01/09/2014 North West Tonight

Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight. Our top story:

Investigations into a fatal fire in Cumbria. It is believed the victims

were firework technicians. Guests at a weekend wedding

reception spoke of their horror. Also tonight: How Back to the

Future's vision could really be the shape

of things to come, thanks to scientists in Liverpool.

And I will have the latest on deadline day transfers,

including the imminent arrival Radamel Falcao at Manchester United,

after the club agrees a deal for the Colombian striker.

And a Cheshire vicar, his angry carpenter and their medieval row.

Could this be the original parson's nose?

Investigations are continuing to find out what caused a fire

which killed two people in Cumbria at the weekend.

A shed containing fireworks to be used in

a wedding party celebration ignited, causing a catastrophic blaze.

Horrified party guests ran for cover.

The dead couple are believed to have been firework technicians.

Our Chief Reporter is at the scene just outside Windermere now.

This is to say `` just outside Windermere. You can see their white

marquee behind me. That was erected on Saturday afternoon. High point

was to be the spectacular fireworks display. Suddenly the celebrations

were cut short when some of fireworks ignited prematurely when

in a storage shed and two people, thought to possibly be fireworks

technicians, lost their lives. According to witnesses, explosions

were deafening. We heard this ground shaking cannon fire. We could see

exhibition standard fireworks exploding. When we arrived, we

quickly ascertained that the fireworks in the main had all gone

off, but we could not be too careful and we needed to make sure

safety for firefighters was paramount. Guests fled for cover.

When the flames were extinguished, this was the scene of devastation.

The shed that had been used to store fireworks reduced to ashes. Two

people cut inside were dead. It is difficult to find exactly the

ignition source. We will do our utmost to get some cancers to this

tragic event. And this tragedy on a day which should have been

with happiness and celebration. Now an investigation is underway to find

out how this happened. A dramatic and terrifying ordeal for or

involved. Everyone's thoughts will be with the families of the victims

tonight. How long is the investigation likely to last? Is

could last for some time. Cumbria police are working

and Safety Executive to find out exactly what the

Saturday afternoon. The two people who have died have not been formally

identified. We will have to wait official confirmation when the

police release their names presumably in the next day or two.

Police officers were trying to throw fans back into the Leppings Lane

pens as the Hillsborough disaster unfolded, the inquests have heard.

A Nottinghamshire Police constable recorded in his notes seeing other

officers pushing fans as they tried to escape the crush.

For more on this, we can join our reporter who is live

Who was this officer and what did he say about fans being

Well, he is Brian Walton, a police constable from Nottinghamshire

Constabulary. He was on duty in Sheffield as what is called a

spotter. He had made around for trips between the station and the

stadium. He heard over the radio that something serious had happened

inside of the stadium. He rushed inside and arrived on the

pitch between five past and ten past three just as the players were the

pitch. A barrister read part of the notes he made after the disaster. He

said this, on stand, I saw police officers to

rollback were apparently trying to get onto

the pitch. He meant by that. He said, I saw a

police officer on the fencing thinking that was because they were

trying to get on to the to revive one person who was passed

from ten three. The inquest continue tomorrow. `` from the third

pen. A conductor who has enjoyed

an international career since sexually assaulting a teenage girl

in the 1970s has finally been sent Nicholas Smith worked with young

musicians at Chetham's School She finally contacted the police

after hearing that a teacher at the school had been sent to jail for

indecently assaulting another pupil. This report contains

some flash photography. Nicholas Smith conducting the

South Carolina Philharmonic. While he has been building

an international career in the past 40 years, his victim has turned to

alcohol and drugs, a life of In the late '70s, Smith was

the conductor of the chamber The girl was a promising cellist

in his ensemble. She described him as a creep, slimy,

smurky, yukky. The victim, now 52, was 15 at the

time. She was homesick and having difficulty coping with the regime at

the school. Smith and his wife took her to their home in the country for

the weekend. While his wife was having a bath, he forced her onto

the floor. She said, I hope Nicholas Smith feels disgusted I his own

abuse of power. The woman went to

the police only after hearing about the death of Frances Andrade,

a contemporary at Chetham's. She had been sexually abused

by a teacher, Michael Brewer, and killed herself

during his trial years later. Brewer is now in jail

and a number of other former teachers at Chethams are being

investigated by the police. Today,

Smith's lawyer told the court: He has gone from being a celebrated

and much sought`after conductor here Friends who held him in high

regard will now look at him again. Smith, who now lives in France,

was given an eight month sentence. It means he will spend

at least four months in prison. A man from Kendal has been jailed

after giving his girlfriend HIV 45`year`old Alan Mason from Endmoor

didn't tell the woman he was carrying the virus

until she started to feel unwell. He has been sentenced to two

years and eight months. A man has died after falling five

floors down a lift shaft in Bolton. Police said the 27`year`old man

and a friend were stuck in a lift in a block of flats on Marsden Road

on Saturday. The Health and Safety Executive is

investigating whether the doors of the lift may have been forced

open and he fell Police investigating the death

of Robert Hart who was attacked at the Manchester Parklife Festival

in June have issued five new They believe they may hold the key

to tracking down his attacker. 26`year`old Robert died five

days after the assault. The number of Neighbourhood Policing

Teams in Cumbria could be cut from ten to three

as the force tries to save money. Cumbria Constabulary is carrying

out a review of its services. It needs to make ?10 million

worth of savings by 2017. They say twins have

a special bond between them that But on the Isle of Man, if a pair of

newborns need special care they are Parents there say they want to keep

their children together in those crucial first days,

and today on the island a record number of twins have gathered to try

and raise money so Nobles Hospital When Oscar and Finlay were born

prematurely they were taken to the special care baby unit where they

spent their first few weeks apart. Five years later,

they are inseparable. But in those first few weeks

they couldn't be together. It is just quite an emotional,

overwhelming thing to have two babies in two different court this

with two lots of equipment and being in the middle of them, trying to

monitor them both. To see them together would just be amazing.

A twin neonatal cot gives newborn twins that chance

These parents hope to raise enough money to let newborns

It would be strange for them not to be together.

Five sets of twins were born on the island just last month.

It is excellent that the public are behind us to increase funds to

benefit the Isle of Man. 92`year`old twins Peggy and Elsie

want to help, so newborns can be together to bond, something they say

is with you forever. It is like we are telepathic. We

keep wearing the same colour. Only few hospitals have facilities

for newborn twins to share a cot but these families want to make

sure people at Nobles Hospital have Taking a step back in time `

the new drama charting the life And how some medieval mischief at

this church in Nantwich led to one of the country's most famous

How was the commute home from work tonight?

Were you sitting in what felt like endless queues?

How does the idea of speeding past the traffic jams 1,500 feet up

But now academics at the University of Liverpool are taking part

in a Europe wide project to develop the technology for flying cars.

Our reporter has been along to find out more.

It is not exactly a time machine. But step inside this pod at the

University of Liverpool and you can glimpse into the future. The future

of commuting. Are vehicle concept is vertical take`off and landing. You

could take off from your own driveway, fly to break you need to

go and land they are. This is door`to`door commuting we are

talking about. This is a but academics are using it as part

of a project working with five other universities across Europe to see

congestion on the ground. With a test

taking in Liverpool city centre, they found after around five hours

of lessons, most people get the semiautomated so you would not need

a helicopter licence. this will just be a toy for rich

boys? accessible? The whole idea of the

project is the technology which will make it as

cheap as driving a car. The idea of flying cars is not exactly new. And

now the technology to make it happen whether people really want the

reality version of be an infrastructure. You couldn't

just have them buzzing all over the place. It won't be ready for 30

years? I will be gone by then! With the work being done here, it is

still closer than ever. That will never get off the ground!

It is that day when football chairmen, managers

And Manchester United sprang a shock after agreeing a loan deal for the

Yes, they have agreed a season`long loan with Monaco

A lot of people had predicted he would end up at Manchester City.

It will cost United ?6 million, with the deal including an option

Part of a very busy day at Old Trafford.

Our reporter has been following developments for us.

Fax machines are still used for that role transfers. Here, it has been

very busy. They have broken the British transfer record to sign

angled the Maria. The pattern of Manchester United being the focus of

transfer window has been the focus this year right up until the

transfer window 150 million ` the price of

restructuring Manchester United but will it be enough to restore them to

the top of the Premier League? A summer of spending continued today

with the signing of Radamel Falcao That could turn into a ?43 million

permanent deal for the Colombian I heard the news and I didn't want

to work. I wanted to come here to celebrate! I am so excited. We

needed some new players. They are so far behind. Manchester United can

still attract the best players. Even though they don't have Champions

League football. After drawing a blank at Burnley,

new manager Louis Van Gaal has moved Shinji Kagawa has gone back to

Dortmund, Javier Hernandez to Real Madrid while Danny Welbeck

and Tom Cleverley could also be And it seems even the defenders

United sign have an eye for goal. This is new Dutch centre back Daley

Blind who has joined from Ajax. He can play on many positions.

Here's a good player. He can read the game very well. I would like

another centre back. We need another big, commanding centre back. Even

with ?150 million spent, there those who believe more still needs

to be Some breaking news about Danny

Welbeck. Rumours he is having a medical at Arsenal. That deal could

go through before the deadline 11pm. Manchester United, with their

spending, have proved this summer that they can compete financially

with any other in the world. In short, they have spent a fortune,

And as the window gets closer to shutting the more frantic

Down the road at Manchester City, one of their longest serving players

Yes, Micah Richards is on his way to Italy.

It is understood he turned down a number of offers from

Premier League clubs to join Fiorentina on a season long loan

The England defender, who has been at City for 12 years,

has found his opportunities limited under Manuel Pellegrini.

Elsewhere in the Premier League, Burnley have signed

The Scottish international has joined for an undisclosed fee

The Clarets have also taken the number 39 in this line`up ,

Chelsea's England under 21 international midfielder Nathan

What about any notable moves in the Football League?

Wigan didn't want to lose him but James McArthur looks to be

The two clubs have agreed a fee of ?7 million.

He's in London with a view to completing the deal

after making it clear he's keen on a return to the Premier League.

Going the other way is the French striker Andy Delort from Tours FC.

He was presented to the home crowd on Saturday

And Blackburn Rovers have signed the Republic

of Ireland defender Shane Duffy from Everton for an undisclosed fee.

The centre half, who has made 10 first team

appearances for the blues has signed a three year deal at Ewood Park.

Not a lot happening on Merseyside yet. Liverpool and Everton did most

of their business earlier. Keep up`to`date on the BBC sport website.

Lancashire's cricketers are in serious trouble after day two

of a crucial Roses match at Emirates Old Trafford. Desperate

for points in their battle against relegation,

Lancs are very much second best at the halfway point of the match.

After being bowled out for 278, an unbeaten 182 from Adam Lyth has

helped the visitors to 396 for 5 in reply which means they already

lead by 118 runs with five first innings wickets in hand.

Finally tonight, here at North West Tonight, we already regard the

region as the capital of British sport and we could have another

The Merseyside Nighthawks are through to the Britbowl whch will

decide the country's American Football Champions.

They reached the big game by beating Shropshire Revolution

That is all the sport. More transfer news on the Lake Billiton.

You have a message on your phone. Your wife wants you to buy some milk

on the way home! A new drama telling the story

of how Chester Zoo came And tonight, Inside Out North West

will be uncovering the real life Set in the 1930s,

Our Zoo is the story of one man's vision ` to open the

first zoo in Britain without bars. The drama has been shot on location

across the north west including here in the Cheshire

village of Great Budsworth. Actor Lee Inglby plays

the lead role of George Mottershead, whose daughter June Williams played

an important constants role. `` consultant role. She give us

information about her father. It is very exciting. I never dreams that

this would ever make a film. Her father George began collecting

birds and animals at his shop His growing menagerie attracting

members of the public and by 1930 he decided to open a zoo `

the first in Britain without cages. It takes courage to put monkeys on

an island with just water around them. A lot of people would not take

that chance. My father took the chance of having the animals behind

water or mesh for the Lions. I remember people saying that you

couldn't keep lions behind a fence like that. But they are still they

are! `` they are. Chester Zoo has come along way

since the 1930s. But the foundations on which it

was built have remained a crucial And next year it enters an exciting

new chapter in its history. And staying true to

George Mottershead's vision ` the animals will be housed on islands

accessible on foot and by boat. And Inside Out North West returns

tonight for the first We've all heard the phrase

"the parson's nose" ` a reference to the end of a chicken or a turkey

we'd rather not think about. But have you ever wondered

where it came from? The answer could lie within

the hallowed walls of a church And it seems it was

a craftsman's criticism You might call it mediaeval

mischief, as our reporter found. Long before the live birds, these

birds were nesting in the church chancery. But they don't match. One

has the face of a parson. It seems that the church was not good at

paying the sculptor. So it seems that they carved his face into the

rear end of the bird. I don't know whether he found that funny. It is

on the back of the bird if you look closely. I had no idea. It is nice

to know it is on your doorstep. Visitors today were bemused. I have

lived here for many decades. I had no idea that the phrase, the

parson's nose, originated here. We have heard people talk about it, but

we didn't know it was from Nantwich. Across the road, the local butcher.

A real parson's nose. This used to be fill of feathers, but is now

quite a delicacy. It turns out that it is actually on the underside of

his chair, so he may never have seen it at all.

Let us know if you don't think that is correct.

We had a lovely weekend. The weather was gorgeous.

It will not be outstanding, but the news is pretty good. Keep this warm

air as far as Saturday. The temperatures will be good. The

weather will be largely fine. It will be dry. Temperatures are really

good. We are talking about 21 or 22, which you would not expect

this time of year. You can see the is some loud cover. Leading into

this evening, it is very pleasant. We will see some good, long breaks

in the cloud cover. Rural way, temperatures could be 7 degrees.

Mist and fog forming in places. Towns and cities will be 11 or 12

degrees. from the word go. The morning looks

beautiful. Hardly a sky. Looking very pretty and feeling

very nice once the the morning. After lunch, the cloud

cover starts to build. the best weather will be. It will be

nice and bright. Go away if you don't me

to speak to you like that! Most schools exclude

disruptive pupils. I ain't putting up

with this any more. But one school takes them in

and promises five GCSEs.