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A court's heard how a young man fell to his death when he tried to escape | :00:13. | :00:19. | |
from a lift that got stuck in an apartment building in Bolton. | :00:20. | :00:22. | |
Craig Jones was 27 - he fell five floors, | :00:23. | :00:25. | |
suffering injuries so severe he died later in hospital. | :00:26. | :00:28. | |
Our social affairs correspondant Clare Fallon | :00:29. | :00:30. | |
has been at Bolton Crown Court for us today. | :00:31. | :00:35. | |
Craig Jones has been described as a man who was full | :00:36. | :00:38. | |
He worked as a plasterer and he lived in an apartment block | :00:39. | :00:44. | |
that is only a couple of hundred metres from where I'm standing | :00:45. | :00:47. | |
And, back in 2014, he got stuck in one of the lifts | :00:48. | :00:51. | |
Now, in court we heard that there were previous | :00:52. | :00:55. | |
People have been stuck in them before. | :00:56. | :00:59. | |
On occasions, fire crews have been called out to rescue people. | :01:00. | :01:03. | |
In addition, there was a problem with the emergency call button. | :01:04. | :01:06. | |
And, so, on this occasion, Craig Jones decided to try and get | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
He managed to get the doors open and he tried to lower himself out | :01:11. | :01:16. | |
but he fell about five floors and suffered injuries that | :01:17. | :01:25. | |
were so serious he couldn't be saved. | :01:26. | :01:27. | |
Now, the company with responsibility for managing that apartment | :01:28. | :01:31. | |
building, for ensuring its safety, Warwick Estates has pleaded guilty | :01:32. | :01:34. | |
We were expecting the company to be sentenced today for. | :01:35. | :01:39. | |
For the judge to say how much that company will have | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
But towards the end of the day in court, the judge said | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
that he simply needs more time to consider that sentence. | :01:48. | :01:49. | |
That may now happen tomorrow or the delay may be further. | :01:50. | :01:52. | |
Of course, Craig Jones's family came here today hoping | :01:53. | :01:54. | |
that they would get some closure, hoping that, by this evening, | :01:55. | :01:57. | |
they would know what punishment had been handed out but now we'll have | :01:58. | :02:00. | |
A drink-driver who killed a woman in a hit-and-run incident | :02:01. | :02:06. | |
in Greater Manchester has been jailed for six years. | :02:07. | :02:09. | |
Susan Smythe was walking home from playing bingo | :02:10. | :02:11. | |
when she was hit by a speeding car in Stretford in September. | :02:12. | :02:15. | |
Paul Tomlinson from Sale Moor was sentenced to six years, | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
but could be released in three, which has angered | :02:20. | :02:22. | |
The justice system stinks in this country. | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
For taking someone's life, three years is nothing. | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
and her children are doing the life sentence too. | :02:32. | :02:38. | |
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder - | :02:39. | :02:43. | |
after the death of a man following a large fight | :02:44. | :02:46. | |
The 31-year-old was found with serious head injuries | :02:47. | :02:49. | |
Police are are asking for witnesses to come forward - | :02:50. | :02:55. | |
as its thought there were up ten men involved in the disturbance. | :02:56. | :03:13. | |
a drugs fugitive has been sentenced to 13 years. A consignment of | :03:14. | :03:23. | |
cocaine from Tilbury docks was found in November 20 13. | :03:24. | :03:28. | |
A new trial of technology which could help hundreds | :03:29. | :03:30. | |
of thousands of blind people to get some sight back | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
Initial trials on the so-called "bionic eye" have been | :03:34. | :03:36. | |
so successful, the NHS is now funding further research. | :03:37. | :03:38. | |
Our Health Correspondent Gill Dummigan reports. | :03:39. | :03:39. | |
Keith Hayman from Fleetwood suffers from a rare progressive condition | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
In the mid '80s, he finally went blind, | :03:43. | :03:48. | |
and that's how he stayed for the next 30 years. | :03:49. | :03:51. | |
I've missed seeing my grandchildren grow up. | :03:52. | :03:55. | |
That's the biggest heartache, really. | :03:56. | :03:57. | |
But in 2009, Keith had a revolutionary operation | :03:58. | :03:59. | |
at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
Surgeons implanted a chip like this at the back of his eye, | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
which has allowed him to see light and shapes. | :04:07. | :04:09. | |
Not full sight, but still a life-changing improvement. | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
It just gives you more of an interest, | :04:14. | :04:16. | |
because instead of walking around in total darkness everywhere, | :04:17. | :04:19. | |
you have got all these shapes to work out what they are. | :04:20. | :04:25. | |
You know, windows and lights and people, cars, everything. | :04:26. | :04:30. | |
The system uses special glasses with a built-in video camera. | :04:31. | :04:33. | |
That sends wireless signals to that chip implanted on Keith's retina. | :04:34. | :04:39. | |
The chip then helps send that visual information to the brain. | :04:40. | :04:43. | |
Keith's operation was funded by the company | :04:44. | :04:45. | |
This new trial with five patients, also with the same condition, | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
the technology could eventually become widely available. | :04:50. | :04:58. | |
Retinitis Pigmentosa, the condition which Keith | :04:59. | :05:00. | |
and the five patients in this new trial suffer from, is fairly rare. | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
But there's a second trial being run here to see how the same technology | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
can help people with Age-Related Macular Degeneration, | :05:11. | :05:13. | |
the most common cause of sight loss in the UK, | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
I think a lot of ophthalmologists think this is in the realms | :05:18. | :05:25. | |
of science fiction, but it's very much become science fact. | :05:26. | :05:27. | |
So we are very, very excited about it. | :05:28. | :05:34. | |
Keith helped researchers shape this technology. | :05:35. | :05:36. | |
The hope is that, within a few years, | :05:37. | :05:40. | |
the benefits he's had from it can be shared with thousands of others. | :05:41. | :05:47. | |
The Food Standards Agency has begun an investigation after six food | :05:48. | :05:50. | |
It's believed the cause of the outbreak of the campylobacter | :05:51. | :05:56. | |
bacteria is the consumption of raw milk from a vending machine | :05:57. | :05:59. | |
South Lakeland council says the owner is helping | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
with the investigation and has suspended the sale of raw | :06:06. | :06:07. | |
The Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General will be known | :06:08. | :06:13. | |
as Teaching Hospitals from now on to reflect their | :06:14. | :06:15. | |
The East Lancashire Trust, which runs the hospitals, | :06:16. | :06:18. | |
says they already have a well established reputation for providing | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
placements for students and they're significantly increasing the number | :06:23. | :06:24. | |
Iran Air has placed a multi-billion pound order for 100 new Airbus jets. | :06:25. | :06:33. | |
The wings will be built at the company's plant | :06:34. | :06:35. | |
Airbus is one of many western businesses attempting to take | :06:36. | :06:40. | |
advantage of the easing of international | :06:41. | :06:41. | |
Dianne will be here in a moment to tell us more | :06:42. | :06:49. | |
about Storm Barbara, but first - in a few days' time, | :06:50. | :06:52. | |
many communities in the north west will be marking the first | :06:53. | :06:55. | |
anniversary of the devastating Boxing Day floods. | :06:56. | :06:56. | |
One of the Lancashire villages hardest hit | :06:57. | :06:58. | |
Today a new flood defence system aimed at protecting | :06:59. | :07:02. | |
The new flood defence for Croston has been built a couple of miles | :07:03. | :07:10. | |
From today, it protects 400 properties to | :07:11. | :07:17. | |
The Environment Agency spent ?6 million building a dam which will | :07:18. | :07:21. | |
hold back the river Yarrow if needed. | :07:22. | :07:24. | |
One of the problems is that when heavy rain produces surface | :07:25. | :07:26. | |
water, which would normally run into the river, | :07:27. | :07:30. | |
if the river is full, it has nowhere to go. | :07:31. | :07:38. | |
Now these new gates can be closed, damming the | :07:39. | :07:40. | |
river here so thought water builds up further upstream, meaning there | :07:41. | :07:43. | |
is more room further downstream in Croston | :07:44. | :07:45. | |
Last December, it was one of many Northwest communities affected | :07:46. | :07:52. | |
One community leader said the floods caused huge stress for many people, | :07:53. | :08:03. | |
some of whom are not in their house now. | :08:04. | :08:05. | |
She is confident the new scheme will work. | :08:06. | :08:07. | |
People often stand here and say, it could not possibly have | :08:08. | :08:10. | |
If we had that amount of rain again, their steam would cope with it. | :08:11. | :08:27. | |
Storm Barbara could affect the north-west tomorrow. | :08:28. | :08:32. | |
Ferries to and from the Isle of Man are likely to | :08:33. | :08:35. | |
An extra freight ship has been brought in to | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
mate sure that supplies storage the island. | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
Bad weather and Christmas traffic mean some road journeys | :08:46. | :08:47. | |
could take three times longer than normal. | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
The M6 between Stoke and Warrington is expected to be one of | :08:52. | :09:00. | |
the busiest routes, the M60 and M62 near Rochdale | :09:01. | :09:02. | |
Get onto our website or download our app | :09:03. | :09:08. | |
and look at the route you have | :09:09. | :09:11. | |
to take and plan your journey on plenty of time. | :09:12. | :09:14. | |
Engineering work and station closures will affect some | :09:15. | :09:16. | |
A planned strike by British Airways cabin crew is due | :09:17. | :09:24. | |
All eyes are on Storm Barbara as she works her way | :09:25. | :09:38. | |
across the North West of England as we go through tomorrow. | :09:39. | :09:41. | |
The Met Office are warning that there could be winds gusting | :09:42. | :09:44. | |
50-60 miles an hour and even 70, which could cause significant | :09:45. | :09:47. | |
After that, well, Saturday still a bright blustery day | :09:48. | :09:52. | |
with one or two showers but for Christmas Day, | :09:53. | :09:54. | |
I'm afraid there is another storm coming towards us bringing very | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
At the minute, the showers have moved away, so we're dry. | :09:59. | :10:04. | |
That's how we're staying through the night. | :10:05. | :10:07. | |
That's the exception, rather than the rule. | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
Many towns and cities between three and 5 degrees. | :10:12. | :10:13. | |
Heading toward dawn, will see one or two showers | :10:14. | :10:15. | |
starting to break out, particularly in parts of Cumbria. | :10:16. | :10:18. | |
But if you're up early, then maybe a couple of spells | :10:19. | :10:20. | |
But this is the big story, Storm Barbara. | :10:21. | :10:27. | |
Lunchtime until six o'clock tomorrow evening, that's when the winds | :10:28. | :10:29. | |
One or two spells of sunshine through the morning | :10:30. | :10:33. | |
but as the afternoon goes on, the rain starts to work its way in. | :10:34. | :10:36. | |
It's going to be fairly fast moving but with some pretty heavy | :10:37. | :10:39. | |
Once again, let me just remind you, those gusts of wind, | :10:40. | :10:43. | |
50-60 mph and potentially up to 70, as well. | :10:44. | :10:45. | |
But with some disruption on the cards, BBC local radio | :10:46. | :10:50. | |
stations the best place to get the updates. | :10:51. | :10:52. | |
itself, it's not white, but it's warm. Temperatures could reach 15. | :10:53. | :11:10. | |
I suppose you could say today was the calm before the storm. A winter | :11:11. | :11:17. | |
chill, plenty of sunshine, but more wintry showers in | :11:18. | :11:18. |