02/09/2014 North West Tonight

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Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and Annabel Tiffin.

Our top story: lost at BAE Systems in Lancashire as

the firm reviews and told to get back in the stand

as the that's been lying forgotten in

a library for more than a century. There are fears this evening that up

to 500 jobs could be lost at BAE Systems in Lancashire.

The positions thought to be under threat are all management

based at Warton near Blackpool. The company says it's

decisions yet, but admits it is reviewing its

in an effort to stay competitive. Mark Edwardson reports.

BAE Systems products are known the world over.

Cutting edge multi`role combat aircraft like Typhoon and Tornado.

The F35 Lightning 2. A joint project with

of America. And a future star `

the unmanned Tirranis. But back

at base pending bad news for managers at BAE Systems managers.

Reports of potentially big job losses ` a senior source within

the firm says it could be as many as 500 of

and executives at its Lancashire based Military Aircraft Division.

Experts say it's tough love ` in a business sense.

Price is important and they have to take people out the business at

management level while leaving production staff on the front line.

in a business sense. In a statement today the firm told

us,"BAE Systems continually reviews its operations to ensure we are

and efficiently as possible." It went on to say, "To achieve

business, success in the market is essential and we need to ensure

I think if you saw two, three, or a sign of desperate times.

for agencies in the next six months you might think that but what is

being built at the moment makes for quite an exciting time. BAE are a

massive employer in Lancashire and the north`west and I think they will

remain so for some time to come. If there are to be job losses

consultation with staff will start immediately.

a sign of desperate times. A solicitor representing

a week to refer a suicidal teenager to mental health

services, says she was "doing her best in difficult circumstances."

A tribunal's been told nurse Donna Moore

the deaths of his partner and her daughter

from Leyland will stand trial in November.

they'll do all they can to protect services for vulnerable people.

The Hillsborough inquests have heard that a police officer swore

at a Liverpool fan who'd escaped from the crush and told her

police why they were not letting anyone

today? She had travelled to Sheffield with four friends and

ticket tout outside the stadium. They

end. Despite that, day five of them were able to get into the lettings

to the middle of ten Ford. Two of her friends left because they

remaining two men steeped until kick`off. They stayed until they

was difficult to believe. She was eventually

had this exchange with people lease officer. She told the

why wasn't the letting people out, there is people dying in there.

swear words, referring to a heart as being Scouse. Someone who went on to

become an appeal court judge what a spectator at the game and they heard

from him, what did he have to say? He said he was in the lettings Lane

area around half past two and trying to make his way into the ground. He

described the large outside the turnstiles and he said

that build`up seemed to be uncontrolled by police. He was asked

if it was right that the code and congestion was so large that the

police had lost control of it. The reply was that was how it seemed.

Another fan said the crowd outside was abrupt and somewhere drinking

heavily. held in Warrington.

The police say they've disrupted a large`scale operation to pirate

premiership football matches. They raided a house in Manchester

and discovered to illegally stream Televised

matches Officers say it was being run

on an industrial scale and Our Chief Reporter, Dave Guest,

has more It was a normal house

And the police say into identifying this particular

offender. The broadcasters are keen to protect the property. Sky and BT

sports channels paid ?3 billion to have the right to stream the

football matches. It is illegal unless you have the license. What

the general public does not understand is that by downloading

and sharing information even if it is for free it is an offence.

other live sports on the internet. The man arrested on suspicion

of running this enterprise could face a jail term if convicted.

It's one of the most hidden and challenging forms of

out in secret and leaves children scarred mentally and physically.

around 2,000, according to agencies met

It's a custom most closely associated

of infection and death. But the practice is being carried out on

being stopped by police officers. Manchester is one of six hotpots

We are looking at children who could be at risk. We are not going in with

uniforms but are more low`key. Manchester is one of six hotpots

across the country for FGM. It's a secretive crime so it's hard to get

stopped by police officers. It's a secretive crime so it's hard

to get concrete figures, families at risk in Trafford in the

last three months. This woman was I was told if I did not get it done

no man would marry me. I was crying. Today, a guide as to what agencies

should do was launched in body. I think there is the time because

campaigning groups have been working perhaps too quietly in the past.

Let's make sure we now respond to the campaigners and say we can make

a difference. It is hoped this new approach will prevent more young

girls becoming victims. last three months. This woman was

We heard from Abbie that up to 2,000 girls in Greater

at risk and the summer holidays are the worst time.

Do we have any idea how many girls in Greater Manchester have actually

had this procedure? We do not have figures at the moment because it is

hidden and there is a huge amount of underreporting across the region. We

are working to address that. heard the alarm moves to try to

clamp down on this. Police are at Newport to stop families coming back

whom they suspect may have taken the daughters away for this procedure.

We are rolling that out in Manchester and what is also being

done is stopping families on the return journey to see if they can

identify any risk factors of children who have been subjected to

this while on holiday abroad. It is difficult for most people watching

this programme to believe they are girls in our communities who are

being taken holidays for this dreadful

procedure. It is but there is also a lot of work

15 months to address the issue and some of that has been around

training front line staff health sector workers, community

safety reads, in order for them to identify what the risks are and also

what measures need taken to safeguard girls from undergoing the

procedure. There is no doubt this is a crime, it has been so in this

country for 30 years but parents choosing this for the adopters would

say this is the religious and cultural thing. It is not a

religious practice, it is not part of any religious practice but people

use that to say it is the religious practice but it is actually a

harmful cultural practice which has devastating effects on girls both

short`term and long`term on the health, also on the mental health as

well. Thank you for talking to us today.

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Freesat and Virgin Media viewers are Still to come on North West Tonight:

A record breaking day in Roses match but it's bad news for Lancashire.

We have resigned ourselves to the fact they will be relegated. And the

manuscripts that took a century to be recognised as a priceless relic.

but it's bad news for Lancashire. Four years ago a group of

villagers decided they wanted to install their very own hydroelectric

and satisfy wildlife experts. It will supply power to the national

arrived, as our envionment correspondent Judy hobson reports.

It's not easy lifting a 13 tonne turbine at a 22 degree angle.

And it's not a site normally seen in the village of WhalleyBut

one of a group of residents who came up with the idea of using

but it's been designed, by a local firm, and has had

They hope it will start paying dividends in two years time.

a fantastic local enterprise. What people have done here

it is about but these residents wanted to come and see

thought it I thought it might have been better it is great.

weeks time water will flow through the turbine and as it

finally start providing electricity. A great feat of engineering. Now on

to sport. The fallout from the transfer window moves has led to

claims that Manchester United's attitude towards players

changing. This centres around Danny well. Sir Alex Ferguson's former

assistant says it is like the club losing its identity. The England

forward was one of several late deadline moves. It was the comings

and goings at United which dominated. He did the view of David

Beckham. We always worry about the young talent coming through. Seeing

Danny leave Manchester United is sad but obviously the manager knows what

he is doing. He's doing the best he feels. But Danny being such a young

kid and growing up at Manchester United, it is sad. It was a

record`breaking day yesterday for deadline day but what about Old

Trafford? Do not get too excited. Record`breaking four Yorkshire but

not Lancashire. More than 600 before depleting. Still 144 for two so the

White Rose definitely on top and the red rose bullying another

disappointing day in a mixed season. It has always been the biggest game

in county cricket. He stands may not be quite soulful beasties but the

Roses match still matters. Having a big crowd to play in front of this

exciting and inspiring. There is a big rivalry between supporters. The

Yorkshire supporters are going for the win and the championship.

Lancashire battling to avoid defeat and relegation. There is a lot of

disgruntlement. There are a number of issues really. Firstly, there is

an old boy feeling within the club. Unfortunately we like France and

bowlers have not been so penetrating as they needed to be. I cannot see

it... It will be a miracle if they get out of this. Lancashire's

cricket director accepts it has been a difficult time since the court

went back to the England club. How disruptive has that been for the

club? Very disruptive. Who knows what difference it has made but it

certainly did not help us. With two more games after this

Lancashire to save the season, do not expect the red rose to raise the

white flag just yet. champion Sir Bradley Wiggins says he

is honoured to be named for the tour of Britain. Mark Cavendish will also

compete. Cycling of a different type now and a father and son from

Cumbria have begun one of the world's toughest to real challenges.

They are hoping to become the first people to compete `` complete the

race around Ireland on a tandem. The Beach boys covered more than 300

miles in the first day, just 1000 to go. I would like to see

Bradley on a tandem, that would be worth

watching! We are going to get the weather in the minute but what

chance like a sure saving a draw? If they do it would be the best batting

performance of the season. A chance to salvage something. If

get to that final day it would give them extra

whole day, eight wickets remaining. Noreen I don't think.

out. For once we might be warping for Manchester rain! Thank you very

much. Now you know when you rummage you did not know you had, usually

useless plastic but something Manchester University

has discovered is more is rare and priceless, it was stored

in the on archives for 100 years before they realised what it was.

This doctor has found something special. There was no expedition

the Middle East, nor elaborate archaeological dig. There

her university library in the middle of Manchester. It is a text that was

inscribed by probably a month or police to protect the dealer from

any kind of evil. A kind of Christian lucky charm? It is, yes.

View you, all who roll over the air, it says. It was made here in Egypt

1500 years ago. Who would have used it and who would have carried it

with them? They would have suspended it around the neck, either with

simple string or in a nice locket, for the dead. With the use of

imaging techniques we were able to make out what was on the other side,

a tax receipt, the Christian writer had recycled old documents. To find

something so rare and valuable in your own collection, it is a bit

like finding a ?10 note down the back of your so far. Yes! She is now

working her way through the rest of the collection hoping for a few more

surprises. An expensive find! I do not know what it is worth but must

be a lot of money. Now the weather. It is not often I get a request for

rain but if they are hoping to have rain today they are going to be

disappointed. There is a good chance there will be no rain tomorrow. A

beautiful settled and sunny start September after a disappointing

August. It should stay mostly dry over the next few days, the

temperatures will continue to stay warm but we will continue to have

cloud building ID middle of the week and into the weekend. This evening

we should keep temperatures 13 or 14 Celsius. Wednesday and

Thursday will the temperatures in excess of 20 Celsius. Open the

following few days there will be extensive cloud cover right into the

weekend. There sunshine breaking through from the

middle of the day. There will be lots of cloud through this evening.

That welfare and as we head towards dawn. We're there are holes in the

cloud there may be some mist and fog pockets forming. We're Riki clear

skies temperatures will single figures. Tomorrow afternoon

hopefully we will see some brighter conditions. Quite the through the

morning but the fog and mist well left. In the afternoon we will see

like winds and some sunshine. It should be a warmer day tomorrow with

highs around 21 Celsius across the board. Thursday will be similar,

still a lot of cloud around. Highs of 21 Celsius. As we head into the

weekend the centre of the high will slip away and there will be a lot of

cloud trapped underneath that. Temperatures will fall away into the

weekend. Temperatures will drop away but it will still be warm. Did your

shoes and skirt come together? They are matching. It is for September

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