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The toddler who died after his surgery was repeatedly delayed.

Two surgeons at Manchester Children's Hospital

A man is arrested over Violet's hit-run-death,

after his mum appeals for him to give himself up.

We go inside the Cumbrian zoo, where hundreds of animals died,

as the owner appeals against its closure.

A mother's anger as delays investigating the man

who groomed her daughter left him free to abuse another.

Of course, I love my roots as well, which are obviously

And Tez's take on modern British life.

The Muslim comic going on the road for the first time.

Children's lives may be at risk at one of

And it's not a patient or politician making that claim -

it's two of the senior surgeons who actually work there.

They say a focus on reducing waiting lists has led to problems

They decided to speak out after a toddler died

there after his surgery was repeatedly delayed.

An investigation by the trust that runs

"significant problems with the delivery of the boy's care."

The BBC's health editor Hugh Pym has been following the story

Hugh, can you tell us what happened to Kayden?

Yes, a very sad, very tragic story. Aged one and a half, Kayden was

admitted to hospital last April on a Monday and it was decided that he

didn't need to have urgent surgery but there were delays. The delays

continued for the week and by Friday, he was in a critical

condition. The surgery should have been straightforward. It was to deal

with a hernia in his chest. By Friday, he'd become critical and he

never pulled through so his family are understandably extremely upset

and feel they were very, very badly let down and the Royal Manchester

children's Hospital has actually apologised to them and they have, if

you like, carried out an investigation saying lessons need to

be learned. As we said, two senior surgeons broke this story, what are

they saying is happening at the trust? It is very significant that

two surgeons, one of whom was working at the trust at the time but

left a couple of months ago and another who is still at the trust,

both of them felt the need to talk to the BBC because they clearly did

not have confidence in the hospital's ability to actually deal

with their concerns. They say there were repeated warnings before

Kayden's death about the fact that there was only one operating theatre

available for urgent care and that there weren't enough beds in the

hospital and then after Kayden's death that they wrote again to Ward

and that actually there was nothing that was done by the hospital. The

hospital denied there was any edict from on high to concentrate on

elective cases, waiting list cases as opposed to emergency care but

also says the safety culture is correct but inspectors at the

regulator, NHS catlike improvement, we understand are looking very

carefully at the situation. Is it fair to say be hospital is safe and

that is the message they want to get out to families in Manchester. They

have carried out an internal investigation of Kayden's death

which does the urgent lessons need to be learned. Thank you very much

indeed. Police investigating the death

of a four-year-old girl in an alleged hit-and-run

on Merseyside say a man they were Yesterday Aidan McAteer's mother

made an emotional appeal Violet Grace Youens died in hsoital

a day after she and her grandmother were hit by a stolen car

last Friday. Our reporter, Andy Gill, joins us

from our Merseyside Newsroom now. Just bring us up to date with the

latest if you would on this investigation. This afternoon,

Merseyside Police released a statement saying a 23-year-old man

had been arrested after a fatal road traffic accident in St Helens. They

did not name him but we know that this is Aidan McAteer, a man police

said they wanted to talk to about this incident. He has been arrested

on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. Violet Grace

Youens died in this collision. And on suspicion of causing serious

injury to her grandmother, and the French, who was badly injured in the

same incident. This came after a two-day when the victim's father

made an appeal on social media for Aidan McAteer to give himself up. He

said, I beg you from the bottom of my broken heart to please, please

had yourself in and allow us to grieve and it came just after his

mother made another emotional appeal saying that although she would still

love her son, this was not about their family. It was about the

family of the little girl who died. I wake up and my first thought is

that family. And Aidan coming home, it's not going to make it better.

Nothing will ever make it better for that family, but maybe they could

get a bit of relief now that the police have got him. Do we know

where Aidan McAteer was detained? We do not. It was not that he had gone

abroad and an alleged passenger in the car has been charged with

assisting an offender by collecting a passport but Merseyside Police

have only said that he is being questioned by detectives on

Merseyside. We do not know where or when he was detained. Violet Grace

Youens died in her mother's arms in hospital the day after this accident

and some of her organs were donated to help other people. Thank you very

much indeed. Andy Gill live. A Liverpool doctor has been

suspended for a month after she misled medics

about the health of a nurse Hannah Ryan was found guilty

of serious misconduct It heard that although nurse

Pauline Cafferkey had a high temperature on her return

to England, Dr Ryan agreed to record She then lied to health

officials investigating. Police have used cutting equipment

to separate anti-fracking protesters after they chained themselves to

pipes. They were blockading and Eddie Stubb depot in Warrington

which they say is a supplier to the shale gas exploration firm

quadrille. Eddie Studdard says one tanker has been to a site in

Lancashire. At least two protesters were arrested.

A man from Manchester has been found guilty of murder

Stephen Archer from Victoria Street in Openshaw set his sister Julie

on fire after being left out of his father's will.

Naomi Cornwell is at Manchester Crown Court,

so what did the court hear about the day of the attack?

On the 29th of February last year, Stephen Archer went to his sister,

Julie's health in Newton Heath and the court heard he brought a bottle

containing flammable liquid including petrol. While she was

sitting on herself in her sitting room, he poured that bottle over her

and set light to the vapour, setting light to her. Her daughter while

this was going on was upstairs in the house getting ready for college

and she heard what she described as a large explosion, like an

earthquake shaking the building. Faced with thick smoke coming from

downstairs, she dialled 999 and eventually had to get out of the

house by jumping from a window. She escaped with minor injuries but her

mother had horrific injuries. She had suffered 95% burns to her body

and she was taken to hospital by helicopter but died a few days later

from those burns. Today, Stephen Archer was found guilty of her

murder but not guilty of a second charge of arson with intent to

endanger the life of her daughter. What was the Julie told about the

family row that led to this? They were told the attack was a result of

growing hostility towards his sister Julie and another sister, Gillian,

after their father became ill and died. While in a care home, her

father had had regular contact with his two daughters but said he did

not want to see Stephen and when he died left everything to the doctors.

Stephen accused both his sisters of poisoning their father. After the

petrol bombing, the court heard that Julie managed to tell a nursing

sister at hospital, my brother did it, he has been threatening to kill

me and my sister for three weeks into our dad died. Stephen Archer

will be back in court tomorrow where he will be sentenced for this

murder. Steve Rotheram, Labour's candidate

to become Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City region,

launched his manifesto today. He highlighted raising standards

in education as a key priority He also pledged to create degree

level apprenticeships to address the region's skill shortages.

If you're a young person, obviously education

is probably the main thing for you

as you're going through school, but job

opportunities and raising the aspirations of individuals is the

way forward really so that we can get young people into university

but also to get them the chance for gold-standard apprenticeships

which is another route that people can go into.

We have been covering all the manifestos and a full list of

candidates can be found online. Children are being put

at risk of sexual abuse because Greater Manchester Police

are taking too long to examine computers seized

from suspected paedophiles. That's one of the findings of a

report today by the MP Ann Coffey. The number of child sex offences

reported to police has more than quadrupled

in the last three years. but first here's our social

affairs correspondent Clare Fallon. When this woman went to police

to say her 13-year-old daughter was being groomed

by a man in his 30s, she hoped and expected

the response would be quick. She had evidence on her daughter's

mobile phone and tablet, The 2012 Rochdale criminal trial,

Greater Manchester Police said, things have changed,

we've learned lessons, we're believing victims now,

but you went It wasn't that they didn't believe

us, I think they just didn't have the funding to investigate

the tablet and the telephone. I think it was basically

in a room with thousands of others It was like, well, you'll have

to just wait your turn. According to a report out today

on the sexual exploitation of children in Greater Manchester,

even though things are improving, in some cases, it's taking

five months for police to examine In those five months,

how many more children could potentially be

groomed and abused? In the time it took police to check

the phone and tablet, the man who groomed this

woman's daughter had I feel absolutely

horrified that because of the no action at the beginning that

another child was groomed. On occasion, I accept

that there will have been times that computers

and tablets should have been We've made our triage system process

much more robust now which reduces the chance

of that from happening. We've invested in that

department which has brought those backlogs down but we've

still got more today. It's been almost five years

since these men were jailed for grooming and abusing girls

in the Rochdale area. The case raised questions for those

meant to protect children. the MP Anne Coffey

has reported back on the issue. Her latest report says there have

been big improvements. But it describes the scale

of online abuse as a tsunami. This is something that only

going to get worse really, because the way that the Internet

is so advanced now and, you know, kids are WhatsApping

and they don't know The Stockport MP Ann Coffey

wrote this report. Thank you very much for your time

this evening. The number of paedophiles in greater Manchester

has doubled in three years, not literally though, surely? I think

what's my report says, that the number of reported sexual offences

against children, child sexual exploitation, and suspected

paedophiles and people who have offended has increased and the

reason for this has been an increasing awareness of what child

sexual exploitation looks like by the police. So we are reporting it

better and finding them better? We are more aware of it. Part of the

problem has been that in the past victims were blamed for their own

exploitation. They were told they were making lifestyle choices and

therefore were reluctant to report the sexual abuse against them

because they felt they wouldn't be believed. I think that has changed

and the evidence of that is the increased reporting of child sexual

exploitation. Although the headline to this is a little bit alarming, to

say the least, actually you could construe this as a positive story in

a sense, but we are more aware of this and more ready to tackle this

problem. It is a positive story because more children are being

identified of being at risk of child sexual exportation which means you

can get in there and stop it happening which is very, very

important because, as we know, victims spend all their lives being

traumatised by the sexual abuse that has happened to them. To prevent

sexual abuse is critical and understanding of that in greater

Manchester, I believe is having a positive influence in preventing

children being exploiting. The case we just heard of a delay that

enabled the paedophile to stay as large and to abuse somebody else is

clearly nothing positive. Have the police got the resources that they

need to tackle this? The face of crime is changing. More fraud is

being committed online and this is a serious resource issue for police

forces who need skilled staff and funding into their digital

investigation unit because it is absolutely critical that predators

who are trying to contact children online, as soon as that activity is

identified, their computers are seized, forensic evidence is taken

from their computers, they are prosecuted and taken off the

streets. That makes other children safer. So it is really, really

important that the police have the resources and the staff to deal with

the tsunami of online sexual grooming that is happening.

Presumably, in a word, the recommended advice to a youngster or

a parent who is concerned is, tell somebody, reported to the police.

Tell somebody, anybody. But another important aspect of it is the work

that is being done in schools because it is important that young

people and children themselves understand when they are being

groomed so that they disrupt the activity before they are enticed

into sexual abuse. Thank you very much for your time this evening. We

are grateful to you. The owner of the Cumbrian zoo

where nearly 500 animals died in three years has today lodged

an appeal against its closure. David Gill is also appealing

against Barrow Council's refusal to renew his licence to run

the South Lakes Safari Zoo. The news came as the company

which wants to take over gave our reporter Yunus Mulla

exclusive access to the zoo. A baby giraffe, the latest

attraction at South Lakes Safari zoo. This is what the troubled zoo

wants us all to see. You can see everything we've done, and the

improvements. We have been here for 11 weeks which is not long, but we

have made dramatic changes. Nearly 500 animals have died in five years.

This emaciated kangaroo is just one example. Inspectors said there was

uncontrolled breeding, per veterinary care and overcrowding and

the owner, David Gill, was heavily criticised. Here in the aviary, like

elsewhere, work has been done to improve conditions. A complete

revamp of the whole zoo and the welfare of the animals. We have made

a very good start on that already. Last month, a closure noticed was

given and a fresh licence refused. Gill said this was to allow the zoo

to remain open and he was not interested in running it. Today, he

appealed against the decisions made by the local authority that would

effectively keep the zoo open beyond next week's closure deadline. The

zoo will stay open until the appeal is disposed of. The first hearing is

likely to be late April, early May. That will be a timetabling hearing

and a substantive hearing, probably in late May depending on timetables

and availability. The new company has applied for their own license

but one animal rights group has questions links between them and the

previous owner. We cannot pass animal's lives from one person to

another. In 2013, Sarah Maclean was mauled to death by a tiger and the

zoo was fined ?500,000 for breaches of health and safety. Jasmine Walker

was a friend of the zoo keeper. It has been very hard, but I think we

have stuck together. We're working family than a workforce. We have

been so close and do so much together. Plans as an advanced age

to buy these are outright and the new company insists it has severed

all links with the current owner. You have been the here and present

for another inspections. Do not take personal responsibility for what has

happened here in the past? I have never claimed to be an animal

manager. And I don't claim to be. But what I do claim to be is

passionate about this place, passionate about the staff,

passionate about the animals that are here. They may be passionate

about the zoo and the animals, but ultimately, the decision on its

future will not be destiny. -- veers to make.

Richard joins us on the sofa now to look ahead to tonight's

European football and it's Manchester City Women

Yes, while the men couldn't make it beyond the last 16,

Nick Cushing's side have one foot in the final four

heading into the second leg of their quarter final tonight.

They go into the game at the Etihad Campus

with a 1-0 lead over Danish club Fortuna Hyorring thanks

to this goal from Carli Lloyd in last week's away leg.

Tonight they hope to both progress and impress.

What we wanted to achieve we started this off was to become a really

exciting team to watch and a team that definitely the

Manchester City fans can be proud of but also England can be proud of.

You know, we're well aware that there is a perception that

women's football may be not that good to watch and we just want

to try to challenge that perception and show that

we can play with a real high intensity.

We can play with real quality and actually people really

Fifa has opened proceedings against Neil Taylor,

who broke the leg of Everton's Seamus Coleman

in a World Cup qualifying match last Friday.

Coleman, who was playing for the Republic of Ireland,

was taken off on a stretcher following a tackle

He had to have surgery on a double break.

Taylor could have his one-game ban extended by Fifa.

Now at this time of year the big teams are usually jockeying

for position at the top of Super League.

But one of the usual suspects is fighting

quite a different battle at the moment.

Warrington Wolves are rock bottom after losing all six matches so far.

They go into their match against Hull FC on Saturday

And as I found out at their training ground,

they are determined to do just that.

Last season, Warrington Wolves had that winning habit. And a trophy is

lifted! The shield and two finals confirms them as one of Super

league's strongest sides but this season, Champagne moments have been

few and far between. It's been pretty hard for us all. When you

don't make those, as it's frustrating and disappointment can

creep into it. There is a lot of psychology involved when form isn't

flowing. Injuries to key players like Stefan Ratchford, seen here

making a try last season, and new faces like Kevin Brown who haven't

yet hit their straps, have all been talked about as possible factors.

But the skipper says the time for talking is over. How confident are

you that you will turn it around? It's not even questionable. Not with

the lads either. We will take it one game at a time and once we get

through it, we will look back at it and see how strong it made us

together. You said that you're not concerned about your own position

but could that change if you start to lose more matches? None of that

is of concern. All cultures can do is their best and that is down to

other people's decisions, but at our club, they see big picture stuff.

They're not a reactionary club. They understand what we have achieved,

what we are achieving, what we are striving to do. And despite the poor

start, Tony Smith says he certainly hasn't given up on finishing the

season in another grand final. The sort of steely resolve his team will

be aiming to show against Hull FC on Saturday.

In tonight's action, Salford Red Devils have the chance

to go joint top with a win over St Helens.

All the best coverage on BBC radio Manchester and Merseyside.

has just started his first nationwide tour.

His show is called Made In Britain and hits Manchester

Before that, Tez has taken Graham Liver on tour

of his hometown highlights, including his old school,

his favourite chippy and the swing park.

I'm aware, I'm more than fully aware,

an overenthusiastic Apprentice candidate than a stand-up comedian.

So we start in Corporation Park here in Blackburn, a place I imagine you

I mean, I was always the class clown at school and I was always

cracking jokes and trying to make people laugh.

I am Muslim as well so I've got all of that going on...

Well, I'm going to take you to your school now.

Here we are, Witton Park Academy, Blackburn.

I remember this one class where the teacher told me to stop

So I wrote luck my hand here and then I started

They're talking about a black James Bond now.

So why can't we have an Asian guy in the lead role of Doctor Who

and I said this to my best friend and I said, hey, best friend, OK...

This is a sport that we used to go to for food,

So you're in the middle of your first nationwide tour.

What kind of themes do you talk about?

So, I was born in Blackburn, raised in Witton, but

because of virtue of my background, I have a lot of experiences that

aren't typically mainstream British experiences.

I mean, you don't see them on Songs Of Praise and that,

so I thought, well, a lot of it is quite funny.

A lot of it is quite interesting is what I've written it

into a show that I hope people will...

Well, people have been enjoying and I hope the people of Blackburn

will really like it as well.

Quite a character, isn't he? Did you notice when they went into

that swing park, it said nobody over the age of 12!

Graham is happy with any opportunity to go on the swings. But how the

weather looking? Improving all the time. It has been

a bit of a wet start to the day. Lots of heavy rain around through

this afternoon, lots of cloud around as well. Some bright spells but we

saw temperatures well above average. 17 degrees in Nantwich in Cheshire.

This is three or 4 degrees above what the temperature should be for

this time of the year. But have a look at this, as we head into Friday

and Saturday, we will see B temperatures falling away so for

tonight, we are going to see some more rain for a time. That could be

heavy across parts of Cumbria and Lancashire. Lots of cloud around

overnight as well and temperatures still in double figures. The laws of

ten or 12 degrees even so another mild night on offer for you.

Tomorrow, we are expecting sunny spells in the afternoon, but it's

going to be a damp start to the day. Lots of cloud around first thing and

the showers merging to bring you longer spells of rain and lots of

cloud through the afternoon for a time but look at this, the brisk

south-westerly breeze hopefully blowing away a lot of the showers

through the afternoon saw some bright spells at the end of the day.

Yes, a little bit breezy, a little bit cooler and fresher as well

compared to today. Expects the top temperature of 14 or 15 degrees

tomorrow. Tomorrow night, clear skies for a time. Maybe spits and

spots of rain here and there. Temperatures tomorrow, Dell into

single figures and as we move from low pressure into high-pressure on

Sunday, Sunday would be better day of the weekend but the temperatures

are just about in double figures. Those are good for this time of

year. Really, really good. Especially in Cheshire today, 17

degrees! What I appreciate, good for this time of year!

I'll be back at half past ten. Hope you can join as then. Goodbye.

For full sets and more from the weekend,

where my guests will be the fantastic Holly Willoughby,

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