:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to NorthWest Tonight with Annabel Tiffin and Graham Lhver
:00:00. > :00:10.Calls for changes to the way teen`gers are
:00:11. > :00:14.kept in custody after three 17 year olds take their own lives.
:00:15. > :00:17.We speak to the charity who say more reforms are needed.
:00:18. > :00:21.Concerns over children's didt ` the Lancashire primary school
:00:22. > :00:41.A face from the past ` a helmet back in the Lancashire village where it
:00:42. > :00:48.was first unearthed. I come to seek your pardon for too much loving you.
:00:49. > :00:54.And a spot of Shakespeare on the commute.
:00:55. > :00:56.Kesia Leatherbarrow was just 17 when she died.
:00:57. > :00:58.She took her own life after being arrested and spdnding
:00:59. > :01:02.Her mother says she might still be alive had the government made
:01:03. > :01:06.promised reforms to the way 17`year`olds are treated in custody.
:01:07. > :01:09.Currently they're treated as adults, even though the High Court last
:01:10. > :01:13.year ruled that was illegal saying they should be classed as children.
:01:14. > :01:15.Some changes were made, but not enough according to Kesia's
:01:16. > :01:24.Here's our Chief Reporter, Dave Guest, with more.
:01:25. > :01:26.This is Kesia Leatherbarrow as her mum likes to remember her `
:01:27. > :01:32.But behind the smile the tednager was also extremely vulnerable.
:01:33. > :01:35.She suffered from depression and had self harmed.
:01:36. > :01:38.When she was arrested for possessing a small amount of cannabis last
:01:39. > :01:43.November she was put into a police cell in Ashton unddr Lyne.
:01:44. > :01:46.Had she been 16 she would h`ve been interviewed at the station, then
:01:47. > :01:52.But as a 17`year`old she was held in the cells for three days
:01:53. > :01:59.and two nights as she awaited a court appe`rance.
:02:00. > :02:01.I don't think she would havd coped and that is why we have comd to the
:02:02. > :02:09.She should have got help whhle she was in the police station.
:02:10. > :02:15.Tameside Magistrates granted her bail but her parents say thdy
:02:16. > :02:22.The following day Kesia was found hanged in a friend's garden.
:02:23. > :02:26.But Kesia's story isn't unipue in Greater Manchester.
:02:27. > :02:30.In 2011 17`year`old Eddie Thornber was found hanged after being caught
:02:31. > :02:36.And the following year Joe Lawton shot himself
:02:37. > :02:40.on the family farm after behng held overnight for drink driving.
:02:41. > :02:43.Last October the High Court ruled it was illegal to treat under 08s
:02:44. > :02:47.as adults on arrest ` a full two months before Kesia's death.
:02:48. > :02:51.Some changes have been made ` parents are now informed
:02:52. > :02:58.But wider reforms have yet to happen.
:02:59. > :03:00.They did absolutely the bare minimum,
:03:01. > :03:07.It is this sort of element of, well, when we are ready.
:03:08. > :03:15.It is already going to be too late for three children.
:03:16. > :03:17.The parents of those three children havd now
:03:18. > :03:20.written to the Home Secretary urging her to speed up the reforms
:03:21. > :03:30.Well the organisation Justice for Kids Law is supporting those
:03:31. > :03:39.Their Director Shauneen Lambe joins us from London.
:03:40. > :03:46.Thank you for joining us. The parents of Katarzyna Gacek `nd the
:03:47. > :03:54.two other boys feel let down. What more do you think the government
:03:55. > :04:00.should be doing? `` parents of Kesia. The government promised they
:04:01. > :04:08.would review all the laws that treated these children as adults.
:04:09. > :04:12.There seems to be a gap in the law between being arrested as a
:04:13. > :04:17.16`year`old and being arrested as an 18`year`old where you are treated as
:04:18. > :04:23.an adult. The problem is we signed ups to the UN Convention on the
:04:24. > :04:27.rights of the child in 1990 and the law relating to children at police
:04:28. > :04:33.stations dates back to 1984. The government needs to go back and
:04:34. > :04:40.review all those legislations. It is one simple word that they nded to
:04:41. > :04:45.change that says 17 to 18. What difference would it have made in
:04:46. > :04:50.these three cases, had they been treated differently and not been
:04:51. > :04:52.kept in police cells? All of the parents feel
:04:53. > :05:07.been different if their children had been tooted as children. `` treated.
:05:08. > :05:11.In Kesia's case, had she bedn moved to a protected environment with
:05:12. > :05:17.social workers and care workers it could have ended up with a different
:05:18. > :05:21.outcome. What can you do now to make sure these reforms that werd
:05:22. > :05:25.promised initially to go through? We are supporting the family in their
:05:26. > :05:32.letter to the Home Secretarx and will begin legal proceedings if we
:05:33. > :05:35.can't get the law changed bdcause a court agrees that 17`year`olds
:05:36. > :05:47.should be treated as childrdn. Thank you for joining us.
:05:48. > :05:50.A mother who colluded with two men to tell a pack of lies
:05:51. > :05:52.about the death of her 7`week`old son in Oldham has
:05:53. > :05:57.24 year old Katarzyna Gacek was cleared of causing or allowhng the
:05:58. > :05:59.death of baby Thomas, but convicted of perverting the course of justice.
:06:00. > :06:01.He died from multiple injurhes in January.
:06:02. > :06:20.Gacek's landlord and boyfriend were also jailed.
:06:21. > :06:26.References to problems at Hillsborough where officers were
:06:27. > :06:28.able to hear radio messages were deleted.
:06:29. > :06:30.A Stockport businessman suspected of conspiring to illegally sell
:06:31. > :06:32.World Cup football tickets has handed himself
:06:33. > :06:37.Police had been looking to re`arrest Ray Whelan, the chief executive of
:06:38. > :06:38.FIFA's official hospitality partner, Match Services, since Thursday.
:06:39. > :06:46.The Wirral West MP Esther McVey has been given a seat at the Cabinet
:06:47. > :06:49.table in the Prime Minister's re`shuffle.
:06:50. > :06:52.She'll stay as Employment and Disabilities Minister,
:06:53. > :06:55.but will now be allowed to `ttend Cabinet meetings though not
:06:56. > :07:09.A kitchen porter from Elleslere Port has been sentenced to life
:07:10. > :07:13.of his french housemate Seb`stian Bendou then buried the body in
:07:14. > :07:30.A man committed a crime. Thd French national was murdered in thd kitchen
:07:31. > :07:35.of his flat in Ellesmere Port. His attack used a claw hammer and knives
:07:36. > :07:40.and buried his body in this outbuilding constructing a concrete
:07:41. > :07:44.tomb. Another French man who lived across the road was the driving
:07:45. > :07:48.force between the dad behind the murder and is already serving a life
:07:49. > :07:53.sentence. Today, another man, Sebastien, was described as naive
:07:54. > :07:57.and easily led and was given a life sentence. There was a great deal of
:07:58. > :09:52.preplanning and It is not an original letter,
:09:53. > :09:55.we found it on the Internet from the US and we thought,
:09:56. > :09:58.actually, it is a really lovely letter and encapsulates our
:09:59. > :10:02.sentiments to our children dxactly. What we wanted was to tell
:10:03. > :10:05.the children about their test results rather than the pardnts
:10:06. > :10:08.because the children sat thd test. Normally we send a message to
:10:09. > :10:11.the parents with the results on but actually we thought it was fair
:10:12. > :10:14.that we send the children The official letter will go out with
:10:15. > :10:19.the school reports later For most parents,
:10:20. > :10:24.SATS are crucial and it is ` way of measuring how their children are
:10:25. > :10:27.doing and a way of measuring how Are you saying these are
:10:28. > :10:34.not important for children? They are important and I don't think
:10:35. > :10:38.we would ever say they were not important but what we do is
:10:39. > :10:44.contextualise them for our children. They are a small part of thd whole
:10:45. > :10:49.package for all of the children It is not dismissive of the test
:10:50. > :10:54.because they are important. Academic attainment is important
:10:55. > :10:58.but only set in the context of everything else that is special
:10:59. > :11:00.and important about the children Are you surprised how this has gone
:11:01. > :11:05.around the world, from a sm`ll It is lovely because it has given us
:11:06. > :11:18.a stage to stand on and sing about Our practice is different
:11:19. > :11:23.and the message we give our children It has given us a stage to stand on
:11:24. > :11:32.and shout about but we can't believe A Lancashire primary school
:11:33. > :11:50.has banned packed lunches. It follows concerns that sole
:11:51. > :11:53.children were getting by on a diet of chocolate, fizzy drinks
:11:54. > :11:57.and left over takeaway. From September, pupils at All
:11:58. > :12:01.Saints' Primary in Clayton`le`Moors will only be able to eat me`ls
:12:02. > :12:11.prepared on school premises. At All Saints Primary,
:12:12. > :12:15.the healthy option is compulsory. Packed lunches have
:12:16. > :12:22.been sent packing. In some lunchboxes, you havd a lot
:12:23. > :12:39.of Nicky Clark. `` Nicky Cl`rk. A government inspection found that
:12:40. > :12:44.less than1% of pupils brought in a packed lunch considered healthy so
:12:45. > :12:56.the head teacher has banned them. These bad things will not hdlp them
:12:57. > :12:57.in the classroom. I have a pair which is really
:12:58. > :13:00.On the menu today a wide selection of hot food`next term school dinners
:13:01. > :13:06.will also mean sandwiches for those used to having a packed lunch.
:13:07. > :13:15.My sandwich was wholemeal bread and chicken and lettuce and mayonnaise.
:13:16. > :13:19.It was really good. Packed lunches aren't really healthy and now
:13:20. > :13:26.everyone will have school dhnners. It is a bad idea because sole
:13:27. > :13:28.parents don't know if it will be healthy and how it is made.
:13:29. > :13:30.From September all children at infant schools across thd
:13:31. > :13:33.country will be eligible for free school meals which means all pupils
:13:34. > :13:46.But is the banishing of lunch boxes going down well at the school gates?
:13:47. > :13:55.We panic in the evening when we have no Brett and no bread and wd decided
:13:56. > :14:03.school dinners were the right option. `` no bread. It is ` bold
:14:04. > :14:04.move. They will learn about the food and it is healthier.
:14:05. > :14:06.Poor nutrition is linked to poor performance in the class room.
:14:07. > :14:08.The school say the decision isn t about removing parental chohce but
:14:09. > :14:25.I'm sure many of you have an opinion on that and you can let us know what
:14:26. > :14:26.you think on our The Tiger who shed tears
:14:27. > :14:29.when he triumphed at the British Open eight years ago makes
:14:30. > :14:44.an emotional return to Hoyl`ke. Is this a dagger I see before me?
:14:45. > :14:48.How about performing Shakespeare's plays on a metrolink?
:14:49. > :14:52.One of the most stunning Rolan finds ever made in Britain has returned to
:14:53. > :14:54.its home in Lancashire for the first time since it was discovered more
:14:55. > :14:58.The Ribchester Helmet, part of the so`called Ribchester Ho`rd, was
:14:59. > :15:01.unearthed in the Ribble Valley at the end of the eighteenth Cdntury.
:15:02. > :15:04.Bought by a collector, it ended up in the British Museum until now
:15:05. > :15:24.Can't you just see why the Romans loved it? They built a fort here by
:15:25. > :15:29.the side of the Ripper. You can see the remains of the old Roman
:15:30. > :15:34.bathhouse. Up there, 200 ye`rs ago, that was waste ground matters where
:15:35. > :15:44.in 1796, something remarkable was discovered.
:15:45. > :15:57.It's laid beneath the year `` Lancashire soil for the best part of
:15:58. > :16:06.2000 years, expressionless `nd still able to inspire modern day
:16:07. > :16:13.residents. It is really credpy. It is just incredible. It is lhke, wow,
:16:14. > :16:24.when you walk into the room to see it. This is just a small village.
:16:25. > :16:29.How could such an amazing thing be found in it? It was unearthdd in
:16:30. > :16:34.1796 by John Walton, the tednage sun of a shoemaker while our pl`ying on
:16:35. > :16:39.waste ground. It found its way into the British Museum and now for the
:16:40. > :16:45.first time in over 200 years, it is back home. We had to have the
:16:46. > :16:51.security updated all over the museum and turn it into a mini Fort Knox by
:16:52. > :17:00.improving the security in every area. When it arrived on thd back of
:17:01. > :17:06.a van and it was lowered onto the ground still in its crate, ht was a
:17:07. > :17:11.moving moment for those that were present to witness it. It is made of
:17:12. > :17:16.bronze and dates back to thd late first or early second century A D..
:17:17. > :17:20.Experts say it was purely ceremonial. It is
:17:21. > :17:24.dates back to the late first or early second
:17:25. > :17:27.get more even with padding underneath it, it will not give you
:17:28. > :17:33.any kind of protection at all. The metal it is made from will fetch a
:17:34. > :17:36.few pennies but history is `` history has made this priceless
:17:37. > :17:45.They have had a replica of the helmet in the museum here for many
:17:46. > :17:49.years but if you want to sed the real thing, now was the timd to
:17:50. > :17:52.visit. The museum is open sdven days a week and the helmet is
:17:53. > :17:54.the beginning of November. Xou may want to take in some of the stunning
:17:55. > :17:56.scenery as well. The largest replica Viking longship
:17:57. > :17:58.ever built has sailed to thd Isle The Dragon Harald Fairhair,
:17:59. > :18:09.hand`built in Norway over a period of two years, arrived
:18:10. > :18:11.in Peel Harbour this afternoon. The longship's is 35m long,
:18:12. > :18:14.about half the size of a football The vessel will head to Livdrpool
:18:15. > :18:20.later this week. With just two days to go
:18:21. > :18:23.before the start of the open golf championship we've been hearing
:18:24. > :18:25.from the game's biggest star. Tiger Woods has been talking about
:18:26. > :18:28.his return to the venue where he Stuart Pollitt reports from
:18:29. > :18:33.the Royal Liverpool in Hoyl`ke. There may be 150 players
:18:34. > :18:35.competing this week but one man Not much has changed for
:18:36. > :18:39.Tiger Woods. He may no longer be the number one
:18:40. > :18:42.golfer but he is still the lost As he told me this morning,
:18:43. > :18:48.after his victory here eight years ago, he retains a special fdeling
:18:49. > :18:53.for the people of this area. I was going through a tough time
:18:54. > :18:59.in my life at the time and people When I came here on Saturdax,
:19:00. > :19:08.people were following us. Each day,
:19:09. > :19:11.the crowds have gotten biggdr. Tiger is returning
:19:12. > :19:13.from a back injury In 2006, he took on this cotrse
:19:14. > :19:29.in weather reminiscent of today The summer of 2006 was hot `nd
:19:30. > :19:31.so was the form of Tiger Woods. This is where he played the most
:19:32. > :19:54.memorable shot of the tourn`ment. After the 2006 victory, he sent us
:19:55. > :20:00.this club and there is signhficance It was a comfortable win but
:20:01. > :20:05.because of his dad's death weeks By 2006, Tiger Woods had won 10
:20:06. > :20:11.major titles and $60 million, in part by keeping his emothons
:20:12. > :20:14.under control but on the 18th green They happen in slow motion,
:20:15. > :20:29.these moments in your life. I presented the jug to him,
:20:30. > :20:34.congratulated him and then left him to his thoughts and he said some
:20:35. > :20:40.very touching things about his dad. After my last putt,
:20:41. > :20:43.I realised that my dad is ndver Afterwards, Tiger celebrated
:20:44. > :20:48.in the clubhouse and back I got a phone call to say,
:20:49. > :20:55.come round and have a drink. Presumably you never expectdd
:20:56. > :21:06.to hear from him again. We had some e`mail banter
:21:07. > :21:08.and he would send some stuff through Sandra, my wife and I, we got
:21:09. > :21:15.a lovely framed photo of hil and we What did the children think
:21:16. > :21:21.when they got a birthday prdsent His children weren't
:21:22. > :21:27.the only ones made up by Plenty
:21:28. > :21:35.of doubt that Tiger can achheve a victory party this time around
:21:36. > :21:38.but the man himself still bdlieves. What was unacceptable finish this
:21:39. > :21:41.week, Tiger replied, The aura of 2006 may have slipped
:21:42. > :22:05.but the determination still remains. I think it will be really hot. What
:22:06. > :22:12.do you wear? Lancashire havd just lost their match against
:22:13. > :22:16.Nottinghamshire in Liverpool. Play resumed this morning and thdy tried
:22:17. > :22:18.desperately to bowl out Nottinghamshire. Nottinghamshire
:22:19. > :22:21.scored the winning run. Now what's the most exciting thing
:22:22. > :22:23.that's happened to you A frantic rush to get on
:22:24. > :22:28.before the doors close? Elbowing your way past commtters
:22:29. > :22:33.to claim the last seat? Well passengers on
:22:34. > :22:37.Manchester Metrolink found themselves part of a real drama this
:22:38. > :22:40.morning ` one that took centre stage The morning East Didsbury
:22:41. > :23:07.to Manchester service. Who is `` who are these merry
:23:08. > :23:19.fellows? There is no music with him but a drum. Now would you r`ther
:23:20. > :23:23.hear the table or a pie? It is the east and Juliet is the sun. Arise.
:23:24. > :23:25.Some retreat behind their tablets and earphones.
:23:26. > :23:32.But for others, pop up Shakdspeare on a tram is just the ticket.
:23:33. > :23:41.I was impressed. It was out of the blue. They look like they'rd having
:23:42. > :23:53.a good time and it makes for an interesting morning. When shall we
:23:54. > :23:57.meet again? They are here to promote the theatre company and it hs the
:23:58. > :24:03.first time they have toured in the city. It is to show that Sh`kespeare
:24:04. > :24:07.isn't boring and to create ` buzz about it and to get people talking
:24:08. > :24:08.about it. It is entertaining and a memorable way of promoting
:24:09. > :24:09.something. Memorable
:24:10. > :24:11.because today this is Shakespeare The outdoor performances will take
:24:12. > :24:18.place at Spinningfields frol Friday These tasters may have
:24:19. > :24:26.surprised passengers. I humbly seek your pardon for too
:24:27. > :24:34.much loving you. For today at least all the world was
:24:35. > :24:46.a stage, even a Manchester tram That is a bit different on the way
:24:47. > :24:51.to work. I said that the we`ther was going to be lovely on Thursday
:24:52. > :25:05.without any real knowledge of that. I hope I am going to be right.
:25:06. > :25:15.After a beautiful afternoon, Tamara is a day of two halves. The rain
:25:16. > :25:22.arrives in the afternoon and we are still sticking
:25:23. > :25:28.the one`man moves in over the next couple of days. By the time
:25:29. > :25:33.there is some fairly active weather. We have thundery
:25:34. > :25:38.and temperatures in the 80s. With all of this in mind, The Met
:25:39. > :25:41.has issued an early alert for rain on Saturday. There could be some
:25:42. > :25:47.disruption. It is a pleasant end to the day. The cloud cover coles and
:25:48. > :25:53.goes and it will be stubborn at times. Your temperatures will be
:25:54. > :26:00.mild at around 12 Celsius. Hn two tomorrow, it will not take long for
:26:01. > :26:11.the rain to arrive. It is into the Isle of Man by the first tile
:26:12. > :26:19.sunshine to start the day btt the rain works its
:26:20. > :26:26.time to time. It will not bd constant. The day definitelx
:26:27. > :26:28.a heavy burst from time to time You are leaving me hanging
:26:29. > :26:30.When football clubs launch their new kit, they tend to use one of their
:26:31. > :26:36.They've been promoting their new lighter blue kit with the
:26:37. > :26:40.Alan Birdy Birkbeck is the star of an online video that's gone viral.
:26:41. > :26:42.It's had a mixed reaction from supporters, with some saying
:26:43. > :27:27.Rover's new shirt. You know you want it. I wanted!
:27:28. > :27:38.That has persuaded you. There is nothing wrong with that.
:27:39. > :27:44.He is hairier than one of mx dogs. You are a very brave man. Wd enjoyed
:27:45. > :27:45.that. Thanks for watching, good night.