:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening, welcome to North West Tonight
:00:00. > :00:00.with Annabel Tiffin and Stuart Flinders.
:00:07. > :00:10.Travis Frain - the Lancashire student caught up in
:00:11. > :00:12.the terror attack - says thanks to
:00:13. > :00:19.Tonight, we're live at a vigil at Manchester Town Hall to remember
:00:20. > :00:29.We'll speak to one MP who saw the terrorist shot in front of her.
:00:30. > :00:33.Deeply remorseful - the vicar who stole thousands
:00:34. > :00:37.from the church and spent it on books and booze.
:00:38. > :00:41.Four out of five of the worst areas for bed blocking
:00:42. > :00:48.are in the North West, because of a crisis in social care.
:00:49. > :00:51.And a life on the water - a call for volunteers to help
:00:52. > :01:06."A massive thank you to the emergency services and to everyone
:01:07. > :01:11.Those were the words of student Travis Frain from Darwen, who got
:01:12. > :01:23.caught up in yesterday's terrorist attack in Westminster.
:01:24. > :01:26.Across the region, people post in silence for those caught up in the
:01:27. > :01:29.horrific events. And tonight, a vigil's
:01:30. > :01:40.been organised in As darkness falls at this evening,
:01:41. > :01:45.Manchester town Hall is let up in the red white and blue of the union
:01:46. > :01:49.flag. A little earlier this evening, in the last half-hour, people came
:01:50. > :01:53.here for a vigil to mark what happened yesterday, to pause to
:01:54. > :01:56.remember those who died in the event yesterday in London. As well as
:01:57. > :02:01.being an act of remembrance, I think in some ways this was an act too of
:02:02. > :02:05.defiance will up as people try to send out a message that life will go
:02:06. > :02:12.on. They will not be intimidated by that act of terror in the capital
:02:13. > :02:15.yesterday. He went to Westminster to learn
:02:16. > :02:21.about Parliament and its history, he left on a stretcher. 19-year-old
:02:22. > :02:25.Travis Frain from Darwen, a student on a University trip and among those
:02:26. > :02:31.home were hurt in one of the darkest days in history at this place.
:02:32. > :02:35.They run the rage, and he showed me exactly where they had been.
:02:36. > :02:38.Clearly, he's not well, that he's dealing with it. He is as cheerful
:02:39. > :02:49.as he can be. Today, Travis Frain said...
:02:50. > :02:56.Also injured, 18-year-old Alan Lambert. He was also on the Edge
:02:57. > :02:59.Hill University trip. At the camp is here, students were offered
:03:00. > :03:03.counselling as they returned. They just went to London to go to
:03:04. > :03:07.the Houses of Parliament, these are unprecedented circumstances. But
:03:08. > :03:12.Travis and all the other students are very upbeat. Obviously, they
:03:13. > :03:17.will be in various states of shock, and they will be traumatised by the
:03:18. > :03:19.things they've scene. Remembering those who didn't
:03:20. > :03:24.survive. At police stations, this sort for silence. While flags were
:03:25. > :03:31.lowered for a collie, killed doing his job. And Manchester Town Hall,
:03:32. > :03:36.many people signed their names in a show of solidarity. One message
:03:37. > :03:44.saying, we have the north south divide, but we are all divided's all
:03:45. > :03:48.united in this. It is incredible how a life can be
:03:49. > :03:52.taken. It is so nice that everyone has come together, paid their
:03:53. > :03:57.respects, from different cities, even like Paris, all over the world.
:03:58. > :04:03.It is just really hate that it is such a tragic, tragic events that
:04:04. > :04:06.happened yesterday. These men were among the hundreds in
:04:07. > :04:10.Parliament during the security lockdown. Despite watching events
:04:11. > :04:17.unfold before then yesterday, the enormity is only now hitting them.
:04:18. > :04:23.Was people on the floor, climbing on top of each other.
:04:24. > :04:25.He was directing people away from the situation, but he was going
:04:26. > :04:30.head-on into that situation to try and slow the man with a knife down
:04:31. > :04:35.at the cost of his life. If he had got over that barrier, he
:04:36. > :04:40.was 50 feet away from MPs and had a weapon.
:04:41. > :04:43.Among those who were here for the Virtual a little earlier this
:04:44. > :04:47.evening, a number of police officers who stood silently, remembering
:04:48. > :04:52.their colleague in London who was killed yesterday. Ronnie security
:04:53. > :04:56.point of view, what greater matter to police had been saying today is
:04:57. > :05:00.that they are continuing to review their deployments, taking all
:05:01. > :05:04.reasonable steps to keep people safe. They want to stress there is
:05:05. > :05:15.no specific intelligence suggesting an attack is imminent in the region.
:05:16. > :05:18.Our MPs went back into the Commons today determined not to let
:05:19. > :05:21.terrorism get in the way of democracy. They packed the green
:05:22. > :05:24.pensions and one by one pay tribute to those who lost their lives.
:05:25. > :05:26.We always know that the police keep us safe.
:05:27. > :05:29.But yesterday, in the most shocking of ways, we saw how
:05:30. > :05:42.The police who protect us are one of us.
:05:43. > :06:03.We shall now observe a minute's silence.
:06:04. > :06:06.PC Keith Palmer died defending the values of,
:06:07. > :06:11.as the Prime Minister put it, free people everywhere.
:06:12. > :06:14.And isn't the proper response, over the coming days,
:06:15. > :06:19.as more facts emerge, that we stand firm with
:06:20. > :06:24.those selfsame values of free people everywhere.
:06:25. > :06:26.A specific word of praise for the staff at the House
:06:27. > :06:28.of Commons nursery for their actions yesterday.
:06:29. > :06:33.They looked after all the children in some very
:06:34. > :06:35.difficult circumstances, all the time keeping in touch
:06:36. > :06:38.I was in the nursery during the lockdown,
:06:39. > :06:40.and their courage and care and steadfastness was exemplary
:06:41. > :06:50.The most important people today are the families of those victims.
:06:51. > :06:55.It really is an important message that has come
:06:56. > :06:57.from people like Brendan Cox, who lost Jo last year,
:06:58. > :07:05.I'm joined now by Liverpool Riverside MP Louise Ellman,
:07:06. > :07:11.who was caught up in yesterday's events.
:07:12. > :07:16.Good evening, thank you for joining us. Let's start with your own
:07:17. > :07:20.experience yesterday, where were you and what did you see?
:07:21. > :07:26.I was in the Parliamentary grounds on my way to vote going from my
:07:27. > :07:30.office to the House of Commons. As I walked along, I realised something
:07:31. > :07:35.was happening outside. I wondered if it was a demonstration, sometimes
:07:36. > :07:38.our demonstrations at that point. I realised it was something different,
:07:39. > :07:44.there was an eerie silence and then shouting. Suddenly, and man, a man
:07:45. > :07:48.and I know he was the terrace, burst through the gate and started to run
:07:49. > :07:51.down the pathway inside the parliamentary grounds towards
:07:52. > :07:59.Westminster Hall and where the MPs were walking along. And he was shot
:08:00. > :08:02.dead by police officer at the side. And I heard those gunshots rang out.
:08:03. > :08:09.I've never heard or seen that before. It's really very shocking.
:08:10. > :08:15.At that point, I didn't know that PC Palmer had been murdered. I didn't
:08:16. > :08:19.note that people had been mown down. I knew something was very wrong, I
:08:20. > :08:22.have always been aware that Parliament is a prime target for
:08:23. > :08:29.terrorists. Yesterday it happened because of the action -- because of
:08:30. > :08:33.the action of the police and security services more lives were
:08:34. > :08:36.saved. But firstly there are people who lost lives and are seriously
:08:37. > :08:39.injured. Miniature bees are being paid to PC
:08:40. > :08:45.keep am today, he really did sacrifice his life to save those MPs
:08:46. > :08:51.in Parliament. -- many tributes had been paid to PC Keith Palmer today.
:08:52. > :08:57.It is that these times that you realise how people put their lives
:08:58. > :09:03.on the line to help serve the community and protect people. It's
:09:04. > :09:06.sobering thoughts, and has left all of us feeling very socked and
:09:07. > :09:12.grateful for the terrific work done by the police and security services.
:09:13. > :09:16.It does seem, from what we've heard in the last 24 hours, security at
:09:17. > :09:20.Parliament is focused outside the building, which makes you think that
:09:21. > :09:25.if this man had got inside, he could have run a mock, couldn't he?
:09:26. > :09:31.Armed police are around inside the parliament all the time. As has
:09:32. > :09:35.become increasingly the case in recent months. There is security
:09:36. > :09:39.inside as well. I'm sure this will later another look at security, but
:09:40. > :09:43.I don't think today's the time to talk about that. I think the police
:09:44. > :09:48.and security services behaved admirably and protecting people in
:09:49. > :09:52.Parliament. And it's so tragic and terrible that the police and members
:09:53. > :09:55.of the public lost their lives in this horrendous way, through an act
:09:56. > :10:06.of terrorism. They give very much for joining us
:10:07. > :10:12.tonight. -- thank you very much. Another man who was caught up in the
:10:13. > :10:17.attack was this man, joining as from Westminster. I know you were there
:10:18. > :10:22.when events unfolded, where exactly where you?
:10:23. > :10:25.I was just going into votes, and a police officer approached me and
:10:26. > :10:31.said that shots had been fired, so we then did what we were all told
:10:32. > :10:33.her, which was to not go wandering around and to stay safe in the
:10:34. > :10:40.centre. I believe you were ushered out at
:10:41. > :10:44.gunpoint? Was the initial incident had
:10:45. > :10:47.happened, the police had a very challenging task, which is to
:10:48. > :10:53.systematically clear the House of Commons and the House of Lords for
:10:54. > :10:56.any potential of the suspects. At first when it happens, no longer
:10:57. > :11:02.sure whether there was one of. You have to base your actions on a
:11:03. > :11:07.precautionary visible, so they had to go through areas that were
:11:08. > :11:13.unclear, they did the professional duty, using their weapons, to make
:11:14. > :11:19.sure they had people walking identified is themselves and cleared
:11:20. > :11:23.us to say surgeons. I know you've been in the military
:11:24. > :11:26.yourself, this must have been an extremely difficult and worrying
:11:27. > :11:32.time? I think it's very worrying for
:11:33. > :11:36.everybody. It's always the unknown that makes people worried and
:11:37. > :11:41.frightened. No matter how much training you have, in an incident
:11:42. > :11:44.like that, it doesn't matter. What was really important is that the
:11:45. > :11:48.police and security services said about dealing with the incident and
:11:49. > :11:53.immediately tried to stop any further danger. All the things that
:11:54. > :11:57.went on around Parliament were all fundamentally designed to make sure
:11:58. > :12:02.we all felt safer and could be assured that the Gordon and area we
:12:03. > :12:07.were all in were cleared of any future threat. That's the main
:12:08. > :12:11.thing, to stamp out the unknown as soon as possible, and then try,
:12:12. > :12:16.through the media and everyone else, to get people to realise there is a
:12:17. > :12:21.plan in action, designed to not only follow up on the incidence, but also
:12:22. > :12:26.to make sure we continue to be safe. I know you have been involved in
:12:27. > :12:29.Cobra meetings, PC Palmer was not armed, and he was on that date in
:12:30. > :12:38.particular. Is that likely to be reviewed now?
:12:39. > :12:41.We all -- always keep security under review, these are very iconic
:12:42. > :12:47.targets. They have been targeted before, and, of course, we see every
:12:48. > :12:51.keep it under review. At 12:30pm that day, I was with the
:12:52. > :12:54.Parliamentary security officer in Parliament, discussing what more we
:12:55. > :12:57.could do to protect MPs and their staff, both at home or indeed on the
:12:58. > :13:04.paramilitary estate. So we always make sure we do our best to keep
:13:05. > :13:08.people safe. We will learn the lessons from this, is there are
:13:09. > :13:12.lessons to be learned. What's reveal button at the moment is that we
:13:13. > :13:14.recognise that right now, the police and intelligence services are
:13:15. > :13:18.trained to pursue anyone else who may be connected, making sure that
:13:19. > :13:23.anyone as he poses a threat are monitored, or that we check up on
:13:24. > :13:27.them. So that we can get on with that job of the immediate safety
:13:28. > :13:31.requirements, up and down the whole United Kingdom. This is not just
:13:32. > :13:36.about London, this is making sure that everyone is safe all of the
:13:37. > :13:47.country. Thank you very much.
:13:48. > :13:49.The prospect of a new stadium for Everton Football Club has
:13:50. > :13:51.moved a couple of steps closer this evening.
:13:52. > :13:53.The club has confirmed they've reached an agreement
:13:54. > :13:56.to buy a plot of land on Liverpool's famous waterfront.
:13:57. > :13:58.And in co-operation with the City Council have come up
:13:59. > :14:02.The stadium will cost an estimated ?300m pounds to build.
:14:03. > :14:04.The Labour Party has announced Afzal Khan
:14:05. > :14:06.for the Manchester Gorton by-election.
:14:07. > :14:09.The by-election comes after death of long-serving
:14:10. > :14:13.A former Anglican vicar from Liverpool who stole more
:14:14. > :14:15.than ?100,000 from the church has been spared jail.
:14:16. > :14:20.Michael Fry spent the money on alcohol, books and travel.
:14:21. > :14:25.But a judge today said the good Fry does in society outweighs
:14:26. > :14:28.the harm he did by stealing, and she gave him a suspended
:14:29. > :14:34.Our Merseyside reporter Andy Gill was in court.
:14:35. > :14:37.Over an eight-year period until 2013, Michael Fry kept
:14:38. > :14:40.the fees from more than 1000 funerals that
:14:41. > :14:44.he should have passed to the Liverpool diocese.
:14:45. > :14:47.He also misled his bosses about the number of funerals
:14:48. > :14:52.Fry worked out of a number of city centre churches,
:14:53. > :14:56.The court heard that initially the church was relaxed
:14:57. > :15:00.about his financial returns, given the expectation of honesty
:15:01. > :15:06.But today the Archdeacon described this scale
:15:07. > :15:14.How much damage do you think this case has done to
:15:15. > :15:17.Difficult to assess, but when this happens,
:15:18. > :15:20.with a clergy person failing to maintain that level of trust,
:15:21. > :15:25.there can be a knock-on effect within the clergy.
:15:26. > :15:27.I guess it will make other clergy feel vulnerable,
:15:28. > :15:33.Michael Fry was also the chaplain of Liverpool Women's Hospital.
:15:34. > :15:37.The court heard he spent the money on drink, books and travel.
:15:38. > :15:40.What did you think personally, as a senior figure in the church,
:15:41. > :15:43.when you heard about what Michael Fry had been doing?
:15:44. > :15:47.I felt immensely sad and let down, to be honest.
:15:48. > :15:52.But I know Michael, I know the demons that he's fought against.
:15:53. > :15:54.When the thefts were discovered, Fry resigned
:15:55. > :16:01.Today, a judge said his offences were an enormous breach of trust,
:16:02. > :16:09.but he was also very caring and compassionate individual
:16:10. > :16:11.who continued to volunteer with the homeless.
:16:12. > :16:14.The judge said there comes a time in a man's life
:16:15. > :16:16.where he's entitled to say, measure the good I have done
:16:17. > :16:22.In this case, the good outweighs the harm.
:16:23. > :16:25.She sentenced Michael Fry to 20 months in jail,
:16:26. > :16:37.Bed blocking is worse in Cumbria than anywhere else in the country.
:16:38. > :16:40.If you're in hospital there, you're more likely to be stuck
:16:41. > :16:43.waiting for social care to be organised at home.
:16:44. > :16:46.BBC figures show four of the top-five problem areas
:16:47. > :16:50.The others are Trafford, Tameside and Stockport.
:16:51. > :16:55.Our health correspondent Gill Dummigan has spent
:16:56. > :17:09.We're discount to do some exercises. Preparing for life after hospital.
:17:10. > :17:13.This is a new scheme to get patients that go home.
:17:14. > :17:18.Each exercise is designed for either helping to reach into cupboards,
:17:19. > :17:25.washing, having them get dressed. We help them get out of a chair, it's
:17:26. > :17:29.all about independent living. This is Cumbria's main hospital.
:17:30. > :17:35.Over the past year they've register raft of measures to help patients
:17:36. > :17:38.move on. This is one of those measures just as she spends a day
:17:39. > :17:44.liaising with care homes, social workers, the people can get the
:17:45. > :17:50.right care packages together. But sometimes that takes a long time.
:17:51. > :17:52.It can take up to six minutes to get into a specialist units,
:17:53. > :17:56.particularly behavioural unit for someone with signs of dementia.
:17:57. > :17:59.To select someone in this hospital for up to six months really
:18:00. > :18:05.shouldn't be here? Yeah. And they can become well again
:18:06. > :18:08.and unwell again, because they're in a hospital where there's obviously,
:18:09. > :18:13.viruses and other things because people are ill.
:18:14. > :18:16.Today, 35 beds are occupied by people they should be somewhat else
:18:17. > :18:20.- around 10% of the total.
:18:21. > :18:24.We have new patients coming in, we're full, and we can't but those
:18:25. > :18:29.patients into the right beds in the way that we would want it.
:18:30. > :18:34.Eventually, it works back to a any that we have full at Edinburgh
:18:35. > :18:38.departments and we don't have anyone else.
:18:39. > :18:42.We wanted as Cumbria County Council why the problem was so acute ear,
:18:43. > :18:46.but I could they do want to look to us. But this and a list of the steps
:18:47. > :18:54.they are taking to improve the situation. As well as working with
:18:55. > :18:59.care homes to increase capacity. They point to a increasingly ageing
:19:00. > :19:03.population, but that is hardly unique to Cumbria and doesn't
:19:04. > :19:07.explain with a figure so high. In Lancashire, for example, it is six
:19:08. > :19:11.times lower than that. When health expert says part of it could be the
:19:12. > :19:15.differences in the way some areas record figures.
:19:16. > :19:18.Actually, some of the ways that people get recorders delayed as the
:19:19. > :19:22.tip of the iceberg, and there are many more people held up on wards
:19:23. > :19:27.are not necessarily recorded. Two men at get necessarily the same
:19:28. > :19:32.picture in two areas where the underlying situation is actually
:19:33. > :19:35.quite similar. Meanwhile, the Hospital Trust is
:19:36. > :19:40.getting ever more inventive. It's paying for 12 beds in this nursing
:19:41. > :19:44.home. 95-year-old Muriel, who is waiting for a care package, city
:19:45. > :19:54.likes it here, but it's time to leave.
:19:55. > :19:59.I'm contained in this room, but I'm ready to go now.
:20:00. > :20:01.If you like messing about on the water,
:20:02. > :20:06.The Canal And River Trust is looking for volunteers to help run
:20:07. > :20:10.And it's not just about lock keeping - as our Cheshire reporter
:20:11. > :20:17.In this case, the Shropshire Union Canal at Audlem, in Cheshire.
:20:18. > :20:22.We're currently at Moss Hall, bottom of the Audlem flight.
:20:23. > :20:25.There's 15 locks in just three quarters of a mile
:20:26. > :20:31.here the Shropshire Union Canal at Audlem.
:20:32. > :20:35.So with the amount of time and effort involved navigating those,
:20:36. > :20:39.Normally, single-handedly, it would take me about 4.5 hours.
:20:40. > :20:42.But with the volunteers, you can do it in two hours easily.
:20:43. > :20:49.Fresh air, exercise and camaraderie - these volunteer lock keepers get
:20:50. > :20:51.the benefit of them all, in one of the region's most
:20:52. > :20:57.Meet the boaters, have a banter, same with walkers and
:20:58. > :21:12.It's far cheaper than a gym subscription, believe me.
:21:13. > :21:15.The trust says it needs volunteers of all types,
:21:16. > :21:18.We've got visitors from all over the world that visit our canal
:21:19. > :21:21.network, and to have that local knowledge and welcoming
:21:22. > :21:23.face and that friendly, helping hand through the locks
:21:24. > :21:25.flights in the summer, when it's really busy,
:21:26. > :21:27.is something that we really can't do without now.
:21:28. > :21:29.So, if you want to keep Thomas Telford's masterpiece moving,
:21:30. > :21:36.or indeed any of the others, the trust says it needs you.
:21:37. > :21:41.Cheaper than a gym membership, can't be bad. If you get the weather for
:21:42. > :21:52.it. Good link. Diane! What a nice day, we thought the
:21:53. > :21:59.weather will change, and on cue it did. A slow start to the weather
:22:00. > :22:02.today, it our Weather Watchers' pictures have captured this. The
:22:03. > :22:06.wind direction wasn't favourable for us and has been quite strong, say
:22:07. > :22:12.chill in the air. So our numbers got close to double figures, I do think
:22:13. > :22:16.it will get warmer through the next few days as the wind eases down. It
:22:17. > :22:20.is about the area of high pressure that I showed you, settling down,
:22:21. > :22:26.killing off the showers. Through the next couple of hours, it's dry and
:22:27. > :22:30.player, heading towards the early hours, little bits of cloud floating
:22:31. > :22:37.around, and the wind easing down as we head towards the early hours.
:22:38. > :22:44.Overnight temperatures around 4 degrees. Into tomorrow, the sun is
:22:45. > :22:49.up at 6:0 one. You'll enjoyed the sunshine for about 12 hours
:22:50. > :22:55.tomorrow. You will see it are interrupted at places. While the
:22:56. > :22:59.wind direction is the same as today, it's much lighter. Sancho will have
:23:00. > :23:04.more value, it'll feel more pleasant overall. Temperatures are around 12
:23:05. > :23:11.degrees, quite likely during the day. Through the night over the
:23:12. > :23:15.weekends will be a bit of the issue, the days will see temperatures in
:23:16. > :23:20.the low teens, but the Knights could struggle. Quite cold and sharp all
:23:21. > :23:25.the way through the weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, those numbers
:23:26. > :23:30.aren't too bad at all. 13 and 14 degrees, quite nice.
:23:31. > :23:34.We mustn't forget, of course, the clocks go for it.
:23:35. > :23:40.Don't do it the other way. Weedy keeping me company tonight?
:23:41. > :23:48.Yes, ideal asking? Have a lovely evening, bye-bye.