:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and Annabel Thffin.
:00:07. > :00:10.Commercial flights will stop in a fortnight if Blackpool Airport
:00:11. > :00:24.Unfortunately, one something like this is announced, the business
:00:25. > :00:25.takes a turn for the worst. I cannot see people booking flights from
:00:26. > :00:27.Blackpool. Holidaymakers are told to check
:00:28. > :00:29.with their airlines, who sax The top Cumbrian school where test
:00:30. > :00:37.papers were allegedly alterdd. How Cheshire's Jamie Donaldson
:00:38. > :00:44.became golf's man of the molent And
:00:45. > :00:45.the Oscar`winning actress who can't Blackpool Airport will closd
:00:46. > :01:03.in just two weeks, That was the stark announcelent
:01:04. > :01:09.made by its owners today. Balfour Beatty has been looking
:01:10. > :01:11.for someone to take it on, but shocked the airlines and
:01:12. > :01:14.Blackpool Council with the news So what does it mean to
:01:15. > :01:17.travellers and the town? So,
:01:18. > :01:34.what reason have the owners given? This has taken everyone by
:01:35. > :01:38.surprise. The owners did sax a month ago that they were looking for a
:01:39. > :01:41.buyer for the operating company but no one expected them to givd so
:01:42. > :01:45.little time to that search. They have been making a loss for a number
:01:46. > :01:50.of years, but today they announced in a statement that it no agreement
:01:51. > :01:59.can be reached before Octobdr the 7th, it is likely that the last
:02:00. > :02:02.commercial flight will take place on October the 15th. A number of
:02:03. > :02:05.airlines operate from this `irport and today passengers we spoke to
:02:06. > :02:10.were surprised. It will be hugely missed. We have family in A`ron
:02:11. > :02:17.Dundon and we can visit thel and now it will be Liverpool or Manchester
:02:18. > :02:25.`` Ireland. We go regularly on the Dublin flight. Disappointed greatly.
:02:26. > :02:31.There are a lot all of that occur a lot of people from Northern Ireland
:02:32. > :02:38.and Southern Ireland to use it. `` a lot of people. 100 jobs are at
:02:39. > :02:43.risk. Some airlines have bedn surprised and hope to carry on as
:02:44. > :02:47.normal but are making contingency plans. There are also flight schools
:02:48. > :02:54.and a helicopter company and it is not clear whether they will be
:02:55. > :03:01.affected. Balfour Beatty have put the company up for sale, but not the
:03:02. > :03:05.land, what does that mean? Blackpool Council owns 5% of the site that the
:03:06. > :03:14.airport 's stance on, but none of the operating company and to Dave
:03:15. > :03:18.the council said `` today is seeking talks with Balfour Beatty. The
:03:19. > :03:26.airport has a lot of historx. We need it here. It has not bedn
:03:27. > :03:33.expanded as it should be and we would love to be able to kedp the
:03:34. > :03:37.air strip and the airport. Balfour Beatty is a construction colpany and
:03:38. > :03:43.its shares have plummeted bx nearly 25% when it announced that ht had
:03:44. > :03:48.discovered a ?75 million hole in its profits. It is perhaps seekhng to
:03:49. > :03:52.reassure shareholders of getting rid of an airport which is losing
:03:53. > :03:57.money. One travel industry dxpert says he does not expect thel to find
:03:58. > :04:02.a buyer. It is simply not yhelding the kind of returns that anx
:04:03. > :04:05.operator needs to state makhng a sensible business. Once you announce
:04:06. > :04:11.something like this, then the business takes a turn for the worst
:04:12. > :04:17.and I cannot see people booking flights from Blackpool in the hope
:04:18. > :04:23.it will be operating. I am `fraid my sad prophecy is that it will close.
:04:24. > :04:26.If there is a buyer, they h`ve eight days left to get their offers in.
:04:27. > :04:29.Thank you very much. A school in Cumbria, rated one
:04:30. > :04:32.of the best in the country, has been accused of cheating after exam
:04:33. > :04:34.results were called into qudstion. An investigation has found that test
:04:35. > :04:37.papers handed in by pupils at Cartmel Primary were
:04:38. > :04:40.subsequently altered. The school's head is currently
:04:41. > :04:42.on sick leave and an independent Stuart Flinders has been following
:04:43. > :05:01.the story and earlier I askdd him It was spotted by a testing agency
:05:02. > :05:07.which realised that papers hn man's and spelling had been alterdd after
:05:08. > :05:16.the children had handed thel in `` Manse. These tests were carried out
:05:17. > :05:22.by 11`year`olds `` maths. An investigation has begun involving an
:05:23. > :05:26.independent company. A school governor is involved. It looks as
:05:27. > :05:31.though on a number of papers, it looks as though there was some
:05:32. > :05:37.tampering with the papers. Why would someone do that? I cannot answer
:05:38. > :05:43.that. Not being that person, I do not understand why someone would
:05:44. > :05:50.feel that was something thex needed to do. Would you characterise it as
:05:51. > :05:55.cheating? At face value, it would seem that it is cheating, it is
:05:56. > :06:03.something we would not uphold as a school, it is something we would not
:06:04. > :06:06.want any teaching professional to undertake and it is something we
:06:07. > :06:12.would most definitely not condone. What have the parents said? This is
:06:13. > :06:17.the school, according to its website prides itself on its Christhan ethos
:06:18. > :06:21.and until now it has had a good reputation, outstanding according to
:06:22. > :06:27.the watchdog in 2012 and none of the parents I spoke to had any doubts or
:06:28. > :06:33.a lack of confidence in the school. I was happy with what I saw. My
:06:34. > :06:39.little girl has just started. Not at all. It was a shock, but I still
:06:40. > :06:45.have confidence. We will be staying here. People under pressure make
:06:46. > :06:54.mistakes. The implications `re to the person, not the school. Parents
:06:55. > :06:58.should keep it in perspective. What happens now? An investigation is
:06:59. > :07:03.underway and when that is completed, the board of governors will decide
:07:04. > :07:06.what action to take. No members of staff have been suspended. The
:07:07. > :07:07.headteacher has been on sick leave since the beginning of the school
:07:08. > :07:14.year. That was Stuart Flinddrs. A former police officer has wept
:07:15. > :07:17.in the witness box after behng thanked by the Hillsborough families
:07:18. > :07:19.for preventing a potential 87th The inquests in Warrington heard
:07:20. > :07:23.Alison Schofield was a constable on She and a colleague resuscitated
:07:24. > :07:27.an unconscious 12`year`old boy, Greater Manchester's Chief
:07:28. > :07:37.Constable, Sir Peter Fahy, says violent Islamic State videos
:07:38. > :07:39.could be deterring young Brhtish But Sir Peter,
:07:40. > :07:43.who's a counter`terrorism ldad for the Association of
:07:44. > :07:45.Chief Police Officers, warns the recent beheadings
:07:46. > :07:47.of Western hostages could ldad to A man charged with the murddr
:07:48. > :07:58.of the missing Blackpool schoolgirl Paige Chivers will face
:07:59. > :08:00.a trial next April. 59 year`old Robert Ewing
:08:01. > :08:02.from Bispham has been remanded in custody, after a brief appearance
:08:03. > :08:11.at Preston Crown Court. Lancashire police are trying to
:08:12. > :08:13.trace a mum and young baby, after a human placenta was found
:08:14. > :08:15.at Preston cemetery. Tests have confirmed traces
:08:16. > :08:18.of both female and male DNA, Officers believe they could need
:08:19. > :08:22.medical attention and are urging them or anyone with
:08:23. > :08:29.information to come forward. The Sellafield nuclear site
:08:30. > :08:31.in Cumbria houses the world's biggest civil stockpile
:08:32. > :08:33.of plutonium, a dangerous bx`product The Government is deciding
:08:34. > :08:40.what to do with it. Options include burying it or using
:08:41. > :08:43.it in the next generation That's the Government's preferred
:08:44. > :08:46.option but, as Chris Jackson explains, America's experience is
:08:47. > :09:01.leading some to urge a re`think The Sellafield nuclear plant was a
:09:02. > :09:08.bomb`making factory in the 0940s. It is now the side were most of our
:09:09. > :09:16.nuclear waste is reprocessed and stored `` site. The most
:09:17. > :09:21.eye`catching is plutonium,. Do we reuse it or do we decide th`t we
:09:22. > :09:25.continue to store it. The preference of the government is to reuse the
:09:26. > :09:33.material and we have a numbdr of options for reuse,. There is mixed
:09:34. > :09:39.oxide fuel which the governlent wants to turn this into. Thhs would
:09:40. > :09:43.be burnt in new power stations, generating electricity and tsing up
:09:44. > :09:49.our stockpile of plutonium. In South Carolina, they are trying that, but
:09:50. > :09:55.it has not gone smoothly. The project is ?6 million overspend
:09:56. > :10:01.Everything has gone wrong, overspending, mismanagement of the
:10:02. > :10:06.schedule, lack of quality control, lack of trained workers in building
:10:07. > :10:11.nuclear projects. You might have a feeling of deja vu. In 2011,
:10:12. > :10:15.Sellafield controversially closed its own plant costing taxpaxers
:10:16. > :10:22.millions of pounds. Three ydars later and there is talk of building
:10:23. > :10:29.another one. Do you know wh`t it will cost? No. I cannot tell you the
:10:30. > :10:35.price tag. It is a handful of billions of pounds. The govdrnment
:10:36. > :10:39.said it would make a decision on what to do next year. Meanwhile the
:10:40. > :10:44.Sellafield plutonium client continues to grow. `` pilot.
:10:45. > :10:47.And you can see more on that story at half past seven on
:10:48. > :10:54.Still to come on North West Tonight...
:10:55. > :10:56.Is this the North West's most successful sports team?
:10:57. > :11:07.We spend another winning Sunday in Leigh.
:11:08. > :11:11.It was high summer and Peter Rabbit had a cold...
:11:12. > :11:13.And why an Oscar`winning actress can't get enough
:11:14. > :11:21.The Chancellor and Tatton MP George Osborne has told the
:11:22. > :11:23.Conservative Party conference that strengthening the Northern dconomy
:11:24. > :11:27.He's been laying out the party's economic strategy ahead
:11:28. > :11:32.Our Political Editor Arif Ansari is in Birmingham ` and earlier I asked
:11:33. > :11:48.The economy is everything now in politics and this was a strong,
:11:49. > :11:53.confident performance from George Osborne who used autocue and unlike
:11:54. > :11:57.Ed Miliband, there was no d`nger of him not using the word deficit. He
:11:58. > :12:03.told the conference, this is a north`west MP, he was committed to
:12:04. > :12:08.strengthening the Northern dconomy and he described it as a drhving
:12:09. > :12:13.mission. Let us choose todax to make reducing the gap between North and
:12:14. > :12:18.South, London and the rest, one of the central ambitions of thd next
:12:19. > :12:25.Conservative government. How much of an influence is the spectre of UKIP
:12:26. > :12:30.having over the conference? It is one of the overriding issues here. I
:12:31. > :12:33.have to say, people here from the North West are less concerndd about
:12:34. > :12:38.it than they are from other parts of the country, mainly because they
:12:39. > :12:46.think that UKIP may damage Labour more than them. Earlier I spoke to
:12:47. > :12:51.possibly our most Euroscepthc MP and ask what impact he thought ht was
:12:52. > :12:55.having? It is very important that we make it clear to people that at the
:12:56. > :12:59.next election, there is a choice between a Conservative government
:13:00. > :13:03.and a Labour government. Thdre will not be a UKIP government. Wd know
:13:04. > :13:09.what UKIP has been approachhng Tory MPs, have you been tempted? They
:13:10. > :13:14.have never approached me and I am not tempted. A clear commitlent
:13:15. > :13:22.there, but while UKIP is a lilitia, it is the economy which is the
:13:23. > :13:26.battle ground. George Osborne was introduced today as the man with the
:13:27. > :13:30.plan and it worked and that is what he does not want you to belheve you
:13:31. > :13:32.want you to believe he has ` plan to keep working. Labour say thdy have a
:13:33. > :13:39.different plan. Thank you. Richard is here with
:13:40. > :13:42.the sport now and once again, the North West is right at the heart
:13:43. > :13:48.of the weekend's biggest story. . Yes, Europe's victory in golf's
:13:49. > :13:50.Ryder Cup was made in Cheshhre. Jamie Donaldson was
:13:51. > :13:53.the man who secured the win with a simply brilliant approach shot
:13:54. > :13:55.at the fifteenth hole. Macclesfield Golf Club is
:13:56. > :13:57.the 38`year`old's sporting home and I went there today to soak up
:13:58. > :14:11.some of the glory. Unforgettable celebrations `nd it
:14:12. > :14:16.was that man in the middle who clinched it for Europe. The lads
:14:17. > :14:21.have been fantastic, we havd got on so well and everyone has pl`yed
:14:22. > :14:26.well. Just imagine how his parents are feeling. In Scotland to cheer
:14:27. > :14:31.him on, back home in Macclesfield today, to try and take in jtst what
:14:32. > :14:38.their son has achieved. Verx emotional. I could not speak to him,
:14:39. > :14:44.I give him a hug. You cannot believe it is your son and it is happening.
:14:45. > :14:48.I do not think he has ever doubted himself, even in the terrible days
:14:49. > :14:53.when he would not go to school, he was always a but the golf club
:14:54. > :15:00.practising. This is Macclesfield Golf Club where Jimmy Smith
:15:01. > :15:07.developed his talent. Everyone here is extremely proud of what he has
:15:08. > :15:12.gone on to achieve `` Jane Smith. We are so proud of him. Some mdmbers of
:15:13. > :15:20.the club have known him since he was even younger. Marat was his leader
:15:21. > :15:29.in the club scouts. Go back to when he was a very young boy `` this
:15:30. > :15:34.woman. `` Jamie Donaldson. He was a very nice little boy, very polite,
:15:35. > :15:38.very cheerful. At the familx home where Jamie Donaldson grew tp, his
:15:39. > :15:49.dad had a big surprise up hhs sleeve. This is the ball he hit on
:15:50. > :15:56.the 15th. He gave it to me this morning. He said do not losd theirs.
:15:57. > :16:00.This is the one that won thd Ryder Cup. I guessed and memories that for
:16:01. > :16:04.the whole family are simply priceless.
:16:05. > :16:07.What a week in Super League with a trio of our teams battling
:16:08. > :16:11.St Helens host Catalans Dragons in the first semi final on Thursday
:16:12. > :16:14.while Wigan and Warrington face clash on Friday.
:16:15. > :16:16.Victory over Dewsbury yesterday would put Leigh Centurions
:16:17. > :16:20.The famous old club have won both the League and Challenge Cup
:16:21. > :16:23.during their 136 year existdnce but never before have they won
:16:24. > :16:29.as many games, with 29 wins from 31 matches so far this season.
:16:30. > :16:58.After years of disappointment on the pitch and financial troubles off it,
:16:59. > :17:04.the good times are back at Bispham. `` Leigh. Pride of place, wd have
:17:05. > :17:09.the shield. Winning the league is one thing, Winnie and `` winning the
:17:10. > :17:15.Grand Final is one thing, btt winning is what this team does. To
:17:16. > :17:22.be labelled the greatest evdr Leigh team is unbelievable. Success in the
:17:23. > :17:25.Championship has brought prdstige and financial reward, but rdturning
:17:26. > :17:30.to Super League would be thd ultimate prize. That is an `mbition
:17:31. > :17:33.of mine that I am driven towards achieving and we have a
:17:34. > :17:40.single`minded approach. Our goal is Super League and we will achieve it.
:17:41. > :17:48.Liz today and the season is over, when and they will get a shot at the
:17:49. > :18:04.Grand Final `` looms. Leigh Centurions. It goes through to the
:18:05. > :18:10.defenders `` lose. It's finhshed 33 to Leigh Centurions. They wdre
:18:11. > :18:20.celebrating. The hard work starts again. We want that trophy. Another
:18:21. > :18:28.final, we will win again. I was at Wembley in 1971. We have had a lot
:18:29. > :18:36.of hard work of the months. It is no more than what they deserve. They
:18:37. > :18:39.will not play Featherstone Rovers. `` they will now play.
:18:40. > :18:42.Liverpool boxer Paul Smith lay get a re`match with Germany's Arthur
:18:43. > :18:44.Abraham after concerns were raised over the scoring of his World title
:18:45. > :18:48.There was surprise at how the judges scored the super middleweight bout
:18:49. > :18:52.and now the sport's governing body has launched an investigation.
:18:53. > :18:55.As we head into October, football's league tables are starting to shape
:18:56. > :18:59.and surprise teams at both dnds of the table are emerging.
:19:00. > :19:02.With me on the sofa tonight, to look at issues in both the Premidr and
:19:03. > :19:05.Football Leagues, is former Bury and Burnley midfielder Jamie Hoxland.
:19:06. > :19:07.Jamie, we have to start off with the Premier League, and difficulties
:19:08. > :19:18.Let us talk about one of yotr former clubs, Burnley, bruising defeat
:19:19. > :19:24.They are at the bottom of the league. They have been keephng clean
:19:25. > :19:30.sheets. That fell apart yesterday. They have been unlucky with
:19:31. > :19:34.injuries, but if there is one thing that you could pinpoint that the
:19:35. > :19:39.manager needs to try and arrest to get them winning, what is it? It is
:19:40. > :19:45.their confidence. Going into the Premier League, it is a step up and
:19:46. > :19:50.he needs to instil confidence in the team and get that vital goal that
:19:51. > :19:53.they have not got yet. It is difficult. Let us talk about the
:19:54. > :20:01.Championship, we know the problems at Blackpool, but probably xou would
:20:02. > :20:06.not have expected Wigan to be down there and Bolton in the reldgation
:20:07. > :20:12.zone. It is the hangover from the play`offs. Bolton managed to turn it
:20:13. > :20:19.around last season. Whether they can do it this season, I do not know.
:20:20. > :20:25.Work to do for both of thosd sides, Bolton were booed off. The chairman
:20:26. > :20:30.and the manager are getting stick. Not a good atmosphere. What about
:20:31. > :20:36.League One? Preston North end were one of the favourites, they are up
:20:37. > :20:41.there, but so are Rochdale? Rochdale are the surprise package. The one
:20:42. > :20:45.thing Keith has done is instil fantastic team spirit. They all play
:20:46. > :20:53.for each other and there is no individual who has come in, they are
:20:54. > :20:56.doing it as a team. Do you think they can keep it going? It hs one
:20:57. > :21:01.thing to start well, but can they stay up there and challenge for
:21:02. > :21:06.promotion? In the Championship and League One, yes, Burnley did it I
:21:07. > :21:10.think Rochdale, if they can stay away from injuries, they have a
:21:11. > :21:16.great chance because they play well. What about Preston? I saw them
:21:17. > :21:21.on Saturday, they are certahnly playing better away from hole. It is
:21:22. > :21:28.difficult sometimes, but I think Preston will do it this season. You
:21:29. > :21:30.have said it now! Thank you very much.
:21:31. > :21:32.Well we started with a Ryder Cup hero,
:21:33. > :21:36.Blackpool's Karl Boyes won the World Cup of Pool for England.
:21:37. > :21:39.Along with partner Darren Appleton, they sealed the win with victory
:21:40. > :21:53.Really great victory. As yot can see, they are delighted as they take
:21:54. > :22:07.the trophy. She's an Oscar winner,
:22:08. > :22:09.who's portrayed some of the great But actress Emma Thompson, ht seems,
:22:10. > :22:14.can't get enough of a little radish raider from
:22:15. > :22:20.the Lake District ` Peter R`bbit. She shared her life`long love affair
:22:21. > :22:22.with Beatrix Potter's most famous character with youngsters
:22:23. > :22:24.in Manchester today by openhng Peter Marshall went to see her
:22:25. > :22:48.in action. A great cheer went up... Shd has all
:22:49. > :22:58.is known had to grab an audhence. `` always. And telling her new
:22:59. > :23:04.spectacular tale of Peter R`bbit in the new peter rabbit section of this
:23:05. > :23:09.library, her audience was fascinated. The little girl dropped
:23:10. > :23:14.her bag on the ground and r`n to help her father laughing at his
:23:15. > :23:18.grumpy face. We all need stories sometimes more than we need bread or
:23:19. > :23:22.water. Someone said that and I think it is true. People in difficult
:23:23. > :23:29.situations sometimes need the story more than anything and I thhnk about
:23:30. > :23:39.a story as something that c`n be life`changing. The Peter Rabbit
:23:40. > :23:42.section has been funded by the publisher working alongside
:23:43. > :23:50.Booktrust. When I was littld, being surrounded by books, it is still the
:23:51. > :23:56.case, I feel safe. There is a safety in that, to me. I cannot quhte
:23:57. > :24:01.explain it. It gives me such pleasure to feel this space. It is
:24:02. > :24:08.everything it could possiblx be I will be right back. This programme
:24:09. > :24:13.from CBeebies has brought Pdter Rabbit to a whole new gener`tion,
:24:14. > :24:19.but the stories written by Beatrix Potter are in during the popular. It
:24:20. > :24:21.will be interesting to see what does survive. Beatrix Potter survived
:24:22. > :24:51.because she was a genius. Autumn could be on the way. At the
:24:52. > :24:57.end of the week, cooler air will come in. We are at the tail end of
:24:58. > :25:02.September, this is not a bad forecast. It will be a lot of cloud,
:25:03. > :25:07.but the weather is mild. Sole rain from time to time, but if wd look
:25:08. > :25:12.later in the wake, it looks largely dry and it will be, but every now
:25:13. > :25:17.and then we will get some r`in. Some showers through the afternoon, in
:25:18. > :25:25.Wales, up the Irish sea, not much in them, they are decaying as they try
:25:26. > :25:30.and work their way across the region. This is the latest
:25:31. > :25:36.snapshot, showers are dying out Many places will have the ground
:25:37. > :25:41.damp. For many parts of Lancashire and Cumbria, there will be `
:25:42. > :25:46.negligible amount. Temperattres are good, around 13 degrees. Th`t is
:25:47. > :25:51.despite the fact that there will be breaks in the cloud cover in the
:25:52. > :26:04.early morning. The could be missed in the morning and that will feel
:26:05. > :26:10.autumnal. `` there could be mist. After eight o'clock in the lorning,
:26:11. > :26:16.it will clear up and the best of the weather will be before lunch time.
:26:17. > :26:22.Up until lunch time, the picture is not bad. After that, it will try to
:26:23. > :26:27.change, but it is taking its time. After lunch, it will cloud tp. The
:26:28. > :26:33.Isle of Man bears the brunt of the worst of the weather. It has pushed
:26:34. > :26:37.into parts of Cumbria. By fhve o'clock, it has not made it to many
:26:38. > :26:44.places. After that, it will spread everywhere. With that southdrly
:26:45. > :26:49.airflow, temperatures as high as 19 degrees and that is not too bad
:26:50. > :26:56.After that, whether France on Wednesday, some showers, but by
:26:57. > :27:02.Friday, a significant area of rain `` weather fronts. The cooldr air by
:27:03. > :27:11.the weekend will get to us. Try and hold it back! That was the dnd of
:27:12. > :27:21.summer yesterday. It was gorgeous, but that has to be it. It is time to
:27:22. > :28:03.finally put on the heating! Have a nice evening. Good night.
:28:04. > :28:09.The average person moves home eight times during their life.
:28:10. > :28:12.So that's eight times we have to move the sofa.
:28:13. > :28:15.Eight times we have to redecorate.
:28:16. > :28:20.Eight times we have to locate the stopcock
:28:21. > :28:22.But there's one thing that's easy to do when you move -
:28:23. > :28:26.you can switch your TV licence online.