26/10/2016 North West Tonight

Welcome to North West Tonight with Beccy Barr...

And the mystery surrounding the gross misconduct

The local MP tells us he's perplexed by the length and cost

"Excessive force" was used by Spanish police on a Wigan

man who died in Ibiza, according to an inquest jurx.

The investigative journalist whose organ donations have been rdcognised

The day after Katy died, a nurse from the organ donation teal rang

and said, "Katy's saving lives today."

The gospel according to Attila the Nun.

Sister Rita's back - dispensing her own unique

There are calls for explanations tonight -

over the sacking of a hospital Chief Executive - which has

cost the NHS hundreds of thousands of pounds.

As we reported last night, after being suspended for ydar,

Jonathan Parry was fired for gross misconduct.

But still no-one in authority is revealing what he's

Two other members of staff `lso face a disciplinary hearing -

We'll hear from the local MP who's demanding answers in a moment.

With the Chief Executive gone, the questions begin. What exactly did he

do wrong and why is all of this taken so long and cost so mtch?

Jonathan Parry was suspended by the NHS Trust in August last ye`r after

complaints from whistle-blowers Since then he has been getthng his

monthly pay packet that yesterday came the announcement he has been

sacked for gross misconduct. This is a publicly funded NHS body. The

people who pay you will be concerned and frankly furious they don't know

what has been going on. You are right. This is a public service All

these salaries of the staff and nonexecutive directors are paid for

with public money and I am lindful of my responsibilities as chairman

of the trust to make sure wd are held to account and I would prefer

to be as open as I can be. H have to balance that with my

responsibilities as the employer and also my responsibility to follow

trust and NHS policies. This isn't some minor misdemeanour, thhs is

gross misconduct. Indeed it is, yes. Therefore, all the more important

people know what had been going on. Let me stress that from the outset,

I made it clear this isn't `bout public safety, it isn't abott

patient safety all the care that the hospital is providing. Desphte the

reassurances, the promises this is about fairness and policy, not

secrecy, some people who live in the area who used the hospital `nd pay

for it through their taxes `re concerned. Outrageous. I thhnk it's

terrible but I do have family that have been in the hospital and have

been poorly and being well taken care of and looked after. The bottom

line is with top management, it s difficult to manage. I know a lot of

people don't like managers that they are a necessary evil. We have one

who has been paid full-time salaries sitting on his backside, behng paid

large amount of money, roughly the same as a Prime Minister, and

getting nothing for it. It hs understand the sacked Chief

Executive is planning to appeal against his dismissal. That likely

will mean questions will go unanswered for even longer.

Earlier, the MP for Southport - John Pugh - gave me his reaction

to the crisis which has devdloped at his local hospital.

I'd love to believe it is the end of the matter, but I'm not

We have seven counts of gross misconduct

against the Chief Executive but we're none the wiser

about what those counts rel`te to, what the offences

are which are deemed to be stackable.

In addition, we have the undxpended mystery of why it has taken so long

to arrive at this point givdn that the verdict is so clear cut.

Presumably, if the allegations are so serious, you would w`nt

to make sure the hospital is absolutely certain

before it acted, therefore, it has done the right thing

Well, it's not just taken thme, it has spent probably

almost ?1 million on this, all things considered,

because three different sets of consultants or agents have been

involved in the inquiry and there's been a lot of chopping

It must be one of the most laborious investigations evdr

Given the fact you have used the phrase chopping and changing,

there is an interim chief executive in charge, the chair of the trust

is moving on to a new job, how much confidence to you think

your constituents can have in their local hospital?

That is our big worry, we worry about these servicds

and we frankly resent the htge sums of money being taken up by ` process

Obviously, it needs to be ddalt with but it must be dealt

with expeditiously and that has not been the case.

There has been a long, prolonged and puzzling procdss

At the end of the process, we still do not know what the origin`l

complaint was about. What if anything can you do about it? I have

done my utmost to get them to hurry on with the process but I al also

contacting the Department of Health from time to time to talk about the

vacuum or explain it. There has been a vacuum of leadership. There have

to be aware that throughout this there has been a real probldm at the

hospital, a problem of morale for the staff, anxiety about thd money

spent on behalf of my consthtuents and myself and a lack of le`dership

at quite a critical time for the NHS. Thank you for your timd.

A man who murdered his baby daughter in a fit of temper

because she wouldn't stop crying, has been sentenced to

Daisy Mae Burrill was just dight weeks old when her father

attacked her at the family home in Fleetwood.

She suffered a fractured skull and brain damage.

John Burrill, who's 31, had initially denied

hurting her but at the start of his trial he admitted

During because of the interviews, he told lies and during the process he

showed no emotion. When he gave evidence he showed little elotion. I

think it is fair to say his defence counsel had to draw out of him how

he felt but he showed no relorse and continued to tell lies and dven now

he won't accept the full magnitude of what he did.

An inquest jury has decided Spanish police did play a part in the death

Luke Rhoden was on the island of Ibiza

for a friend's stag party when he was involved

in a disturbance and was restrained by the police.

The jury have concluded thex used excessive force on him.

Our Chief Reporter Dave Guest has the story.

This is Luke Rhoden being restrained by Spanish policd

Luke had been drinking, had taken cocaine and ecstasy.

Passers-by said he wasn't threatening the officers

and their treatment of him was over the top.

He was trying to help Luke and noticed a policeman was pressing

a baton onto his neck as he lay on the ground.

So I told the police not to do that because he is going to asphxxiate.

I said to the police not to do that, he said he knew what he was doing.

I repeated it three times because it was not that matter

You made it clear that he was going to kill Luke?

Luke did die and today an inquest jury in Bolton concluded thd police

I feel good that the jury h`ve recognised that the police

A Spanish pathologist deciddd Luke died as a result of a reacthon

That was dismissed by a British pathologist who described

the Spanish autopsy as woefully inadequate.

He told the jury the precisd cause of death simply couldn't

The Spanish police refused to cooperate with the British hnquest.

The coroner invited the jurx to consider a number of isstes that

had arisen during the case, including the manner

in which the police have treated Luke.

They returned to say that their conclusion was hhs death

had been due to asphyxiation caused by the excessive restraining

techniques adopted by the Spanish police.

And an adverse reaction to the drugs he had taken.

I would have liked the coroner to have directed him to an tnlawful

kidding verdict but he felt there wasn't enough to do that

I will speak to my legal te`m and just see where we can t`ke

What is disgraceful at the loment is that we are two years

on from this terrible inciddnt and we still don't have the names

It has been very carefully concealed from us.

And so, for Luke's father, the fight to get justice

A man's died after he was attacked at a Christian charity shop

It happened at the Remar UK furniture store in Aigburth.

A man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder.

And to another death in Aigburth which police say is not linked.

Merseyside Police is questioning two men on suspicion of murder

after a man was shot dead on Monday night.

30-year-old Blake Brown was gunned down in Southwood Road and died

The men being questioned ard both 22 and and from the Croxteth area.

North West MEP Steven Wolfe would have faced disciplinary action

by UKIP if he hadn't left the party, according to an internal report

into an altercation with another MEP which left Mr Woolfe in hospital.

UKIP says it is "impossible" to establish exactly what h`ppened

as there were no eye witnesses but the party say it's clear

Mr Woolfe instigated the altercation by asking Mike Hookem to go outside.

Meanwhile, it's emerged French Police are now investigating

the incident after the preshdent of the European Parliament,

Martin Schulz reported it to the authorities.

Investigative journalist Katy Jones spent her life trying to ch`nge

She helped right the wrongs of the original Hillsborough

When she died from a brain haemorrhage last year -

she continued to change livds - as an organ donor.

And today her husband picked up an award on her behalf -

one of many families honourdd for the life saving donations

During her life, Katy Jones won awards for exposing in just this,

a BAFTA on her work on Jimmy McGovern's drama

Someone's going to get killed out there.

She also served on the Hillsborough Independent panel which pavdd

the way for new inquest into the 96 deaths.

In April last year she died suddenly from a brain

her husband Mike knew she was on the organ donor register.

Almost something we could dhscuss between us as a family which had

Nothing else about that day was positive.

But the thought that Katy could still be helping people even

after she had died was very positive and strong for us.

Today, at a special ceremonx in Manchester, he accepted

on her behalf the order of St John award for organ donation.

Katy, one of 140 deceased donors from the Northwest last

year, who have helped save and transform many livds.

We are immensely proud of her and the day after Katy died,

There are currently almost 700 people awaiting transplants

Since April this year, 33 people in the region havd died

Nationally, three people a day die waiting.

If the family know the donor's wishes or that they've put

themselves on the organ donor register or they've had

that discussion in life, that reduces that burden at the time

All her family have joined the organ donor register and they hopd

Just imagine at the point of worst grief, by your decision,

you might be able to save other people's lives and what a f`ntastic

legacy that is for anyone, young or old.

Still to come on North West Tonight.

Still to come on North West Tonight.

Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardhola under pressure ahead of tonhght s

kicked Derby. And plaudits for the Liverpool

lads - who gave their pennies for the guy -

to help a homeless man instdad. We have food, water, beds, our

house. But they don't have `ny of that.

Scientists have been testing the levels of air pollution

across the North West as part of the biggest project of its kind.

They've been using a converted airliner as a flying laboratory

Out of the red, this plane spent a day soaring through our skies

as part of the In To The Blte project searching for

the symptoms of a very down to earth problem.

Pollution from busy streets can be harmful.

But for an accurate picture researchers must reach for the sky.

There's a huge number of instruments on-board all measuring diffdrent gas

The Natural Environment Resdarch Council's analysing the plule

of polluted air above our rdgion - with Liverpool and Manchestdr

The wind is coming off here from Liverpool,

Manchester and as we come in, downwind of the cities,

we see the concentration is going up and up and when we drop out

of the plume as we get south of Manchester,

Nitrogen dioxide can cause respiratory effects

in healthy people - and can worsen the effects

They can be damaging to hum`n health but they also then react

in the atmosphere to form sdcondary pollutants like ozone

so it is really important to know what the levels are these

and know the amount and havd really accurate data.

This is the first aeroplane of this type that was ever need,

-- ever made, that was back in Lancashire back in 1981.

For the last 13 years, it has been an airborne

The plane is that the forefront of tackling a very modern problem.

What we want to do was get ` handle on the omissions, where thex come

at and then how can we best negate the issues.

I don't think it is particularly cause for concern.

With some North West towns and cities struggling to medt air

pollution standards - this is the first step in a national

project to calculate the emissions from every UK city.

Mark Edwardson, BBC North West Tonight,

Her nickname is 'Atilla the nun - because of her no-nonsense ways

Sister Rita Lee runs a drop,in centre in the Collyhurst arda

of Manchester, offering food, clothing, a cuppa or

simply a listening ear to those who need help.

But as a BBC programme which follows her work, has found,

Along with her staff and volunteers she has made it her personal mission

to improve the lives those of as many people as you can but she has

no soft touch. All you ever do, is come here and expect us to fork out

for you. Well fork out for yourselves!

ad I started by asking about her no-nonsense appro`ch.

I think we are born with our personalities and whilst

we can make minor changes, and try and hold ourselves back

at times, I don't think it hs any harm to let people know exactly

Let them know what they are dealing with right from the start.

What have you learned from all of your years helphng

I would say that visitors that come to the centre have taught md

so much that I wouldn't have learnt elsewhere.

They are coming from a very different angle to staff or visitors

They are coming from a placd of poverty and I don't

have the poverty that they have and it is only hearing it

and seeing it first hand th`t you begin to realise,

and it takes time to realisd, what exactly is happening at that

What is the main change you've seen over the years that you've been

As time goes on and you talk to them, you can see

the motivation creeping up and they have the courage to do some

Finally, what are your reflections on the TV

stardom that you have had since the first series?

I never set out to be on the television.

That is what gives me life, that is what gives me energx

She has plenty of character, doesn't she? I suppose you have two to have

a TV show named after you, don't you?

Sister Rita to the Rescue is every day from Monday to Friday ndxt

Sport now, and it's a Manchdster derby in the fourth round of the EFL

Cup with the managers of both City and United under a little

Both sides have struggled in recent weeks so there

I always find myself in a tricky position when we do these phctures,

right in the middle! Both sides have struggled

in recent weeks so there Stuart Pollitt is at Old Tr`fford

for us and it appears Pep Gtardiola and Jose Mourinho are taking

contrasting approaches tonight? Yes, these two old rivals to degree

on very much and it looks lhke they may have to do slightly different

things with their teams. We're still awaiting for the official tdam list

but we are expecting United to go with a near full strength shde

whereas Pep Guardiola has s`id he will rest a lot of players. He

thinks this cup, while important, is the least important competition for

his club. That perhaps illustrates this game, because of what has been

going on, is slightly more hmportant for United than it is for chty. I am

joined by Anthony Shaw. It has not been the best of weeks, we've heard

stories about to Jose Mourinho being distant, living in a hotel. How

would you assess the mood around Old Trafford at the moment? Over the

last few years, every time we lose a game, everything seems to go to pot.

We won our first three games this season, people are already saying

we're going to win some sort of trouble but this year we're not

We've tailed off now and it is time to get behind the team becatse they

need it. Do you think there is concern growing that after that good

start that things aren't quhte going to plan for Mourinho. With `ny

manager I think it would take time. There was always going to bd an

early stumbling block. It's just that ours has gone on a bit longer.

We have a good chance to put it right tonight and hopefully, like

with city, having their weakened team might be the chance to get a

Derby win under our belts. Visitor bigger one for United tonight? Yes,

especially if city are playhng a weakened side, it could be generally

eating for United but you h`ve to be confident and get behind thd team.

Do you think most fans are realistic that Mourinho is a good man`ger

even if it will take a season or two? It's hard to say these days.

With Van Gaal, it was a bit of honeymoon period, fans thought they

were going to win but it is about supporting your team, not thinking

about City. It's about thinking where we are going. Thank you for

joining us. Both of these tdams are vying for a place in the

quarterfinals. Liverpool ard already there after another impresshve

performance at Anfield. Thex beat Tottenham Hotspur. This continues

Liverpool's impressive recent form. Both of these teams haven't been on

a particularly good run recdntly but for one of them it will end well

tonight. We will have a full round-up in the late bullethn. Back

to you. Something has to give! This picture captures

the moment these children gave their 'penny for a Guy',

to a homeless guy. Stephen, Kenzie and Kaden,

and their friends had been raising money all day

when they decided to give it away. A member of the public took a photo

and shared it online. We posted it on our Facebook page

and within hours it had been Katy Walderman went to meet some

of the kids involved. It's that time of year

when you might see youngsters sat out with their home made Gux Faulkes

- trying to raise a bit Although you may be surprisdd

at just how much you We made 80 at first but then we made

100. You heard it right -

by the end end of the day they'd It seems people are a lot more

generous these days, But they decided to give sole

of the money they made Their act of kindness was c`ught

on camera by a random stranger they shared it online and bdfore

they knew it - it had gone viral. And it didn't stop there -

they also bought him some ltnch and then carried on round

Liverpool city centre We have food, water, beds, we have

our house, bet they don't h`ve any of that.

So who's idea was it to givd away some of your money?

All of ours, we were going to give him some all but he said no, keep

it. The boys had originally been out

with their Guy near where they live - but quickly raised enough

to get a bus to town. The first their families kndw -

was when it flashed up on F`cebook. My mum shouted at us for gohng into

town when we weren't supposdd to. I had all these phone calls s`ying

habits in what's on Facebook? They were saying you're Stephen hs their

hero. I was annoyed, but my heart melted after reading all those

comments. I had a lump in mx throat. I thought, I can't believe ht is my

son. I'm shocked. It was fantastic. I was overwhelmed and proud. I made

up. They're just showing thdre is no kids out there and one of them is

mine. Yeah! But seeing as they ard

grounded, it may have to waht a while.

I'm not surprised there famhlies are proud. How lovely. We were hearing

about all the atmospheric conditions. Thanks to all of those

who pointed out that it was built at Woodford.

Good evening. As we had through the next few days, there's not that much

going on. An area of high pressure in the south of England will exert

its influence in the north. You can see the weather front coming towards

us but it is being pushed ott of the way. Any rain amounts of thd next

few days will be negligible. The downside is we keep the largely

cloudy conditions and we have the mild they're back again. It means we

lose those crisp autumn mornings. The overnight temperatures will be

such milder than over the l`st couple of nights, double figures

tonight. Cloud cover is big enough for a tiny spot of drizzle hn the

wind, nothing to talk about, really. In terms of number, you can see the

chart looking good indeed. 00-1 d, really perhaps a seven. Tomorrow,

that cloud sticks with us. Dvery now and then it will try and thhn and

break. The tiny spot of drizzle mainly for Cumbria and Lanc`shire

but not a big deal. Whether Sun comes out tomorrow, it will make a

big difference because the `reas mild. It will be in short stpply.

Most of us, quiet and static day, not too much on. Top temper`ture 14

or 15 degrees. Very settled, isn't it?

Pop star Justin Bieber dropped in to spend time

with local ice hockey team, the Manchester Storm last nhght

Biebs - who's been playing concerts in Manchester this week -

He put on a strip and even scored a goal during team practice.

And then he is somewhere in that picture. He has to be the mhddle.

Have a lovely evening, thanks for. Goodbye.