06/01/2017 North West Tonight

Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson

15-year-old Megan dies from a peanut allergy -

it's thought she may have had a severe reaction

Her family say their hearts are shattered.

Proposals are announced to move Liverpool's Women's Hospital

Criticism of HS2's revised route - which comes within a thick crust

Pat hangs up her whoppee cushion after 45 years in the business.

This side used to be all jokes, so there's was a long counter of it,

which was of course was electrified, so you kept forgetting

A role model, an inspiration, our princess.

That was the moving tribute a family paid today -

to a teenage girl from Lancashire who's died from a suspected allergic

Our Reporter Andy Gill is in the town for us tonight.

Megan Lee lived here with her parents and her younger brother. She

was a key member of a theatre group which met at the Civic arts Centre

just behind me. It was known that she had a nut allergy, and she

became ill after apparently eating food from local takeaway. She died

in hospital in Blackburn two days after being admitted. Her parents

have issued a statement paying tribute to their daughter. In it

they people at Megan's School have also

been paying tribute to her today? That's right. This is the school in

a written debtor in Accrington. They have set up a tribute to her in the

reception area. They also have books of condolence for the pupils to

sign. They had a communion service yesterday, the first day back at

school, a scheduled service but adapted to pay tribute to Megan.

Earlier this afternoon, I spoke to the head there and asked him what

A wonderful pupil at our church school, and we miss her terribly.

It feels as if a member of our family has left us.

She was bright, articulate, somebody of real potential who had

thrived and grown during her five years with us.

What stages the enquiry into Megan's death at now? Lancashire Police say

that she apparently became ill after eating food from a takeaway in the

Hyndburn area, not more specific than that. Police are now

investigating on behalf of the coroner, and we understand that

Lancashire trading standards are also investigating. We're also told

that the full results of a postmortem, which has a ready taken

place, won't be known for sometime. Andy, thank you very much.

The long running row over the future of Liverpool Women Hospital

A short list of four options has been drawn up

Bosses say they'd like it to move to the site

But, protestors say it needs to remain where it is.

Our Health Correspondent Gill Dummigan has spent the day there.

Young Reuben's not supposed to be here yet -

It's been great, a fantastic resource for the community, for

Liverpool and the surrounding area. Yeah, it's amazing, brilliant

hospital. Those holding it say

the current building can't deal with the increasingly complex

medical demands here and they're now putting four options out to public

consultation: Two involve improving the current site, one of them

includes building an adult One would relocate women's

and neonatal services to a new building on the site

of the Alderhey Children's Hospital And the fourth, option

would see a new building on the site of the new

Royal Liverpool Hospital. This move to the Royal site

is the option the senior clinicians In virtually every other hospital in

the UK, if you run into a problem with one of your maternity patients,

or somebody having gynaecological treatment, you can simply pick up

the phone and another specialist will walk along the corridor and

provide you with assistance. That's much more difficult to achieve with

a stand-alone hospital. But the suggestion has

sparked numerous protests. An online petition has gathered more

than 41 thousand signatures. Campaigners were out

there again this morning. We want to protect the safe delivery

of babies in this city, and we want to protect the dignity of women as

they go into medical care. Those two things are the absolute priority,

and we call -- and of course we want safety, but one functioning women's

hospital in the whole of Britain? The idea we can't afford that is

ridiculous. They believe it's actually

about saving cash. Even though the move to the Royal

would mean a new building, the running costs would be far lower

because staff could be And the trust's been

told to save ?6 million. But those pushing for the move say

it's patient safety driving it. There is a financial problem, but

that is not the main reason for us wanting to see change in the way

that we deliver those services. We want to see changed and services to

make them safer now, but also it about five years', ten years', 20

years Mutch down the line. Although those options been published today,

it is still officially in draft form. It's actually likely to be

June before that consultation begins.

This is the year its own will be decided.

An investigation's underway into the cause of a large fire

this morning at Pilling in Wyre in Lancashire.

At it's height 40 firefighters were at the scene at a warehouse

on an industrial estate on Taylors Lane.

Nearby residents were moved as a precaution.

A man's being questioned on suspicion of murder

following the death of another man in Oldham.

Police were called to Kensington Avenue in Royton just

after two o'clock this morning A 28-year-old man was

41-year-old in hospital. Watch these next images carefully.

Liverpool Crown Court's been shown dashcam footage of car crashing

17-year-old Sean Grindle was travelling 45 miles per hour

over the speed limit in Bootle last year as he tried to escape police.

The court heard he only had a provisional licence.

He was given ten months in a young offenders institution,

suspended for two years and banned from driving for two years.

Almost 1.9 million people visited Chester Zoo last year,

The numbers were twelve percent up on 2015 which was already

the highest ever in the attraction's 85-year history.

For hundreds of people in Cheshire - the prospect that their house

will be bulldozed to make way for high speed trains

is something they've known about for the last three years.

But last November, the HS2 route was changed, so some households

in the county found for the first time that they were in the way.

Officials have been in the county today to answer questions.

Here's our Cheshire Political Reporter Phil McCann:

The bread's been rolling off the tracks at Roberts Bakery

It's not exactly high speed, but the factory's

The HS2 line will pass under this main road next to the Northwich site

and go through the car park of this distribution centre.

The proposed line through that part of Northwich and this counyrydide

just south of it was shifted to here last November

It means people living here who thought they wouldn't be

affected have had just a few months to digest the fact that their corner

People like Gary - he and his neighbours

in Billings Green found out late last year they'd be

I hoped I would stay here for a long time,

and it's not looking like I'll be able to.

It's going to be a lot of uncertainty for a number

But today was a chance for Gary to get out and find out more.

He was invited to this official consultation event, where questions

It just confirmed some of the things I already knew, really.

There's still a lot of unanswered questions, and part of the problem

is there's so much uncertainty and it's going to go on for years.

But with so many people newly affected, there

I sympathise with people who are affected by the proposals.

What we've tried to do is balance the considerations.

Obviously we need to have a safe railway, balanced against

We believe that what we've now got represents the best balance.

Head just south of here to Crewe, though, and there's excitement,

because the railway town will be the only HS2 stop between

From where the trains will thunder past the bakery at up to 250 mph.

Our Political Editor Nina Warhurst is here.

You seen a letter today to the Transport Secretary from a group of

influential MPs about the funding for the project. That's right. This

is a letter from the chairman of the Treasury Select Committee. He is he?

He's in charge of scrutinising how the government spends our money. --

who is he? It a letter to the Transport Secretary asking for the

second time for justification for the forecast of passenger numbers on

who is going to travel on HS2. He says he doesn't think that the

evidence given about how many people will travel on the service isn't

there, and without those numbers, it is scarcely worth the candle, the

phrase meaning that the end in no way justifies the means unless they

can prove those numbers. The Transport Secretary says that for

every ?1 spent on HS2, we'll get ?2 return, but he'll have to work

really hard to convince the Treasury Select Committee that it is worth

the investment. You will talk to Jeremy Corbyn next week. You want

our viewers' help. I am relying on our viewers to come up for questions

were Jeremy. You have seen him at Prime Minister's Questions stand up

and say that he has a letter from someone local asking about a local

issue important to them. I want our viewers to get in touch with us at

the e-mail address and give us questions were Jeremy Corbyn. It can

be anything, a local issue important to you or a national issue about the

Labour Party. Very interesting. We'll wait and see. Thank you very

much indeed. Still to come on

North West Tonight. Which of the North West's lower

league sides will win Just how do you move

a two tonne lock gate? We're with the team on a canal

near Marple to find out. Chester's biggest production

for years is nearing completion. The 40-million pound Storyhouse arts

complex replaces the old Odeon The art deco building has been

brought back to life - in the largest project

of its kind outside London. Our Cheshire reporter

Mark Edwardson's has It's a lavish production that's

taken four years to to bear fruit. Let me take you backstage. We are

celebrating the 1930s here. Taking me back to how it might have looked

back in 1936 and still open to to the public.

Storyhouse is, in large part, the former Odeon Cinema

Two years ago to the day - the old picture house

It should have been open for Christmas.

We are about three months away from that. It's important to open it

well. It's important that we get the team in the building, and they get

to play around with it. The council have helped put together the

blockbuster budget. That is the original, and in front

of that is the new 800 seat theatre. This is our 800 seat theatre. You're

on stage at the minute. It's amazing that the city hasn't had a

significant culture offer for a long time, but the local authority are

capped at that opportunity and made is extraordinary investment.

With cinema and a library too - Chester gets back

It's a boost to the local region, not just for Chester. It is a boost

to the North of England, something that has been severely lacking in

the local area over the years. This will be a real coup for Chester. Not

long now until productions take to the stage here in the centre of

Chester. The first of those is expected in the spring. Tickets are

on sale now. That is a spectacular project, isn't

it? Let's hope it's a real success when it opens. Another huge project.

It's an eye watering task, replacing dozens of ageing lock

gates on the region's waterways to make sure the canals

The ?43 million project to improve the waterways has reached

the Peak Forest Canal in Marple, which was built in the 1790s.

Stuart Pollitt went to meet the team keeping our waterways going.

Especially one that's part of a 200-year-old structure.

Like the whole team he loves his locks.

We don't do it for the money, we do it for the fun of the job, really.

You wouldn't spend your whole time telling your wife

No, no, she was just operating the locks for me.

He's trying to defy gravity and keep the water out.

The last thing we want to do is have water coming into that lock.

If that's what you want to call me, yeah.

Well, there's no technical term for it?

But they tell me you are an expert in it?

At the opposite end of the age range is youngster Billy.

How come you're the only one down there, and these are all here?

You'll see a bit of daylight in a minute.

It's Craig's job to stop that happening.

With the help of his trusty figure of eight.

If that goes, it's 2.3 tonnes just falling 18 feet.

Daunting when you think of it like that.

Poor old Billy would be squashed down there!

After a morning of heaving and hoisting,

Back up at the lock and it's out with the old, in with the new.

This new set should last for 25 years.

Stuart Pollitt, BBC North West Tonight, Marple.

He was Tyne until Stuart shocked and then he fell over! He's a nervous

wreck, -- he was fine. Puel Billy. And the lock you saw there will now

be drained and in a fortnight's time visitors will be able to walk along

the 200-year-old canal floor for one That would be a fantastic walk to

do, wouldn't it? A great experience. The things you might find along the

bottom. Doesn't bear thinking about. Let us move on to sports.

You need to be like Stuart Parker and Matt Edmondson and were jacket!

FA Cup this weekend. Get the cliche monitor out. It is the third round

of the FA Cup, when the big boys from the Premier League come

alongside the lower league teams still left in the competition.

We'll look at them in a moment, but tonight's match -

live right here on BBC One - sees Manchester City visit West Ham.

It'll be an FA Cup debut for Blues boss Pep Guardiola but despite that

tough draw against Premier League oppositon, he's already

The cup is special because the lower teams can beat the bigger teams.

Not just happening in the Premier League,

But of course, it's a Premier League game, it's tough.

Elsewhere this weekend it's a chance for some of our smaller clubs

to reach round four and an even better chance of being paired

Here's a look at some of this weekend's matches with more

Accrington Stanley have done the usual things this week -

Yes, it's hard to wrap the visit of fellow League 2 side Luton town

into much cup romance, but the possibility of a date

with a Premier League team in round four could be worth

It'll give us the platform to make, you know, a lifestyle

We can bring in the finances, you know.

Certainly, I hope the fans come out in their numbers.

And I hope the players respond to that.

Our other League 2 teams still in the competition,

Blackpool, take on Barnsley from the championship.

Blackpool know it's likely to be a lot more difficult than non-league

A division higher up the pecking order, neighbours Fleetwood town

also face championship opposition, Bristol city.

And a stoppage time winner like this one against Shrewsbury

These were the fantastic scenes after Barrow AFC beat Bristol Rovers

and the National League side have been on a terrific run.

Defeat on New Year's Eve was their first since August.

But the Bluebirds know League 1 Rochdale is

High-flying Dale have five victories in a row, and the manager

You're only one fixture or one win away from playing

one of the, you know, giants of the English game.

That's what every club like ourselves at Barrow

are really looking forward to the prospect of achieving.

For Bolton Wanderers, it's Premier League opposition

Sam Allardyce, who once steered Wanderers into Europe,

A tough task for the current Bolton boss.

There's no expectations on us, and apart from ourselves

But we can go and enjoy the game, and we really look forward

to testing ourselves against Premier League opposition.

And supporters of all our teams will be hoping that some of that

famous FA Cup magic rubs off on their side this weekend.

Well tonight's West Ham-Manchester City match is the first of 13 third

round ties involving north west clubs.

The next is tomorrow lunchtime when holders

Manchester United host Reading, now managed by their former

The majority are underway at 3pm except for Preston's

tie-of-the-round against Arsenal at 5.30 tomorrow

and Liverpool's Sunday lunchtime clash with League Two Plymouth.

Keep up with all the action all weekend on your BBC

Some cracking ties to look forward to. We'll have the best on Monday

night, I guess. We will. Do you like a good joke, Richard? Have you heard

the one about the Pat Walsh opened her business -

with a shoe box for a till - in the early 1970s, and she now

exports products around the world. But it's gone from whoopee cushions

and clown noses to something And now, Pat has finally decided

to sell up and retire. There's something else wrong,

what is it this time? Unless you're on the

wrong end of one. Pat Walsh loved them so much,

in 1971, she spent her ?200 house deposit on an unusual business

instead. Exploding cigarette

bangers, clown noses. The best one is the penalty notice,

surely, because that's the This whole side used

to There's a long counter of it,

which was electrified. So you kept forgetting

and putting your And the door, which

squirted water at you. instead of queues for chattering

teeth and flashing bow ties - Last year we had

queues for two days. Two door people on to

control the crowds. Didn't finish until

9:45pm that night. This is our stage make-up,

this is where we think the future's going to be

in our business. We do supply this

all round the world. Brazil, Poland, Norway -

Stockport's Stage Door has But sometimes it's nice

to look back and smile. We went to America

when we were kids, there was this snooty airline

stewardess, and so we gave her a That was fun, because

she had a blue mouth. Leaving by the stage door,

the family hope to find a buyer with a lot of

creativity and humour. We wish her well. A great shop! This

is one of those handkerchief tricks. Guys, go on. Very good! As if by

magic. Is that it? I thought you are going to bring it out of your sleeve

or something. Something more impressive? That's coming up next.

Keep it yourself. It's the accessory no woman that one. By the time I

finished the weather, I want is a good trick

without scar. He has 90 seconds, see if he can get something out of the

bag. It is predominantly quiet over the next few days, predominantly

cloudy as well. The weekend is cloudy and stab at times was today

we have had this weather front crossing is. Most places dull, damp

and drizzly. -- and damp. It is not that close to us, would only to

worry about it. On Sunday, no weather front at all. Because of the

wind direction, we have so much cloud cover around, it will be

fairly gloomy for most of us on both days. This has been the track that

the rain took through the day. It is light and petty. It is one of those

days weather radar doesn't pick it up particularly well, but you can

see there is more waiting into the wings that are light and patchy. It

is a nuisance if you are heading out. The other thing you'll notice

is the cloud base lowering, said his ability will be really poor first

thing in the morning, really murky, it will take some time for things to

look better. We are fast free tonight, the number is not bad at

all, five, six, seven for most places -- frost free. More of the

same Tehran, lots of poor visibility, lots of cloud cover. A

few spots of drizzly rain. -- more of the same tomorrow. The best of

the brightening will occur, try to get everywhere, but will take some

time. The further north you are, the brighter your skies will be.

Elsewhere, a lot of cloud cover. When the sun goes back down,

visibility becomes quite poor all over again. The breeze is light

tomorrow. The numbers on the chart not too bad, sunlight, 9 degrees.

Because there is no sunshine, particularly in the south, it will

feel quite chilly. Through the evening, not too bad at all. Through

to Sunday, that doesn't look so good. We should be under there

somewhere. But I predominantly cloudy picture. It should stay

largely dry until Monday. As a guard dog? That's just a computer fault,

not the other! It's not Armageddon -- has it got dark. Can you imagine

if I had fallen for that? What have you done? What have you done? Wobbly

cushions have got high-tech! It is on remote control. A boy never grows

up, does he? He has been so excited about this all afternoon. I'm glad

to have finally made you happy! Have a lovely weekend. Goodbye.

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