:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so
:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to NorthWest Tonight with Annabel Tiffin
:00:07. > :00:10.An attack on a pensioner terminally ill with cancer is condemned
:00:11. > :00:13.Shocking new figures show one in three children
:00:14. > :00:18.Convicted of dangerous driving by his own head`cam video,
:00:19. > :00:50.the biker who almost caused a head`on collision.
:00:51. > :00:58.And the new film reveals the beauty of humble Middleton in Greater
:00:59. > :01:04.Manchester. 69`year`old Jack Keppie
:01:05. > :01:06.is terminally ill with cancer. But that didn't stop two thugs
:01:07. > :01:09.beating him up to steal his wallet, leaving him
:01:10. > :01:11.with suspected broken ribs. Today, Greater Manchester Police
:01:12. > :01:12.condemned the attack as cowardly Visiting his local pub
:01:13. > :01:15.in Denton had been one Here's our chief reporter,
:01:16. > :01:28.Dave Guest. A pint at his local is
:01:29. > :01:31.a simple pleasure for Jack Keppie, He knows his time is limited
:01:32. > :01:36.so he intends to enjoy what time he This is his local `
:01:37. > :01:39.the Angel in Denton. Then on his way home he was
:01:40. > :02:00.attacked by two thugs. Suddenly I was hit by two thugs, hit
:02:01. > :02:07.on the back of the head, I fell to the ground, they started kicking me
:02:08. > :02:13.and took my wallet, they took all the money out of it and threw the
:02:14. > :02:17.wallet in my face in an aggressive manner. I ended up lying on
:02:18. > :02:25.ground face down. That was it really. It is unlikely the thieves
:02:26. > :02:32.would have known about Jack's terminal illness but it was easy for
:02:33. > :02:38.them to see he was a Field guide who was not going to put up much of the
:02:39. > :02:47.fight. They left him with suspected cracked ribs and run off that way.
:02:48. > :02:54.They were in the 20s with local accents. One was wearing
:02:55. > :02:55.tracksuit, the other a black tracksuit and both had the foods up.
:02:56. > :03:02.His friends at the Angel are shocked and appalled by what's happened.
:03:03. > :03:11.It is difficult what he is going to anyway, the pain with the cancer,
:03:12. > :03:14.though he is going through the mental side of this as well. It is
:03:15. > :03:21.hard. Understandably, Jack's now wary
:03:22. > :03:23.about walking to the pub, but intends to use a taxi so he can
:03:24. > :03:30.continue with his life while he can. A 57`year`old man's been arrested
:03:31. > :03:32.on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead in a
:03:33. > :03:35.back garden in Greater Manchester. Police went to to a house on Wigan
:03:36. > :03:38.Road in Leigh this morning after a caller expressed concern for the
:03:39. > :03:41.welfare of a woman living there. Officers say they're not looking
:03:42. > :03:43.for anyone else CCTV has emerged
:03:44. > :03:47.which shows how lucky a pedestrian was to avoid potentially fatal
:03:48. > :03:49.injuries when a car sudddenly A traffic light on Ashton Road
:03:50. > :03:55.prevented the vehicle ploughing She suffered a broken arm
:03:56. > :04:07.in the accident last week. Cumbria police say more than 120
:04:08. > :04:09.sheep have been rustled from land above Windermere over
:04:10. > :04:12.the last seven months. The farmer has lost 60 Charolais
:04:13. > :04:15.Cross lambs and 67 Herdwick ewes and says they've been stolen in
:04:16. > :04:21.small numbers on a frequent basis. They were taken from an open
:04:22. > :04:30.fell above Troutbeck village A sculpture honouring the Liverpool
:04:31. > :04:33.Pals is to be officially unveiled at Lime Street Station by Prince
:04:34. > :04:36.Edward at the end of this month. The Pals were more than 6,000 men
:04:37. > :04:39.who volunteered to fight in WWI. The sculpture has been funded
:04:40. > :04:43.by public donations. A quarter of children starting
:04:44. > :04:45.primary school in Blackpool And by the time they start secondary
:04:46. > :04:52.school, a third of them are obese. The figures come
:04:53. > :04:55.from a new report compiled by public health officials, who say part of
:04:56. > :04:57.the problem is the large number of In a moment we'll be asking
:04:58. > :05:04.the local council leader what's But first this report from
:05:05. > :05:22.Yunus Mulla. As a parent, what could be better?
:05:23. > :05:27.Seeing them burn off calories and staying healthy. I'll be better?
:05:28. > :05:33.Seeing them burn off calories and staying healthy. While these they do
:05:34. > :05:42.not choose what Peter, we choose what to get them. It is easier, fast
:05:43. > :05:49.food, it is more available. They do not ask for salad and broccoli, the
:05:50. > :06:00.one sausage and chips. It is more money cost you find difficult. It is
:06:01. > :06:04.the cost of what to do. One in four schoolchildren are obese when they
:06:05. > :06:16.arrive at reception, it is one in three by year six. We have fast`food
:06:17. > :06:24.take`out at every corner providing unhealthy food. That is driving our
:06:25. > :06:31.obesity crisis. Child obesity is part of the problem and although
:06:32. > :06:36.advances have been made in areas such as substance abuse during
:06:37. > :06:42.pregnancy, there is slower improvement than elsewhere in the
:06:43. > :06:49.country. School breakfasts are one initiative. Will it make any real
:06:50. > :06:55.difference? We have had suggested improvements in the past. Whether it
:06:56. > :07:01.will really make an improvement is another matter. How long will the
:07:02. > :07:13.improvements make? It will take five or ten years we are told. Earlier I
:07:14. > :07:18.spoke to the reader and asked what he made of the findings of the
:07:19. > :07:25.report. To see some of these things written down gives you cause for
:07:26. > :07:31.reflection. The whole purpose of the report is to make us think
:07:32. > :07:36.depth about what we are doing and whether we should be doing
:07:37. > :07:41.some areas and less in others. It is thought`provoking. I battle it is,
:07:42. > :07:45.one in three clinically obese by the time they leave primary school.
:07:46. > :07:51.What, if anything, can the council do about that? I think our school
:07:52. > :07:57.breakfast programme is having an impact. We are 18 months into that.
:07:58. > :08:07.Giving children a healthy breakfast is part of it. It takes a had of
:08:08. > :08:15.time to bed in. How much responsibility does the council
:08:16. > :08:20.have? We can only do so much but I think it is important we take a
:08:21. > :08:25.civic leadership role and we see macro that the health of Blackpool
:08:26. > :08:30.residents is something we take responsibility for along with them,
:08:31. > :08:35.the NHS, our schools and leisure centres. We have a powerful role to
:08:36. > :08:42.play in highlighting the issues. Having a dialogue with the residents
:08:43. > :08:47.and our partners in what we will do to tackle that. How much of the
:08:48. > :08:52.problem do you think it is that there are an awful lot of people
:08:53. > :09:00.ease in Blackpool? It is the place lots of visitors come to. It can be
:09:01. > :09:03.hard to make the right choice, we are encouraging more quality food
:09:04. > :09:10.providers into the town to extend the range that is available to
:09:11. > :09:15.people. We wanted to be not all hotdogs and doughnuts, marvellous as
:09:16. > :09:16.those things are! Thank you for joining us.
:09:17. > :09:18.You may remember ealier this year we showed you dramatic video
:09:19. > :09:21.of a motorbike crash that almost cost the rider and the driver
:09:22. > :09:24.Jack Sanderson from Cheshire recorded the incident
:09:25. > :09:27.on a camera fixed to his helmet and uploaded it onto YouTube.
:09:28. > :09:30.It became an internet hit, but that wasn't the end of the matter.
:09:31. > :09:32.Today Jack Sanderson found him self in court,
:09:33. > :09:54.The boxed in new Road, a magnet for motor cyclists. In February Jack
:09:55. > :10:01.Sanderson went for a ride that should have cost him his life. After
:10:02. > :10:07.crashing through a stone wall he was thrown from the bike but survived
:10:08. > :10:14.unharmed. The video, recorded on a camera on his helmet, became an
:10:15. > :10:18.Internet hit. In April he went to see what was left off his bike.
:10:19. > :10:23.told us he had learned his lesson and he hoped that would be the end
:10:24. > :10:29.of it but it was not. After our programme police officers paid
:10:30. > :10:33.him a visit. Today, Jack Sanderson found himself at the magistrates
:10:34. > :10:39.courts `` caught on a charge of dangerous driving. He pleaded not
:10:40. > :10:47.guilty. He said he was in full control until he hit the fence. He
:10:48. > :10:52.drove into the fence to avoid a collision. The driver of the
:10:53. > :11:01.oncoming vehicle had a statement read to the court. He had turned to
:11:02. > :11:07.his wife and said he thought he may be dead. The passenger said she
:11:08. > :11:11.could see his face and lies. They pulled over and run back to the
:11:12. > :11:18.scene of the incident Sanderson sitting there with his
:11:19. > :11:24.friends and he apologised to them. He admitted he had never read the
:11:25. > :11:29.Highway code and he will be sentenced next week. He also faces a
:11:30. > :11:32.claim for compensation from the farmer who wants more than ?1000 to
:11:33. > :11:36.appear his wall. Dramatic pictures. It's emerged today that many
:11:37. > :11:38.of the North West's trains could soon be run by state`owned French,
:11:39. > :11:41.German or Dutch companies. Six firms, four of them European,
:11:42. > :11:43.were today shortlisted for two franchises connecting towns
:11:44. > :11:46.and cities throughout the North. The news comes as unions organised
:11:47. > :12:08.protests in the North West against There was a protest outside line
:12:09. > :12:12.Street station today about increased prices.
:12:13. > :12:15.We'll be talking to the rail union, the RMT, in a moment, but first
:12:16. > :12:29.Today protesters where saying no to an increase. To have affordable
:12:30. > :12:39.public transport in our make sure people can get to work and
:12:40. > :12:50.college. It is not just the fears they are protesting about, the two
:12:51. > :12:56.services are run as franchises and plans for the new ones will increase
:12:57. > :13:02.fears, cut services and reduce ticket office hours. The plans also
:13:03. > :13:06.look at more frequent services on busier routes. These are the six
:13:07. > :13:13.that are fighting for the franchises. Among them those who
:13:14. > :13:19.make up Northern rail. We desperately need investment in new
:13:20. > :13:27.rolling stock, better services, improved stations. The Department
:13:28. > :13:32.for transport says train services in the North are expensive, costing the
:13:33. > :13:38.taxpayer serious money. The subsidy per passenger is among the highest
:13:39. > :13:42.in the country. With passenger numbers across the North rising and
:13:43. > :13:46.no increase in subsidies, whoever wins has a difficult journey ahead.
:13:47. > :13:48.Earlier I spoke to Craig Johnson, the regional organiser of the Rail,
:13:49. > :13:58.I asked him why he was concerned about the franchise process.
:13:59. > :14:08.First of all, we are remapping the veil wheeze of the North of England
:14:09. > :14:16.saw Trans Pennine services will be lost. We are likely to get less safe
:14:17. > :14:22.and less well`trained staff on trains, they are going to bring in
:14:23. > :14:29.driver only operated trains. There will be reductions in opening hours
:14:30. > :14:37.of ticket offices and reductions in those who stay open. There will be a
:14:38. > :14:43.hike on fears, it is bad news on every front. The government say they
:14:44. > :14:49.will not take cards off of dreams and the stations they will close are
:14:50. > :14:54.used by only a handful of people each week. Taxpayers are helping to
:14:55. > :15:00.subsidise railways as much as they are at the moment so anything which
:15:01. > :15:06.makes them more efficient has got to be a good thing? It is extraordinary
:15:07. > :15:14.that today we have heard that the three potential figures are from the
:15:15. > :15:19.French national state railways, the German and Dutch national state
:15:20. > :15:25.railways. It seems they are quite happy to see foreign state companies
:15:26. > :15:31.run our nationalised railway. But if it is going to make our service as
:15:32. > :15:38.good as those on the continent, why is that bad? I do not think it will
:15:39. > :15:43.be good. The investment issue, the taxpayers money, I agree there is a
:15:44. > :15:48.tremendous waste in the rail network, we are being three or four
:15:49. > :15:57.times more than privatised railways than beware for nationalised British
:15:58. > :16:07.rail. There is a message in there. Still to come. Addicts at a woman's
:16:08. > :16:15.present help the governor how difficult it is to stop taking
:16:16. > :16:24.drugs. Promising not to use on the day we got out it was straight back
:16:25. > :16:42.to the drugs. And the new film made by an award`winning photographer.
:16:43. > :16:44.Well over half of women offenders have used hard
:16:45. > :16:48.Some may beat their drug and alcohol addiction whilst
:16:49. > :16:51.in prison but all too often lapse when they leave A new project
:16:52. > :16:54.in the North West aims to end the cycle of addiction and offending.
:16:55. > :16:56.Women at Styal prison are being offered
:16:57. > :16:58.intensive support while they're serving time, and will then be given
:16:59. > :17:03.This is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation unit but
:17:04. > :17:06.Today the imamates told politicians of their battle with addiction
:17:07. > :17:10.The unit gives women intensive support and as part
:17:11. > :17:12.of a new approach to recovery they'll receive that same support
:17:13. > :17:14.when they leave and it's leaving prison which Kerry fears.
:17:15. > :17:17.The scheme is being piloted in the North West
:17:18. > :17:19.and the government believes it will ultimately save them money.
:17:20. > :17:21.If the project is successful it could be taken up throughout
:17:22. > :17:39.It is easy to stay drug`free in prison but once you get out, you
:17:40. > :17:48.have got to face everything you have left behind. Bumping into people who
:17:49. > :17:56.you used to buy drugs off of, it is very easy to fall back down. What
:17:57. > :17:58.help will she get when she leaves prison? He/she will be met at the
:17:59. > :18:09.gate, taken to a safe place by negotiation. The support she will
:18:10. > :18:15.have from the support community will also include people she has worked
:18:16. > :18:23.with in here. They believe this will ultimately save money. If they can
:18:24. > :18:29.cope with the addiction, get back to work and contribute to peeing taxis,
:18:30. > :18:41.it is a win `win situation for everyone. Despite those attempts to
:18:42. > :18:48.help the women prisoners, some believe the jail should be closed
:18:49. > :18:55.down, like all women's presents. I asked why. If you change people's
:18:56. > :19:00.lives by getting them to be law`abiding working in the two
:19:01. > :19:08.unity, that is especially true of women, they commit fewer crimes than
:19:09. > :19:14.men and different kinds to men. In this prison in particular most of
:19:15. > :19:17.the women are either on remand or awaiting trial, they have not
:19:18. > :19:22.convicted yet, or they have committed my old crimes which could
:19:23. > :19:29.be dealt with within the community. It is a waste of money. Some say to
:19:30. > :19:35.do it in the community is much more intensive, it takes money and
:19:36. > :19:41.investment. It is much cheaper in the long`term and more effective if
:19:42. > :19:47.done in the community. I am pleased Simon Hughes is visiting a woman's
:19:48. > :19:56.centre, that is helpful in turning the lives around, dealing with the
:19:57. > :20:01.problems that have caused this in the first place, whether being
:20:02. > :20:06.addicted or some other related crime. We know that many women
:20:07. > :20:13.return to prison afterwards because the current situation does not solve
:20:14. > :20:19.the problems. There are some who have committed Jenas crimes and
:20:20. > :20:33.should be locked up. There are around 100 perhaps. Keenness crimes.
:20:34. > :20:40.Small units have been suggested, independent ones, they could deal
:20:41. > :20:45.with the very few women who have committed serious offences. The vast
:20:46. > :20:54.in the community, change the lives in the community which would be a
:20:55. > :21:05.great crime register and save a lot of money for the community. Sport
:21:06. > :21:11.now. The clarets took the lead at Turf Moor against Chelsea thanks to
:21:12. > :21:17.this volley. Diego Costa equalised for the visitors a short time later
:21:18. > :21:26.and further goals secured three points for Chelsea. That is the real
:21:27. > :21:33.top end of the business we are in, in the Premier league. We have not
:21:34. > :21:37.been defeated and have to be realistic. We do not enjoy losing
:21:38. > :21:45.enjoyed the fact we got through that game and will move forward. I think
:21:46. > :21:53.he lost his voice during the game last night! He will get his own back
:21:54. > :21:58.against Rosie Modine you'll later in the season, I am sure. Now a video
:21:59. > :22:03.to make people fall in love with Middleton has gone on the intranet.
:22:04. > :22:08.Rochdale Borough Council commissioned it and hope it will
:22:09. > :22:15.encourage people to visit the area's most famous buildings during
:22:16. > :22:23.September when they will be open to the public for free. Middleton as
:22:24. > :22:28.you have never seen it before. This five`minute film is a series of
:22:29. > :22:34.time`lapse sequences to showcase the town's most interesting buildings.
:22:35. > :22:43.It used 15,000 stills, what is its creator trying to achieve? It is to
:22:44. > :22:49.jar of the senses and make people look again at our heritage. It is a
:22:50. > :22:58.fragile thing, it takes a lot of money and volunteers. This is the
:22:59. > :23:08.first art nouveau charge. It is about the new as well as the old.
:23:09. > :23:12.There are different periods and styles represented, from medieval
:23:13. > :23:22.times until the Industrial Revolution. That is unique. The
:23:23. > :23:26.Borough Council commissioned the film using money from the Heritage
:23:27. > :23:33.Lottery Fund. If its aim is to encourage visitors and residents to
:23:34. > :23:38.fall in love with the ADF, has it worked? It is clearly recognisable
:23:39. > :23:46.it looks so good. A lot of people these days out on the intranet but
:23:47. > :23:50.do not go out. This film shows them and gives the idea there is
:23:51. > :23:56.something in Middleton. It is an example of what we have got and I do
:23:57. > :24:00.not think local people appreciate it. The film`maker wanted to show
:24:01. > :24:10.the beauty of this town and asked if we all take where we live for
:24:11. > :24:16.granted. If they are free to go in there is nothing to lose. We all
:24:17. > :24:18.live in towns which have beautiful buildings but we just do not see
:24:19. > :24:29.them. Look up above the shop fronts. Looking up to date we would have
:24:30. > :24:38.seen a lot of sunshine. Yes. Funny and Chile. That is the same forecast
:24:39. > :24:42.for tomorrow. Things do not really changed too much heading through the
:24:43. > :24:50.next 12 to 24 hours. We will keep that cool theme. Tomorrow is not too
:24:51. > :24:57.bad. Thursday sees an area of weather which will bring some rain.
:24:58. > :25:03.On Friday things will settle again and it is largely drive. That day
:25:04. > :25:07.does not look too bad, it is just the feel of the weather. This
:25:08. > :25:14.afternoon temperatures have been around 16 degrees. The showers from
:25:15. > :25:18.first thing this morning died away through the afternoon. There has
:25:19. > :25:28.been plenty of sunshine around. The sun at this time of year this is
:25:29. > :25:37.picture right now. A evening in store with pretty decent spells of
:25:38. > :25:43.sunshine for most. Tonight it will be mostly settled and clear. For
:25:44. > :25:51.towns and cities we are still talking nine, ten and 11 degrees. It
:25:52. > :25:58.will be nippy first thing tomorrow morning. There will be a line of
:25:59. > :26:03.showers early on at these will move through relatively quickly. Northern
:26:04. > :26:08.parts will have the best weather from the start. The cloud will break
:26:09. > :26:17.up and move away and then an awful lot of sunshine around from
:26:18. > :26:21.mid`morning. The wind not so strong. Any showers which turn up
:26:22. > :26:27.could be slow`moving. There will hardly be any at all sort not a bad
:26:28. > :26:32.afternoon. Temperatures significant, 14 to 16 degrees. After
:26:33. > :26:42.that another chilly night in store initially backed the cloud will
:26:43. > :26:47.start to roll back on N. That will roll towards us as we go back into
:26:48. > :26:56.Thursday. One to showers on Friday and Saturday but a lot of dry and
:26:57. > :27:04.bright weather. Thank you. We have had quite a few tweets about our
:27:05. > :27:09.item on Child obesity. Most say it is unfair to blame the takeaway is.
:27:10. > :27:14.One man says the patents should be blamed, he should be responsible for
:27:15. > :27:20.making sure children eat sensibly and exercise. A lady says childhood
:27:21. > :27:29.obesity is the fault of the parents. Outside factors are blamed too much.
:27:30. > :27:37.Someone else says you cannot blame the takeaway is, every town and city
:27:38. > :27:41.has then, it must be the parents. Another person says it is down to
:27:42. > :27:45.poverty, cheaper foods are full of fat and sugar. That is all for now.
:27:46. > :27:50.Good evening.