:00:00. > :00:12.independent child sexual abuse inquiry. Join me now on
:00:13. > :00:16.A suspected drug trafficker from Liverpool has handed himself
:00:17. > :00:20.in - after three-years on the run - saying the pressure
:00:21. > :00:23.Robert Gerrard was named on the National Crime
:00:24. > :00:37.For three years, this mugshot's been toured round Liverpool and overseas.
:00:38. > :00:44.The NCA first made an appeal to trace Robert Gerrard in 2013
:00:45. > :00:46.as part of Operation Return, a campaign to capture some
:00:47. > :00:49.of Britiain's most-wanted criminals on the run in the Netherlands.
:00:50. > :00:51.They wanted to track down Gerrard following a raid
:00:52. > :01:05.It was a joint investigation with the Dutch national polhce,
:01:06. > :01:07.targeting serious organised criminals using a cafe
:01:08. > :01:13.and using that to commit medtings to further their activity.
:01:14. > :01:15.Gerrard was not there when the cafe was raided,
:01:16. > :01:18.but officers allege he used it as part of a plan to import large
:01:19. > :01:26.His face was then splashed across the media, not only
:01:27. > :01:31.But the pressure of three ydars on the run proved too much
:01:32. > :01:34.and Robert Gerrard handed themselves here into Central Berkeley station
:01:35. > :01:36.in Manchester yesterday and was arrested and charged
:01:37. > :01:50.We have been proactive in trying to find him and because of that
:01:51. > :01:52.activity he has handed himself in.
:01:53. > :01:54.He was sick of us chasing him, really.
:01:55. > :01:56.The National Crime Agency says this operation and its sister calpaign
:01:57. > :02:00.over in Spain proves wanted criminals have nowhere to hhde.
:02:01. > :02:07.We work closely with international parties in countries all ovdr
:02:08. > :02:10.the world and they assist us in trying to find criminals
:02:11. > :02:13.that we are looking for that are impacting upon the UK and
:02:14. > :02:16.Since handing himself in yesterday, Gerrard has appeared before
:02:17. > :02:19.magistrates and will be back in court next month.
:02:20. > :02:24.Katie Walderman, BBC North West Tonight.
:02:25. > :02:28.Greater Manchester Police have found eighteen suspected
:02:29. > :02:30.victims of modern slavery and arrested twenty-seven people -
:02:31. > :02:36.Officers visited 207 addresses last week
:02:37. > :02:39.including car washes, nail bars brothels and factories.
:02:40. > :02:41.Forces across the region have been working together -
:02:42. > :02:43.in the largest week of action against modern slavery
:02:44. > :02:48.A Merseyside man - found with two homemade explosives
:02:49. > :02:51.known as Molotov Cocktails and a knife - has been jailed
:02:52. > :02:56.24-year-old Craig Cooke from Belle Vale was arrested -
:02:57. > :02:59.after a member of the public saw him acting suspiciously in Huyton
:03:00. > :03:08.Police say they're thankful no-one was injured.
:03:09. > :03:10.18 people have been rescued after a fire at a block
:03:11. > :03:14.The blaze swept through part of the four-storey building
:03:15. > :03:18.on Hampstead Road in Fairfield in the early hours of this lorning.
:03:19. > :03:20.Four children were among those taken to safety
:03:21. > :03:21.and eight people needed hospital treatment.
:03:22. > :03:30.Police are treating the fire as suspicious.
:03:31. > :03:32.Public support for fracking has fallen to a record low -
:03:33. > :03:35.Earlier this month, the Government gave permisshon
:03:36. > :03:37.for fracking in Lancashire overturning an earlier
:03:38. > :03:44.The latest poll of 2,000 UK home owners found just
:03:45. > :03:46.17 percent of people were in support of fracking -
:03:47. > :03:49.with a third opposing it and almost half saying
:03:50. > :03:58.A doctor who says he was sacked by the Ministry of Defence
:03:59. > :04:00.for whistle-blowing claims that there was
:04:01. > :04:02.a culture of fear at Weeton Barracks near Blackpool.
:04:03. > :04:04.Dr Stephen Frost was dismissed in September 2013.
:04:05. > :04:06.The Ministry of Defence says he failed to properly
:04:07. > :04:13.Gill Dummigan was at the hearing and told me about the
:04:14. > :04:19.Yes, Dr Frost worked as a civilian locum GP mainly for the Minhstry
:04:20. > :04:20.of Defence through a number of
:04:21. > :04:27.In August 2013, he was at the Wheaton barracks near Blackpool.
:04:28. > :04:32.He was in a consultation with patient X, a double amputee.
:04:33. > :04:34.This patient had previously been prescribed a strong painkiller,
:04:35. > :04:37.morphine sulphate, by another doctor.
:04:38. > :04:41.Shortly after that consultation, a pharmacist told him she thought
:04:42. > :04:43.she had mistakenly dispensed the wrong tablets to Mr X,
:04:44. > :04:47.six times stronger than those prescribed.
:04:48. > :04:53.Dr Frost did not contact the patient to tell him either at the thme
:04:54. > :05:06.Dr Frost said protocol dictated it was the pharmacy who shotld have
:05:07. > :05:09.been the ones to contact the patient but the more importantly he simply
:05:10. > :05:12.did not believe patient X had taken the drugs.
:05:13. > :05:14.He said he didn't show any symptoms of an overdose.
:05:15. > :05:16.Instead, he thought the pharmacist had possibly been coerced,
:05:17. > :05:18.threatened or blackmailed by the patient in some way
:05:19. > :05:29.He said there was a toxic atmosphere at the barracks,
:05:30. > :05:32.that there was a culture of fear adding there had been a criminal
:05:33. > :05:33.conspiracy to cover up and misappropriation
:05:34. > :05:41.He contends he was sacked for trying to get the investigation into this.
:05:42. > :05:44.And he has been in the news before, a prominent campaigner.
:05:45. > :05:48.Dr Frost has been a long-standing campaigner for a full inquest
:05:49. > :05:57.You may remember he was the arms inspector who was found dead
:05:58. > :06:00.in woodlands near his home in 2003 shortly after being revealed
:06:01. > :06:03.as the source of the claim that the government at the time,
:06:04. > :06:05.Tony Blair s government, had sexed up the dossier which made
:06:06. > :06:19.But one family's fallen foul of planning officials -
:06:20. > :06:21.because of their daughter's wendy house.
:06:22. > :06:35.It's a home from home for Wendy's daughter Amy.
:06:36. > :06:46.Going on the bars and on these things.
:06:47. > :06:54.You could get a small flat in Didsbury for that.
:06:55. > :06:59.It took four days to build and stands at 3.2 metres high.
:07:00. > :07:04.And Manchester Council says it's so big, the family should h`ve asked
:07:05. > :07:13.It is very big, but everything now is very big, isn't it?
:07:14. > :07:16.Gone are the days of, you know, having the sheet over the chair
:07:17. > :07:22.and plastic poles and everything has changed for kids now.
:07:23. > :07:25.One neighbour at least is unhappy and the height of an adjoining fence
:07:26. > :07:28.has recently been raised, blocking the view from the wendy
:07:29. > :07:34.She is a child, she is playing and she is fine.
:07:35. > :07:39.She's not doing anything more than playing.
:07:40. > :07:41.So the fact she can see into the neighbour's garden
:07:42. > :07:46.But if you had a trampoline, you would be jumping up and down
:07:47. > :07:50.Manchester council says that are rules about building anxthing
:07:51. > :07:57.in a garden and anyone planning anything should take advice first.
:07:58. > :08:00.Wendy did consider swapping the house for a trampoline,
:08:01. > :08:04.only to be told she'd need planning permission for that too.
:08:05. > :08:17.Stuart Flinders, BBC North West Tonight, Manchester.
:08:18. > :08:24.The worldwide Championship returns to the region tomorrow. British
:08:25. > :08:28.rally will start in Chester tomorrow night where Colin McRae was crowned
:08:29. > :08:34.the first world champion two decades ago. The event drew big crowds. This
:08:35. > :08:38.is its first visit since 1989. ago. The event drew big crowds. This
:08:39. > :08:41.is its first visit since 1999. It is is its first visit since 1989. It is
:08:42. > :08:45.broadcast around the world, it gets 60 million viewers across the planet
:08:46. > :08:51.so this is a big thing. To bring that to Cheshire and Chester is a
:08:52. > :08:56.great opportunity for us. Is this the start of a regular visit every
:08:57. > :08:58.year to the north-west? Lets see how this year goes. We are optimistic.
:08:59. > :09:00.England will host the 2021 Rugby League World Cup -
:09:01. > :09:03.with organisers promising 80-percent of the matches will be
:09:04. > :09:05.England last hosted the competition in 2013 -
:09:06. > :09:08.when Australia beat New Zealand in the final at Old Trafford -
:09:09. > :09:11.which is one of the stadia on a short list for 2021.
:09:12. > :09:14.There are 15 in total - including Anfield, Langtree Park
:09:15. > :09:31.We have breakfast bulletins during BBC Breakfast from 6:30am. And do
:09:32. > :09:35.BBC Breakfast from 6:30am. @nd do not forget you can get in touch with
:09:36. > :09:46.Our weather watchers picturds tell it like it is today.
:09:47. > :09:48.Plenty of cloud across the north-west of England
:09:49. > :09:51.and we are still in this static picture as we head
:09:52. > :09:54.We are not expecting any significant changes.
:09:55. > :09:56.High pressure to the south holding the weather front at bay,
:09:57. > :10:02.We have some pushing into Ctmbria and the Isle of Man.
:10:03. > :10:05.As we head through the next couple of hours, it is dropping sotth
:10:06. > :10:08.absolutely everywhere but ddcaying hour by hour so in the more southern
:10:09. > :10:10.parts of the region, there shouldn't be too much in that
:10:11. > :10:17.All of this weather holds temperatures up.
:10:18. > :10:19.They are still remarkable for the time of year.
:10:20. > :10:21.Between nine and 12 first thing tomorrow morning.
:10:22. > :10:24.This line of rain will be around in the more southern parts hf you're
:10:25. > :10:26.up early tomorrow morning but it clears relatively quickly
:10:27. > :10:30.and the story is for brighter skies to work into the Isle of Man quite
:10:31. > :10:36.For the rest of us, northern parts of Lancashird
:10:37. > :10:39.will see their fair share of sunshine but for the rest of us,
:10:40. > :10:41.a largely cloudy picture, perhaps a veil of cloud rather
:10:42. > :10:44.With a light breeze, temperatures in the afternoon not
:10:45. > :10:48.It is worth remembering that the clocks change
:10:49. > :10:51.as we head to the weekend, they go back so if I leave
:10:52. > :10:53.you with the outlook towards the weekend you can see
:10:54. > :11:03.you get another hour of cloudy weather to enjoy(!) Good night.
:11:04. > :11:05.fine and dry and on the mild side. My colleague Helen Willetts has with
:11:06. > :11:15.the national picture. Good evening. The dry October
:11:16. > :11:19.weather is set to continue into the weekend. It's been kind if you've
:11:20. > :11:23.been on half term. Not that I'm promising this sort of weather for
:11:24. > :11:26.all. Isn't it lovely, taken on the Isle of Wight. Our top temperature
:11:27. > :11:27.was 17