26/10/2016 North West Tonight

There are calls for explanations tonight

over the sacking of a Southport hospital Chief Executive

which has cost the NHS hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Jonathan Parry was fired for gross misconduct

after being suspended for a year on full pay.

The hospital says it can't give any details

until Mr Parry's had a chance to appeal.

With the Chief Executive gone, now the questions begin,

about what happened and how much it's all cost.

Jonathan Parry was suspended by the Southport and Ormskirk Hospital

NHS Trust in August last ye`r after complaints

Now has been sacked for gross misconduct.

The people who pay you will be concerned and frankly furiots

that they don't know what has been going on.

All these salaries of the staff and nonexecutive directors `re paid

for with public money and I am mindful of my responsibilithes

as chairman of the trust to make sure we are held to account

and I would prefer to be as open as I can be.

But I have to balance that with my responsibilities as the employer

and also my responsibility to follow trust and NHS polhcies.

this isn't nicking a few paperclips -

Therefore, all the more important people know what had been going on.

Let me stress that from the outset, I've made it clear this isn't

about public safety, it isn't about patient safety

or the care that the hospital is providing.

Despite the reassurances - the promises this is about fairness

and policy, not secrecy - for some, there are real concerns.

Frankly, we resent seeing huge sums of money

being taken up by a process such as this.

Obviously, if it is gross misconduct, it must be dealt with,

but it must be dealt with expeditiously,

It's been a long, prolonged and puzzling process.

We're at the end of this process, and we still do not know

what the original complaint was about.

It is understand the sacked Chief Executive is planning

That will likely mean the qtestions about what happened

A man who murdered his baby daughter in a fit of temper

has been sentenced to a minhmum of 18 years in prison.

Daisy Mae Burrill was just eight weeks old when her father

attacked her at the family home in Fleetwood

She suffered a fractured skull and brain damage.

John Burrill, who's 31, had initially denied hurting her.

But at the start of his tri`l, he admitted throwing her onto ` sofa.

he told lies and during the court process, he showed no emotion.

When he gave evidence, he showed little emotion.

I think it is fair to say hhs defence counsel had to draw out

of him how he felt, but he showed no remorse and continued to tell lies

and even now he won't accept the full magnitude of what he did.

A man's died after he was attacked at a charity shop

It happened at the Remar UK furniture store in Aigburth.

A man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder.

Police say that the incident is not linked to the death of another man

30-year-old Blake Brown was shot dead in Southwood Road

Two men from the Croxteth area of Liverpool

have been arrested on suspicion of murder.

North West MEP Steven Wolfe would have faced

disciplinary action by UKIP if he hadn't left the party.

That's according to an internal report into an altercation

The party says because there were no witnesses,

it's impossible to establish exactly what happened.

But it concludes Mr Woolfe instigated the incident

by asking fellow MEP Mike Hookem to go outside.

Vauxhall Motors has dismissdd reports that thousands of jobs

are under threat in Ellesmere Port as a result of Brexit.

have hit profits at parent company General Motors,

leading to fears that it cotld cut jobs at its UK factories.

Vauxhall says it's business as usual.

Katy Jones tried to change lives for the better.

she sat on the Hillsborough Independent Panel.

Katy died from a brain haemorrhage last year,

but continued to change lives as an organ donor.

Today, her husband joined over 100 other families

honoured for the life saving donations of their loved onds.

During her life, Katy Jones won awards for exposing injustice -

a BAFTA on her work on Jimmy McGovern's drama

Someone's going to get killed out there.

She also served on the Hillsborough Independent panel

which paved the way for new inquests into the 96 deaths.

In April last year, she died suddenly from a brain haemorrhage.

Her husband, Mike, knew she was on the organ donor register.

Almost something we could dhscuss between us as a family

Nothing else about that day was positive.

But the thought that Katy could still be helping people,

even after she had died, was very positive and strong for us.

Today, at a special ceremonx in Manchester, he accepted

on her behalf the Order of St John Award for Organ Donation.

Katy, one of 140 deceased donors from the Northwest last year,

who have helped save and transform many livds.

We are immensely proud of her and the day after Katy died,

a nurse from the organ donation team rang and said,

There are currently almost 700 people awaiting transplants

Since April this year, 33 people in the region havd died

Nationally, three people a day die waiting.

If the family know the donor's wishes or that they've put

themselves on the organ donor register or they've had that

discussion in life, that reduces that burden at the time

All her family have joined the organ donor register,

and they hope others will do the same.

Just imagine at the point of worst grief, by your dechsion,

you might be able to save other people's lives

and what a fantastic legacy that is for anyone, young or old.

Football and, as you may have seen, Manchester United got the bdtter

of their neighbours, Manchester City,

in the Fourth Round of the EFL Cup tonight.

Let's get the story of the dvening from Stuart Pollitt,

A very happy Old Trafford it is as well. For the vast majority of

supporters who watch this g`me, Manchester United came out on top,

1-0. Manchester City had thd best chance in the first half, btt

Manchester United step things up after the break. Paul Pogba came

close, hitting the post. 80 minutes later, the pressure was rew`rded

when a loose ball was seized and the always put home. City pressdd late

on but never registered a shot on target in the 90 minutes. I am

joined by Danny Webber, who was watching for BBC Radio Manchester.

They did enough to save it, do you think? Evenly matched in thd first

half, I bit sloppy but Unitdd obviously came out in the sdcond

half had stepped up 20%. Th`t made the difference. Where does this

leave both managers? Pep Gu`rdiola, six about a win for him. Th`t is

surprising. His team is not even registering a shot on target

tonight, so his team is norlally synonymous with attacking,

free-flowing football, so hd has a lot to do and the training ground.

It is a big bonus for Jose Lourinho tonight. It is picked to buhld on,

with a good, solid display. This will be a spring board for

Manchester United, it is wh`t they needed, more than Manchester City?

Definitely, especially against Manchester City. The way thd game

went at the weekend, you nedd a game quickly. This came quickly, they got

the win, and got the bragging rights for now. Lovely, Peggy for joining

us this evening. I can bring you the draw as well. The reward is a home

game against West Ham. Liverpool, who won last night, will host Leeds

in the quarterfinal. Both of the big clubs are kept apart. They could

meet later in the accommodation who knows?

Back to you. Thank you. Some days have been bright `nd crisp

and cold, now we are back in the mild, cloudy air. Last night was

chilly, but you can see frol the charts we have got high pressure, we

have got favourable wind direction is coming from the south-west. High

pressure keeps the weather fronts out of the way, so while thdre is a

lot of cloud at times, the rain will be negligible. Into the weekend the

same kind of story, but the start of next week will bring a change. At

the moment, it is cloudy and quiet, everything is static. If yot are

unlucky, they could beat result in the wind. But mostly dry.

Temperatures are between ten and 12 degrees for most towns and cities. I

mild start to tomorrow and cloudy. You could catch drizzle flo`ting

around now and then added does not amount to any thing much more than

that. Some styles of sunshine, a relatively light breeze for most of

us, and a favourable wind dhrection, seeing temperatures get to 04 or 15

degrees. Your national forecast is next. If I leave you with the

outlook for the next couple of days, you will see we lose the brhght

autumn sunshine but the compensation is the mild weather.

out the outlook. Temperatures are looking very promising indeed. Nick

Miller has the National forecast. If you like your forecast to include

cold weather, this is not for you. Temperatures