:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson
:00:00. > :00:09.Coordinated raids across the region seize more than a million
:00:10. > :00:22.As new pictures reveal the extent of the damage -
:00:23. > :00:25.engineers race to clear the tracks at Lime Street station.
:00:26. > :00:29.That's how it all began. Just me getting a little piece in my eye.
:00:30. > :00:31.Remembering Brief Encounter, and a star's love for
:00:32. > :00:40.She grew to love this place. And she loved rushing out and watching the
:00:41. > :00:41.expresses rushing through. Doddy's big day out to get his
:00:42. > :00:56.knighthood at the palace. Drug raids have been taking place
:00:57. > :00:59.across the North West today, as part of a police crackdown
:01:00. > :01:01.on those profiting Officers have been investigating
:01:02. > :01:11.widespread supply of Class A drugs from Merseyside to places
:01:12. > :01:16.across England and Wales. More than a dozen people were
:01:17. > :01:26.arrested. Juliet Phillips is here
:01:27. > :01:30.with the details. Thanks, so this was a significant
:01:31. > :01:33.police operation featuring more than 100 officers
:01:34. > :01:34.from across the region. 14 raids took place
:01:35. > :01:36.in Merseyside four in Lancashire As well as the drugs,
:01:37. > :01:41.the police seized ?100,000 We were out this morning
:01:42. > :01:48.with officers in Merseyside. An early morning raid at a large
:01:49. > :01:52.house in Thornton in Merseyside, the gates smashed as police gain
:01:53. > :01:57.access to the property. Police suspected the person
:01:58. > :01:59.who lives here is profiting They're here to look for drugs,
:02:00. > :02:17.cash and luxury items. We're looking at evidence of lavish
:02:18. > :02:22.lifestyle such as cars, to read and clothing. It's a nice property,
:02:23. > :02:27.expensive carpets, decoration, TVs and plasma TVs in every room.
:02:28. > :02:30.Without any obvious means of paying for those items, it's part of our
:02:31. > :02:31.investigation. Some of the items seized
:02:32. > :02:34.during todays raids included BMW cars, Flat screen TVs and thousands
:02:35. > :02:37.of pounds in cash. Police powers mean many of
:02:38. > :02:40.the objects will be sold at auction. 20% of the money raised will go back
:02:41. > :02:53.into fighting crime. In these kind of operations, the
:02:54. > :03:01.teams involved, the shifts, it's expensive to have a really good and
:03:02. > :03:06.effective counter gang operation. It tries to enable the police to gain
:03:07. > :03:09.back funds legitimacy, illegitimately to help support that,
:03:10. > :03:17.then it's a good thing to help tackle those gangs.
:03:18. > :03:20.Police say it proves they will work relentlessly and cross borders
:03:21. > :03:25.Engineers say they're facing a huge task to try to clear
:03:26. > :03:27.train lines and re-open Liverpool Lime Street station.
:03:28. > :03:30.200 tonnes of rubble fell onto the line when a retaining wall
:03:31. > :03:39.For a second day, there have been no trains in and out
:03:40. > :03:42.of the main line station and engineers can't say
:03:43. > :03:50.Lindsey Prosser is at Lime Street for us tonight.
:03:51. > :03:59.In a new development this evening, the rail union, the are empty says
:04:00. > :04:08.at least one train was seconds away from hitting the side. -- RMT. But
:04:09. > :04:15.such is the scale of the task, they are unable to get onto the tracks to
:04:16. > :04:17.clear the debris. Figure-macro clear the debris. That's why there were no
:04:18. > :04:22.team is going in and out behind me. From the air, the full extent
:04:23. > :04:25.of the damage can be seen. A wall has collapsed allowing
:04:26. > :04:27.earth and debris to rain Repairing it is a huge
:04:28. > :04:33.job for the engineers. With trying to make the top of the
:04:34. > :04:36.cutting Wall safe to stop material falling down onto the track. We will
:04:37. > :04:41.then be able to access the track to start is to remove some of that
:04:42. > :04:43.spoil and rubble. It is estimated around 150 to 200 million tonnes on
:04:44. > :04:47.the track. At Lime Street today,
:04:48. > :04:49.staff were directing passengers to replacement buses and amongst
:04:50. > :05:01.those passengers was an acceptance Some people have important things to
:05:02. > :05:04.go to an appointment, they definitely really need that
:05:05. > :05:08.appointment. I'm personally completely use of this sort of
:05:09. > :05:16.thing. So for me, it's what I'd expect. I'm putting on a brave face.
:05:17. > :05:19.We use the trains a lot. We don't usually have many problems but when
:05:20. > :05:23.they are there, you just have to get on with it don't you? You don't have
:05:24. > :05:25.to do anything. You can have a nice moan if it makes you feel better.
:05:26. > :05:27.While the station is out of action, trains are starting
:05:28. > :05:29.and terminating at either Huyton, Liverpool South Parkway,
:05:30. > :05:31.Hunts Cross or Runcorn and passengers can either take
:05:32. > :05:33.a replacement bus or use the Merseyrail service.
:05:34. > :05:36.Network Rail say the Lime Street cutting is regularly inspected but,
:05:37. > :05:39.in the light of the collapse, those representing passengers want
:05:40. > :05:52.In an urban situation like Liverpool, you've got businesses and
:05:53. > :05:55.various things on the site above the cutting. But obviously, it's
:05:56. > :06:00.something they have to think about in terms of whether there are other
:06:01. > :06:02.locations, whether there are any other locations in the cutting
:06:03. > :06:03.itself. It could be a week before a decision
:06:04. > :06:08.is made on whether to launch a formal inquiry however
:06:09. > :06:25.one thing is certain: A short time ago, Network Rail said
:06:26. > :06:27.they will open Lime Street station on ninth March.
:06:28. > :06:29.and there are two big football matches this weekend: Liverpool
:06:30. > :06:31.are at home to Asrenal on Saturday and Everton
:06:32. > :06:44.There is a bus from Liverpool Lime Street to Runcorn Station where
:06:45. > :06:49.people pick up the Virgin Trains service to London. However, if you
:06:50. > :06:52.wide about your travel you can come here an hour earlier than your
:06:53. > :06:58.ticket time states. You can write here at Lime Street an hour earlier
:06:59. > :07:02.than your departure to make sure you get to Runcorn in time to pick up
:07:03. > :07:07.your train to London. Back to you in the studio.
:07:08. > :07:12.The disruption winner who now continues to 9th of March. Thanks
:07:13. > :07:15.for joining us. The new Chief Constable
:07:16. > :07:17.of Lancashire has been announced. Andy Rhodes - who is currently
:07:18. > :07:20.the force's deputy Chief - will take up the post in June,
:07:21. > :07:25.after the retirement of the current Chief
:07:26. > :07:27.Constable, Steve Finnigan. He'll be confirmed in
:07:28. > :07:29.the job later this month. Lancashire Police say
:07:30. > :07:31.they'll be taking no action against the Morecambe and Lunesdale
:07:32. > :07:33.MP, David Morris, after allegations he claimed expenses for journeys
:07:34. > :07:35.in his constituency He says the misunderstanding
:07:36. > :07:39.resulted from an antiquated expenses system, and had taken up the matter
:07:40. > :07:42.with the Independent Parliamentary Lives are being put at risk
:07:43. > :07:48.by an increase in illegal rubbish The warning comes from
:07:49. > :07:55.the Merseyside Fire Service, which says they're a distraction
:07:56. > :08:00.from emergency call outs. In Wirral alone, there
:08:01. > :08:03.was an average of fifty From Merseyside,
:08:04. > :08:06.Stuart Flinders reports. Furniture, clothing,
:08:07. > :08:12.even an old coat left left in a backstreet in new ferry
:08:13. > :08:15.and set alight in My partner woke me to the noises,
:08:16. > :08:20.we thought it was raining at first, the crackling noises,
:08:21. > :08:23.and then he woke me to say it's We thought, the house
:08:24. > :08:27.was being set on fire. What may have started as a fairly
:08:28. > :08:35.small fire can get out of control and spread very quickly
:08:36. > :08:46.and as you see on this it spread to a number of out
:08:47. > :08:48.buildings, It's cracked of the Windows
:08:49. > :08:56.on the local properties as well. This kind of call-out has been,
:08:57. > :08:59.all to common here. Over an eight-month period last
:09:00. > :09:01.year, firefighters were called to no A cost to the service
:09:02. > :09:11.and a risk to lives. Whilst our fire appliances
:09:12. > :09:13.are dealing with this anti-social behaviour starting fires,
:09:14. > :09:15.they could be required elsewhere So it's taking a life-saving
:09:16. > :09:20.resource away from emergency call. These two men were sent
:09:21. > :09:22.to prison last week Across the water too,
:09:23. > :09:30.the local authority is trying to curb the illegal dumping that
:09:31. > :09:36.leads to the fires. Think about where
:09:37. > :09:38.your waste is going. Is it going to an approved fight
:09:39. > :09:41.or is it going to a hedgerow or an alleyway which will then be
:09:42. > :09:44.set alight by other people Fly-tipping continues
:09:45. > :09:46.to be a nuisance. In Merseyside, they are
:09:47. > :10:04.warning it's a danger to. Now if you've been watching on other
:10:05. > :10:07.nights this week, we've been talking to people on their hopes and fears
:10:08. > :10:10.the Brexit in the back of a caravan. Tonight, we're in High Peak -
:10:11. > :10:13.on the edge of the Peak District - where there were only 600 votes
:10:14. > :10:16.in it at the referendum. Here's our social affairs
:10:17. > :10:23.correspondent, Clare Fallon. In a Britain divided over Brexit,
:10:24. > :10:29.we've come to High Peak, the most divided place
:10:30. > :10:35.in the region. On the hills above hay fields,
:10:36. > :10:37.David Mellor's family have been I've enjoyed every day
:10:38. > :10:44.of my working life. Ask how many sheep he's got,
:10:45. > :10:49.and all he'll tell you is a lot. He's less cagey about
:10:50. > :10:53.his views on Brexit. I'm not one of these people that
:10:54. > :10:57.expects them to have another vote. We had a vote and we shall
:10:58. > :11:00.have to put up to it. Because I remember before we went
:11:01. > :11:13.in the European Community, EEC, This is an area where
:11:14. > :11:32.opinion was sliced down But my family, some
:11:33. > :11:41.of my family voted in. It split the family just like it
:11:42. > :11:44.split a lot of people. John Mettrick runs a small abattoir
:11:45. > :11:48.as well as his shops, and that means that means he can
:11:49. > :11:51.tell customers where But he thinks EU regulations
:11:52. > :11:55.have been a burden, So I'm hoping, you know, when
:11:56. > :12:00.the Brexit talks begin and that, that the Food Standards Agency
:12:01. > :12:04.will be able to, once we are out, to look at the regulations
:12:05. > :12:08.and actually make them proportional to the risk, and also make them more
:12:09. > :12:15.science-based and more up-to-date, so that little abattoirs,
:12:16. > :12:17.who are the vital connection between farm and plate,
:12:18. > :12:19.can still stay viable. Because at the moment,
:12:20. > :12:24.they're hanging on by a thread. And when we parked up on Glossop
:12:25. > :12:27.high street to get an idea of what people think about Brexit,
:12:28. > :12:30.it turned out that even those who voted the same way are finding
:12:31. > :12:33.things to argue about. A lot of different types of people
:12:34. > :12:51.have a lot of protection Me and my partner have sat down
:12:52. > :13:03.and spoke about it and said that things keep changing the way
:13:04. > :13:05.they are, we will look to emigrate. It's when you go out to the big
:13:06. > :13:09.cities like Manchester and London. It's hard to find any
:13:10. > :13:12.British there these days. That's the EXPLETIVE
:13:13. > :13:14.they said at the time. That's the main thing
:13:15. > :13:17.isn't it wasn't it? As Theresa May put it,
:13:18. > :13:25.Brexit means Brexit, Healing the rift between friends,
:13:26. > :13:52.family and communities will be one Mark, that's Claire's cameraman are
:13:53. > :13:57.coming home tomorrow. As Claire said, Brexit means Brexit and
:13:58. > :14:03.another might means the caravan and Claire.
:14:04. > :14:10.Still to come. Manchester United's Michael Carrick on why he's giving
:14:11. > :14:16.something back after a career in the limelight. And there's not a
:14:17. > :14:18.tickling stick insight as Ken Dodd heads to the palace to become
:14:19. > :14:27.knighted as Sir Ken. Now how often do we have Prince
:14:28. > :14:36.William in both of our little coming up headlines? With. William coming.
:14:37. > :14:39.I miss that. Now brass bands are steeped in tradition in this region
:14:40. > :14:44.but a group of young people have formed one that hopes to break the
:14:45. > :14:46.mould. They've just won a national title after only a couple of years
:14:47. > :14:48.taking part. MUSIC: CRUELLA DEVILLE FROM 101
:14:49. > :14:51.DALMATIANS It's brass band music Few aficionados of the genre
:14:52. > :14:57.would expect to see masks, Cruella DeVille, Shrek,
:14:58. > :14:59.and Scooby Doo feature in a concert. But this is brass as played
:15:00. > :15:03.by the Red Admiral Music It's about breaking some trends,
:15:04. > :15:12.moving away from traditional brass banding, and putting it in a subject
:15:13. > :15:14.area where kids can just The band's ages range
:15:15. > :15:19.from seven to 16. It's a community venture set up
:15:20. > :15:24.in the village of Maudsley. They may have only been together
:15:25. > :15:27.for a couple of years but they're already making a big noise
:15:28. > :15:29.in the brass band world. They went to a major national
:15:30. > :15:32.competition in Blackpool recently and came back with three
:15:33. > :15:34.pieces of silverware. But this is the most important,
:15:35. > :15:36.because this crowned them junior How important was that
:15:37. > :15:42.competition for you? Everyone was in tears at the end,
:15:43. > :15:46.so it meant a massive amount, you know, just to show how much hard
:15:47. > :15:52.work we actually put in. The band mixes music and theatrical
:15:53. > :15:56.performance to inject a humour and to give its shows
:15:57. > :15:59.an extra dimension. Normal brass bands are expected
:16:00. > :16:02.to be a bit strict and that, but here we have fun
:16:03. > :16:05.and just enjoy it. I like the idea of being in a brass
:16:06. > :16:10.band and I wanted to learn to play a musical instrument
:16:11. > :16:15.so I joined this. You always do it in a fun way,
:16:16. > :16:27.not in a strict way, Brass band
:16:28. > :16:29.purists might tut-tut, but here they say this approach
:16:30. > :16:32.is keeping the tradition alive and relevant to the next
:16:33. > :16:53.generation of musicians. Good, aren't they? They sound great.
:16:54. > :16:55.I've never recovered from being rubbish at French horn. It haunts
:16:56. > :17:01.me. I have admiration for them. Michael Carrick
:17:02. > :17:03.says his time at the club has been The England international has
:17:04. > :17:08.set up a foundation, with all the money he raises
:17:09. > :17:11.going to charity. Earlier today, Richard Askam sat
:17:12. > :17:14.down for a chat with the England man to talk about Zlatan,
:17:15. > :17:23.Mourinho and, of course, COMMENTATOR: A kiss from carrot and
:17:24. > :17:33.Rooney and a lift of the world's greatest cup! There was no way I
:17:34. > :17:38.thought that I would come out of the door when I was 25 that I'd still be
:17:39. > :17:45.here. To still be here and celebrate my career here in such a way.
:17:46. > :17:48.Seconds to that was that I'm very passionate about the foundation and
:17:49. > :17:54.helping children. It's just all fits together really well. What would you
:17:55. > :17:58.pick out as your main highlight, your best memory of Manchester
:17:59. > :18:03.United? I have to say the Champions League in Moscow in 2008 was,
:18:04. > :18:08.winning the Champions League, it's the one time I've done it, the one
:18:09. > :18:12.time the club has done it since I've been here. That's the pinnacle. When
:18:13. > :18:19.you look at the dressing rooms you've been involved in. Who's been
:18:20. > :18:25.your best pals over your time? Wayne, and Ryan Giggs. I sat next to
:18:26. > :18:34.him every day for so long. Who was the joker of the dressing room?
:18:35. > :18:38.Pique was young then but he was always a live wire and up to
:18:39. > :18:45.something, playing jokes on people. Wayne has been library to. What
:18:46. > :18:51.about Zlatan Ibrahimovic has made an impact? Is he the same as he appears
:18:52. > :18:55.in front of the cameras, he's always got a line, he's always got a sense
:18:56. > :19:00.of humour. He's a really funny guy. But he's just a normal guy, a normal
:19:01. > :19:06.guy, normal lad, he makes jokes in the changing room. Anyone taking the
:19:07. > :19:13.Mickey out of him or is he untouchable? No, there's something
:19:14. > :19:20.going on and he has a say in it. One of your other passions is rugby
:19:21. > :19:25.league? Yes, I enjoy rugby league. I enjoy going over to Wigan to watch
:19:26. > :19:31.them. What's it like playing for Jose Mourinho? It's great. The thing
:19:32. > :19:39.that shines through from him is that he is a winner. The EFL and the FA
:19:40. > :19:43.Cup are the two we've been in so far and hopefully more to come.
:19:44. > :19:45.Manchester City will visit Middlesborough in the quarter finals
:19:46. > :19:48.of the FA Cup after an attacking masterclass saw them cruise past
:19:49. > :19:50.Huddersfield in their fifth round replay last night.
:19:51. > :19:52.They had to come from behind following another questionable piece
:19:53. > :19:55.of goalkeeping from Claudio Bravo but two goals from Sergio Aguero
:19:56. > :19:57.along with strikes from Sane, Zabaleta and Iheanacho secured
:19:58. > :20:06.It's a classic movie about a chance meeting of two married strangers
:20:07. > :20:18.that leads to ultimately a doomed affair. If you haven't guessed, the
:20:19. > :20:24.movie is brief encounter, and one of its -- the letters of one of its
:20:25. > :20:25.stars are being performed by their son-in-law at the movie station that
:20:26. > :20:28.made it famous. It starts with a chance meeting
:20:29. > :20:38.at a railway station. Turn on the lights please. That's
:20:39. > :20:41.how it all began. A piece of grit in my eye.
:20:42. > :20:43.But while the character Laura was beginning an emotional love
:20:44. > :20:46.affair, Celia Johnson was enjoying getting to know her surroundings.
:20:47. > :20:53.You'd think there is nothing more dreary than spending ten hours on a
:20:54. > :20:58.station platform all night. But we did it in luxury, seeing the express
:20:59. > :21:04.is roaring through. Madeleine, small dark, rather delicate. The director
:21:05. > :21:08.David lean not one to the station with a ramp like this so I -- my
:21:09. > :21:10.mother could glide up the platform. Lucy Fleming had long known
:21:11. > :21:12.of the letters her mother wrote to her father,
:21:13. > :21:21.Peter Fleming. She is very funny and light-hearted.
:21:22. > :21:24.And terribly emotional at times. I have trouble reading some of them
:21:25. > :21:30.out loud still but it will get better. I'm rushing out now again to
:21:31. > :21:36.see the expresses roaring through. I've played poker with trepidation
:21:37. > :21:41.but I've stayed even so far. Performing alongside her, her
:21:42. > :21:44.husband Simon Williams. It's exciting. They were intended to be
:21:45. > :21:45.read. They also describe wartime filming,
:21:46. > :21:47.with Carnforth's distance from potential bombing raids,
:21:48. > :21:57.making it easier to get around We had a very long night two days
:21:58. > :22:01.ago, we didn't finish in the station until 7:30pm. By which time the fish
:22:02. > :22:03.trade from Aberdeen pervaded the place. Not really encouraging to art
:22:04. > :22:05.at that time in the morning. But over 70 years on,
:22:06. > :22:08.the movie's stood the test of time. Posting Letters to the Moon
:22:09. > :22:20.will be performed at If we control ourselves and behave
:22:21. > :22:23.like sensible human beings... She was never quite sure who she was but
:22:24. > :22:29.a member her saying about a couple of years before she died she said,
:22:30. > :22:30.at that film really does work and it's becoming classic. Which is
:22:31. > :22:32.nice. Posting Letters to the Moon
:22:33. > :22:34.will be performed at Carnforth Station's Heritage
:22:35. > :22:39.She screening of Brief Encounter
:22:40. > :22:43.at Keswick Alhambra on 5th March. Ken got his knighthood today. Did
:22:44. > :23:04.he? No, Doddy. Famous for his tickling stick, he
:23:05. > :23:07.went down to Buckingham Palace today. And he's coming tonight home
:23:08. > :23:11.And he's coming tonight home as Sir Ken.
:23:12. > :23:21.Their hair was not so wild conduct understandably, and minus his
:23:22. > :23:28.tickling stick at 89, the king of the diddy men was about to receive
:23:29. > :23:37.royalty. This was no time for jokes, though. Pleasantries. We enquired
:23:38. > :23:42.about each other's' health and he asked me how show business was
:23:43. > :23:47.going. It's going very well. Can I have some more sleeping pills my
:23:48. > :23:56.husband? Said why red he just woke up. Sir Ken made his professional
:23:57. > :24:04.debut at the Nottingham Empire Theatre in 1934. We'll have a couple
:24:05. > :24:09.of glasses of tonic men go back to Merseyside and I shall see the diddy
:24:10. > :24:16.men there and I will send my regards to them. Throughout 2017 he is
:24:17. > :24:27.touring the nation with his new show. You left your tickets in the
:24:28. > :24:32.hotel? Yes. Even though I bought it down with me, I thought, perhaps
:24:33. > :24:35.not. The honour is well deserved. As Sir Ken will tell you committee
:24:36. > :24:42.would be hanging up his tickling stick quite yet.
:24:43. > :24:48.He has to borrow his microphone because he didn't have a tickling
:24:49. > :24:58.stick. He could have used the sword. He's 90 this year, Sir Ken. Diane.
:24:59. > :25:05.Lovely to see his smiling face and I have an adorable smiling face here.
:25:06. > :25:11.Look at this cutie. Can't work-out if having a great or awful time. We
:25:12. > :25:15.had some wintry weather and summery weather over the last few days,
:25:16. > :25:18.definitely some windy weather. And today, one or two showers from time
:25:19. > :25:24.to time. It's better than anticipated, the rain cleared
:25:25. > :25:27.earlier and the sun came out. It has been quite cold and raw, and you can
:25:28. > :25:30.see there's some showers to come through over the next few hours.
:25:31. > :25:37.It's heading in that direction so it will avoid most of. Part of the Isle
:25:38. > :25:41.of Man and Cumbria. As it rises there could be some wintry stuff in
:25:42. > :25:44.it. There is unclear whether around so that temperatures will be lowest
:25:45. > :25:48.before midnight. As the night was on, the club was in again so the
:25:49. > :25:54.temperatures at the start of that I won't be reflective as the overnight
:25:55. > :25:58.period. We'll have 04 rural areas. And two or three for a portion of
:25:59. > :26:03.the night. But rising up towards the early hours of the morning. But it's
:26:04. > :26:07.not a bad morning really. Any bright spells will be limited but morning
:26:08. > :26:10.is the best part of the day, that's when the weather is at its quieter.
:26:11. > :26:17.The cloud is building throughout the day and it will have a weather front
:26:18. > :26:21.coming in. The warning is OK -- morning is OK particularly in
:26:22. > :26:25.Cumbria. But towards the tile end of the day, this rain pushes in
:26:26. > :26:30.everywhere. The breeze fairly dusty at times. Temperature is at seven or
:26:31. > :26:38.8 degrees and then continues on its journey north. Again, Tom of wintry
:26:39. > :26:49.weather. But what a lovely face that dog had. We should have a week of
:26:50. > :26:55.dog pictures shouldn't we? Of you on twitter says, Morecambe and wise eat
:26:56. > :27:18.your heart out. Tongue firmly in cheek.
:27:19. > :27:20.WHISTLING: Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II
:27:21. > :27:26.the gap between the richest and everyone else
:27:27. > :27:36.And while the funding for our schools and hospitals is being cut,
:27:37. > :27:40.many of the largest companies and wealthiest individuals