies working their way into the Isle of Man, and Ctmbria
:26:09. > :26:12.and Lancashire. Never a stunning day but room for improvement, a small
:26:13. > :26:17.chance of a shower in the afternoon, not really a bad picture. In terms
:26:18. > :26:25.of temperatures, 16 and 17 `t the best. Sunday, we talked abott a
:26:26. > :26:30.ridge of high pressure stayhng through Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
:26:31. > :26:36.The start of the working wedk isn't too bad and temperatures not too bad
:26:37. > :26:41.on Sunday, age Friday, a fine day, decent spells of sunshine.
:26:42. > :26:45.Temperatures of 17, 18 at bdst. The high pressure stays with us through
:26:46. > :26:48.Monday into Tuesday circuit looks fairly fine. By Wednesday, ht falls
:26:49. > :26:52.apart again and becomes unsdttled. If you were watching last nhght
:26:53. > :26:57.you'll know the 105`year`old was We posted her story on our Facebook
:26:58. > :27:02.page. It's now been seen
:27:03. > :27:06.by more than three million people So if you missed the origin`l report
:27:07. > :27:11.last night, we've added the full version to Facebook
:27:12. > :27:14.and you can watch it there. And ` like Annabel last night `
:27:15. > :27:17.there have been lots of calls for Dame Betty has a ring to it,
:27:18. > :27:32.doesn't it?! Nearly 3.5 million people h`ve seen
:27:33. > :27:39.it. Brilliant, isn't it? Good for her. Well done, Betty. Thank you for
:27:40. > :27:45.watching. Have a good weekend. See you on Monday. Goodbye.