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This contains some images you might find it distressing.

An animal charity releases undercover footage, which it says

shows barbaric cruelty at a Burnley slaughterhouse.

The owners say animal welfare is paramount.

The Food Standards Agency is investigating.

Back to business for some shops caught up in the New Ferry

explosion, but it could be a year before others can return.

Battling against the barriers - the Lancashire student

just hoping to live an independent life.

I feel like we're in the forgotten category,

But in actual fact, we are, because we do struggle.

Low-mac I will be back soon, you will be OK.

How a film made in Manchester's Victoria Baths is helping

a teenager take the plunge into the movie big time.

The Food Standards Agency is investigating a slaughterhouse

in Lancashire after being given a secretly recorded video

by campaigners, who allege animals are being cruelly treated.

The campaigners say the images show animals in severe

You may find some of the images in the piece coming up distressing.

The FSA is looking into the claims and said

The slaughterhouse says the welfare of animals is paramount.

This is the room where sheep are prepared for slaughter.

One animal is picked up by its fleece and thrown down.

What happens in the next room is too graphic for us to show you.

But campaigners say it shows acts of great cruelty,

the slaughtermen, they say, failing to kill the animals

The campaigners claim the video was recorded secretly at Malik Foods in

Dunnockshaw near Burnley. Here, animals are killed according

to Islamic halal methods. If the company are as they claim

great cheer of animal welfare, why is it that we found sheep being

picked up and thrown on several different occasions? Why is it that

animals have their throats cut with blunt knives up to seven times in

one case with one animal? This is something the management of the

company should have known about and they should have known what is

happening on their premises and stopped it.

This part of the video records an exchange between staff

The company told us Malik Group will work closely with the FSA

to ensure that any findings or recommendations made

by the FSA are addressed, and where required,

Nobody from Malik Foods was prepared to talk to us today. The Food

Standards Agency has begun an investigation, which could lead to

criminal proceedings. In the meantime, some of the staff here

have had their way since removed and an enforcement order has been

issued, requiring the company to meet basic standards.

Stuart Flinders, BBC North West Tonight, Lancashire.

A senior Greater Manchester firearms officer has told an inquiry that

a man who was shot was complying and had surrendered before he died.

X7, as he's being referred to, was the most senior officer

there when Anthony Grainger was shot in 2012.

He told the inquiry that from what he saw,

there was no reason to justify the shooting.

Our social affairs correspondent Clare Fallon is live

Clare, this is the evidence of the police officer

who was effectively running the operation on the ground?

Yes, that's right. We have heard several different versions of what

happened that night in 2012 and Anthony Grainger, an unarmed man,

was shot dead by police who are part of an operation designed to shock a

suspected armed robbery. Today we heard from the police officer we

know as X7, the most senior police officer who was there when all of

this happen and I think it is there to save some of his evidence today

did the evidence we heard last week from the police officer who pulled

the trigger. X7 told the enquiry that he shouted at Anthony Grainger,

armed police, show me your hands! And that Anthony Grainger did what

he has told, put his hands up and surrendered. X7 was asked by the

lawyer representing the Grainger family, if Anthony Grainger was

complying with your instructions, you could not see any reason why you

were there to justify shooting Anthony? And the response to that

was, no, sir, he agreed that he could not see any justification. But

important to point out that there is some disagreement about the exact

chronology of what happened and some questions about whether Anthony

Grainger had already been shot by the point officer X7 had his eyes on

the situation. The enquiry has already heard that X7 had failed a

firearms course not long before this had happened. Yes, that is a

training course for specialist firearms officers, run by the

Metropolitan Police down in London, and it was a couple of weeks ago

when we were told that X7 had failed that course, that concerns had been

raised about him becoming overloaded when under pressure, that was the

phrase that was used about the impact that it had upon his

decision-making. X7 was asked about those concerned today and said he

thought the criticisms were unfair, he said, I do not think it is

correct, I think I handle pressure well. The public hearings that form

part of this enquiry are expected to continue until the end of this

month, but it will likely be many more months before we get the

findings of the enquiry. Thanks very much.

An officer will face a gross misconduct hearing after a man died

in a crash following a police chase in Greater Manchester.

24-year-old Luke Campbell died after the car he was driving crashed

An investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission found

that PC Simon Folwell, the driver of the police car,

has a case to answer for gross misconduct.

A man has been charged with murder after the death of Vikki Louise Hull

Detectives were called early Sunday morning to a house in Heaton Close.

31-year-old Mark Geoffrey Mahoney is being kept in custody

Drone footage has been released, showing how the construction

of the Mersey Gateway bridge is progressing.

The images taken last month show how hundreds of workers

across the site are working to ensure the bridge opens

The whole project will cost around ?600 million to complete.

It to be a year before some New Ferry residents can return to live

in homes. The area was hit by a huge

explosion over two weeks ago, which is still being

investigated by the police. As some businesses re-opened today,

other shopkeepers and residents were seeing the damage

to their properties Sue Evans is delighted

to be trading again. It has been hard work getting

the shop ready to open today. They the electorate off, so we have

a lot of meat to dispose of and fruit and veg to dispose of. That

had to be done specially. -- they turned the electrics off. But after

that, it was just a matter of deep cleaning everything and getting

everything sorted to reopen. Further down the road,

it is still a scene of devastation. This is the restaurant which bore

the brunt of the blast. A glass and jug still on a table

where customers were dining. And in this shop a few doors down,

staff assessed the damage We have lost everything, all the

stuff that the general public donate to us, we have lost everything. It

looks like there is damage to the roof as well. So it is certainly not

going to be a short-term closure for us.

Residents who were allowed into their homes told us

The uncertainty of when they can return is taking its toll.

That can only really happen after all the repair works have been done,

so it could be a period of approximately six to 12 months, on

what information we currently have. Wirral Council say they are holding

regular community meeting to support residents and traders,

whilst Merseyside Police say Lindsey Prosser,

BBC North West Tonight, New Ferry. Really hard for them, to have to

wait for a year to get back into their homes. We will follow their

progress with interest. Still to come

on North West Tonight... It's starting to get serious -

Super League's new season moves towards an Easter packed

with local derbies. The warrant and skipper will be here

on the sofa. -- Warrington. Drawing on the success of his idol -

the Manchester teenager hoping to It is a thing that I have always

loved doing, it is exciting but daunting.

Now to a determined young man who is doing all he can to improve

life for disabled people in his home city of Lancaster.

Teenager Cameron Redpath says the authorities are failing

And now he's taking those authorities to task -

urging them to remove the barriers that prevent him and others

from living as independent a life as possible.

See you later! 15-year-old Cameron Redpath is on something of a

mission. He has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, but some of the

payment -- pavements around his are inaccessible, which means he has to

use the road. Could you not use the pavement to get to this position?

No, because at the end of it is a massive curve that is on a slant, so

you can see a peer -- kerb, but if I came off that, it would be too

dangerous. The problem, he says, is not enough dropped kerbs for

wheelchair access. This is a long-running problem. I feel like we

are in the forgotten character dubbed category, we are not high

priority. But in actual fact, we are, because we do struggle. And we

want to be independent as much as we can. So, the teenager has cultivated

friends in high places. He seems like a young man who could change

the world. I think the world had better watch out because Cameron is

on his way! Local MP Cat Smith has joined the campaign and says it has

struck a nerve. I have since been approached by other wheelchair users

who have told me about other problems they have and also saying

that the problem is Cameron has violated by the problems they face

daily so he has really got people talking locally about disability

access. The campaign is not confined to pavement issues. Tick the city's

bus station, designed to meet disability legislation, but even

here he can struggle to complete his journey. It is mainly embarrassing,

because you do not want always help, but then, you want to be as

independent as much as you can, and that is not the case. Lancaster City

Council says the bus station was built to comply with the disability

discrimination act. There appear to be some isolated issue with the

smaller bosses that use the station. It says it is working with

Stagecoach to identify potential solutions. As for the pavements,

Lancashire County Council says dropped kerbs in key places are a

priority. Better watch out, Cameron is coming!

It is interesting, if you're lucky enough to not need the dropped kerbs

Laika you do not notice. But for someone like Cameron, you

do. As a child of the 1980s, you will

remember the TV series Knight Rider? Would you like to travel in

a sports car that drives itself It sounds like something from

the TV series Knight Rider, but from next year, it could become

reality in Greater Manchester, People travelling between Stockport

and Manchester Airport will be able to hail a driverless car

by using an app on their phone. Driverless pods like these could

one day be taking you from your car to the terminals

at Manchester Airport. This was how the Government's

?100 million investment in low-carbon, autonomous vehicles

was launched in London. And this was how they announced

the Manchester project. They are doing something called

platooning, so they are driving So, automatically, that is using

a lot less road space. As well as the pods

at the airport, it's hoped cars like this will take

passengers to the airport. These petrol sports cars

still required drivers as they tested out the new A6

relief road near Poynton. But the company behind them

hopes one day they'll be hybrids or electric cars and capable

of moving without anyone Members of the public will be able

to book a journey in them from Stockport Railway

Station to the airport People may look at it and think

this isn't very safe, but if you go to race tracks

all over the world, you see that this is actually

happening on a regular basis. Are you talking about turning

the A6 into a race track? So, the technology that we are

looking at here is to reduce congestion, and to try

and improve the air. Driverless cars are already

on the roads in the US. But their involvement in several

accidents has hit the headlines, leaving some motorists with concerns

about their safety. Well, the vehicles themselves

have a lot of very sophisticated equipment on them, including

sensors, radar, that kind of thing, so they are able to react much

quicker than a person would. We appreciate that they are

sports cars, and that might not look super accessible,

but the technology we are trialling could then be fitted on

larger vehicles and be Transport for Greater Manchester

says we can expect to see the sports cars being

trialled on public roads Naomi Cornwell,

BBC North West Tonight. A problem with the luggage, though!

Some people suggesting the only reason I preferred the Dukes of

Hazard was Daisy Duke. Sport now, and Stuart Pollitt

is here with news of a boxer Not Ricky Hatton or anyone Laika? --

like that? Yes, and a boxer coming back

to the ring after giving birth. We're talking about

Liverpool's Natasha Jonas - the first British woman to box

in the Olympic Games at London 2012. Natasha, who recently had her first

child, announced today She'll train at Joe Gallagher's gym,

which has produced several men's world champions and is home

to the Smith brothers OK, my job's slightly different,

but I am just a working mum. So she's at the age where

she could go to the nursery, as you've seen, I've got a big,

massive, supportive family, When you've boxed at the level

that I have, and I've got the skills that I possess,

I think, to be a World Champion. On to rugby league, and St Helens

say they won't rush into replacing Assistant coaches Sean Long,

Jamahl Lolesi and Derek Traynor could be in charge for the rest

of the season as the club target Saints' first game without

Cunningham is against rivals The first thing he did was to ring

up and make sure that the players went out and trained and got

prepared as best they can to win the game on Friday night,

because there will be no-one cheering louder in St Helens

than Kieron Cunningham, he's a St Helens supporter,

he is passionate about the club, he wants just to win

and be successful. Regardless of his situation,

he wants his group to Well, that Saints-Wigan game is one

of three derbies this week. and then Salford host Leigh

on Good Friday. To discuss all that,

we've got Warrington captain and Great Britain international

Chris Hill with us this evening. What is your reaction to the Keiron

Cunningham News? It was a bit of a shock. I thought

they might have given him until after Easter. But it is the nature

of the beast, we're not getting results, so he goes first as the

coach. I thought they might have given the Easter period to get maybe

two wins. Let's move on to talking about Warrington. The shield winners

last year, two finals, it has not gone to plan this year, what has

gone wrong? It has not gone too well at all. We couldn't put our finger

on it. We just were not quitting. The boys have stuck to it, been

working hard in the gym and on the field, doing longer days than usual.

But I think the second half of that game as may be given us the cake we

needed. You can see you turning it around against Leeds. You have

Widnes on Thursday, bottom two, these sides, so it is a tough game.

Yes, it is. It probably makes it more important, we are sitting on

the same points. I do not think we are bringing too much form into the

game, so hopefully we will both turn it round on the day. How do you see

Wigan against Saints? When you lose a coach it is going to go one way or

the other. I could see it being a close game. But I should imagine

Wigan will get it. Then softened against Leigh, two sides who have

probably exceeded expectations. -- Salford. They had a great result

against us and Saints and they have been through a bad patch over the

last couple of weeks. They will be more than determined to turn it

round against a good Salford side at the minute. I would have to say I

would go with Leigh at home as well. I live in the Leigh area as well!

You have got to go for them! But Salford have impressed. We went to

their place and they beat us convincingly. I played with the

coach and he is a very good man manager as well as coach so he will

have them drilled every week, and that is what he seems to be doing. I

will bring in these to know because they want to talk about the other

Laika we are not going to ask you about your sport, but you have

another business, a plumbing business, how do you fit it all in?

That's my life! No, it is quite tough to clock in with my other job,

and my kids, but that is how I want to do something after rugby. So this

is your long-term plan? So you are a bit like Tom Finney

used to be when he turned up in Preston and went to peace -- six

people's sinks? You will not get me on-the-job match! -- on the job

much. That's a shame I have got a leaking tap.

You must have gone to a Warrington town Bob Monkhouse and they have

said, you have turned up... You do get some strange looks when you

knock-on the door. But I do enjoy it, it is something different and

hopefully when the rugby career is finished and the business is up and

running I can just settle into that. Good for you, thanks so much for

coming in. Sam Jones from Manchester

started making films His idol is director Danny Boyle,

from Radcliffe, and those in the know in the film-making world

say Sam has the talent At 16, the British Film Institute

gave him a grant to make at an Oscar-qualifying

film festival. Our reporter Abbie Jones

has been to meet him. Manchester's magnificent

Victoria Baths. Spectacular in the sunlight,

but more eerie and gritty as the setting for Sam Jones's

award-winning short film. Sam made Lifeline while

doing his A-levels. Shot in five days, it tells

the story of the lengths The teenager beat off 1,500

other young film-makers I really wanted to film here because

it is so cinematic, so haunting but beautiful at the same time.

Something I wanted to get onto film. And how do you feel about this buzz

around you? It is great to get recognition from festivals because

people see the festival and they take a bit more notice. Matt Lucas

tweeted me, which was kind of unbelievable.

Sam's been storyboarding films from his bedroom in Altrincham

His inspiration is Trainspotting director Danny Boyle,

Those in the know say Sam could be just as big.

I got no doubt at all that Sam will be collecting more awards in future.

He is one of the most talented young film-makers we have come across in

recent years. His films are beautiful looking, he tells

ambitious stories and knows how to work with a team so I am positive he

will make it in professional film-making.

Sam's latest film, Big Night, set in a Manchester nightclub,

was made for a fifth of the budget of Lifeline,

We did not have any of the great support from the BFI for this one so

I had a screening at home in Manchester, invited family and

friends to come along so they donated the money and clubbed

together, I always try and find people who are as excited to make

the film as I am and I think that does come across in the film in the

end. Sam's already started

work on a new film. It's a passion -

but with his success so far, he hopes it will now

become a career. I think we need to keep our eye on

him! Sam Jones, you heard it here first,

when he picks up one of those Oscars.

Yesterday, we brought you the story of the poets from

the Young Identity Initiative - a poetry project encouraging people

living in inner city areas to express themselves through verse.

They're so good, they've now been asked to perform

at the the Hay Festival - one of the country's most

And we'll be featuring the poets' individual stories every day

So you will be able to see lots more of them there on her Facebook page.

How about the weather forecast? It has not been too bad today.

This week it is all about the temperature profile. On Sunday, all

of this yellow, it was so warm, by the time it got to about five p.m.,

it will be dropped, and this week you can see the cool air pushing in,

and it stays with us all the way through. It looks like it will be

fairly cool through the weekend as well. But fine and dry weather to

offer us, our weather watchers cut this in Cheshire, plenty of

sunshine, but right now, a little sunshine to end the day, but the

story tonight is about a weather front coming towards us. We will see

a few more of these over the next couple of days. The high pressure

kills of the activity within the weather front so while they get to

us the ballot there should not be that much rain. But the one that

comes through in the early hours could bring her some heavy rain.

Let's concentrate on the evening. You have some time to enjoin that

fine weather. The cloud will build, but we have 99.6% of a full mind

tonight. -- full moon. But the cloud keeps coming through and as we head

towards the early hours of the morning, the first signs of rain

stopped to come into part of Cumbria and Isle of Man. The strong breeze

we had today which has kept things chilly stays with us through the

night. Overnight, it is a much better thing because it gives the

temperatures up, so with a stiff breeze and cloud cover the numbers

will be pretty good. Seven or eight Celsius, nine here and there.

Tomorrow, the first spots of rain will stop to push everywhere.

Through breakfast and the rush hour, the rain pushes in. It could be

heavily from time to time but it does not last too long. By the time

we get to lunchtime, it will be gone. The sun comes out, brighter

skies developing into the afternoon. Every now and then, the small chance

of a shower but the area of high pressure should kill off many of

them. Sunny spells and scattered showers, you will be unlucky if you

catch more than 12 showers. But once again, the wind coming from the

North West, 2220 files mph along along the coast. -- 20 to 25 mph. It

is going to feel cooler and fresher in the afternoon. The sunshine will

be there but it will not feel brilliant. It will look OK hand over

the next couple of days, lots of dry weather, but temperatures fairly

low. There is nothing at all off-putting

about having people cheering in your ear!

I'm surprised you have walked over in this direction rather than going

the other way because Chris Hill is still in the room, and Dianne is

desperate to meet him! Stage where you are, Chris!

Goodbye. -- stay. There have never been

so many people in work -