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A report by Labour's National Executive Committee has upheld

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complaints by the Wallasey MP, Angela Eagle, that she and her staff

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were subjected to homophobic abuse and intimidation

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The MP, who was involved in the leadership challenge

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to Jeremy Corbyn, said she was pleased that the NEC had

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It was in July that tensions began to rise in the Wallasey Labour Party

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after Angela Eagle criticised Jeremy Corbyn and then

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The Labour Party has now upheld the MP's complaints that

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as a result, she was subjected to homophobic abuse

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at a constituency meeting and that they received hundreds

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of abusive homophobic and frightening messages sent

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The report also said it was highly likely that an attack

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at her constituency party office when a brick was thrown

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through the window was linked to her leadership bid.

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Ultimately I think the report outlines serious wrongdoings

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It made it clear there was a mood that was quite unpleasant

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It made it clear there was intimidation.

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There was homophobia and there was abuse.

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Staff at this constituency office were said to have been left

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upset and intimidated by the abuse they received,

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but local party activists denied it happened and the chair

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of the local party is critical of the report's findings.

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Kathy Runswick says she is disappointed

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She says any homophobia should be rooted out,

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but she is critical of the fact that the party says it happened

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Angela Eagle declined to speak on camera but in a statement

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Meanwhile at Wirral magistrates' earlier today, a 45-year-old man

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Stephen King from Paisley in Scotland admitted making death

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He was given an eight week suspended prison sentence.

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Well, I'm now joined by professor of politics Jon Tonge

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A damning report as far as the local Labour Party goes. What does this

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mean for Labour in Wallasey now? Well, it paints a grim picture this

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report of Labour in Wallasey. Will those individuals alleged to have

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carried out the actions and there were no names mentioned in this

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particular report, will the disputes panel the Labour Party move to expel

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the perpetrators and what about the future of Wallasey Labour Party?

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This is one of the biggest Labour Party in the north-west with over

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1,000 members. What's going to happen? Angela Eagle has an

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uncomfortable relationship with a section of that Labour Party. Is

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there going to be mediation? Is the party going to be suspended

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indefinitely. Whether what is the future of Wallasey Labour Party

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because there has to be some healing process from here on in. We have had

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lots of wrangling in the Labour Party nationally, what does this

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incident and how it is being handled tell us about the Labour Party? It

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is another blow. There has been investigations into anti-semitism

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and now there are investigations into brick throwing. Just at a time

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when the Labour Party was beginning to unify after the Labour Party

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contest and after the Labour Party Conference last month. It is another

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setback and the idea that you've got the comrades in a local Labour Party

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who are at each others throats of the it is a poor image of the party.

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Angela Eagle is experienced, political operator. What does it

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mean for her relationship with the national party and Jeremy Corbyn?

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Jeremy Corbyn has come out and been in strong in defence of Angela

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Eagle. He seems to have forgiven her for being willing to take him on as

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Labour Party leader. So there is an element of healing. Angela Eagle has

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got to build bridges with a section of her party who acted against her.

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I'm not sure how that bridge will be built. Angela Eagle turned Wallasey

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into a safe Labour seat. A midwife involved in

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the Furness General maternity The Nursing and Midwifery Council

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found that Lindsey Biggs failed to provide basic care to baby

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Joshua Titcombe who died aged She was already suspended from duty

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after the death of another baby at Furness General

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in March of this year. The panel said she had

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shown little remorse. Charges against a former teacher

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accused of indecently assaulting boys at Knowl View School

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in Rochdale have been dropped. David Higgins, who is now 76, was

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due to go on trial later this year. He's already serving a prison

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sentence for a previous But now prosecutors say there's

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not enough evidence. Now the latest unemployment figures

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suggest the number of people out of work in the North West went up

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by 8,000 between June There are now 182,000 people

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unemployed in the region. That's 5.1% of the workforce just

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above the national average. But when you compare these

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figures to previous years - In 2012 there were 335,000 people

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unemployed in the region. That was 9.5% of the workforce,

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compared to 8.1% nationally. The Government says more people

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are in or available for work Stuart Flinders has been to find out

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whether those headline figures Rob Dixon certainly isn't

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going to complain about an annual But the trend does

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give him a headache. Mark has just finished a batch

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of replica sash windows to go He is trying to expand his business

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in Stockport, but he If we advertise for apprentices

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we might get ten applications. We offer interviews to everybody,

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half turn up, two we might recruit and one would leave

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within the first few weeks. It's hard work and for small

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business in particular, the kind of resources need

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to be put into that, The figures are, of course,

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welcomed at Jobcentres like this one in Didsbury,

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Manchester. They are part of a recent trend that

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suggests more and more people, Over the course of the year

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there is an additional 63,000 people who have gone into and found work

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and that's pretty consistent Marcus has been unemployed

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for a long time. I guess even if unemployment

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is coming down, if you're out of work, you're out

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of work and it's still It's time-consuming

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and what they say to people looking There are still jobs available,

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of course, but what kind of jobs? We have seen a shift in the labour

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market from full-time permanent positions to part-time,

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short-time and self employment positions and that's a major concern

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in terms of people's Employment figures maybe improving,

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but the unions and businessmen like Rob Dixon agree more needs

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to be done to improve the skills When Erin Cross needed

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pioneering medical treatment in the United States,

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her parents faced a major challenge. They had to raise ?140,000

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and they had to do it quickly. Amazingly, an appeal via social

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media brought in the money Erin flew out to the States,

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spent three months undergoing treatment and is now

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back home in Chester. Dave Guest has been

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to meet her and her family. To see her playing happily,

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you'd never guess that Erin has been though some pretty tough times

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in her short life. She was diagnosed with

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leukaemia at the age of two. Her parents were then told she'd

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need a bone marrow transplant, We need to get her in remission

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so she could have a bone marrow transplant so she can be fully

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cured of the leukaemia. Erin's parents heard of a pioneering

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cell engineering therapy being tried out in America which offered

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the best chance of getting Erin into remission so that she could

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have that bone marrow transplant. Basically, blood is taken

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from the patient and so-called They're then re-engineered and

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administered back into the patient. Now those re-engineered cells

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are able to attack the cancerous cells, but the therapy

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doesn't come cheap. The family needed to raised

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?140,000 and quickly. Amazingly, a social media campaign

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raised that cash in just 36 hours. We just want to thank everyone

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from the bottom of our hearts. Everyone that supported

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and donated and retweeted. So in July, the family arrived

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in the States and Erin's We've got to kind of keep her

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slightly isolated because her immune system is still working

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to get better. Yes, so now she is ready

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for transplants and preparations have taken place at Manchester's

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Children's Hospital. For now, Erin's family

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have their minds focused on next month when she'll have that bone

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marrow transplant in Manchester and hopefully be rid

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of leukaemia for good. In the Champions League,

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Manchester City had City keeper Claudio Bravo was sent

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off for deliberately handling That's it from me.

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Here's Diane with the weather. Bottom Good evening. It wasn't a bad

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day. Plenty of sunshine. We have got a lot of clear weather.

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You might be able to see the meteor shower. We have got clear skies

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tonight. There is a small chance. However, the clear skies with the

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light winds mean the temperatures are on the way down.

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Tomorrow looks a good day. Very much like today. Once the sun comes up

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close to 8am it should start to work its magic and the day will look very

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nice. Going into the afternoon one or two showers may develop just

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popping up here and there, but you will be unlucky if you catch more

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than one or two. It is cool. Cop temperature through the afternoon 12

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or 13 Celsius. I'll leave with the outlook. It continues fob fine and

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dry. Good night.

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that cool breeze to factor in. Here is Matt with the national outlook.

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Good evening. Just as the weather starts to quieten down across many

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parts of the country it notched up a gear across the east coast today.

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Near gale force winds whipping up rough seas for our

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