:00:00. > 3:59:59many but still some disturbed weather. Not a wash-out but stay
:00:00. > :00:00.tuned for the details. Welcome to North West Tonight with
:00:00. > :00:00.Annabel Tiffin and Roger Johnson. Baby Thomas died
:00:07. > :00:10.from a serious head injury. A court is told his mother waited
:00:11. > :00:15.ten hours to take him to hospital. A housemate looking
:00:16. > :00:18.after the baby while his mother was Why you are more likely to survive
:00:19. > :00:36.a serious injury if you live The streets are alive with
:00:37. > :00:45.the sound of music. The prodigy pianists
:00:46. > :01:01.encouraging you to play. Baby Thomas Gacek was just seven
:01:02. > :01:04.weeks old when he died in J`nuary. A court heard today how his mother
:01:05. > :01:07.had gone shopping and returned to find a housemate had inflicted
:01:08. > :01:11.a severe head injury on Tholas. The jury heard she then waited ten
:01:12. > :01:14.hours to go to hospital with Doctors are said to have found
:01:15. > :01:20.bruises in 25 different places His mother
:01:21. > :01:24.and her boyfriend deny caushng or Their housemate has also been
:01:25. > :01:45.charged with manslaughter. As you say, three people have gone
:01:46. > :01:55.on trial charged in relation to the death of the child.
:01:56. > :02:00.The court heard that on the morning before he was taken to hosphtal
:02:01. > :02:00.The court heard that on the morning before he was taken to hospital, the
:02:01. > :02:07.before he was taken to hosphtal the baby had been left in the care of
:02:08. > :02:11.his mother's housemate. When she returned home at one o'clock she
:02:12. > :02:15.noticed her son had bruising and a cut to his lip and stop the house
:02:16. > :02:22.mate said the baby must havd banged mate said the baby must havd banged
:02:23. > :02:29.his lip. As we said earlier, there were lots of bruises on his body.
:02:30. > :02:33.What more can you tell us? The jury has heard from a number of witnesses
:02:34. > :02:37.including a doctor and a nurse who treated Thomas. They said when he
:02:38. > :02:44.arrived he was very pale and had injuries to his head and his ears.
:02:45. > :02:49.He was taken by ambulance to Manchester children's hospital but
:02:50. > :02:54.sadly died two days later. Experts said the injuries looked as though
:02:55. > :02:57.they were inflicted by striking or shaking. There was also evidence at
:02:58. > :03:07.the head injury caused a le`d to the the head injury caused a le`d to the
:03:08. > :03:10.brain. Hospital staff followed the usual procedures and contacted
:03:11. > :03:12.social workers. The police then became involved. The defendant said
:03:13. > :03:25.became involved. The defend`nt said the baby's injuries had been treated
:03:26. > :03:32.when his mother tripped and dropped. They said that his father h`d not
:03:33. > :03:35.had any contact with his son. All three charged deny causing or
:03:36. > :03:43.allowing the death of a child. Thousands
:03:44. > :03:45.of public sector workers across the North West are on strike today
:03:46. > :03:49.over pay, pensions and job cuts Council workers,
:03:50. > :03:51.teachers and fire fighters are The government says it has to make
:03:52. > :03:57.difficult decisions on publhc sector There have been a number
:03:58. > :04:01.of marches and rallies Thousands of local government
:04:02. > :04:12.workers, teachers and fire fighters Cuts, a pay freeze and changes to
:04:13. > :04:31.their pensions brought thousands I am a welfare officer and I am
:04:32. > :04:34.getting more and more claims every day because people can't manage
:04:35. > :04:41.their buyers. They can't pay their bills. I signed up for a pension
:04:42. > :04:42.scheme which has now been taken bills. I signed up for a pension
:04:43. > :04:43.scheme which has now been t`ken from scheme which has now been taken from
:04:44. > :04:46.under my feet. he TUC says
:04:47. > :04:55.its members are very angry. This is five years we've seen now.
:04:56. > :04:59.We had at the weekend it is likely if this government is re`elected
:05:00. > :04:59.We had at the weekend it is likely if this government is re`eldcted it
:05:00. > :05:06.will continue to 2018. The effect of the strikes,
:05:07. > :05:08.on schools for example, varied. In Liverpool 45 out
:05:09. > :05:10.of 160 were closed. In Cheshire 16 were fully closed
:05:11. > :05:18.and 61 partially shut. 72 of Lancashire Council's
:05:19. > :05:21.schools were closed. Parents
:05:22. > :05:30.in Salford told us what they think. Some of the parents here that are
:05:31. > :05:37.working have to make arrangdments working have to make arrangdments
:05:38. > :05:43.for their children. The teachers don't seem to be worried about that.
:05:44. > :05:44.They are not going to attract quality teachers if they don't have
:05:45. > :05:57.the pensions. Most workers did not vote for
:05:58. > :06:03.today's strike. When you look at some of the unions and their mandate
:06:04. > :06:04.but strike action. It is based on less than half of their members
:06:05. > :06:12.voting. Five men have been convicted
:06:13. > :06:14.of blowing up cash machines across the North West and stealing
:06:15. > :06:17.up to half a million pounds. Detectives say the gang robbed 28
:06:18. > :06:20.different premises, including banks, post offices and supermarkets
:06:21. > :06:22.in Merseyside, They will be sentenced at
:06:23. > :06:29.Liverpool Crown Court in September. Nearly ?400,000 worth
:06:30. > :06:31.of cannabis has been seized Detectives found more than 630
:06:32. > :06:35.plants being cultivated in a converted cannabis farl
:06:36. > :06:38.on the entire upstairs Safety advisors have recommended
:06:39. > :06:48.changes to be made at Anfield after crowd congestion problems
:06:49. > :06:51.at the Merseyside derby in January. Complaints were made by Everton fans
:06:52. > :06:54.about access on Anfield Road, and The Ground Safety Advisory group
:06:55. > :07:01.wants Liverpool to review qteues and Secrets of a World War One
:07:02. > :07:09.internment camp could be undarthed as excavation work is taking place
:07:10. > :07:12.on the Isle of Man. Over 20,000 enemy aliens were
:07:13. > :07:14.detained at Knockaloe Farm It's one
:07:15. > :07:19.of the first internment camps So far remains of the infrastructure
:07:20. > :07:34.of the camp have been found. We are finding out how the camp was
:07:35. > :07:42.constructed and how it was taken apart when the war ended.
:07:43. > :07:44.Could you and your neighbours get togdther to
:07:45. > :07:49.Well in a moment we'll speak to one professor who thinks you cotld.
:07:50. > :07:52.But that might be of little comfort to the people of Bury.
:07:53. > :07:56.Some residents aren't happy that the council is proposing to collect
:07:57. > :08:00.general household rubbish once every three weeks.
:08:01. > :08:03.They'd be the first council in England to do it and say it
:08:04. > :08:14.Here's our environment correspondent Judy Hobson.
:08:15. > :08:20.Household waste used to be corrected every week. Three years ago a
:08:21. > :08:28.fortnightly collection was introduced. The blue bin is bottles
:08:29. > :08:40.and cans. We received ?25 pdr tonne and cans. We received ?25 pdr tonne
:08:41. > :08:44.for that. Although grey bin collections will be cut, glass will
:08:45. > :08:48.collections will be cut, gl`ss will be collected more often. Some
:08:49. > :08:54.residents say they are not convinced this plan will work. Mine is all now
:08:55. > :09:00.and there is only two of us in the house. I am concerned. With having
:09:01. > :09:07.children and having to get rid of nappies. It won't be hygienhc having
:09:08. > :09:11.them in the garden for three weeks. I sent bin full of tins out last
:09:12. > :09:14.week and it is half full again. I sent bin full of tins out last
:09:15. > :09:19.week and it is half full ag`in. This week and it is half full again. This
:09:20. > :09:25.is what it is all about, landfill. It is bad for the environment and
:09:26. > :09:27.expensive. According to Burx Council 75% of all our household waste can
:09:28. > :09:30.be recycled. 34% should go in 75% of all our household waste can
:09:31. > :09:35.be recycled. 34% should go hn your be recycled. 34% should go in your
:09:36. > :09:40.food and garden waste bin, 22% could be recycled card and paper, 19%
:09:41. > :09:45.should go in bottles and plastics leaving just 25% which can't be
:09:46. > :09:50.recycled. That goes in your grey bin. Judith Kelly says she recycles
:09:51. > :09:57.almost all her waist. The c`rdboard almost all her waist. The c`rdboard
:09:58. > :10:02.gets recycled. The Foyle gets recycled. It's perfectly do`ble
:10:03. > :10:02.gets recycled. The Foyle gets recycled. It's perfectly doable. We
:10:03. > :10:06.recycled. It's perfectly do`ble We find it easy because we've been
:10:07. > :10:08.doing it so long. The proposal will go before the council cabinet
:10:09. > :10:12.committee next week. Well you've been contacting us
:10:13. > :10:46.on Facebook. Joining me now is Erik Bichard,
:10:47. > :10:50.who is a Professor in Regendration Sustainable Development
:10:51. > :11:02.at the University of Salford. Unsurprising that people ard upset.
:11:03. > :11:05.Quite. People have a feeling of entitlement. They feel they pay a
:11:06. > :11:08.lot of taxes and to make things entitlement. They feel they pay a
:11:09. > :11:10.lot of taxes and to make things even more difficult for them is
:11:11. > :11:11.upsetting. Actually, on papdr, more difficult for them is
:11:12. > :11:19.upsetting. Actually, on paper, this upsetting. Actually, on paper, this
:11:20. > :11:25.is a good idea. People will recycle more. This will increase recycling
:11:26. > :11:29.rates and that is a good thing. rates and that is a good thhng.
:11:30. > :11:34.Unfortunately, it has unintended Unfortunately, it has unintdnded
:11:35. > :11:42.consequences which could be costly. The first, people are going to
:11:43. > :11:46.complain and that is costly for the Council. They respond to those
:11:47. > :11:48.complaints. Even more worrying is that every time something lhke this
:11:49. > :11:52.that every time something like this happens or a charge is part on
:11:53. > :12:00.things, fly`tipping increasds. That things, fly`tipping increases. That
:12:01. > :12:10.costs local councils ?36 million a year. And people go to the tip to
:12:11. > :12:15.dump the waste themselves. The council would say they are saving
:12:16. > :12:17.this money. They are making money by selling the waste they get to
:12:18. > :12:23.recycle. They are doing their bit. recycle. They are doing thehr bit.
:12:24. > :12:33.They are quite right that just 25% They are quite right that jtst 5%
:12:34. > :12:37.can't be recycled. Unfortunately, there is plenty more people can do.
:12:38. > :12:39.People see it as an imposition there is plenty more people can do.
:12:40. > :12:41.People see it as an imposithon and People see it as an imposition and
:12:42. > :12:47.it is not a positive thing. It's always negative. I idea is based on
:12:48. > :12:50.the fact that we should see waste as a positive resource. You think
:12:51. > :12:55.a positive resource. You thhnk communities can get together and
:12:56. > :12:56.sell their waste don't you? Getting people together to do anything at
:12:57. > :13:04.people together to do anythhng at the moment with current society is a
:13:05. > :13:06.challenge. It's not in our culture to make group decisions on ` local
:13:07. > :13:12.to make group decisions on a local basis. The work that I've done shows
:13:13. > :13:18.that 500 houses could probably make between four and ?8,000 a year.
:13:19. > :13:18.that 500 houses could probably make between four and ?8,000 a ydar. U
:13:19. > :13:29.between four and ?8,000 a year. U make it than the council?
:13:30. > :13:34.People get together and talk about issues in the area and they make
:13:35. > :13:37.collective decisions. That has to be a good thing.
:13:38. > :13:40.Well as we said, many of yot are commenting on our Facebook page.
:13:41. > :13:43.And if you have a view you'd like to express,
:13:44. > :15:40.One piano and an invitation to tickle the ivories.
:15:41. > :15:43.The emergency resuscitation at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital
:15:44. > :15:47.deals with trauma 24 hours ` day Royal Liverpool University Hospital
:15:48. > :15:48.deals with trauma 24 hours a day we deals with trauma 24 hours a day we
:15:49. > :15:56.deal with a lot of inner`city traumas. The number of people coming
:15:57. > :15:57.here is increasing and so are the numbers surviving life`thre`tening
:15:58. > :16:02.injury. The bays here are fully injury. The bays here are fully
:16:03. > :16:11.operation to carry out major surgery. A specialist team is always
:16:12. > :16:13.on stand`by. It is a team approach. We have a full team available who
:16:14. > :16:17.will have anaesthetics on hand, We have a full team available who
:16:18. > :16:25.will have anaesthetics on h`nd, said gins and orthopaedics. We also have
:16:26. > :16:33.support services available. My ribs were broken and my collarbone was
:16:34. > :16:35.broken. Richard was knocked off his biking clatter bridge but wasn't
:16:36. > :16:38.biking clatter bridge but w`sn't taken to his local hospital. He was
:16:39. > :16:41.admitted to the Royal Liverpool Hospital. I was the first pdrson
:16:42. > :16:42.admitted to the Royal Liverpool Hospital. I was the first person to
:16:43. > :16:44.Hospital. I was the first pdrson to undergo this system. Normally they
:16:45. > :16:48.would've me to my local accident and would've me to my local accident and
:16:49. > :16:50.emergency hospital. When thd emergency hospital. When thd
:16:51. > :16:53.ambulance crew decided I would be ambulance crew decided I would be
:16:54. > :16:56.better off here and would sht by the better off here and would sht by the
:16:57. > :17:00.extra ten minutes or so. The Royal extra ten minutes or so. Thd Royal
:17:01. > :17:03.was the right place at the right time. With three hospitals tackling
:17:04. > :17:05.trauma as a team, the chances time. With three hospitals tackling
:17:06. > :17:07.trauma as a team, the chancds of trauma as a team, the chances of
:17:08. > :17:14.surviving in Cheshire and Mdrseyside surviving in Cheshire and Merseyside
:17:15. > :17:15.are the best in the country. The entry Hospital is one of the few
:17:16. > :17:18.entry Hospital is one of thd few places in the country with a
:17:19. > :17:21.dedicated trauma ward for physical and mental rehabilitation. I
:17:22. > :17:23.dedicated trauma ward for physical and mental rehabilitation. H think
:17:24. > :17:26.and mental rehabilitation. I think it is the difference between life
:17:27. > :17:31.and death. It is a case of surviving with a meaningful quality of life.
:17:32. > :17:37.The difference in time to get to the The difference in time to get to the
:17:38. > :17:44.right place and get the right treatment is crucial. I couldn't
:17:45. > :17:51.walk at all. I thought this was it. I'd never be able to walk again
:17:52. > :17:53.Emily was hit by a car eight months ago and spent 11 days in a coma
:17:54. > :17:59.here. Now she is well on thd road to here. Now she is well on the road to
:18:00. > :18:03.recovery. If the network hadn't worked as well as it did, I don t
:18:04. > :18:16.worked as well as it did, I don't think she would be here tod`y.
:18:17. > :18:27.Does this really save lives? Absolutely. It has been proven to
:18:28. > :18:33.both locally and nationally. Since the creation of the trauma network
:18:34. > :18:39.and the concept came real b`ck in the summer of 2012. Since that point
:18:40. > :18:43.there has been a 30% increase in survival rights `` in survival
:18:44. > :18:50.rates. When this idea was first introduced
:18:51. > :18:54.to you, did you think it would be as to you, did you think it wotld be as
:18:55. > :19:00.successful as it is? There is always successful as it is? There is always
:19:01. > :19:04.a bit of rest since when yot hear successful as it is? There hs always
:19:05. > :19:04.a bit of rest since when you hear of a bit of rest since when you hear of
:19:05. > :19:19.new concept. Based on our experiences in
:19:20. > :19:25.America, it has been proven to work. We now have two years of data to
:19:26. > :19:29.prove that. From the patient's point of view do they have concerns that
:19:30. > :19:32.they are bypassing the local hospital and going further? It is a
:19:33. > :19:38.natural thought. We've now matured natural thought. We've now latured
:19:39. > :19:43.in terms of our network and we have figures to prove that patients are
:19:44. > :19:48.doing better with severe life`threatening injuries. @s a
:19:49. > :19:58.surgeon, it must make your life easier. It makes it busier. The
:19:59. > :20:07.centralisation of services within the trauma collaboration improves
:20:08. > :20:09.quality. It drives standards up It's an exciting place and an
:20:10. > :20:13.It's an exciting place and `n exciting time.
:20:14. > :20:16.Gareth Barry has signed a three year contract with Everton
:20:17. > :20:18.after spending last season on loan from Manchester City.
:20:19. > :20:22.The 33`year`old became an integral part
:20:23. > :20:25.of a Goodison team that set a club record for Premier League points and
:20:26. > :20:52.He works hard and fits in wdll with the team. The respect Everton fans
:20:53. > :20:56.have the Gareth Barry is unquestionable. He came at the start
:20:57. > :21:01.of the season on loan after being rejected by Manchester city. Age 32
:21:02. > :21:08.he could've ridden out the twilight of his career. Instead he
:21:09. > :21:12.resurrected it. Roberto was a perfect manager to be playing under.
:21:13. > :21:18.He made me feel on top of the world. He really believed in me. Today he
:21:19. > :21:24.signed a three`year contract with Everton. He held the toffees to a
:21:25. > :21:30.club record points tally and qualify for the European elite. We know it
:21:31. > :21:40.will be a different season. With the European games will stop Gareth
:21:41. > :21:42.Barry has had an impressive career. During his career he has gahned
:21:43. > :21:42.Barry has had an impressive career. During his career he has gained 53
:21:43. > :21:46.During his career he has gahned 53 England caps and he's only one of
:21:47. > :21:51.ten players in the Premier League to reach 500 appearances. Everton fans
:21:52. > :21:58.are thrilled he has signed on the dotted line. He works hard. He's an
:21:59. > :22:07.intelligent football player. Yours keeps the ball moving around. He is
:22:08. > :22:15.Everton's first signing of the season.
:22:16. > :22:17.Football now, and Luis Suarez has lost
:22:18. > :22:20.an appeal against the four`month ban imposed on him after he bit
:22:21. > :22:25.FIFA punished the Liverpool striker for biting Giorgio Chiellinh during
:22:26. > :22:31.Suarez, who could be on his way to Barcelona, now has to
:22:32. > :22:46.decide whether to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
:22:47. > :22:48.If you're a pianist in search of an audience,
:22:49. > :22:52.Pianos have been left dotted around the main shopping centre
:22:53. > :22:56.so that passing musicians c`n entertain shoppers.
:22:57. > :22:59.It's an annual event that attracts beginners as well as old hands.
:23:00. > :23:02.But, as Stuart Flinders reports, two of the youngest players were
:23:03. > :23:11.There's nothing so lonely as an unplayed piano.
:23:12. > :23:13.But there's nothing so irresistible either.
:23:14. > :23:19.Pianists of all abilities and no ability are having a go.
:23:20. > :23:45.I can play guitar. I'm just learning.
:23:46. > :23:53.You need guts to perform so publicly.
:23:54. > :24:03.Or maybe you just need to be a bit of a showoff.
:24:04. > :24:10.Before I left the office our producer said, why don't you
:24:11. > :24:10.Before I left the office our producer said, why don't yot sure
:24:11. > :24:12.producer said, why don't you sure the viewers what you can do. I'm
:24:13. > :24:15.actually not that good. Geordie and Jackie from Salford
:24:16. > :24:18.are 11 and 14 years old with How many hours practice do you do in
:24:19. > :24:54.a day? Three to six hours. My mum taught me how to plax with
:24:55. > :24:59.the left hand. Then my mum played with her right hand. So you play
:25:00. > :25:02.with both hands? How old ard you with both hands? How old ard you
:25:03. > :25:26.now? Sick is. I was in Fleetwood earlier and the
:25:27. > :25:43.weather has been gorgeous. All the ladies walking over the
:25:44. > :25:48.bridge here are hanging onto their skirts because it is so windy. This
:25:49. > :25:57.breeze will ease down as we head through the night. We are going to
:25:58. > :26:00.see a change in the weather and we'll see much more cloud cover in
:26:01. > :26:08.the east. The sunshine will still hang on in central parts. A decent
:26:09. > :26:12.forecast ahead. What you get this evening is dry and fine. Thd breeze
:26:13. > :26:13.evening is dry and fine. The breeze will gradually start to easd
:26:14. > :26:14.evening is dry and fine. Thd breeze will gradually start to ease down.
:26:15. > :26:20.will gradually start to easd down. Your night is plain sailing. Not a
:26:21. > :26:24.great deal of cloud cover. Temperatures will fall down to 3
:26:25. > :26:30.Temperatures will fall down to 13 Celsius.
:26:31. > :26:38.No problems to report at all. When you get up tomorrow morning there
:26:39. > :26:43.might be some cloud floating around. As you go through the morning cloud
:26:44. > :26:49.will thin and break. But as guys will come through.
:26:50. > :26:55.From lunchtime onwards, the Pennines will cloud up a little bit. But not
:26:56. > :26:58.massively. There is an outside massively. There is an outshde
:26:59. > :27:05.chance that it will bring a little drizzle over higher levels. Central
:27:06. > :27:09.parts will see temperatures of 2 parts will see temperatures of 22
:27:10. > :27:20.Celsius. As always, as we head through the
:27:21. > :27:31.weekend there will be some changes in the forecast.
:27:32. > :27:55.That's it from us. Thank yot for watching. Have a very good night.
:27:56. > :28:03.with some new adventures to share with YOUR little ones.
:28:04. > :28:12.Please, double please. We're going to Dad's office today.
:28:13. > :28:18.These look really yummy. I'm so excited about going to school.