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Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson

and Beccy Barr. Our top story...

Tired of running - the fugitive who gave himself up,

because the pressure of hidhng got too much.

Suspected drug trafficker, Robert Gerrard, had been

at large for three years. Also tonight...

The 10-foot tall wendy house which needed planning permission.

Enjoying life in the fast lane - we try to catch-up with

the Cheshire rally driver, who's leaving the competition standing.

The US auction house which is scouring Liverpool

for Beatles gems to flog-off Stateside.

It's the only bit of memorabilia I've got left now,

to be honest with you. Do you want to buy it?

A suspected drug trafficker from Liverpool has handed hhmself

saying the pressure had become too much.

on the National Crime Agency's most wanted list.

After hiding in the Netherlands, he handed himself over to police in

nine Chester -- Manchester. For three years, this mugshot's been

toured round Liverpool and overseas. The NCA first made an appeal

to trace Robert Gerrard in 2013 as part of operation return,

a campaign to capture some of Britiain's most-wanted criminals

on the run in the Netherlands. following a raid on a cafe

in Rotterdam. That was in 2013. It was a joint

investigation with the Dutch national police, targeting serious

organised and also using a cafe in Rotterdam in Holland and using

organised and also using a cafe in Rotterdam in Holland and ushng that

Rotterdam in Holland and using that to commit meetings and further their

activity. Gerrard was not there

when the cafe was raided, but officers allege he used it

as part of a plan to import large His face was then splashed

across the media, not only But the pressure of three years on

the run proved too much and Robert Gerrard handed themselves hdre

the run proved too much and Robert Gerrard handed themselves here into

Gerrard handed themselves hdre into Central Berkeley station in

Manchester yesterday and was arrested and charged with conspiracy

to import cooking. We have been proactive in time to find him and

proactive in time to find hhm and because of that activity he has

handed himself in. -- cocaine. He was sick of us chasing him, really.

The National Crime Agency s`ys this operation and its sister campaign

over in Spain proves wanted criminals have nowhere to hhde.

We work closely with international parties in countries all ovdr the

world and the assist us in trying to find criminals that we are looking

for that are impacting upon the UK and obviously internationally as

well. Since handing himself in yesterday,

Gerrard has appeared before magistrates and will be back

in court next month. Katie Walderman,

BBC North West Tonight. A doctor, who says he was sacked

by the Ministry of Defence for whistleblowing, claims

that there was a culture of fear Dr Stephen Frost was dismissed

in September 2013 from The Ministry of Defence says

he failed to properly But today, Dr Frost told a tribunal

he thought there was a criminal conspiracy to cover up

the misappropriation Gill Dummigan spent

the day at the hearing. She joins us live from outshde.

Bring us up to these with the background of the case please.

Doctor Frost worked as a civilian locum GP, mainly through thdir

locum GP, mainly through their military defence, through a number

of agencies and in August 2013 he was at the Weeton Barracks near

Blackpool, consulting with patient X, a double amputee, this p`tient

X, a double amputee, this patient had been previously prescribed

strong painkiller, morphine sulphate, by another doctor. Shortly

after that consultation, a pharmacist told him she thotght she

pharmacist told him she thought she had mistakenly dispensed thd wrong

had mistakenly dispensed the wrong tablets to Mr X, six times longer

than those prescribed, potentially fatal dose, Dr Frost did not contact

the patient to tell him either at the time on nine days later when he

was asked to. A few weeks later he was dismissed. What has Dr Frost

have to say? Dr Frost said that protocol dictated it was thd

pharmacy who should have been the pharmacy who should have bedn the

ones to contact the patient, but that, more importantly than that, he

simply didn't believe patient X had taken the drugs, and that he

simply didn't believe patient X had taken the drugs, and that hd did not

taken the drugs, and that he did not show any symptoms of a numbdr dose,

show any symptoms of a number dose, instead he got the pharmacist had

possibly been called worst, threatened or blackmailed by

possibly been called worst, threatened or blackmailed bx the

patient in some way to hand over the tablets. -- had been coerced. He

said there was a toxic amnesty that the barracks, a culture of fear, and

the criminal conspiracy to cover up the misappropriation of controlled

drugs, and he contends he was the misappropriation of controlled

drugs, and he contends he w`s sacked drugs, and he contends he was sacked

for trying to get the investigation into this. And it has been hn

for trying to get the investigation into this. And it has been in the

into this. And it has been hn the news before, hasn't he? As a

news before, hasn't he? As ` prominent campaigner? He has, Dr

Frost has been a long-standing campaigner for a full inquest into

the death of Dr David Kelly, you might remember he was the UN arms

inspector who was found dead in woodlands the his home in 2003, this

shortly after he was revealdd as woodlands the his home in 2003, this

shortly after he was revealed as the source of the claim that thd

source of the claim that the government at the time, Tonx Blair's

government at the time, Tony Blair's government, sexed up the dossier for

the case for war in Iraq. The case continues tomorrow. Thank you.

Greater Manchester Police have found 18 suspected victims of moddrn

slavery and arrested 27 people as part of a regional crackdown

Officers visited 207 addresses last week,

including car washes, nail bars brothels and factories.

Forces across the region have been working together in the largest

modern slavery week of action the North West has seen.

Eight inmates have gone on the run from an open prison in Lanc`shire

Two of these escapees - Thomas Henderson on the left

and William Tams on the right - are still missing from HMP Kirkham.

The former RAF technical tr`ining centre houses inmates

who are trusted to serve their sentence in open conditions.

18 people have been rescued, after a fire at a block

The blaze swept through part of the four-storey building

on Hampstead Road in Fairfidld just after midnight.

Four children were among those taken to safety

and eight people needed hospital treatment.

Police are treating the fire as suspicious.

And public support for fracking has fallen to a record low,

Earlier this month, the government gave permission for fracking to take

in Lancashire, overturning an earlier decision by the council.

A second site at Roseacre Wood is still under review.

The latest poll of 2,000 UK home owners found that just 17% of people

If you think a wendy house is a bit of plastic wrapped around

a couple of tent poles, you're out of touch.

They're much more substantial than that these days.

The Ashworth family have a wendy house that's too substantial, as far

So Manchester Council has told them they should have asked

Stuart Flinders has been to find out why.

It's a home from home for Wendy's daughter Amy.

Do you like playing in it? Yeah. What do you do? Going on thd bars

What do you do? Going on the bars and on these things. How much did

you pay for it? ?899. Blimex! and on these things. How much did

you pay for it? ?899. Blimey! You you pay for it? ?899. Blimey! You

could get a small flat in Dhdsbury could get a small flat in Dhdsbury

for that. I don't think so! It took four days to build

and stands at 3.2 metres high. And Manchester Council says it's

so big, the family should have asked It is quite big, isn't it? Ht is

very big, but everything now is very big, isn't it? Gone are the days of,

you know, having the sheet over the chair and plastic poles and

everything has changed for kids now. One neighbour at least is unhappy

and the height of an adjoinhng fence has recently been raised,

blocking the view from the wendy She is a child, she is playhng and

she is fine. That is it. She's not doing anything more than pl`ying. So

doing anything more than playing. So the fact she can see into the

neighbour's garden shouldn't worry anybody? But if you had a

trampoline, you would be jumping up trampoline, you would be julping up

and down and can see into neighbours' garden. Manchester

council says that are rules about building anything in a garddn and

anyone planning anything should take advice first.

Wendy did consider swapping the house for a trampoline,

only to be told she'd need planning permission for that too.

Stuart Flinders, BBC North West Tonight, Manchester.

Interesting when I went the house has developed like that. -- when a

wendy house. Yes, I had nothing like that. And even with trampolines!

Anyway... Still to come on North

West Tonight... as international rallying

returns to Cheshire! And getting ready for a dramatic

transformation, the meeting is also ready ahead of the Kendal Wool

Gathering. All that still to come but there was

also good news for Blackpool today. There is nothing like inappropriate

weather, just inappropriate clothing. That is from the Facebook

page, and if you have never visited it, you can find short films like

that and lively debate. Join in after you give it a like!

It is well worth a visit. Two film graduates from Salford

are to have their movie screened in Times Square in New York as part

of an International Festival. Corruption is an action-packed

thriller about a former special agent being drawn back

into a violent world. It was all shot in Greater

Manchester, with the support of many local actors,

crew members and businesses. They came in early to tell me all

about it. There's no way we were expecting

to sort of get out the other end with a fully, completed feature

film, especially one that has made it into a film festival

on the other side of the world. How did it happen that did

you get it into a film festhval Well, it's all come from

this last year we've spent Um, we entered, was it

five or six in total? And we've been accepted

into the line-up of two. the other one is

the week after in Belfast. The festival that we're

in in New York is called It sort of focuses on

the urban action genre. So we're competing in a category

called Blood, Sweat and Tears, which is a no-budget

feature film category. And yeah, Corruption must've sort

of ticked the boxes for thel. What does it mean to you

to be in those film festivals? I've never been to America before,

so, you know, to go out there for the first time and to see

something you have worked so hard on being screened out there

to, you know, loads of people, How do you think that

the American audience will take To be honest,

I think they'll love it. I mean, we've shown so many sides

to Manchester throughout the film, we've spanned

across Greater Manchester all the way across to Stalybridge

and between there Stalybridge to New York.

Yeah! Well, much, much good luck from us

for the rest of your endeavours. I'm sure it'll be really exciting

going over to New York to watch your film

being screened. Thank you!

Thanks. How cool was that? Really exciting,

isn't it? Times Square! A draft of the letter

John Lennon wrote to the Quden when returning his MBE has become

the standout find at a special valuation

day in Liverpool. The owner, who's asked to rdmain

anonymous, found it tucked in a record sleeve bought

from a car-boot sale. In the letter, Lennon explains

he's returned the honour in protest at things like Britain's

support of America in Vietnam. It was among a number

of rare discoveries, It's The Beatles' birthplace,

but how much rare memorabilha could Liverpool unearth?

A lot is the answer. Auctioneer Darren has

come from Los Angeles. This alone made his trip worthwhile

- a letter written by John Lennon to the Queen explaining why

he returned his MBE. We estimate it can sell

upwards of ?60,000. All we can assume is that John wrote

this letter to the Queen and, because of the smudges,

that he redid the letter and then You know, it's really

an important find. Then there's this -

a painting of Ringo Starr rescued from the original Cavern Cltb

by Hal Morris, I just feel like I want it to stay

here in Liverpool, so we have it here and it's not in Americ`, it's

not sold for ?1 million or whatever. Another man with links to

the Fab Four is their first manager. That poster there is the only bit

of memorabilia I've got left now, to be honest with you.

Do you want to buy it? These are pictures

that I had with Ringo when he was with Rory Storm.

Wow, so they're early? With the condition, I'd probably

estimate them around ?300-?400. Damage will, of course,

lessen value. Well, I'm here now

with my white gloves, Diane, just tell us what

this is and how much it's worth. OK, this is an original piece

of artwork that has just been valued by Julien's Auctions at

somewhere between ?2000-?3000. That's technically

worth more than me. I bought it on the internet,

stumbled across it when I was looking for a record,

um, and it just seemed But it is the real deal,

as is this - an original prdssing of the Beatles' first hit,

Love Me Do, It's very rare,

because it's on the Red labdl and it's been estimated

at quite a large amount today, And this, like many other pheces

valued on memorabilia day, will remain on display

at The Beatles Story. Ian Haslam, BBC North

West Tonight Liverpool. Ian Haslam, BBC North

West Tonight, Liverpool. Crikey, it is worth looking in the

Alex is here with the expert Rob sport.

Jose Mourinho is hopefully now enjoying life in Manchester a little

more after beating his arch rival Pep Guardiola in last

Yes, I wonder if he managed to enjoy a quiet meal

in Manchester without being photographed last night.

I doubt it, but I don't think he'll mind too much,

after his United team beat Manchester City at

Juan Mata scored the only goal of the game in the second half.

Jose Mourinho said the win was an apology to fans

after the weekend's 4-0 thrashing at Chelsea.

But on the downside for United, the FA has charged Mourinho

with improper conduct and bringing the game into disrepute.

That's for comments he made about referee Anthony Taylor

just before they played Liverpool last week.

Managers aren't supposed to speak about officials before games.

He has until the end of this month to respond.

The defeat for Manchester Chty means they've now gone six

they are still top of the Premier League, so not the crisis pdople are

League, so not the crisis people are calling it?

Well, its the first time Pep Guardiola - as a manager -

But he says he has no regrets for resting key players

He says his priority is the Premier League

City, of course, play Barcelona on Tuesday.

But City fans will be concerned about captain Vincent Kompany

Three days ago, five days ago, he played 70 minutes.

Today, 45. No injury any more.

He told us he's tired, he told us he was not ready to play

the second half, and that's why we need a substitute.

So, as for United, they progress to the last eight of the League Cup.

Liverpool, who beat Spurs, travel to Championship side Leeds.

The matches will be played during the week beginning

Mow, England will host the 2021 Rugby League World Cup,

with organisers promising 80% of the matches

England last hosted the competition in 2013, when Australia beat

New Zealand in the final at Old Trafford,

which is one of the stadia on a shortlist for 2021.

There are 15 in total, including Anfield, Langtree Park

Now, at its height, the RAC rally - as it used to be known -

was Britain's most popular spectator sport.

It was a regular fixture in the region, with

Now after nearly two decades, the event -

now called the Dayinsure Wales Rally GB - is back in the North West

and one of the most promising young drivers is from Wilmslow.

In its '80s and '90s heyday, more than a million people watched

the RAC Rally as it sped through the likes of Tatton Park

the Rally is returning to our region!

Tomorrow night sees the cars visit Chester, the Rally's historhc base,

where, two decades ago, crowds saw Colin McRae crowned

Then, on Saturday, there is a stage at Cholmondeley Castle.

The World Rally Championship is broadcast around the world.

It gets 60 million viewers across the planet, so this

Then, on Saturday, there is a stage at Cholmondeley Castle.

The World Rally Championship is broadcast around the world.

It gets 60 million viewers across the planet, so this

is a really big thing and so, to bring that to Cheshire

and Chester, and to Cholmondeley Castle, is a rdally

Is this the start, hopefully, of a regular visit every

Among the competitors will be Cheshire driver Chris Ingral.

He's just 22, but already England's number one ranked driver and the

I want to be World Rally Champion, 100%.

I'm working towards that every day of my life.

Everyday, I'm focused on preparing for the next rally, trying

to find opportunities, so it's a really different

lifestyle, but I can just see my goal there and I'm ptshing

Try and get out the first stage with a good time,

a reasonable time, then build up your street from there.

Rally legend Jimmy McRae, in his 40th year on this evdnt,

I think it's great to see these young guys coming on.

The thing with me, I never sat in a rally car until I was 30 years

old and, you know, I would have given my back teeth at his `ge

to have been able to get in a rally car.

Today, Chris was out practising in the Welsh forests.

for real through Chester. of family and friends as he does it

Stuart Pollitt, BBC North West Tonight.

Chris is undoubtedly a talent to watch in the future.

And, if he needs any tips, here's someone we all know

well showing how not to drive a rally car.

How embarrassing? Who is it?

I don't believe it. I'm so sorry. Are you all right?

STUDIO: Who could it be questioned how did you find that? Still as

apologetic as ever! Whatever you do, do not do that on

the M62 to order the M6 remind me never to take a lift from you!

Exactly. That's very much, Alex. Visitors will flock to Kendal this

weekend to celebrate the town's The textile traditionally hdlped

bring wealth to the town and to mark that its holding its 4th

annual Wool Gathering. And if you know where to look,

you might just spot a small-scale celebration of the animals

that made it all possible. The Fells are famously

full of them, but now, there's a new flock attracting

admiring glances in Kendal. This little fellow has been wrapped

in a fleece and wool and then his head is actually

a silkworm cocoon that's got googly eyes glued on,

so we've got crochet, we've got knitting, we've got

wrapping in wool, we've got He's just one of around 500

little members of this herd hand by a mix of schoolchildren

and dementia sufferers. They'll be on display outside

the Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry over the weekend,

to coincide with the fourth annual Well, Kendal has always been

a market town and wool has been the main industry,

it was the green industry been the main industry,

it was the main industry for decades, for centuries,

and the motto of Kendal, the town motto, is

"wool is my bread". The gathering celebrates

the woollen trade on which On Saturday and Sunday,

the town pays homage to the crafts it inspired

and the products it produced. So this is going

to be a path. Ah!

Can you see? We've got the lake's going to be

in the middle of there, If they are not making sheep,

volunteers have been using traditional crafts

to create a huge rug, reflecting We wanted to engage the comlunity

and create a lovely piece of art to go in our new museum,

the Steamboat Museum, So it's been a learning process

and a labour of love. Well, when you first started,

very difficult I would say. In fact, I'm not sure

I got it quite right yet, but everybody is very reassuring,

so I'm sure it's Its actually, once you get

the hang of it, it's actually I think they might have to throw me

out at the end of the day. If I had to give it ten out of ten,

I wouldn't give it ten out of ten.

Perhaps eight, seven? So, for Kendal this weekend,

the word is "wool" and little members of the Handmade Herd

will be auctioned off to rahse money to help dementia

sufferers and their families. Peter Marshall,

BBC North West Tonight, Kendal. Gorgeous! I never knew that the

motto for "Wool was "wool is my bread". Incredible. No we are

enjoying a pleasant spell of autumn weather.

Are you bored with that question Mike I like sunshine and crhsp

Mike I like sunshine and crisp weather. Heading towards November

things will change. -- are you weather. Heading towards November

things will change. -- are xou bored things will change. -- are you bored

with it? We should be pleasdd things will change. -- are xou bored

with it? We should be pleasdd it is so dry and statistics, out amongst

so dry and statistics, out `mongst the month in a few days. At the

minute, the West of the country very, very dry, and as we have been

talking about, most of the weather comes from the West and it has come

towards us from the east thd comes from the West and it has come

towards us from the east thd last couple of weeks. And even as the

weather front comes towards us, hardly anything in them. Thhs is

weather front comes towards us, hardly anything in them. This is the

start of the working week ndxt hardly anything in them. Thhs is the

start of the working week next week, start of the working week ndxt week,

and it could cool down a little bit, so heading into November, there

could be some changes, but still very static and cloudy at the

moment. A weak weather front overnight, for part of Cumbria

seeing the worst of it, as xou overnight, for part of Cumbria

seeing the worst of it, as xou often do, the heaviest of the rain, but

for the rest of us, cloud cover, the for the rest of us, cloud cover, the

rain dropping south, and then falls apart a rabbi over, so as it reaches

the south, the shouldn't be much there at all. -- as it falls apart

hour by hour. Temperatures staying once again 9-12 degrees. Tolorrow,

once again 9-12 degrees. Tomorrow, this weather front will be `round

for some parts, leading Cumbria and Isle of Man, brighter spells coming

through, but by then the we`ther front should be gone, but the cloud

lingering. If you're adding Cumbria, Lancashire or the Isle of Man,

lingering. If you're adding Cumbria, Lancashire or the Isle of M`n, the

Lancashire or the Isle of Man, the best chance of seeing sunshhne.

Sideline for Lancashire, north of the Ribble Valley will see sunshine,

to decide, more cloud cover. Don't take this literally, every now and

then, the sunshine trying to work its way through. But the breeze for

its way through. But the brdeze for tomorrow, very, very light, 2-3

miles an hour, any for the ride should take some time to cldar, but

through the afternoon, in brighter spots, temperatures 12-13d, and

through the weekend, nothing changes, again Friday night is very,

very mild, a huge went off cloud cover around, but the night,time,

cover around, but the night-time, the important thing, not too cold at

all. You could take tomorrow. Yes, I

could record that tonight. Nothing has changed! Nothing like crisp

autumn sunshine. Diane and I will be autumn sunshine. Diane and I will be

back at 10.30, you can join us. See you later, goodbye.