:00:00. > :00:13.I'll have more at ten - but now on BBC One, we join
:00:14. > :00:16.Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and Beccy Meehan.
:00:17. > :00:19.The Wigan councillor accused of being a sexist says he's sorry
:00:20. > :00:33.I did not mean to cause any upset and if I have done that, I
:00:34. > :00:36.apologise. But despite his behaviour,
:00:37. > :00:39.Robert Bleakley says he's not going Father and son ` a bravery `ward
:00:40. > :00:44.for the boy who helped We meet
:00:45. > :00:50.the Doctor Who fan whose obsession The Wigan councillor accused
:00:51. > :01:07.of being a sexist and a misogynist has tonight apologised to any women
:01:08. > :01:10.he might have offended. Robert Bleakley's already bden
:01:11. > :01:12.banned from having contact with women at Wigan Council after it
:01:13. > :01:15.came to light he'd sent offdnsive Tonight he told this progralme he
:01:16. > :01:22.has no intentions of standing down. We will be hearing from Mr Bleakley
:01:23. > :01:45.in a moment but first an update And in text and the... `` hd is the
:01:46. > :01:54.local councillor who sent a text saying...
:01:55. > :01:59.From his own taxpayer funded phone, he also called premium rate sex
:02:00. > :02:03.lines causing the council to ban him from having contact with wolen. He
:02:04. > :02:14.is the most sexist individu`l I have come across. We heard from ` council
:02:15. > :02:20.employee who was targeted bx him. It is very emotional, it reallx is
:02:21. > :02:24.Avoiding our cameras until now the only response from the councillor
:02:25. > :02:34.himself came from a written statement saying that all of this is
:02:35. > :02:43.simply a smear campaign. Today, Mr Blakeley agreed to speak
:02:44. > :02:48.to us. I asked them if his column. `` conduct was befitting of a
:02:49. > :02:55.councillor. These remarks or text messages were made after thd death
:02:56. > :03:00.of my mother and I have to say in the early stages of a breakdown
:03:01. > :03:04.They were totally out of ch`racter and said in jest to a friend of
:03:05. > :03:11.mine. They were not meant to upset anyone in any sense and for that I
:03:12. > :03:18.apologise sincerely. It is not the first time you have done solething
:03:19. > :03:23.wrong. It is not. But my local constituents have re`elected me know
:03:24. > :03:35.that on occasions I do overstep the mark. Do you feel that you have been
:03:36. > :03:40.fairly treated? No, I don't. Members of my community have said this is
:03:41. > :03:47.disgraceful. But you have looked at pornography on your laptop, you have
:03:48. > :03:52.phoned up explicit sex lines, you have sent on broadcast double text
:03:53. > :03:58.messages to a friend of an dxplicit nature of both women. You sometimes
:03:59. > :04:05.overstep the mark, you have said it yourself. It is language th`t I
:04:06. > :04:11.would never use in everyday circumstances. Colleagues wd have
:04:12. > :04:17.spoken to say they find it impossible to work with you because
:04:18. > :04:23.of your attitude. You have found a small number of individuals at Wigan
:04:24. > :04:28.Council. Over 4000 employees work there and I get on with most of
:04:29. > :04:32.them. If you get on with wolen so well, why have the council said you
:04:33. > :04:37.cannot speak to any female dmployees at the council? I have women
:04:38. > :04:44.employees from the council telling me this is a disgrace. They have
:04:45. > :04:51.said that I must work with them They have said this is an unworkable
:04:52. > :04:55.sanction. Why did you try to jeopardise a senior official's job
:04:56. > :05:00.via an e`mail. I have nothing to say about that. Did you not overstep the
:05:01. > :05:06.mark then? I have no comment to make. Do you believe you have
:05:07. > :05:13.behaved correctly for someone elected to serve any public office?
:05:14. > :05:21.Many people would say you h`ve not. It has been regrettable. Will you
:05:22. > :05:25.get re`elected? I am standing in 2016 possibly, I have not m`de up my
:05:26. > :05:31.main jet. People have been knocking at the door and have been tdlling me
:05:32. > :05:41.to stick with it. Is that what you intend to do? `` mind yet.
:05:42. > :05:46.Journalists like myself havd never experienced a situation likd this
:05:47. > :05:48.with such behaviour from a councillor who the council cannot
:05:49. > :05:53.get rid of because you are dlected. They appear to be at their wits end.
:05:54. > :06:00.Will you stick it out? I have always said I will serve a full term. I am
:06:01. > :06:06.not a quitter. Thank you for joining us, Robert Bleakley.
:06:07. > :06:12.No to the desperate plea from a mother whose son was murderdd three
:06:13. > :06:15.years ago. He was shot in the back in a pub in Salford. The gunman shot
:06:16. > :06:22.him again in the chest and stamped on his face as he lay dying. His
:06:23. > :06:24.mother says he is a coward `nd has urged witnesses to do the rhght
:06:25. > :06:29.thing. He was killed in a pub full of
:06:30. > :06:37.people, but three years latdr with Norman charged or convicted, a
:06:38. > :06:43.family is desperate for answers We just want justice and closure so
:06:44. > :06:50.that we can move on with our lives. It is hanging over our heads every
:06:51. > :06:54.single day. When Lee Edmund was shot, almost everyone in thhs pub
:06:55. > :06:57.saw it happen, but they werd threatened by the gunman to stop
:06:58. > :07:03.them talking. The CCTV hard drive was taken and graffiti went up
:07:04. > :07:08.warning people of the consepuences if they went to the police. You know
:07:09. > :07:17.who committed this murder, what do you need to be able to convhct the
:07:18. > :07:21.murder? `` Mark Turner. I need a witness and someond who
:07:22. > :07:31.will stand up and give eviddnce in court. `` murder.
:07:32. > :07:35.I just hope that all of those mothers and fathers who werd in that
:07:36. > :07:42.pop consider what it would be like if it was there own son or daughter,
:07:43. > :07:48.executed by a coward who did not even shoot him face`to`face. He shot
:07:49. > :07:53.him in the back. I cannot understand why they are protecting discovered.
:07:54. > :08:02.Why? Many know the colour of Lee Edmund by name. But for the family
:08:03. > :08:10.so far, there is no justice. `` Keller. `` the Keller.
:08:11. > :08:13.The date's been set for the Heywood and Middleton by`election in
:08:14. > :08:16.Greater Manchester following the death of the Labour MP Jim Dobbin.
:08:17. > :08:18.It will be held in four weeks on the 9th October.
:08:19. > :08:21.Unusually, Labour's announcdd it before the funeral's taken place.
:08:22. > :08:23.The party says it has the agreement of the family and that
:08:24. > :08:26.But the UK Independence Party says it's a deliberatd
:08:27. > :08:37.I think it is disrespectful to the memory of the Jim Dobbin. It is
:08:38. > :08:38.wrong, they are doing it because they are panicked by the surge that
:08:39. > :08:41.the UK is getting at the molent Liverpool Council's Chief Executive,
:08:42. > :08:43.Ged Fitzgerald, is to face questions from the leaders of
:08:44. > :08:45.the city's political parties about Last month a report
:08:46. > :08:49.into child sex abuse in Rotherham said senior council officials
:08:50. > :08:51.and police officers failed to act Mr Fitzgerald was the
:08:52. > :09:22.Chief Executive at Rotherhal Salford City Council's decision to
:09:23. > :09:24.cut access for disabled cithzens is to be reviewed. We want to stop
:09:25. > :09:26.subsidised travel to save thousands of pounds each year. Campaigners say
:09:27. > :09:35.many parents will struggle to transport the children themselves. A
:09:36. > :09:42.review will take place in October. Take a look at this. People will
:09:43. > :09:46.wonder what we are doing. This is a special membrane that has the power
:09:47. > :09:51.to bring clean drinking watdr to the third World and it is one alazing
:09:52. > :09:58.application for the discovery of this material made in Manchdster. We
:09:59. > :09:58.can speak to the Doctor Who has gathered information on this
:09:59. > :10:08.product. Today the government announced a new
:10:09. > :10:15.investment into a research centre for this material. Jayne McCubbin
:10:16. > :10:19.can bring us more information. The Chancellor of the Exchepuer
:10:20. > :10:31.looks at the game`changer, this new membrane. We already have in the
:10:32. > :10:35.city a new centre being built where the hard science is going to be done
:10:36. > :10:38.in this laboratory. What we are announcing today is another centre
:10:39. > :10:43.that it is going to make sure that we take the hard science and turn it
:10:44. > :10:50.into things that we can use. The material was discovered ten years
:10:51. > :10:53.ago by this team. Look at the painting applications last xear In
:10:54. > :11:01.the United Kingdom they werd only 54. Have we lost out on a rhde in
:11:02. > :11:11.this area, Europa League? Wd remain in the top ten out of science. The
:11:12. > :11:18.question is how much we havd lost in terms of entrepreneurship. `` your
:11:19. > :11:24.lead. Just look at the applications, this
:11:25. > :11:31.is a light bulb, this is a brick, and the force of `` the facd of a
:11:32. > :11:39.phone that are all making use of this new material. The prodtct ever
:11:40. > :11:44.remains made in China. Does that disappoint you? Not really, as the
:11:45. > :11:47.cake gets bigger, we each gdt a bigger slice. Half of the investment
:11:48. > :11:53.will come from the government, half from another source, Abu Dh`bi.
:11:54. > :12:09.Manchester City have alreadx received much benefit from dconomic
:12:10. > :12:15.source from that country. Still to come: Keeping up whth
:12:16. > :12:21.tradition, the master bought both are getting royal approval.
:12:22. > :12:40.We will be joined by a couple of friends to meet the man who loves
:12:41. > :12:45.all things Dr Booth. `` Doctor Who. Imagine you are only nine ydars old
:12:46. > :12:51.and you see your father is hn danger. Do you panic? Do yot keep a
:12:52. > :12:54.cool head and save him? Thankfully James Aston that the latter when his
:12:55. > :13:06.father, Scott caught up in farm machinery. David Guest can give us
:13:07. > :13:23.more information. Yes, welcome to this farm. Look at
:13:24. > :13:42.this piece of kit, yes, it hs a huge hay bayler.
:13:43. > :13:50.Nine`year`old James is very much his father son. Both can be found doing
:13:51. > :13:58.the rounds on the tractor. Last year, James and Thomas Aspddn were
:13:59. > :14:04.put working amongst the farl with the hay bayler. Thomas was trying to
:14:05. > :14:10.remove blockage from this robber when his arm got trapped. You never
:14:11. > :14:16.think it will happen to yourself. The pain must have been
:14:17. > :14:22.excruciating. Yes, it was. What did you do to help your father? I pushed
:14:23. > :14:35.the button and it stopped the hay bayler. It stopped me from getting
:14:36. > :14:41.my hands getting mangled. After one and a half hours of being
:14:42. > :14:45.trapped, one of the nurses said that they would have to start making
:14:46. > :14:50.contingency plans. What did you think they meant by that? I was
:14:51. > :14:56.thinking that they would have to cut off my arm to get me out. Hhs arm
:14:57. > :15:04.was broken in five places btt it could have been much worse hf not
:15:05. > :15:09.for his son's quick reactions. Today, James was honoured whth a
:15:10. > :15:14.bravery award from this fird officer in mind a share. After words it was
:15:15. > :15:17.straight back down to the f`rm to continue their work and doing what
:15:18. > :15:24.they love best. The chief fire of this, Chrhs
:15:25. > :15:29.Kenny, joins me now. Why did you believe James was worthy of such an
:15:30. > :15:37.award? We all think we know how we would react in such an inst`nce but
:15:38. > :15:43.this was a real crisis. `` chief fire off a. If it had been `ny
:15:44. > :15:50.longer, things could have bden much different from `` for Thomas
:15:51. > :16:01.Aspden. That is correct. `` chief fire of the. `` officer.
:16:02. > :16:06.It is very difficult when you are only nine years old. That is
:16:07. > :16:10.correct, there is always thd temptation to panicked. He rose
:16:11. > :16:18.above all of that and did what needed doing. Without any doubt his
:16:19. > :16:24.actions saved the arm of his father. Yes, James is a very deservhng of
:16:25. > :16:28.his awards today. Wonderful young man, fantastic,
:16:29. > :16:33.brilliant. For more than half a centurx, David
:16:34. > :16:38.Moss has kept alive the anchent skill of wooden boat building. Today
:16:39. > :16:43.in recognition of that work, the master bought both from Mikd Usher
:16:44. > :16:46.received a royal visitor. Hdr Royal Highness The Princess Royal called
:16:47. > :16:50.in at the sport art near Fldetwood to thank him.
:16:51. > :16:58.Some people believe boats are works of art. Today it is time for royal
:16:59. > :17:06.recognition, courtesy of a visit from The Princess Royal.
:17:07. > :17:14.Any chance she might place `n order? You never know! She has alw`ys
:17:15. > :17:17.enjoyed messing around in boats She was given a tour of the yard and met
:17:18. > :17:27.those who have trained under David's stewardship. It is very
:17:28. > :17:33.nice, if you CDs bought selling in the harbour, it is early spdcial,
:17:34. > :17:37.because you know that you dhd that! You have something to show forward
:17:38. > :17:44.your hard work and that will get used for many years. The Prhncess
:17:45. > :17:49.Royal had a look below decks and then into the shed to unveil a
:17:50. > :17:58.plaque commemorating the visit today. I have never seen thhs place
:17:59. > :18:08.so clean! Begin to do with ` royal visit each and every tier! These
:18:09. > :18:17.sort of skills never die out. You always need them. `` every xear She
:18:18. > :18:25.was very easy to speak to. Ht was a very happy day. A royal nod of
:18:26. > :18:34.approval for a master bought blogger who is keeping alive and ancient
:18:35. > :18:37.British art. `` boat builder. You may think that the Brithsh
:18:38. > :18:41.Philharmonic Orchestra only plays classical music. You would be wrong.
:18:42. > :18:53.In the next few years they will perform with Culture Club. Xes,
:18:54. > :19:06.concerts will take place in Salford and will be broadcast across all
:19:07. > :19:11.seven of the BBC's national radio clean Bandit were in final
:19:12. > :19:15.rehearsals for this evening 's concert on Radio 1. It is the first
:19:16. > :19:20.in a series of new collabor`tions that will be broadcast across the
:19:21. > :19:24.BBC throughout the autumn. @n amazing experience. We have made
:19:25. > :19:29.arrangements for all of the songs on our album. We have been tryhng to
:19:30. > :19:33.use different instruments to recreate the elegiac sounds that we
:19:34. > :19:41.have made originally. For the next few weeks the orchestra will perform
:19:42. > :19:46.at a range of artists, among them Culture Club. John Grant will
:19:47. > :19:53.perform for BBC six music. There will be a concert of some of
:19:54. > :19:57.Bollywood's greatest hits. Hf it reaches a wager audience, whether
:19:58. > :20:06.that be our audience or that of Radio 1 or Radio 2, it shows we are
:20:07. > :20:09.not stuffy classical musici`ns. But that we can reach a wager of things.
:20:10. > :20:14.It is a chance to show off new talent from this region. Ond of the
:20:15. > :20:22.singer 's first met the orchestra as a student. Some members of this
:20:23. > :20:29.orchestra played with me whdn I was doing my studies. That really set my
:20:30. > :20:33.passion for music and it is absolutely fantastic, a dre`m come
:20:34. > :20:36.true. The concerts will continue tntil
:20:37. > :20:40.October and it is hoped it will bring this music to new audhences.
:20:41. > :21:15.They promise something for dveryone. We have seen many of these Daleks.
:21:16. > :21:21.Yes, one man who would like to get hold of these is Iain O'Bridn from
:21:22. > :21:24.Manchester. He has the worlds largest collection of Doctor Who
:21:25. > :21:30.memorabilia according to Guhnness world records.
:21:31. > :21:40.First there was the doctor, now the Collector. Not the alien encountered
:21:41. > :21:46.by Tom Baker and known as the Collector, but an enthusiast from
:21:47. > :21:58.Old Trafford known as Ian. This is one of the star exhhbits in
:21:59. > :22:05.his collection. But there is so much to choose from,
:22:06. > :22:13.he has more Daleks that `` than you could shake a sonic screwdrhver at.
:22:14. > :22:26.I have a whole collection from different errors. Yes, that was a
:22:27. > :22:31.one`off. Another new doctor, another range of toys, models and attographs
:22:32. > :22:39.to collect. The total more than one and a half thousand, making even a
:22:40. > :22:45.record`breaker. I have lots of items including books, badges and toys. I
:22:46. > :22:50.had to put it onto a database and get that clarified by indepdndent
:22:51. > :22:57.people. I then had to send ht off to them. Tom Baker was the favourite of
:22:58. > :23:04.Ian as you can tell by his scarf and hat. But there is not much he does
:23:05. > :23:12.not know about any of the dhfferent Doctor Who personalities. John Hurt,
:23:13. > :23:23.he was the 13th doctor, not many people remember him. Doctor Who was
:23:24. > :23:31.256 when he first stole the TARDIS. For a man centuries old he shows no
:23:32. > :23:38.signs of flagging. His colldction would appear to only get bigger
:23:39. > :23:50.Stuart Flinders, he looked like enjoyed that report!
:23:51. > :24:00.The profits of Manchester United fell by 84%, the revenue was over
:24:01. > :24:07.?400 million. That compares to last year 's figures. Costs incltde 5
:24:08. > :24:11.million in compensation to David Moyes who was sacked in Aprhl. The
:24:12. > :24:17.club has said it has sold 2 million replica shirts around the world
:24:18. > :24:21.Buying the sure are fighting relegation in the County
:24:22. > :24:37.Championship. Here is the ctrrent state of affairs... `` Lanc`shire.
:24:38. > :24:42.I thought Diane had gone it said because the weather is so nhce, but
:24:43. > :24:53.I now realise it was becausd she was scared to be inside the samd studio.
:24:54. > :24:55.Yes, she did not like the D`leks! I am not frightened of them at all,
:24:56. > :25:12.my husband is obsessed with them! It has been a beautiful day. Picture
:25:13. > :25:15.perfect across the North West. It was great during the day and it
:25:16. > :25:24.looks like being great for the night as well. But at this beautiful shot
:25:25. > :25:31.which is taken of the super moon from one of your's back garden. It
:25:32. > :25:36.is also known as the harvest. That is the closest to the autumn
:25:37. > :25:42.equinox. You may see a bit of it tonight. The good news for the next
:25:43. > :25:45.few days is that high presstre continues to influence everxthing,
:25:46. > :25:50.keeping the weather fronts `t the B as far as the eye can see. Lore
:25:51. > :25:55.cloud cover over the next fdw days. But the weather fronts stakdout of
:25:56. > :26:00.the week it stays fine and dry for Tuesday and Wednesday next week
:26:01. > :26:03.This evening and overnight, many places have picked up a bit of his
:26:04. > :26:07.and cloud. During the night that should start to melt away and many
:26:08. > :26:12.places will once again be vdry clear. Temperatures rarely will be
:26:13. > :26:18.around 56 Celsius. Towns and cities, eight or 9 degrees. Thursdax will be
:26:19. > :26:21.dry and find, patchy cloud `t times, but when the sun comds
:26:22. > :26:29.through with light breezes from the South East, that'll keep out the
:26:30. > :26:34.continental air and make temperatures around 21 Celshus. The
:26:35. > :26:39.coast will be just as warm `s anywhere else. If you are planning a
:26:40. > :26:49.trip, it should be a nice d`y. That is the way it will stay. More cloud
:26:50. > :26:51.cover for the next few days but generally very nice.
:26:52. > :26:55.Just before we go, do not forget that the Antiques Roadshow films in
:26:56. > :26:59.Liverpool tomorrow. Fiona Bruce and all of the experts will be `t the
:27:00. > :27:06.cathedral tomorrow, doors open at 9:30am. You may have somethhng Radio
:27:07. > :27:10.Derby that is worth something. Perhaps even some more Daleks! We
:27:11. > :27:18.will review with another shot of them. See if you can spot the sink
:27:19. > :27:22.plunger! `` hiding ennui.