:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson -
:00:00. > :00:08.A man and woman die in a Manchester house fire.
:00:09. > :00:16.Four children survived by jumping to safety from a bedroom window.
:00:17. > :00:22.The flames were coming out of the window. They were coming out of the
:00:23. > :00:25.front door as well, a really big fire.
:00:26. > :00:27.Police say they can't rule out
:00:28. > :00:31.The maths graduate from Lancashire - now the first British woman
:00:32. > :00:37.fighting on the front line against Islamic State.
:00:38. > :00:48.A new documentary marks sixty years of Liverpool's iconic Cavern Club.
:00:49. > :01:02.In sport, the Vikings embark on a new season in super league.
:01:03. > :01:05.An investigation is under way tonight after two adults died
:01:06. > :01:11.Five other people - including four children - were injured.
:01:12. > :01:13.They jumped to safety from a bedroom window.
:01:14. > :01:16.It's not yet know how the fire started but police say
:01:17. > :01:22.Our Chief Reporter Dave Guest is at the scene in Withington.
:01:23. > :01:32.Do we know if the adults who died were the children's parents?
:01:33. > :01:40.Basically we do not. The police have not had formal identification of the
:01:41. > :01:43.two people who died. We do not know who they were and what the
:01:44. > :01:49.relationships were between the people in the house. What we do know
:01:50. > :01:54.is it was this morning when the fire service arrived to this detached
:01:55. > :01:59.house to find it well ablaze. Four young people, three girls and a boy
:02:00. > :02:03.lapped for their lives from an upstairs window and another adult
:02:04. > :02:08.male was revived after being found unconscious. The incident has left
:02:09. > :02:12.the community in a state of bewilderment.
:02:13. > :02:21.The charred remains of a home their testament to the ferocity of the
:02:22. > :02:28.fire. I heard a woman screaming and a popping sound. I had a house fire
:02:29. > :02:32.before and it is the windows expanding. The flames were coming
:02:33. > :02:39.out of the window. They were coming from the front door as well, every
:02:40. > :02:44.big fire. One neighbour told me he and others in the area had done
:02:45. > :02:48.their best to help. He described seeing the children jumping one by
:02:49. > :02:52.one from the upstairs window. Firefighters rescued a man found
:02:53. > :02:57.unconscious on the stairs and they revived him before he went to
:02:58. > :03:02.hospital. Sadly, two others, a man and a woman were beyond saving. The
:03:03. > :03:09.fire started on the ground floor rear room, we do not know exactly
:03:10. > :03:14.where. What caused it? No information at this stage. The scene
:03:15. > :03:18.is under investigation and investigators are working alongside
:03:19. > :03:23.police. Throughout the day, forensic teams have been in and out searching
:03:24. > :03:28.for clues to what caused this tragedy. Are you treating this as a
:03:29. > :03:33.crime scene or the scene of a tragic accident? We are keeping an open
:03:34. > :03:38.mind, we have to explore all avenues. We will not be saying it is
:03:39. > :03:44.not a crime scene at this stage. How are the children doing? They have
:03:45. > :03:47.gone through an absolutely terrible tragic ordeal. They are receiving
:03:48. > :03:52.support from specially trained officers. It seems the neighbours
:03:53. > :04:00.pulled together to do their best to help. Absolutely. I would pay
:04:01. > :04:04.specific tribute to the help they have given, without back, the people
:04:05. > :04:04.receiving treatment in hospital would have received more serious
:04:05. > :04:13.injuries. Tonight the police are asking for
:04:14. > :04:17.further help from the community, asking for anyone who might have
:04:18. > :04:20.been in the area in the moments leading up to the fire to come
:04:21. > :04:27.forward to help them piece together exactly what caused the fire which
:04:28. > :04:28.led to such tragedy. Two people dead, five people, including four
:04:29. > :04:30.children in hospital. A woman from Lancashire is believed
:04:31. > :04:33.to be the first British woman to travel to Syria to fight
:04:34. > :04:36.the so-called Islamic State. Kimberley Taylor -
:04:37. > :04:39.who grew up in Darwen - says she's ready to die
:04:40. > :04:50.for the cause. She has joined an all-female Kurdish
:04:51. > :04:54.unit and has moved to fight on the front line near Raqqa.
:04:55. > :04:56.Her parents, who now live in Merseyside, say
:04:57. > :05:01.This is Kimberley Taylor, speaking in Kurdish in a public
:05:02. > :05:09.Kimmie, as she's known, joined the all-female
:05:10. > :05:14.Only this morning, according to a Facebook entry,
:05:15. > :05:20.Wake up call this morning at 4am, she says, when Isis
:05:21. > :05:24.We put up an incredible fight for three hours.
:05:25. > :05:35.I won't go into details about the attack because it's super gory.
:05:36. > :05:42.She spoke to a BBC reporter. I have travelled around the world before
:05:43. > :05:50.and seen the conditions of people in Africa and the women in Africa that
:05:51. > :05:54.have suffered because of the war. And it seems to be connected. I know
:05:55. > :05:59.it is. It is all connected and I promised myself after I went to
:06:00. > :06:01.Kurdistan I would find an answer. Kimmie Taylor, a maths graduate,
:06:02. > :06:15.is believed to be the first British We have seen UK citizens, men, go
:06:16. > :06:20.there before and a couple have died. The bodies have been brought back so
:06:21. > :06:22.it is not unusual for UK citizens to go but the first report of a female
:06:23. > :06:29.citizen. When she joined the fighting force,
:06:30. > :06:33.she told family and friends... Kimmie Taylor's parents,
:06:34. > :06:36.who live in Merseyside, wouldn't speak on camera today,
:06:37. > :06:38.but told us they're She says she's willing
:06:39. > :06:43.to give her life in the fight A section of the M53
:06:44. > :06:53.in Wirral has reopened after being closed for almost 24
:06:54. > :06:55.hours following the discovery of a body on the central reservation
:06:56. > :07:03.between junctions two and three. Detectives say they believe there'd
:07:04. > :07:06.been a road accident in the area An 87-year-old man has died
:07:07. > :07:14.after the lift he was using collapsed at a care home in Greater
:07:15. > :07:18.Manchester. It happened last Monday at the
:07:19. > :07:23.Serendipity Care Home in Urmston. The Police and Health
:07:24. > :07:25.and Safety Executive A man's been jailed for sending
:07:26. > :07:31.anti-Semetic messages to the Liverpool Wavertree MP
:07:32. > :07:36.Luciana Berger, including the threat 28-year-old John Nimmo, from
:07:37. > :07:41.South Shields in the North East, He also made threats
:07:42. > :07:47.to an anti-hate crime organisation. A quick mention of something
:07:48. > :07:50.happening after North West Tonight The BBC newsreader Rachael Bland -
:07:51. > :07:53.who's presented this programme a few times -
:07:54. > :07:55.will be talking about her battle Rachael was diagnosed last
:07:56. > :07:59.year and is part way She'd love you to join
:08:00. > :08:15.in and share your stories with her. You may have heard Rachel on the
:08:16. > :08:26.radio. Or seen her on the TV. Today, she will start a new series of
:08:27. > :08:31.broadcasts on social media. She was diagnosed with breast cancer and
:08:32. > :08:35.world live stream her journey. I hope you could help me and others by
:08:36. > :08:37.sharing your stories. I hope to see you.
:08:38. > :08:41.If you'd like to follow Rachael's story -
:08:42. > :08:43.or share your's with her - head to BBC North West
:08:44. > :08:45.Tonight's Facebook page - where she'll be chatting
:08:46. > :08:52.Liverpool Football Club is to ban journalists from The Sun
:08:53. > :08:55.newspaper from Anfield - 28 years after the Hillsborough
:08:56. > :09:03.disaster and the paper's now infamous headlines.
:09:04. > :09:06.It's understood the latest move follows a meeting between the club
:09:07. > :09:11.Lets join our Merseyside reporter Andy Gill.
:09:12. > :09:15.Some people might wonder why it has taken the club 28 years to do this
:09:16. > :09:18.what they said? Officially Liverpool are saying
:09:19. > :09:20.nothing, apart from no comment. But we do know that they have
:09:21. > :09:23.withdrawn accreditation from The sun newspaper for covering matches
:09:24. > :09:26.at Anfield and for access to other premises like the Melwood training
:09:27. > :09:29.ground, which is where the club has The Sun of course published its
:09:30. > :09:34.notorious story about Hillsborough, headlined The Truth,
:09:35. > :09:36.four days after 96 people It falsely accused survivors
:09:37. > :09:41.of despicable behaviour towards the victims and for many
:09:42. > :09:44.people connected with Hillsborough The Sun has been
:09:45. > :09:49.a pariah publication since then. There are campaigns to get it
:09:50. > :09:51.removed from newsagents Those campaigns had fresh impetus
:09:52. > :09:56.after an inquest jury last year decided the 96
:09:57. > :10:11.were unlawfully killed. Now, Liverpool football club itself
:10:12. > :10:13.has banned The Sun newspaper. Has The Sun newspaper said anything?
:10:14. > :10:18.In a statement it said "Banning journalists from a club is bad
:10:19. > :10:22."The Sun deeply regrets its reporting of the tragic
:10:23. > :10:25."and understands the damage caused by those reports is still felt
:10:26. > :10:49.One Hillsborough mother says she is pleased with the band. Thank you,
:10:50. > :10:50.Andy. Rural communities here
:10:51. > :10:53.in the North West say their way of life is at risk from changes
:10:54. > :10:56.to business rates. The amount of local tax paid
:10:57. > :10:59.by companies is being recalculated in April for the first time
:11:00. > :11:01.in seven years. And critics say towns
:11:02. > :11:03.and cities could benefit at the cost of the countryside,
:11:04. > :11:06.as Mark Edwardson reports from a riding school
:11:07. > :11:13.in Cumbria facing a 60% hike. Ella Wadsworth is a 19-year-old
:11:14. > :11:19.student who is visually impaired. I can't drive legally,
:11:20. > :11:22.so coming here, I can get on a horse She rides 17-year-old cob,
:11:23. > :11:29.Jack, three times a week It is one of many rural
:11:30. > :11:47.enterprises facing business Business rates at the commercial
:11:48. > :11:51.version of council tax. Rural businesses which occupy more space
:11:52. > :11:54.are put at an unfair disadvantage by a bricks and mortar attacks based on
:11:55. > :11:59.premises not profitability. The rise is from ?183
:12:00. > :12:02.per stable to ?375. Riding schools will be joined
:12:03. > :12:19.by livestock markets and kennels and catteries as businesses facing
:12:20. > :12:21.the biggest increases Oil refineries, cement works,
:12:22. > :12:26.bingo halls and even photo booth is significant reductions
:12:27. > :12:40.in their business rates. You can look at the size of the
:12:41. > :12:44.business in terms of geographical size and compare that to turnover
:12:45. > :12:51.and make sure you reduce business rates accordingly, it would not be
:12:52. > :12:57.hard but more Sellotape on an order ready broken system. The industry is
:12:58. > :12:58.not taking it lying down. It is not appropriate for this level of
:12:59. > :13:00.increase to have occurred right now. The school has two months
:13:01. > :13:26.before it is saddled I will have more on that story on
:13:27. > :13:31.the Sunday Politics on Sunday! The clue is in the title. And rumours
:13:32. > :13:33.about the north-west Labour MP taking over the party. Labour
:13:34. > :13:35.leadership again! Now sport and Super League has taken
:13:36. > :13:50.top billing this week. We will see how the Vikings get on
:13:51. > :13:55.tonight. I chatted to fans and they are nervous, they lost key players
:13:56. > :14:02.but let's find out from the horses mouth, I'm joined by the assistant
:14:03. > :14:09.coach. What shape of Aladdin? Good shape, good preseason, I work hard.
:14:10. > :14:15.-- what shape are the lads in? Kevin Brown, key player for a few seasons,
:14:16. > :14:20.how confident are you you can fill the gap? Very competent, Tom Gilmore
:14:21. > :14:28.on the cusp and he has an opportunity. It is an opportunity
:14:29. > :14:34.for him to show us what he can do and the fans. You finished in the
:14:35. > :14:39.top eight last season, a good season, are you confident you can go
:14:40. > :14:43.better this time? Not looking at top eight, we look at each individual
:14:44. > :14:50.week and it starts tonight. If you look too far in advance you get --
:14:51. > :14:56.lose track. It is a tough, -- match tonight but hopefully if we stick to
:14:57. > :15:02.what we know we will do the job. Absolutely. Do you sense and
:15:03. > :15:07.excitement? Yeah, always exciting, first games do not dictate the year
:15:08. > :15:09.but it is good to get out and get out there and show what you can do.
:15:10. > :15:12.Thank you very much indeed. Well, last night as we mentioned
:15:13. > :15:15.St Helens earned a narrow win in a low-scoring but enthralling
:15:16. > :15:17.Super League season opener The Rhinos went ahead before
:15:18. > :15:21.the break as Joel Moon scored But early in the second half
:15:22. > :15:29.Theo Fages crashed over the line and Mark Percival's convertion gave
:15:30. > :15:34.Saints a 6-4 win. It's a big night for newly
:15:35. > :15:37.promoted Leigh Centurions. Their first match back
:15:38. > :15:42.in Super League for over a decade. The Centurions take
:15:43. > :15:43.on Castleford Tigers The Centurions finished top
:15:44. > :15:51.of the Championship and won promotion to the top flight
:15:52. > :15:53.after coming through So what are the players
:15:54. > :15:59.hoping for this season? Winning everything would be
:16:00. > :16:08.brilliant but our aim is survival. We don't want to be winning
:16:09. > :16:10.the million pound game but if we have to do,
:16:11. > :16:13.we will do it but the top In tomorrow's Premier League -
:16:14. > :16:27.Liverpool will be hoping to stop the rot when they face
:16:28. > :16:31.Spurs at Anfield. The steadying influence
:16:32. > :16:50.in Ronald Koeman's emerging side. This week he out in the community -
:16:51. > :16:52.presenting an award to Everton's Premier League Kicks
:16:53. > :16:55.hero and mixing it with As have Everton in recent weeks -
:16:56. > :17:09.the Champions places aren't I think the squad we build
:17:10. > :17:17.and the managers come on the way they want to progress,
:17:18. > :17:19.that is their target. Whether we are strong enough
:17:20. > :17:22.at the moment, I am not sure. Exciting times certainly -
:17:23. > :17:26.as proved with last week's six-three Since then Lukaku's agent
:17:27. > :17:29.say's he's finally close You get so excited about scoring
:17:30. > :17:36.goals, hungry to score goals, whether in training or on the pitch,
:17:37. > :17:41.that is what he lives for. He is going to be
:17:42. > :17:43.massive for Everton. Also making headlines -
:17:44. > :17:45.Ross Barkley and his He got carried away in the heat
:17:46. > :17:50.of the moment, showing The kids were happy
:17:51. > :17:53.with it, I ask them. But what do the kids
:17:54. > :17:58.think about Everton... They started off bad
:17:59. > :18:00.but are getting better again. Doing really good, I'm happy
:18:01. > :18:06.Liverpool are losing every game! Do you support Liverpool,
:18:07. > :18:08.what was it like meeting Well, it was all right
:18:09. > :18:11.considering he is the future I am really excited to be
:18:12. > :18:20.here at the moment. The players we have got here,
:18:21. > :18:22.working with the manager. We will go from there,
:18:23. > :18:25.a game at a time, the old cliches! Lancashire's Laura Massaro says
:18:26. > :18:39.she's in good shape to win another Laura who's been in action today
:18:40. > :18:43.in the championships in Manchester, has previously been the world number
:18:44. > :18:45.one and has has her sights set on getting back
:18:46. > :18:49.to the top of the rankings. Manchester hosts the world
:18:50. > :18:51.championships later in the year, but for now the focus is very much
:18:52. > :18:53.on domestic competiton. And as I found out, it's certainly
:18:54. > :18:56.capturing the imagination And in the women's draw,
:18:57. > :19:04.the big-name is Laura Massaro. Laura is the defending champion
:19:05. > :19:07.and favourite to win again. She won in double quick time today,
:19:08. > :19:14.as she did yesterday. Looking in your eyes,
:19:15. > :19:17.I think the fire is burning Yeah, I mean I think when I'm
:19:18. > :19:24.training and on an improvement role as I am and been through a few
:19:25. > :19:28.new things with my coach and I come away from them feeling
:19:29. > :19:30.like I want to punch them in the face and then cry the whole
:19:31. > :19:34.way home then give me a day or two Wow, if I can really do this
:19:35. > :19:42.and buy in and do this, The championships moved
:19:43. > :19:47.to the national Squash Centre almost a decade and a half ago
:19:48. > :19:52.and with 7000 schoolchildren on the Manchester programme alone,
:19:53. > :19:55.interest is growing among the next Really good because I can
:19:56. > :20:01.meet people and might Music to the years of the man
:20:02. > :20:08.in charge of coaching. This event really does get well
:20:09. > :20:11.supported throughout the North. You can see to the Masters event
:20:12. > :20:16.all the players coming to complete. Do you think you have another
:20:17. > :20:28.world title left in you? I would like to think
:20:29. > :20:32.so so, yeah, definitely. First things first, Laura
:20:33. > :20:35.has her sights set on a fourth national title and in front
:20:36. > :20:46.of the home crowd, she will -- not be short of support. Great to
:20:47. > :20:51.catch up with her again. The local youngsters taking part at the
:20:52. > :20:53.moment. The big boys are on at eight o'clock. The coverage is on rugby
:20:54. > :20:56.league on the local rugby station. Thanks Richard...back in 1957
:20:57. > :21:00.a small basement club opened up in the backstreets of Liverpool -
:21:01. > :21:02.the owners hoping to cash We're talking about the Cavern Club
:21:03. > :21:16.of course, and tonight there's a special BBC programme
:21:17. > :21:31.celebrating its 60th anniversary Welcome to the cavern club! Alleging
:21:32. > :21:37.Derry venue. The cavern will always be here while music is being played.
:21:38. > :21:41.We would queue up in Matthew street waiting to go in and you could hear
:21:42. > :21:49.the throb throb throb of the beads inside. The minute I saw the
:21:50. > :21:55.Beatles, that is what I wanted to be, professional musician. Popular
:21:56. > :22:06.music would not have been the same without the Beatles or the cavern
:22:07. > :22:11.club. Even now it still grabs you as you walk in, you cannot go into the
:22:12. > :22:28.cavern without tapping your foot or fingers. You are in the moment.
:22:29. > :22:32.Gorgeous, gorgeous. Fantastic. It is virtually impossible to separate the
:22:33. > :22:38.cavern from the Beatles. It was more than that. And it is. The whole
:22:39. > :22:42.point about the film is it was strange because it is 60 years of
:22:43. > :22:45.the cavern club and you would not be doing it if it wasn't for the
:22:46. > :22:49.Beatles but they were only there for two years and there were people
:22:50. > :22:57.there before that and now. That tiny cellar in the back row of Matthew
:22:58. > :23:01.street which we knew as students and it became different clubs and
:23:02. > :23:08.changed but back club echoed all around the world, people from
:23:09. > :23:14.Brazil, Japan still coming and it is amazing. It changed locations in the
:23:15. > :23:20.1970s. People demonstrated because people were upset. They were and if
:23:21. > :23:28.you watch the film at 7:30pm, Billy Butler explained he was the DJ at
:23:29. > :23:33.the time and T and others talk about barricading themselves up because
:23:34. > :23:39.the bailiffs came to shut it up. It has been reincarnated but it is back
:23:40. > :23:43.on the original site with the original bricks, it moved over the
:23:44. > :23:47.road and then it moved back again. It is still the cavern club in the
:23:48. > :23:53.same place with the original bricks and feeling. I had not realised it
:23:54. > :23:58.moved back. Yeah, it is kind of confusing. It is still on the
:23:59. > :24:06.original site with the same arches and bricks. Interestingly Tony
:24:07. > :24:13.Booth, the artist did that poster and the famous Beatles posters as
:24:14. > :24:18.well. That was his last ever job for your documentary. Yes, it was moving
:24:19. > :24:25.talking about the producer and seeing that wonderful hand-painting
:24:26. > :24:32.those images and we give a tribute to him. A great artist. Look at the
:24:33. > :24:39.control. 83, 84, the most famous club in the world. Is it still going
:24:40. > :24:43.strong? It is. This is such an old hippy thing to say that everyone
:24:44. > :24:49.involved and we use the phrase all the time, it is about love, baby and
:24:50. > :24:54.everybody loves the cavern club. They feel passionately about it and
:24:55. > :25:03.it is still showcasing new acts, vibrant new acts. You can see great
:25:04. > :25:09.tribute acts, there are great Beatles tribute acts but they have
:25:10. > :25:12.live music, new music. I have never been! I have had a few good nights
:25:13. > :25:13.there. Ted's documentary: The Cavern -
:25:14. > :25:37.The Best Club in the World. Not to be missed. We could dance!
:25:38. > :25:42.Every picture tells a story. Yes, some snow in the forecast through
:25:43. > :25:47.the next couple of days, one weather watcher sent us some snowdrops
:25:48. > :25:54.because wintry weather is on the cards. It will feel cold through
:25:55. > :25:58.this afternoon, here it comes, the air coming towards us from the
:25:59. > :26:03.continent but this feature causes problems. Eastern England will see
:26:04. > :26:08.more snow than we will but there is a weather warning, the Pennine areas
:26:09. > :26:11.are bordering onto Eastern England, it is not Merseyside or the Isle of
:26:12. > :26:19.Man or Cumbria, the closer you are to the Pennines, the more chance of
:26:20. > :26:24.seeing some snow. The story continues through the night, snow
:26:25. > :26:28.showers up on the other side of the Pennines. There could be a light
:26:29. > :26:41.dusting on high ground but mostly a cold night, the stars are coming out
:26:42. > :26:54.tonight, the moon, a lot of cloud cover and temperatures not good.
:26:55. > :27:00.This feature first thing, Pennine areas see the worst of it, sunshine
:27:01. > :27:05.in short supply, huge areas of cloud, the showers will turn up
:27:06. > :27:09.anywhere, they could be wintry. Reverting to the wet stuff through
:27:10. > :27:17.the afternoon. It is cold and grey and damp at times. This forecast
:27:18. > :27:25.holds for Saturday and Sunday. More wintry stuff on Saturday night. Do
:27:26. > :27:33.you want to do the twist? Where you to Beatles or The Rolling Stones?
:27:34. > :27:38.The Rolling Stones. I am too young! Sorry, you need to be prompted. Have
:27:39. > :27:44.a lovely weekend. Goodbye.