:00:00. > :00:00.degrees. Fiona. Thank you, Sarah. That's all from the BBC News at Six.
:00:00. > :00:08.Welcome to North West Tonight, with Stuart Flinders
:00:09. > :00:15.Narrowing the North-South divide. Could better schools be the answer?
:00:16. > :00:19.We hear from the Children's Commissioner for England.
:00:20. > :00:23.20mph zones - Manchester halts its scheme,
:00:24. > :00:29.after accident rates fail to drop as much as expected.
:00:30. > :00:33.The drowning of five women in Derwent Water is remembered,
:00:34. > :00:39.And could the record funding given to Manchester clubs turn
:00:40. > :00:56.Britain's paralympic goalball players into world-beaters?
:00:57. > :00:59.We start tonight with a claim from the Children's Commissioner
:01:00. > :01:02.for England that many children born in the North grow up believing
:01:03. > :01:08.Some figures certainly suggest that there is a North-South divide,
:01:09. > :01:09.in terms of opportunities for young people.
:01:10. > :01:11.Just over 14,000 businesses were opened in Greater
:01:12. > :01:17.That is more than in the whole of Wales.
:01:18. > :01:26.And yet three of the local authorities in Greater Manchester
:01:27. > :01:33.are in a top ten of the country's most deprived areas.
:01:34. > :01:36.Liverpool is home to more than 7,000 creative and digital firms,
:01:37. > :01:37.contributing ?1.4 billion to the local economy.
:01:38. > :01:41.But Liverpool's employment rate is the worst in the country.
:01:42. > :01:43.A young person leaving school or college in London
:01:44. > :01:47.or the South East is 57% more likely to go on to a top university,
:01:48. > :01:50.compared to a child in the north of England.
:01:51. > :01:51.The Children's Commissioner, Anne Longfield, who was
:01:52. > :01:54.in Manchester today, has launched a project to address
:01:55. > :02:02.the divide, called Growing Up North. She has been talking to Andy Gill.
:02:03. > :02:04.This afternoon, Anne Longfield was at Reclaim,
:02:05. > :02:11.a Manchester charity which teaches young working class people
:02:12. > :02:25.overcoming what it calls stagnating social mobility
:02:26. > :02:29.And the teenagers who come here are aware of the North-South
:02:30. > :02:47.I do believe there are a lot less opportunities for young people up
:02:48. > :02:50.here than there are don't so. There is definitely that divide.
:02:51. > :02:51.Earlier, the children's commissioner was in Trafford,
:02:52. > :02:54.meeting local experts, who have ideas on how to tackle
:02:55. > :03:01.the lack of opportunity some Northern children face.
:03:02. > :03:08.Too many families do not get that opportunity at the moment. Children
:03:09. > :03:11.just have that expectation of being able to have choice and succeed.
:03:12. > :03:13.And she thinks forthcoming political devolution in Greater Manchester
:03:14. > :03:28.That devolution could include new abilities and new opportunities for
:03:29. > :03:38.vulnerable children. It would help them move from the transition from
:03:39. > :03:41.primary school into secondary. Also, help with business and further
:03:42. > :03:51.education. How important our children to the project? They are
:03:52. > :03:59.central to it. It is the family and final environment which ships the
:04:00. > :04:07.thinking and the view of the world. Obviously, the family informed their
:04:08. > :04:13.own experience and expectation. She is travelling next to me as they
:04:14. > :04:14.say, to hear of the problems with an Liverpool and the surrounding area.
:04:15. > :04:17.She will report in the summer. Cheshire Police are tonight still
:04:18. > :04:20.at the scene of an armed stand-of, Officers were called to a house
:04:21. > :04:24.in Weston just outside Crewe yesterday lunchtime,
:04:25. > :04:26.over concerns about a man's welfare. When they arrived, he had
:04:27. > :04:29.a crossbow and was refusing Our reporter Ian Haslam
:04:30. > :04:33.is there for us tonight. Yes, this stand-off has been
:04:34. > :04:36.going on for quite some time, officers were called to an address
:04:37. > :04:39.on Kingsdown Road at Wychwood Park shortly after midday yesterday
:04:40. > :04:42.after that report of concern Now, Wychwood Park is a private
:04:43. > :04:47.estate, with the houses, as you may be able to see,
:04:48. > :04:49.set some way back from Police are still there
:04:50. > :04:53.and still negotiating with the man, who has not been named,
:04:54. > :04:56.as they have been for over 30 hours. Armed officers were also deployed,
:04:57. > :04:58.along with the police helicopter, as these pictures filmed
:04:59. > :05:08.from the scene show. A cordon was put in place
:05:09. > :05:11.and the road was sealed off as a precautionary measure,
:05:12. > :05:12.as negotiations continue with the man, who is armed
:05:13. > :05:15.with a crossbow and still refusing Police believe he is been the only
:05:16. > :05:20.person in the property throughout Cheshire Police dealing
:05:21. > :05:22.with a highly sensitive situation and, clearly,
:05:23. > :05:24.it is also a concerning time for local residents.
:05:25. > :05:26.What are police saying to them? Well, they have thanked them
:05:27. > :05:29.for their patience and cooperation, and say they will continue to keep
:05:30. > :05:32.them up to date with the situation Obviously, a very strange
:05:33. > :05:35.time for people arriving home from work last night, to find
:05:36. > :05:38.armed officers on their street. The hope then from those residents
:05:39. > :05:41.and police here that this ongoing incident can be brought
:05:42. > :05:49.to a peaceful conclusion. One of Britain's most
:05:50. > :05:50.senior female judges, ruling on her final case
:05:51. > :05:52.in Manchester before retiring, has begged all women to protect
:05:53. > :05:58.themselves from predatory men It came as 19-year-old
:05:59. > :06:03.Ricardo Rodrigues-Gomes was sentenced to six years in jail
:06:04. > :06:06.for raping a woman Lindsey Kushner QC said, whilst
:06:07. > :06:12.there was no excuse for such crimes, women put themselves in danger
:06:13. > :06:14.of being raped by men, Four libraries that were due
:06:15. > :06:21.to be closed in Liverpool have been saved, after
:06:22. > :06:23.the government increased the amount it was giving
:06:24. > :06:26.to councils to pay for social care. The extra ?27 million means
:06:27. > :06:29.the council will not have to divert as much money from other areas
:06:30. > :06:31.to fund social care. But Mayor Joe Anderson says
:06:32. > :06:33.the extra money over three years is still only
:06:34. > :06:38.a "sticking plaster" solution. And the minister responsible
:06:39. > :06:40.for social care, Warrington South MP David Mowat, is among the guests
:06:41. > :06:43.on The Sunday Politics this weekend. That is at 11am
:06:44. > :06:48.on Sunday on BBC One. New figures show Lancashire
:06:49. > :07:09.and Cumbria are among the ten areas Motorists will be given refunds for
:07:10. > :07:12.fines imposed for driving in the bustling in Preston.
:07:13. > :07:15.New figures show Lancashire and Cumbria are among the ten areas
:07:16. > :07:17.of Britain with the highest number of sub-standard bridges.
:07:18. > :07:20.The RAC Foundation is warning that thousands of council-maintained road
:07:21. > :07:22.bridges are not fit to support the heaviest lorries
:07:23. > :07:26.and many are under programmes of managed decline.
:07:27. > :07:29.Research carried out by North West Tonight suggests most
:07:30. > :07:31.of the region's police forces are making little or no effort
:07:32. > :07:36.The new zones have been set up in residential areas, at a cost
:07:37. > :07:40.But in Lancashire last year, not one single person was fined
:07:41. > :07:43.for driving too fast in one of these zones.
:07:44. > :07:45.Meanwhile, Manchester has halted the expansion of such zones,
:07:46. > :07:48.amid concern they are not reducing accidents by as much as was hoped.
:07:49. > :08:12.The speed limits were imposed to make the roads safer.
:08:13. > :08:15.Lancashire spent nearly ?6 million setting up the zones.
:08:16. > :08:17.Using Freedom of Information requests, North West Tonight has
:08:18. > :08:19.found that, last year, Lancashire Police did not fine
:08:20. > :08:27.or prosecute anyone for breaking a 20mph limit.
:08:28. > :08:29.In Greater Manchester, where almost ?3.5 million
:08:30. > :08:31.was spent on the zones, only one driver was fined.
:08:32. > :08:34.Merseyside Police appear to have been the most active.
:08:35. > :08:37.Lancashire Police admit that cuts to police budgets has forced them
:08:38. > :08:46.to concentrate on motorways and main roads rather than 20mph zones.
:08:47. > :08:57.The zones have been implemented on 100 streets. This week, Manchester
:08:58. > :09:01.said they were halting the roll-out and instead are spending the
:09:02. > :09:09.available budget on more traditional traffic Cal Ming measures, such as
:09:10. > :09:13.pedestrian crossings. We have seen the level of police funding cut and
:09:14. > :09:20.that has impacted on how the police have been able to enforce this. But
:09:21. > :09:25.it is understandable, even though it is disappointing.
:09:26. > :09:28.This week, a study found average speeds in Manchester's 20mph zones
:09:29. > :09:35.In Manchester, as a whole, including areas without the new zones,
:09:36. > :09:36.accidents have gone down around 33% since 2014.
:09:37. > :09:39.But results from a sample of the city's 20mph zones
:09:40. > :09:43.showed accidents there had only reduced by between 12-16%.
:09:44. > :09:52.Some campaigners are sceptical about the research figures. We would say,
:09:53. > :10:02.give this longer and do more research. I think 20 mph is
:10:03. > :10:09.reasonable. If you go more, it could be getting to the stage where it
:10:10. > :10:15.could be dangerous. There are children's lives involved. Go for
:10:16. > :10:17.it. However it is achieved, road safety remains an important issue
:10:18. > :10:21.for our communities. The government is to look into why
:10:22. > :10:24.a report into the contamination of water supplies in
:10:25. > :10:26.Lancashire 18 months ago has Residents in 300,000 homes had
:10:27. > :10:30.to boil drinking water for a month, The Conservative MP for Fylde,
:10:31. > :10:34.Mark Menzies, told the Commons 18 months on, the Drinking Water
:10:35. > :10:43.Inspectorate still refuse to publish a report, still refused to say
:10:44. > :10:46.when it will be published, saying, we will publish it
:10:47. > :10:49.when we are good and ready. Can the Leader of the House set
:10:50. > :10:52.aside some time to debate the responsibility of organisations like
:10:53. > :10:54.the Drinking Water Inspectorate I have to say that I am
:10:55. > :11:00.surprised this report has not yet been published
:11:01. > :11:02.and I will draw this to the attention of
:11:03. > :11:04.the Secretary of State Tens of thousands of commuters
:11:05. > :11:14.could be affected by a strike on Monday by conductors and drivers
:11:15. > :11:16.on Northern Rail and Merseyrail. The RMT union is disputing
:11:17. > :11:19.plans to bring in more Huge disruption is expected
:11:20. > :11:28.across the region - Naomi Cornwell is at
:11:29. > :11:31.Manchester's Victoria Station this will not just perfect train
:11:32. > :11:50.passengers? -- affect. Yes, the 24-hour walkout planned
:11:51. > :11:53.for Monday is because the RMT wants Northern Rail and Merseyrail to give
:11:54. > :11:55.more assurances that it will not take away the job of opening
:11:56. > :11:58.and closing train doors from guards. The companies deny they are
:11:59. > :12:13.putting safety at risk, It is about cutting safety and
:12:14. > :12:16.boosting profits of the already rich train operators.
:12:17. > :12:18.If you are travelling around the region on Monday,
:12:19. > :12:21.Northern Rail is not just the biggest train
:12:22. > :12:25.It is the biggest train operator in the UK.
:12:26. > :12:28.It expects that most of its services will not operate.
:12:29. > :12:35.Only 40% of services will and they will be extremely busy.
:12:36. > :12:37.They will run around 300 rail replacement bus
:12:38. > :12:41.services across the North of England and Northern Rail tickets
:12:42. > :12:45.will also be accepted on all Arriva Bus services.
:12:46. > :12:58.Northern Rail is the trading name of Arriva Rail North.
:12:59. > :13:05.We will focus our timetable and moving people where we have
:13:06. > :13:15.conductors available. We are looking at the key fall between cities and
:13:16. > :13:18.locations. We will not be able to be in every area. I would urge
:13:19. > :13:20.customers to visit the website. They have urged anyone
:13:21. > :13:22.who would normally be commuting to work to ask
:13:23. > :13:25.employers if they can work from home or be flexible with working hours.
:13:26. > :13:28.Merseyrail will also be affected. It hopes to run trains every half
:13:29. > :13:31.hour on all routes from 7am to 7pm, but that depends on who crosses
:13:32. > :13:33.the picket lines. And it is not just rail passengers
:13:34. > :13:36.who will be affected. There will be extra trams on some
:13:37. > :13:39.routes in Greater Manchester and some roadworks will be
:13:40. > :13:41.suspended, but buses to be busier than normal,
:13:42. > :13:44.as are the region's roads. So, the advice to everyone
:13:45. > :13:46.travelling on Monday is check before you set off,
:13:47. > :14:01.have a Plan B and leave extra Thank you. We will all pay
:14:02. > :14:03.attention. It is going to be very difficult.
:14:04. > :14:07.Is this the next world champion from the Fury family?
:14:08. > :14:09.Tyson's cousin Hughie says there is no stopping him.
:14:10. > :14:11.And Amelia's aim - the 14-year-old hoping
:14:12. > :14:50.for Paralympian success in the sport of goalball.
:14:51. > :14:52.It was the worst loss of life the Lake District had
:14:53. > :14:54.seen during its time as a tourist destination.
:14:55. > :14:57.And it led to new safety rules governing pleasure craft.
:14:58. > :14:59.Yet, few people remember the Derwent Water disaster of 1898.
:15:00. > :15:01.Now, a retired policeman aims to put that right,
:15:02. > :15:06.One of the nation's most popular tourist destinations in the
:15:07. > :15:08.20th century, but it was just as popular in the late
:15:09. > :15:12.It provided respite for those who worked in the grimy North -
:15:13. > :15:18.among them, Mary Jane Smith, Nancy Pickles, Frances Crossley,
:15:19. > :15:23.They were in a party of mill workers from Nelson
:15:24. > :15:26.who headed for the lakes in August of 1898.
:15:27. > :15:31.Sadly, the five young women never returned home.
:15:32. > :15:43.This was the worst loss of life on a British lake
:15:44. > :15:47.The highlight was to be a trip out on Derwent Water.
:15:48. > :15:49.The ladies boarded a rowing boat and set sail.
:15:50. > :15:55.Out in the middle of the lake, one of the ladies lost her handbag
:15:56. > :15:58.overboard and in the scrabble to try to recover it,
:15:59. > :16:01.It was already overladen and it capsized and sank.
:16:02. > :16:14.A verdict of accidental death was recorded.
:16:15. > :16:16.This retired policeman from Cumbria has documented the tragedy in
:16:17. > :16:20.From my research, I could find no-one from the Keswick area
:16:21. > :16:23.who knew anything about this as a subject and that disturbed me.
:16:24. > :16:32.It was such a significant incident that it should be remembered.
:16:33. > :16:42.And in Nielsen, the women were buried together in a memorial was
:16:43. > :16:50.evicted to remember them. It was such a tragedy, that the five young
:16:51. > :16:54.women, Haut having it holiday came should day.
:16:55. > :16:55.Following the accident, new rules were introduced,
:16:56. > :16:58.so that the legacy these women left behind was to make
:16:59. > :17:03.leisure time on the lakes safer for us all.
:17:04. > :17:07.Following this, councils were able to take over the regulation of
:17:08. > :17:28.boating. That was very important. It looks so atmospheric. I had not
:17:29. > :17:29.hear the story before. It is something we did not know enough
:17:30. > :17:35.about. Richard is here now with tonight's
:17:36. > :17:37.sport and it is Manchester City's goalkeeper situation causing
:17:38. > :17:39.debate again tonight. Yes, all because of an interview
:17:40. > :17:42.that Joe Hart has done with the BBC. City boss Pep Guardiola says
:17:43. > :17:45.he will consider Hart's future there at the end of the season.
:17:46. > :17:48.You will recall that the England 'keeper was let go by Pep
:17:49. > :17:50.pretty much as soon Joe's currently on loan at Italian
:17:51. > :17:54.club Torino and told The Premier League Show
:17:55. > :18:06.that he is unsure I love the club and I have always
:18:07. > :18:16.said, if they wanted me, I would be here. But that big clubs, things can
:18:17. > :18:17.change quickly. Not everyone is going to wake you. That is the
:18:18. > :18:21.business side of it. Manchester City are at Middlesbrough
:18:22. > :18:23.in the FA Cup at lunchtime tomorrow, while there is a couple of Premier
:18:24. > :18:26.League games this weekend, too. Everton host West Brom at 3pm
:18:27. > :18:28.tomorrow, while itis Liverpool v Burnley
:18:29. > :18:30.at 4pm on Sunday. All the best coverage
:18:31. > :18:32.of all the weekend's games There are two huge local derbies
:18:33. > :18:37.in League One this weekend, with Oldham hosting Bury
:18:38. > :18:39.in a basement battle, and Fleetwood taking on Bolton
:18:40. > :18:42.at the other end of the table. Second-placed Fleetwood
:18:43. > :18:43.are on an 18-match unbeaten league run and on the back of four
:18:44. > :18:47.straight wins which have moved them Wanderers, a pre-season
:18:48. > :18:51.promotion favourite, are fourth, but without
:18:52. > :18:57.a win in four games. And you can see a special
:18:58. > :18:59.report from the game On to Super League now
:19:00. > :19:05.and it is four defeats for Warrington Wolves now this
:19:06. > :19:10.season, after Wigan Warriors ran out comfortable winners at the Halliwell
:19:11. > :19:12.Jones Stadium last night. The Warriors look to have
:19:13. > :19:14.unearthed another new star in winger Liam Marshall, who scored
:19:15. > :19:17.four tries in only his second Wigan's 38-16 win moves them
:19:18. > :19:22.to the top if the table, BBC Radio Merseyside
:19:23. > :19:27.and the Manchester equivalent will keep you across tonight's
:19:28. > :19:30.action which sees St Helens go to Hull and Leigh look to build
:19:31. > :19:33.on their solid start to the season One other sad piece of Rugby League
:19:34. > :19:40.tonight, is that former Widnes captain Mick Adams,
:19:41. > :19:42.a veteran of 400 appearances and four Wembley wins,
:19:43. > :19:52.has died, at the age of 65. The cousin of former heavyweight
:19:53. > :19:54.boxing champion Tyson Fury says nothing will stop him from winning
:19:55. > :19:56.the world title himself. Hughie Fury fights Joseph Parker for
:19:57. > :20:00.the WBO belt in New Zealand in May. Hughie, unbeaten as a professional,
:20:01. > :20:02.has been a boxing fanatic And earlier today, I went down
:20:03. > :20:09.to the Fury gym in Bolton, to talk to him about the sacrifices
:20:10. > :20:12.he has made, how far Tyson is from a return to the ring and,
:20:13. > :20:27.first, what he makes I think he is one of the best only.
:20:28. > :20:33.Here's a big talent. What do you need to do to beat him, because he
:20:34. > :20:42.is one of the rising stars of heavyweight boxing? It is always
:20:43. > :20:48.going to be the same income. I have the willpower and determination to
:20:49. > :20:56.win. What have you had to sacrifice to get to this point, to Iran as
:20:57. > :21:02.shocked at the Warren potato? I have been doing this since I was six. I
:21:03. > :21:08.had my first fight at a one years old. I have sacrificed all the
:21:09. > :21:18.normal teenagers things. Parties, get your friends. It has just been
:21:19. > :21:21.boxing. I have not really heard the childhood, having friends and
:21:22. > :21:26.everything else. I have just been so focused on boxing. Could you have
:21:27. > :21:34.done it with anyone else, without your father being your trainer?
:21:35. > :21:46.Definitely not. I trust him. I listen to him. We have never lost a
:21:47. > :21:52.fight since he started training me. You said that you and your cousin
:21:53. > :21:59.will dominate the division like the Ukrainian brothers have done for
:22:00. > :22:09.many years. I think, mean and going forward, we could dominate the
:22:10. > :22:15.heavyweight division. If Tyson does come back, and I believe he will, we
:22:16. > :22:20.could do that. Will he come back? I think his head is at the great poise
:22:21. > :22:24.at the minute. There is talk of a comeback know. Maybe the end of the
:22:25. > :22:30.-- this year or the beginning of next year. How confident are you
:22:31. > :22:34.that you will return with this model title? I will definitely be coming
:22:35. > :22:45.back with it. There is no doubt about that. Complete boxing fanatic.
:22:46. > :23:01.The total all his life. Is he as big as Tyson? Just about. Not quite. He
:23:02. > :23:03.has something of a dwarf compare to him, at only six feet six. Tyson is
:23:04. > :23:10.six feet name. -- Maine. Britain won a record 147 medals
:23:11. > :23:12.at the last Paralympics, but the team is not resting
:23:13. > :23:14.on its laurels. It is now going for gold
:23:15. > :23:17.in the sport of goalball. Two Manchester sports clubs
:23:18. > :23:19.for the blind are directly benefiting from record funding given
:23:20. > :23:22.to them by Sports England. The ?1.3 million grant has been
:23:23. > :23:24.given to the organisation behind goalball, with the aim to find
:23:25. > :23:27.the next Team GB stars. Our reporter Mohammed Salim Patel
:23:28. > :23:36.donned his tracksuit Remember this face, because you
:23:37. > :23:46.could be looking at a future gold medallist in the sport of Goalball.
:23:47. > :23:51.This is 14-year-old Amelia. She dreams in Manchester with her team.
:23:52. > :24:02.She recently returned from a talent,, funded by money given to
:24:03. > :24:06.the sport. When I got the news about it, they could not sleep that they,
:24:07. > :24:18.because I was so excited. The money given to the sport in is to expand
:24:19. > :24:22.the minority Paralympic sport and to increase its participation at
:24:23. > :24:36.grassroots level. It is usually important. We are very much she
:24:37. > :24:41.grows sport. It was invented in 1946 to rehabilitate visually impaired
:24:42. > :24:49.World War II veterans. It is the only sport specifically designed for
:24:50. > :24:54.the Blind and partially sighted. The aim is to get the ball into the
:24:55. > :25:05.opposing net whilst wearing a blindfold.
:25:06. > :25:14.How does it feel for you to be on the way to possible sporting
:25:15. > :25:20.stardom? It feels like a dream come true. She will have to do a lot more
:25:21. > :25:31.dodging and diving to reach the top level. If she does, remember that
:25:32. > :25:41.you saw her here first. We will keep an eye on her. The ball looked quite
:25:42. > :25:45.heavy. Looks like a great game and that funding will make a huge
:25:46. > :25:50.difference. We can now have a look at the weather.
:25:51. > :25:58.As the good weather going to continue?
:25:59. > :26:09.We got this beautiful flower. That was from Pauline. Over the weekend,
:26:10. > :26:16.rather cloudy. The saving grace is that it will be milder. A lot of
:26:17. > :26:28.sunshine this week, but not so much at the weekend. A lot of cloud.
:26:29. > :26:35.There was light rain and drizzle today. Nothing substantial, but just
:26:36. > :26:48.very irritating. Spots of rain this evening. Overnight temperatures
:26:49. > :27:00.around it- name Celsius. Tomorrow, a lot of cloud. This weather front
:27:01. > :27:11.pushing from the north and west. Just about anywhere, drizzle could
:27:12. > :27:21.break out. Finn cloud overnight, too. It came temperatures in
:27:22. > :27:28.11-15dC. On Sunday, another big weather front pushing through. It
:27:29. > :27:37.has been lovely this week, as will. We all get excited. At least the
:27:38. > :27:56.daffodil photograph was lovely. Have a lovely weekend.
:27:57. > :27:59.So, like, you get sponsored to swap clothes with somebody for a day.
:28:00. > :28:01.Yeah, yeah, yeah. OK, I don't get that. So, maybe...
:28:02. > :28:03.I don't get that. ..you wear your mother's clothes?
:28:04. > :28:08.I don't get it. What does she wear? No, no, she wears someone else's.
:28:09. > :28:12.OK, I don't get that, it's too complicated. Do another one.
:28:13. > :28:14.So, like, you get sponsored to let people lick stuff
:28:15. > :28:18.No, but, like, you get these flavoured... Cool, yeah.
:28:19. > :28:21.Not going to happen. Peanut butter. Do another one.
:28:22. > :28:26.For better ideas, get your free fundraising kit now.
:28:27. > :28:29.Let's Sing And Dance exploded onto our screens,