:00:00. > 3:59:59Try to keep some optimism. Thank you very much. That's all from the BBC
:00:00. > :02:27.News at Six. Goodbye from He is greater Manchester's top
:02:28. > :02:29.police officer but with allegations his
:02:30. > :02:33.He is greater Manchester's top police officer force did not protect
:02:34. > :02:38.a 15`year`old boy from an alleged sex offender, it is his actions as
:02:39. > :02:41.well as those of his officers being questioned. And now, even though Sir
:02:42. > :02:47.Peter Fahy is facing a investigation, the man with the
:02:48. > :02:51.power to suspend him is standing by him. And on the basis of the
:02:52. > :02:55.information provided to me so far the IPC see, I have no cause to take
:02:56. > :03:01.any allegations. The Independent Police
:03:02. > :03:10.Complaints Commission would likely in terms of putting these
:03:11. > :03:14.allegations forward. A front line police officer, facing serious
:03:15. > :03:18.allegations, would be suspended immediately. I don't think it
:03:19. > :03:21.be any different for the chief constable. At the centre of one of
:03:22. > :03:24.the investigations by independent release complaints
:03:25. > :03:28.commission is a child sex abuse enquiry which was allegedly poorly
:03:29. > :03:35.handled. Sir Peter Fahy is three serving officers handed a
:03:36. > :03:39.criminal and gross misconduct notice over it. Another retired
:03:40. > :03:45.also being investigated. And with the way body parts from Harold
:03:46. > :03:48.Shipman's victims were disposed of, Assistant Chief
:03:49. > :03:57.Constable Terry Sweeney has been Staying away with the cameras
:03:58. > :03:58.today, the only response from Sir Peter via he came in a statement: ``
:03:59. > :04:14.Sir Peter Fahy. That process may be a long one,
:04:15. > :04:21.though. Tell me, how is this investigation
:04:22. > :04:27.into the chief constable likely to affect the force as a whole? That is
:04:28. > :04:29.something I was talking to a former Greater Manchester Police officer
:04:30. > :04:37.earlier today. He told me this have an impact upon the reputation
:04:38. > :04:42.of Sir Peter Fahy but also upon the rank and file police
:04:43. > :04:48.told me this will undermine the credibility of the Chief Constable
:04:49. > :04:53.issues with confidence and morale within Greater Manchester
:04:54. > :04:58.Thank you very much for that. Next night, government
:04:59. > :05:04.there has been a dramatic fall in public support for fracking.
:05:05. > :05:08.energy and climate change shows that 24% of
:05:09. > :05:13.extraction. More than 50 Bezzeg are still undecided.
:05:14. > :05:16.commissioned by the shale gas industry which claimed that 57% were
:05:17. > :05:23.broadly in favour of fracking. `` more than 50% of cylinders I did.
:05:24. > :05:26.The parents and carers of disabled adults in Salford took their protest
:05:27. > :05:34.against transport cuts to the Mayers home today. They want to save money
:05:35. > :05:38.by cutting and sport. `` transport. An elderly man was rescued from his
:05:39. > :05:44.car just seconds before under the water in Morecambe Bay.
:05:45. > :05:48.Coastguards were allotted when the car became trapped on the causeway
:05:49. > :05:52.as the tide came in. `` were alerted. Rescue teams smashed their
:05:53. > :06:00.way into the car and clear. He was later treated for
:06:01. > :06:03.hypothermia and shock. The highways agency is asking drivers to avoid
:06:04. > :06:05.the M 56 in Cheshire following an accident. The motorway was closed
:06:06. > :06:12.between junctions 12 and 14 this morning and although one lane has
:06:13. > :06:17.been reopened, two are still closed for recovery and
:06:18. > :06:24.Last night we reported a part of a nuclear
:06:25. > :06:28.down as a safety precaution because bolts had been found in a boiler. ``
:06:29. > :06:34.faults have been. Today, it has been could have taken action months ago,
:06:35. > :06:41.a criticism that has EDF say the words written inside the
:06:42. > :06:47.power plant by: Safety is our priority. The
:06:48. > :06:54.words they live by. Yesterday, whole of Heysham one, we spoke to
:06:55. > :07:04.academics who agreed. There issue. One reactor has been shut
:07:05. > :07:15.down and we understand a spoke out. If we look at experience
:07:16. > :07:27.elsewhere in couple of years, Belgium and Korea
:07:28. > :07:37.have shutdown a heart of a community which has
:07:38. > :07:51.regular meetings possible outcome which they saw on
:07:52. > :08:03.the news last night. with the action taken. I have faith
:08:04. > :08:14.in them. is only now resulting in the power
:08:15. > :08:23.stations closing. public safety. And indeed they have
:08:24. > :08:33.the confidence is now beyond the end of their own
:08:34. > :08:42.dissipated shelf shelf life. A man from Rochdale who
:08:43. > :08:56.suffers from to death after having delusions that
:08:57. > :09:02.she was Flinders was at the hearing today
:09:03. > :09:10.and he joins us now. `` and moved in with his mother last
:09:11. > :09:18.year. and a very popular member of her
:09:19. > :09:26.local community in the hills after he moved in with her, there
:09:27. > :09:34.was a 999 called the police from a somebody, and he told them to go to
:09:35. > :09:47.the house. They did so and chest and a kitchen knife was by her
:09:48. > :10:02.side. When he was interviewed by the said in that quote, that he was not
:10:03. > :10:08.responsible they? That's right, the court was
:10:09. > :10:13.told that he had them was that his parents were
:10:14. > :10:19.members of a set paedophile conspiracy. He said he
:10:20. > :10:23.was in fear of them. He had previous convictions for harassment. In one
:10:24. > :10:29.case he had sent letters and text messages, more than 70 letters, to a
:10:30. > :10:32.female police officer. And today, members of his family, members
:10:33. > :10:36.the victim's family as well of course, were in court as he pleaded
:10:37. > :10:39.guilty to manslaughter. A forensics psychologist told the court he was a
:10:40. > :10:46.paranoid schizophrenic and he largely blameless for his actions
:10:47. > :10:51.because of his disease. He will be sentenced tomorrow and one option
:10:52. > :10:56.hospital. `` to send him to a hospital. A leading consultant in
:10:57. > :10:59.greater Manchester says the NHS could face a crisis if it does not
:11:00. > :11:03.improve facilities elderly at side hospitals. Doctor
:11:04. > :11:08.Malcolm Vernon people could be looked after better
:11:09. > :11:13.in their own homes rather than being admitted for long
:11:14. > :11:19.stays in hospital. Everyday is a busy day for Doctor
:11:20. > :11:28.Vernon. Today he will see 40 patients. Very busy. Every year gets
:11:29. > :11:34.busier. All of his work is done in the community. Long`term hospital
:11:35. > :11:38.beds are in short supply. The NHS has had to evolve over the last 50
:11:39. > :11:42.or 60 years. It was designed for a different population. An ageing
:11:43. > :11:45.population and long`term medical condition such as diabetes
:11:46. > :11:49.dementia are threatening to overwhelm the NHS. Doctor Vernon
:11:50. > :11:57.wants change. Two thirds of urgent care beds in the NHS are occupied by
:11:58. > :12:02.people over the age of 65. We need to use hospitals in different
:12:03. > :12:06.now, supporting specialist urgent care. But a lot of routine care
:12:07. > :12:10.now doing different ways, in a joined up way, in a community
:12:11. > :12:14.setting. This woman is relieved to be recovering at home. Twice a day
:12:15. > :12:18.nurses come round to administer an intravenous drip,
:12:19. > :12:23.typically would have meant this day in hospital. You could get another
:12:24. > :12:30.infection on top of an infection and that is no use to anybody, is it?
:12:31. > :12:34.And I think this kind of service is saving the NHS a lot of
:12:35. > :12:39.Because you don't want to be bed blocking. I didn't want to go home
:12:40. > :12:41.and be that much of a burden on my husband. Doctor Vernon continues
:12:42. > :12:48.with his rounds at the care unit here, halfway between
:12:49. > :12:49.hospital and home. Therapists from intermediate care are based in
:12:50. > :12:55.accident and emergency prevent patients from being
:12:56. > :13:00.admitted, we can bring patients in direct from there, preventing a
:13:01. > :13:02.hospital admission. This is a time of change for the NHS. The
:13:03. > :13:06.integration of health and social care fast becoming a pretty. `` a
:13:07. > :13:11.priority. Over the past couple of weeks we
:13:12. > :13:14.have heard about the healthy together campaign in greater
:13:15. > :13:16.Manchester, a major reorganisation of emergency care. Health experts
:13:17. > :13:23.say the plans also include an overhaul of care outside of
:13:24. > :13:26.hospitals. Joining us now is a GP, Doctor Bennett, from healthier
:13:27. > :13:33.together campaign, also practising GP. How critical is this issue of
:13:34. > :13:36.bed blocking and the knock`on impact on people who need hospital care? A
:13:37. > :13:45.really important thing that we have to tackle, sick people need to get
:13:46. > :13:50.into hospital but if the beds are being used by people who could be
:13:51. > :13:57.a loser. The person in hospital can't be
:13:58. > :14:05.hospital has two somehow manage without
:14:06. > :14:15.Some people may fear that medical staff are trying to push people out
:14:16. > :14:27.in and save money, in some cases it comes down to that, surely?
:14:28. > :14:37.their normal health. They need longer to rehabilitate.
:14:38. > :14:46.of these procedures in people 's own homes West remarked
:14:47. > :14:58.the clip showed the intravenous drugs treatment,
:14:59. > :15:10.see the pros and cons and if it does not work we will stop it.
:15:11. > :15:22.groups to make it work? Different areas
:15:23. > :15:32.into hospital if they get in. `` those at most risk.
:15:33. > :15:42.services including people like Doctor Vernon, who you saw.
:15:43. > :15:48.boxer Amir Khan tells us how his baby daughter has inspired him
:15:49. > :15:53.the end of the tale, a savage blow for Robbie as he deletes his blond
:15:54. > :15:59.hair to a museum. `` donates his blond hair. Now, the glorious 12th
:16:00. > :16:01.and the start of the grouse shooting season. Landowners say it helps to
:16:02. > :16:07.retain the countryside the land. Some wildlife charities
:16:08. > :16:12.aid has also contributed to the demise of hen Harriers.
:16:13. > :16:19.It is a very British sport, shooting parties will pay thousands to hunt
:16:20. > :16:22.and kill these birds. There was no shoot on this grouse moor today. The
:16:23. > :16:29.more land manager creating the right environment for
:16:30. > :16:33.grouse helps preserve the land and wildlife. We try to create the best
:16:34. > :16:38.habitat for the grouse by producing the different stages of life and
:16:39. > :16:45.growth and also to up. Some bird charities blamed
:16:46. > :16:52.grouse shooting been illegally persecuted to
:16:53. > :17:00.preserve grouse chicks. nests in the whole south of England,
:17:01. > :17:09.two in the Forest of Boland. `` illegally shot and almost wiped out
:17:10. > :17:20.because they prey on grouse. The And the places where hen Harriers
:17:21. > :17:29.are very rare across Britain are were protests against illegal
:17:30. > :17:39.shooting of hen your barrel, otherwise we are coming
:17:40. > :17:52.for you. have not bred off more land suggest
:17:53. > :18:05.they are under a lot more threat conservation by grouse moor owners
:18:06. > :18:16.every year, which they claim helps element.
:18:17. > :18:28.Last week, as part of the World in 1914. But there were many
:18:29. > :18:44.individual charities kept a secret for more than half a
:18:45. > :18:55.century. `` there were lived in Manchester with his English
:18:56. > :19:06.wife and eight children. He would sinking sparked anti`German riots in
:19:07. > :19:16.1915, and a mob attacked their home. off her lovely long, curly black
:19:17. > :19:24.hair. her own safety. Florence's
:19:25. > :19:32.grandmother died a year later, interned on the Isle of Man and
:19:33. > :19:41.then, she believes, sent back to suitcase of letters was found, that
:19:42. > :19:50.Florence discovered failed to bring his children back to
:19:51. > :20:01.Germany for them. They were so sad. They
:20:02. > :20:12.told of a very sad man who secret for decades. I feel very
:20:13. > :20:23.angry fought in the First World War for
:20:24. > :20:28.the British. sharing it with us.
:20:29. > :20:38.The Bolton and he is using some of his money to
:20:39. > :20:50.launch the world with the new Amir Khan
:20:51. > :20:58.foundation. by the Prime Minister in 2008. Now
:20:59. > :21:07.Amir Khan's charitable Khan foundation, launching in
:21:08. > :21:21.Manchester this week, imagine that this was my family
:21:22. > :21:38.going through this. That rival of his new daughter has
:21:39. > :21:55.changed him, after Since my daughter has been born
:21:56. > :22:13.eight has the day job, the next fight will be
:22:14. > :22:34.December, either the first of fighting Floyd may that becoming
:22:35. > :22:51.world champion, Amir Khan also interested to know, maybe I can ask
:22:52. > :23:06.one day. shirts. Today it received a more
:23:07. > :23:20.frivolous exhibit, blond hair after mistaking himself
:23:21. > :23:27.for his wife. are some of his highlights. ``
:23:28. > :23:33.footballing days. becoming an exhibit. The latest
:23:34. > :23:40.addition to in the morning, I looked at my
:23:41. > :23:47.passport quickly, the long blonde was my wife's passport. I thought, I
:23:48. > :23:56.have to make a change, one head the National football Museum,
:23:57. > :24:03.they got will go in here, alongside Jim
:24:04. > :24:10.White's was a footballer but he is now a
:24:11. > :24:17.pundit in the media. `` Jim tie. It does not come close to being
:24:18. > :24:25.the most unusual item in here. They North end full`back Willie
:24:26. > :24:33.Cunningham. nice, does it? I must admit he does
:24:34. > :24:42.look nice with his hair short. recognise me for that now rather
:24:43. > :24:50.than my hair. The museum by the end of the summer.
:24:51. > :24:58.He looks good fall most 40. It years off him, I will get my hair
:24:59. > :25:13.done like that. `` for almost 40. Things start to settle down over the
:25:14. > :25:21.next few days, fewer showers and the breeze will ease a bit as well,
:25:22. > :25:29.chart, the area of low pressure, ex`hurricane Bertha still
:25:30. > :25:43.continues to feed in some showers at times but many days
:25:44. > :26:00.day today. This was the line of showers, thank goodness
:26:01. > :26:20.latest picture, from six o'clock, still some vivid colours. If you are
:26:21. > :26:39.dry, past midnight many places will be dry for a while.
:26:40. > :27:00.Man first. From mid`morning onwards, most
:27:01. > :27:16.temperatures still only 17 and 18 degrees. `` the coast will
:27:17. > :27:59.MUSIC: "It Don't Mean A Thing" by Duke Ellington
:28:00. > :28:16.celebrating the music of Count Basie and Duke Ellington.
:28:17. > :28:20.We've got factory boys and butchers' apprentices and office clerks
:28:21. > :28:25.Don't stop moving! If you go back you'll die!
:28:26. > :28:38.Espionage. Who would possibly assassinate him?
:28:39. > :28:43.Deception. There's so much more to this story than I thought.
:28:44. > :28:47.And even murder. With a knife! Real shock.
:28:48. > :28:49.Unravelling the mysteries of their family tree.
:28:50. > :28:53.A baker?! Well, I'm damned.