:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and Annabel Tiffin.
:00:07. > :00:08.Our top story: The Michelin-starred restaurant among 44 firms named
:00:09. > :00:11.and shamed for not paying the minimum wage.
:00:12. > :00:14.An employment lawyer will be here to tell us
:00:15. > :00:19.Also tonight: Experts leading an Inquiry into historical child
:00:20. > :00:26.abuse warn there could be thousands of unreported cases here.
:00:27. > :00:29.An historic view of Manchester - and how a development backed
:00:30. > :00:41.I'm a dentist by day, boxer by night.
:00:42. > :00:44.And we meet the man who might need his dental skills
:00:45. > :00:54.More than 40 North West companies were today named and shamed
:00:55. > :01:03.They were ordered to pay back more than ?100,000
:01:04. > :01:07.The guilty firms included a Michelin-starred hotel,
:01:08. > :01:11.an historic golf club and even two law firms.
:01:12. > :01:14.But some say their only crime was to try to help their workers
:01:15. > :01:17.by advancing them money and later deducting it from their wages.
:01:18. > :01:32.Chefs prepare meals at Northcoat will tell. It under paid more than
:01:33. > :01:35.?6,000 to 22 workers partly because managers fail to realise when staff
:01:36. > :01:40.reached 21, meaning they should have been paid more and partly because
:01:41. > :01:45.they deducted money from wages to pay for staff accommodation and
:01:46. > :01:50.payoff and balances. The law says you can't do that if it takes paid
:01:51. > :01:54.below the legal minimum. These are errors of judgment in terms of how
:01:55. > :02:00.we have interpreted the law, some of which we are not aware of which we
:02:01. > :02:03.are now but I do think some of the practice is incorrect. Some people
:02:04. > :02:06.would say an organisation like you should have been aware of the rules
:02:07. > :02:12.and shouldn't have gotten this position. I understand that but when
:02:13. > :02:13.you see that as an header, you've had an agreement from the staff
:02:14. > :02:17.member to be able to do that, it's member to be able to do that, it's
:02:18. > :02:22.not that you are taking it away on purpose, it's just a way of paying
:02:23. > :02:30.it in a different way. it's a similar story in club bitterly. It
:02:31. > :02:33.was ordered to pay ?11,000 to that money -- two workers who had money
:02:34. > :02:37.deducted for company flats they live in. That should have paid them the
:02:38. > :02:42.full weight and then charge them. I should have known the rules but it
:02:43. > :02:45.is what has been done for years, this only applies to people on
:02:46. > :02:52.minimum wage. It doesn't apply to people who are not on minimum wage.
:02:53. > :03:00.In total, 44 North West firms were told to repay ?112,000 to 142
:03:01. > :03:04.workers. The two North West cos we featured tonight say they are guilty
:03:05. > :03:10.of breaking the letter of the law but they did it in and eventually --
:03:11. > :03:14.inadvertently. The Government says publishing this list send a clear
:03:15. > :03:19.message to employers that minimum wage abuses will not be tolerated.
:03:20. > :03:24.While friends like this say they did not intend to cheat, the TUC says it
:03:25. > :03:25.should be prosecutions and higher fines for those who deliberately
:03:26. > :03:29.avoid the law. Sarah Evans is an employment lawyer
:03:30. > :03:38.from Slater and Gordon Solicitors. Is saying it's a discrepancy
:03:39. > :03:53.caused by admin error No, frankly. The minimum wage has
:03:54. > :03:57.been in place for quite a while. It changes every year. Employers know
:03:58. > :04:03.it changes, usually on the first or 6th of April and it usually goes up
:04:04. > :04:07.by 20 or 50p. It is not new and a few in the business of having
:04:08. > :04:12.employees, you should know what you have to pay them. The information is
:04:13. > :04:15.widely accessible on the Government website. You can do calculations
:04:16. > :04:20.online to work out what you have to pay people saw an administrative
:04:21. > :04:25.error is quite a feeble defence, I would say. People cross birthdays
:04:26. > :04:29.and sometimes go into a different band for what they are entitled to
:04:30. > :04:37.but what is the legal position on the minimum wage? Firms have to pay
:04:38. > :04:40.it, there is no get out. There are payments depending on age. There are
:04:41. > :04:45.certain exceptions like apprenticeships which have different
:04:46. > :04:50.rules, home-workers can come under a different regime, the kid industry
:04:51. > :04:55.is often affected by different rates that can apply, -- care industry,
:04:56. > :04:59.you have an employee of a certain you have an employee of a certain
:05:00. > :05:00.age doing hourly work, there is a certain rate that you work-out.
:05:01. > :05:03.What advice would you give to someone who thinks they're
:05:04. > :05:12.Fortunately is one of the easier things to put right in employment
:05:13. > :05:15.especially with Government intervention in terms of the
:05:16. > :05:21.business enterprise and innovation. Even if it's an awkward conversation
:05:22. > :05:25.with an employer? You are entitled to be paid and the minimum is a
:05:26. > :05:28.minimum for a reason. You can check what your wages should be by using
:05:29. > :05:34.an Internet tool and you can report an Internet tool and you can report
:05:35. > :05:38.to your company or phone Acas will let HMRC now and it will work out
:05:39. > :05:43.what you should be entitled to and whether there are any fines or
:05:44. > :05:46.intervention that needs to go on. You can bring an unlawful deduction
:05:47. > :05:49.from wages claim within your employment, you don't have to resign
:05:50. > :05:55.to be able to enforce it. Sometimes to be able to enforce it. Sometimes
:05:56. > :05:56.a letter saying, you've got this wrong, might be enough to put it
:05:57. > :06:00.right, but there is no reason to go right, but there is no reason to go
:06:01. > :06:03.to work and not be paid for the work you do especially at low wages.
:06:04. > :06:06.Thank you, we appreciated. The Pennine Accute hospital trust,
:06:07. > :06:08.rated "inadequate" by inspectors has announced it's investing ?30 million
:06:09. > :06:10.in front line services. The trust's also looking
:06:11. > :06:15.to recruit hundreds of nurses, midwives and doctors over
:06:16. > :06:18.the next three years. It runs the Royal Oldham,
:06:19. > :06:20.Fairfield, Rochdale Infirmary; The Business Secretary is travelling
:06:21. > :06:29.to Paris tonight for urgent talks over the future of Vauxhall,
:06:30. > :06:31.which could be sold to Peugeot. Greg Clarke will meet
:06:32. > :06:34.executives from the firm and the French Government
:06:35. > :06:36.to try to secure jobs at Vauxhall, including
:06:37. > :06:42.at its Ellesmere Port plant. A national inquiry into child sex
:06:43. > :06:47.abuse has been approached by 174 North West victims,
:06:48. > :06:50.more than from any other They've contacted the independent
:06:51. > :06:58.inquiry probing claims that in the past police and prosecutors
:06:59. > :07:00.failed to tackle sexual abuse, particularly when it was perpetrated
:07:01. > :07:03.by people in powerful positions. The chairwoman of the much-troubled
:07:04. > :07:05.inquiry today attended Historical abuse exits in all walks
:07:06. > :07:13.of life from the world the Independent Inquiry
:07:14. > :07:21.into Child Sexual Abuse was set up to look into after abuse
:07:22. > :07:25.by Jimmy Savile and others emerged. There were concerns over a number
:07:26. > :07:28.of institutions and a failure by police and prosecutors in some
:07:29. > :07:31.cases to properly The chair of the panel,
:07:32. > :07:37.Professor Alexis Jay, today met with many groups
:07:38. > :07:47.and agencies who work with children to protect them against abuse
:07:48. > :07:49.and she told them the "truth" project - in which victims of child
:07:50. > :07:52.sexual abuse share their experiences in private or written form -
:07:53. > :07:55.had seen more than 174 There were lots of good networks
:07:56. > :08:03.that we could tap into and encourage people to come forward and that
:08:04. > :08:05.has been successful. We have a number of other
:08:06. > :08:07.regional offices throughout the country where we're
:08:08. > :08:12.following the same pattern. Since the inquiry was set up,
:08:13. > :08:16.a number of footballers have made allegations of historical child
:08:17. > :08:17.sexual abuse against Crewe and Manchester City
:08:18. > :08:24.are two carrying out The inquiry will wait until the FA
:08:25. > :08:31.completes its own internal review and that's to avoid duplication,
:08:32. > :08:34.but one victim who is advising the panel told me there
:08:35. > :08:36.are still thousands of survivors I want to know my children are safe
:08:37. > :08:42.when they go boxing, play football, whatever they're doing,
:08:43. > :08:45.and the only reason we can look at that are past failings that
:08:46. > :08:48.institutions have made by people sharing their truth
:08:49. > :08:49.and experience and helping build There will be four public
:08:50. > :08:59.hearings his year including one on what happened
:09:00. > :09:08.at Knowl View School and other institutions arranged
:09:09. > :09:10.by Rochdale Borough Council, including the role of
:09:11. > :09:12.the late MP Cyril Smith. Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs won more
:09:13. > :09:21.than 20 league titles between them when they played for Manchester
:09:22. > :09:24.United. But as property developers,
:09:25. > :09:27.they're finding the opposition The Twentieth Century Society
:09:28. > :09:32.is the latest conservation group to line up against their multi-million
:09:33. > :09:34.pound plans for Theirs is one of a number of major
:09:35. > :09:43.new developments campaigners If you want to gauge how well
:09:44. > :09:47.a city is doing, they say, It's boom time - nearly 7,000
:09:48. > :09:57.new homes under construction. Ten new schemes for tower blocks
:09:58. > :10:00.more than 25 storeys high. Manchester is changing,
:10:01. > :10:06.but is it for the better? Last year, Gary Neville showed me
:10:07. > :10:08.the derelict police station and pub he and Ryan Giggs
:10:09. > :10:13.want to knock down. They want to replace it with two
:10:14. > :10:16.tower blocks centred This is how it would change the view
:10:17. > :10:23.from the town hall square. One conservation group,
:10:24. > :10:25.the Twentieth Century Society, wants the Secretary of State
:10:26. > :10:28.to get involved. Historic England, the Government's
:10:29. > :10:30.adviser on heritage buildings, We absolutely support something
:10:31. > :10:36.needs to be done to this site, but we'd like to see the right
:10:37. > :10:39.scheme and something that benefits Manchester and doesn't overshadow
:10:40. > :10:45.these civic buildings. A company called Renaker wants
:10:46. > :10:48.to build two tower blocks Castlefield is a nationally
:10:49. > :10:56.significant conservation area. It's the home of the world's first
:10:57. > :11:00.cut canal, the world's first passenger railway and the birthplace
:11:01. > :11:02.of the Industrial Revolution, and this building is completely out
:11:03. > :11:06.of keeping with this area. The newish Beetham Tower is now
:11:07. > :11:11.on the list of buildings guide Jonathan Scofield
:11:12. > :11:15.shows his tour groups. He's relaxed about the way the city
:11:16. > :11:19.he knows so well is changing. Buildings are humans, in a way -
:11:20. > :11:22.they move and they change and if you try to keep them still,
:11:23. > :11:25.keep them the same, you lose the essential
:11:26. > :11:28.character of what a city is, which is about innovation,
:11:29. > :11:33.new ideas and moving on. If the Victorians had been
:11:34. > :11:35.as concerned about preserving buildings as we are now,
:11:36. > :11:38.we wouldn't have the town hall and We've got buildings
:11:39. > :11:45.from pre-Victorian era in every town and city in the country,
:11:46. > :11:49.so they didn't wipe everything away, and it's a case of conserving
:11:50. > :11:52.and growing, and you can do both. Construction work in Manchester
:11:53. > :11:55.is back to the levels of before the financial crash and there's no
:11:56. > :12:04.sign of a let-up. There has been a big
:12:05. > :12:06.response to the proposed development of Manchester,
:12:07. > :13:05.and in particular the plans The majority were against the
:13:06. > :13:08.developments, I struggled to find positive ones. Perhaps changes in
:13:09. > :13:11.difficult thing to embrace. Still to come on North West Tonight:
:13:12. > :13:14.Moving to the Shakers - but can Lee Clark do enough to keep
:13:15. > :13:23.Bury in League One? And the man who can knock your teeth
:13:24. > :13:47.out and put them back again. of devolution, what it means, how
:13:48. > :13:55.much it will cost and how it will affect people across our region.
:13:56. > :14:07.Will the rule be different appeared on London? Our correspondent has
:14:08. > :14:10.been talking to London's first mayor, Ken Livingstone.
:14:11. > :14:13.Think mayor and you might picture the person with a funky collar
:14:14. > :14:16.and an expensive necklace who gets to greet important visitors.
:14:17. > :14:19.But if you live in Greater Manchester or the Liverpool City
:14:20. > :14:26.Along with council leaders, your new mayor will decide on things
:14:27. > :14:28.like what routes buses take, what new houses are built
:14:29. > :14:36.near your home, even the training opportunities your children have
:14:37. > :14:39.But perhaps the most important change is that you will get
:14:40. > :14:49.Think Ken, think Sadiq, think Boris, yes, London has had an elected mayor
:14:50. > :14:52.mayor says the year 2000 and Ken Livingston knows what it's
:14:53. > :14:55.Is it exciting to think I'm the first one, this
:14:56. > :15:00.I can't think of anything else in my lifetime where a new political
:15:01. > :15:04.organisation has been created from scratch.
:15:05. > :15:07.24 hours can be a long time in a mayor's life
:15:08. > :15:14.On the 7th of July he became the figurehead for a heartbroken
:15:15. > :15:17.city and only the night before he had celebrated London
:15:18. > :15:27.London has boomed and a lot of people in the North are really
:15:28. > :15:30.angry that so much investment went to London, but you had a mayor
:15:31. > :15:33.Who's been making the case for Greater Liverpool,
:15:34. > :15:43.Away from Westminster, some believe the mayor's voice can
:15:44. > :15:47.help build the brand of the North West as a world-class
:15:48. > :15:53.cultural hub but they will have to fight our corner on funding.
:15:54. > :15:55.This post of mayor of Greater Manchester is a poisoned
:15:56. > :15:59.going to be in charge but you've still got a budget
:16:00. > :16:07.The purse strings are being pulled from London so I think
:16:08. > :16:11.The mayor will face financial pressure from the outside
:16:12. > :16:17.but also will have to prove their worth at home.
:16:18. > :16:19.Just because you're elected it doesn't mean to say
:16:20. > :16:26.Whoever is in there has got to build their own respect
:16:27. > :16:29.and has got to build and sell their own vision but it's
:16:30. > :16:30.a fantastic opportunity because people are now willing
:16:31. > :16:33.to work together and that's the big change, the spirit of collaboration.
:16:34. > :16:36.A spirit of collaboration is no doubt a wonderful thing,
:16:37. > :16:39.but even Ken says that once the inauguration parties are over,
:16:40. > :16:43.Soon we will have our first directly elected mayor.
:16:44. > :16:56.It is not just the most important thing you'll do,
:16:57. > :17:03.You get it right, your city will be booming in a decade's time.
:17:04. > :17:06.The best of luck to all our mayoral candidates.
:17:07. > :17:23.Sport now, and Richard is at Old Trafford tonight
:17:24. > :17:38.as Manchester United start an extremely busy period.
:17:39. > :17:51.He is ready for this and Ed -- St-Etienne match at Old Trafford.
:17:52. > :17:55.How strong a line-up is Jose Mourinho likely to play?
:17:56. > :18:05.I think he will play strongly. Because this is the last leg of the
:18:06. > :18:08.Europa League, it is a route into next season's Champions League for
:18:09. > :18:15.the winners so I think he will play a strong line-up tonight. He named
:18:16. > :18:22.his back four in his press conference, which is strong, having
:18:23. > :18:27.said that, they are fighting on four fronts. Jose Mourinho says if they
:18:28. > :18:29.keep progressing and all of these competitions, it could be a problem.
:18:30. > :18:35.April, May will be very, very, very hard if we progress
:18:36. > :18:45.in the competition, so hopefully it is very, very, very hard.
:18:46. > :18:52.A welcome problem for Jose Mourinho. Let's dig further into the Pyramid
:18:53. > :18:54.of English football. Bury's new manager Lee Clark says
:18:55. > :18:57.he's confident he can keep Clark was speaking for the first
:18:58. > :19:01.time today since leaving Kilmarnock to sign a two and a half year
:19:02. > :19:03.contract at Gigg Lane. He takes over with his team
:19:04. > :19:06.in the relegation zone, but full of confidence he can
:19:07. > :19:09.turn it round. Back in the North West
:19:10. > :19:12.and ready for the challenge, Bury's man from the North East
:19:13. > :19:15.insists he will get the Shakers I see a talented group of players
:19:16. > :19:25.and the talented squad, they just need to enjoy
:19:26. > :19:32.the football, play with confidence. He's young, he's ambitious, he wants
:19:33. > :19:35.to manage the Premier League in the Premier League but he's
:19:36. > :19:41.got fantastic contacts. As a player, Lee Clark made more
:19:42. > :19:44.than 200 appearances for Newcastle, the club he supported as a boy,
:19:45. > :19:47.and has played and worked under some of the biggest names
:19:48. > :19:49.in British football, Kenny Dalglish, Sir Bobby
:19:50. > :19:56.Robson and Kevin Keegan. I knew from a young age I wanted
:19:57. > :20:00.to become a manager myself one day, it wasn't a case when it came out
:20:01. > :20:05.of my playing days and decided I stood and watched and listened
:20:06. > :20:10.to my managers and how His management career has had highs,
:20:11. > :20:16.a record unbeaten run in his first management job at Huddersfield
:20:17. > :20:19.for example, and lows, an acrimonious six months
:20:20. > :20:24.at Blackpool, his lowest point. It had been the longest time I had
:20:25. > :20:27.been out of football when I left Blackpool
:20:28. > :20:30.and I was considering whether I was I reinvigorated myself and got
:20:31. > :20:41.the fire back in my belly. His win percentage as you will know
:20:42. > :20:44.is less than 25% at Kimarnock, less than 10% at Blackpool,
:20:45. > :20:46.how much of a You can make statistics
:20:47. > :20:49.looks however you want. You look at what is probably his
:20:50. > :20:51.percentage-win ratio He did that because he had
:20:52. > :20:55.an owner that believed in him to take it forward
:20:56. > :20:57.and had fantastic infrastructure. Lee Clark is an engaging
:20:58. > :21:03.personality who doesn't dodge as he did as a player,
:21:04. > :21:06.wears his heart on his sleeve, but football management
:21:07. > :21:08.is all about hard-headed decisions and Bury fans will hope
:21:09. > :21:19.he has the answers. Good to talk to him today. It could
:21:20. > :21:30.be a busy year ahead for the Shakers. He was involved in 45
:21:31. > :21:36.different transfers in his last job in, not -- in Kilmarnock. That is
:21:37. > :21:50.full commentary on BBC tonight. From Old Trafford, back to you.
:21:51. > :21:56.If you've ever had the misfortune to damage your teeth, you know how
:21:57. > :22:01.important a good dentist can be. But it's not often the person that fixes
:22:02. > :22:12.them is the person who broke them in the first place!
:22:13. > :22:14.The 32-year-old, who's known Doctor hit man,
:22:15. > :22:16.has trained with both Khan and the great Floyd Mayweather
:22:17. > :22:20.and promises opponents he'll repair any teeth he damages.
:22:21. > :22:36.The Klitscho brothers, both of them got PhDs,
:22:37. > :22:38.doctorates, they're Dr Ironfist and Dr Steelhammer, so I got
:22:39. > :22:43.inspiration from them, and also one of my favourite boxers
:22:44. > :22:45.was Tommy "Hitman" Hern so I married the two together and
:22:46. > :22:50.Working alongside Arthif is Lee Beard, well known
:22:51. > :22:53.for his work with Manchester boxing legend Ricky Hatton Lee.
:22:54. > :22:56.Are there any plans for him to become your dentist?
:22:57. > :23:07.Though both men's main priority is of course Arthif's next
:23:08. > :23:11.Ahead of Saturday's night, nothing too strenuous
:23:12. > :23:20.When I look back at my studies in dentistry, it was a lot
:23:21. > :23:22.of sleepness nights and caffeine consumption in the libraries,
:23:23. > :23:25.which took cereberal effort, and there's cerebral effort
:23:26. > :23:34.in boxing, where you've got to stay focussed with tunnel vision.
:23:35. > :23:36.In the meantime, it's back to the day job and,
:23:37. > :23:38.by pure coincidence, a patient related to Manchester's
:23:39. > :23:44.I've known Anthony since he was in his mummy's tummy!
:23:45. > :23:52.What a coincidence - he's a friend of mine!
:23:53. > :23:56.You wouldn't know he was a boxer cos he's got such a nice bedside manner.
:23:57. > :24:00.What would you do if you managed to break an opponent's
:24:01. > :24:07.I'd feel morally obliged to restore that tooth.
:24:08. > :24:09.Hopefully it never happens, but if it did, it'd be
:24:10. > :24:17.A cloud with a silver lining for someone potentially, then.
:24:18. > :24:33.Speaking of obligations, I've got a dodgy... Oh!
:24:34. > :24:40.He could knock his painful tooth out with a little right hook! Let's get
:24:41. > :24:57.the weather. Diane is here. It is not getting warmer, it is
:24:58. > :25:03.getting less cold! Towards the weekend we're seeing some spells of
:25:04. > :25:10.sunshine. This picture was from Manchester. It is starting to feel
:25:11. > :25:14.like spring. Since last week we've managed to get 20 to 25 minutes of
:25:15. > :25:18.extra daylight and that process continues and week by week that
:25:19. > :25:23.grows, so the sun is up, a little bit earlier, and it sets a little
:25:24. > :25:25.bit later. To the next couple of days, we have relatively mild
:25:26. > :25:30.conditions, fairly cloudy at times. conditions, fairly cloudy at times.
:25:31. > :25:32.the next couple of days and every the next couple of days and every
:25:33. > :25:37.now and then you will see some spells of sunshine. This is how you
:25:38. > :25:42.we is shaping up. A huge amount of cloud cover but if the temperatures
:25:43. > :25:47.get 29 or 11 Celsius, that's not too bad. The last couple of hours have
:25:48. > :25:49.had a couple of showers breaking out here and there. The more organised
:25:50. > :25:59.area of rain is trying to get towards us but the hills take it
:26:00. > :26:01.away. It will continue to push and it will spread across many parts of
:26:02. > :26:04.the North West through the next couple of hours. It would get
:26:05. > :26:09.everywhere but it will get too many places and want it turns up, it will
:26:10. > :26:14.be on and offered a good portion of the night. It starts to fall apart
:26:15. > :26:24.and many places become dry. Mr and murk over high routes -- mist.
:26:25. > :26:29.Temperatures are good tonight but that won't be true everywhere. Six,
:26:30. > :26:33.seven and eight Celsius on the other side of the Pennines and into part
:26:34. > :26:38.of Scotland, there will be a frost, but because we have all the weather,
:26:39. > :26:46.we see temperatures not falling to a low but really it could be down to
:26:47. > :26:52.three Celsius in rural areas. We have the remnants of the rain still
:26:53. > :26:56.around on Friday morning. Visibility is not brilliant. Through the day,
:26:57. > :27:01.an improvement trying to come in. Parts of Merseyside and Cheshire,
:27:02. > :27:04.maybe the course that will see a significant improvement to the tail
:27:05. > :27:08.end of the day but whenever you are, it's not a bad picture, relatively
:27:09. > :27:12.benign and the breeze is very light, coming back towards us from the
:27:13. > :27:16.south so the numbers on the chart are fairly good, between nine and 11
:27:17. > :27:21.Celsius and cloud through the next couple of days but temperatures that
:27:22. > :27:34.good, and that's important. -- temperatures are good.
:27:35. > :27:40.You could also say if you've had a couple of drinks, I'm not getting
:27:41. > :27:55.drunk, I'm getting less sober! Bye-bye!
:27:56. > :28:28.Two challenges await you today, and our genre is Landscape.
:28:29. > :28:30.The conditions are a wee bit challenging.