:00:15. > :00:17.The families of the 96 Liverpool football fans who died
:00:18. > :00:19.in the Hillsborough disaster have welcomed today's decision to refer
:00:20. > :00:22.23 individuals and organisations for possible prosecution.
:00:23. > :00:25.The cases - which have been sent to the Crown Prosecution Service -
:00:26. > :00:30.follow two investigations into the 1989 FA Cup semifinal.
:00:31. > :00:33.15 of the alleged offences relate to the disaster itself,
:00:34. > :00:35.eight to the cover-up which followed.
:00:36. > :00:38.Together, they are the biggest probe into allegations of police
:00:39. > :00:43.They follow the conclusions from last year's new inquest,
:00:44. > :00:48.which found the fans were unlawfully killed and were not to blame.
:00:49. > :00:50.I asked Elkan Abrahamson - a solicitor for some
:00:51. > :00:53.of their families - for his clients' reaction
:00:54. > :01:00.To an extent, there's some relief that at least
:01:01. > :01:02.something's now happening, that the files are going to the CPS,
:01:03. > :01:05.but also a great deal of disappointment at the low number
:01:06. > :01:08.of files that the IPCC in particular are sending, eight,
:01:09. > :01:14.in connection with what we've come to term the cover-up.
:01:15. > :01:17.It seems an astonishingly low number, especially given the IPCC
:01:18. > :01:22.concede there are over 250 altered statements.
:01:23. > :01:25.As the Hillsborough families know better than anyone,
:01:26. > :01:28.this story has taken an awful long time to unfold.
:01:29. > :01:33.It took them a long time to get the truth at the inquest last year.
:01:34. > :01:36.How concerned are they that the process still could be
:01:37. > :01:39.protracted by lawyers acting on behalf of those
:01:40. > :01:46.Concerned, but also acknowledging that the reality of the situation,
:01:47. > :01:56.that we know this is going to be a long process, and a slow process.
:01:57. > :01:58.But what the families want to see is justice,
:01:59. > :02:00.and that includes due justice for any people who may
:02:01. > :02:03.I appreciate you haven't probably seen these files,
:02:04. > :02:05.but from your understanding, what level of evidence
:02:06. > :02:08.is there in these cases that have been passed on?
:02:09. > :02:11.There's clearly a wealth of paperwork.
:02:12. > :02:15.We're hearing of hundreds of thousands of papers,
:02:16. > :02:17.from millions of pages that we looked at originally.
:02:18. > :02:21.There must be a lot of evidence available.
:02:22. > :02:25.I've no idea how much of that is being considered pertinent.
:02:26. > :02:29.We have, ourselves, put in submissions to the IPCC
:02:30. > :02:32.and Operation Resolve to try and draw their attention
:02:33. > :02:35.to what we consider to be the evidence that we know
:02:36. > :02:40.But, again, we have no idea how much attention's being paid to that,
:02:41. > :02:43.or how much of that is being fed through to the CPS.
:02:44. > :02:46.And having heard the supporters, their loved ones, exonerated last
:02:47. > :02:51.April at the end of the inquests, is the appetite of the families
:02:52. > :02:56.as strong as ever to see this through now to the next stage?
:02:57. > :03:02.We're moving from justice to accountability.
:03:03. > :03:05.The families have always said that, and always pushed for that.
:03:06. > :03:08.And also for changes in the law, to ensure at this sort of thing
:03:09. > :03:13.And there is still an appetite for that, even though it's
:03:14. > :03:24.Five people have been charged in connection with allegations
:03:25. > :03:26.of physical abuse at a boarding school in Cumbria.
:03:27. > :03:30.It follows a lengthy investigation into Underley Hall
:03:31. > :03:32.in Kirkby Lonsdale, which closed some years ago.
:03:33. > :03:40.Stuart Flinders has been following developments and joins me now.
:03:41. > :03:46.What are police saying about the men who have been charged?
:03:47. > :03:50.The five men are from Lancashire, Cumbria and Yorkshire. They have all
:03:51. > :03:57.been charged with causing actual bodily harm. One of them, Errol
:03:58. > :04:02.Mayer is also facing ten charges of child cruelty. He is 72 years old,
:04:03. > :04:08.in fact, three of these men are in their 70s, the youngest is 57. This
:04:09. > :04:12.investigation has been focusing on alleged events dating back to the
:04:13. > :04:15.Investigation has been going on for Investigation has been going on for
:04:16. > :04:24.some time? It has. It is called Operation
:04:25. > :04:28.Tweed, and started in 2014. The focus of the investigation is a
:04:29. > :04:33.school called Underley Hall. The police explained last year that the
:04:34. > :04:38.recently investigation was taking so long to bring to conclusion is that
:04:39. > :04:42.it was complex and involved people across the country and abroad. The
:04:43. > :04:46.school itself closed in 2012, the men had been bailed to appear at
:04:47. > :04:47.South Cumbria Magistrates' Court in February.
:04:48. > :04:49.The body of a soldier from Greater Manchester -
:04:50. > :04:53.who died on duty in Iraq - has been returned to the UK.
:04:54. > :04:55.Lance Corporal Scott Hetherington from Middleton served
:04:56. > :04:58.with 2nd Battalion - the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment.
:04:59. > :05:01.He died as a result of a shooting accident.
:05:02. > :05:03.Four of the five candidates to become Metro Mayor
:05:04. > :05:05.of Greater Manchester have rejected controversial plans
:05:06. > :05:08.to build thousands of new houses on green belt land.
:05:09. > :05:12.Both the Liberal Democrats and Ukip says they would scrap
:05:13. > :05:14.the proposals completely, but councils insist the homes
:05:15. > :05:19.More protest marches against the plans will take
:05:20. > :05:24.I think it needs a complete fresh start, frankly.
:05:25. > :05:29.More important issues need to be taken into account,
:05:30. > :05:34.I mean, the consultation process seems to be with developers rather
:05:35. > :05:39.than what is actually needed within the communities.
:05:40. > :05:42.New year and a new start - that was the intention
:05:43. > :05:44.of Jeremy Corbyn and his team as they planned a people-friendly
:05:45. > :05:50.But new starts don't always go to plan.
:05:51. > :05:53.On Tuesday, he was criticised for delivering a mixed message
:05:54. > :05:56.on immigration and for suggesting a salary cap.
:05:57. > :05:59.Our political editor Nina Warhurst spoke to him,
:06:00. > :06:04.and asked him why he thinks he's fairing so badly in the polls.
:06:05. > :06:07.We've got to get our message out there, we've got to campaign,
:06:08. > :06:10.The issues of inequality in Britain, the issues
:06:11. > :06:12.of the National Health Service, of opportunities for young people
:06:13. > :06:17.We're campaigning very hard to get our message
:06:18. > :06:19.across about the kind of country we could be.
:06:20. > :06:23.Our viewers who got in touch, I'll give you a couple of examples -
:06:24. > :06:25.Eilidh, from Tameside, said, I agree with Jeremy on lots of things,
:06:26. > :06:28.but he's out of touch with northern Labour voters
:06:29. > :06:37.What I want to do is end the undercutting
:06:38. > :06:41.of existing pay and conditions, the explotation of people in awful
:06:42. > :06:45.But the northwest of England told you in the Brexit vote,
:06:46. > :06:52.You're assuming that all those who voted Brexit voted on one issue.
:06:53. > :06:54.There are many issues people voted on.
:06:55. > :06:58.We need to have an economic relationship with Europe
:06:59. > :07:01.in the future, that's what Labour's committed to.
:07:02. > :07:04.That's why we're working with colleagues across Europe.
:07:05. > :07:07.Paul Nuttall, who is the new leader of Ukip, he's a plain-speaking
:07:08. > :07:10.northerner, and his message is clear on immigration -
:07:11. > :07:15.Why shouldn't those voters in the North West turn to Ukip?
:07:16. > :07:21.I think what we have to do is ensure that there is no more undercutting
:07:22. > :07:26.No more people being brought in by agencies...
:07:27. > :07:31.That will sound to our viewers like you're more worried
:07:32. > :07:33.about the rights of immigrants than you are about their concerns,
:07:34. > :07:35.about the impact of immigration on their communities.
:07:36. > :07:42.It would have a big effect, because it would mean people that
:07:43. > :07:45.have got agreed working conditions in this country wouldn't then be
:07:46. > :07:50.We know you're not a supporter of it, it's already begun
:07:51. > :07:53.If you were Prime Minister tomorrow, would you say, sorry,
:07:54. > :07:56.Cuadrilla, put the brakes on, we need you to leave.
:07:57. > :07:58.We have announced at party conference that we want to put
:07:59. > :08:02.We're very concerned about the effects on the environment of it
:08:03. > :08:05.and of the pollution of ground water supplies because of it.
:08:06. > :08:07.You don't like fracking, you don't like Trident,
:08:08. > :08:10.you don't like large pharmaceuticals - they're three
:08:11. > :08:12.areas that generate enormous wealth in the North West.
:08:13. > :08:16.What jobs would you give those families?
:08:17. > :08:19.Well, I'm not against pharmaceutical industries,
:08:20. > :08:22.what I'm against is some of the pricing systems operated
:08:23. > :08:26.by big pharma companies, which isn't the same thing at all.
:08:27. > :08:30.What we want to do is develop a diverse energy-generation
:08:31. > :08:37.system in this country, there are many jobs to be created
:08:38. > :08:38.through renewable energy products and energy development.
:08:39. > :08:42.And we want to see a diverse energy production.
:08:43. > :08:45.We want to see an NHS which is properly funded
:08:46. > :08:48.We want a pharmaceutical industry that works
:08:49. > :08:55.Football - Everton have completed the ?22 million signing
:08:56. > :08:59.of midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin from Manchester United.
:09:00. > :09:01.Elsewhere John Sheridan has become the Oldham Manager
:09:02. > :09:04.for a third time after they sacked Steve Robinson.
:09:05. > :09:10.There's been some snow across the region tonight.
:09:11. > :09:12.Earlier, it settled on higher ground, making travelling
:09:13. > :09:15.The routes over the Pennines from Cheshire to Derbyshire
:09:16. > :09:31.While we've been on air, Lindsey has been in touch on Twitter saying
:09:32. > :09:37.Blackburn has seen snow. And I been tweeted to say they have
:09:38. > :09:40.seen snow in Lancashire. The routes from Cheshire into Derbyshire could
:09:41. > :09:44.be badly affected. They certainly were this morning, and again
:09:45. > :09:49.tomorrow morning, this line of whether will work its way through as
:09:50. > :09:53.people are getting up. The rush hour could be badly affected. This is the
:09:54. > :09:58.track, the showers will keep coming throughout the night. The Weather
:09:59. > :10:02.Watchers have managed to catch the snow falling, this is straight from.
:10:03. > :10:07.A light covering, this will be the case for many people. The showers
:10:08. > :10:13.will not switch off at midnight, they come from many places. A
:10:14. > :10:18.significant problem will be ice on Arnesen treated circumstance --
:10:19. > :10:25.untreated surfaces in the morning. That could happen just about
:10:26. > :10:28.anywhere. We seek showers coming through, Cheshire into Derbyshire,
:10:29. > :10:34.that road could be badly affected tomorrow morning. An inky relation
:10:35. > :10:39.of a couple of centimetres there. Most places are around zero in
:10:40. > :10:46.temperature tomorrow, rural areas around minus three. Because the wind
:10:47. > :10:51.changes direction tomorrow, it has to get over at the Scottish hills to
:10:52. > :10:56.get a us. In it a success in doing that, they'll will take most of the
:10:57. > :10:58.snow showers out. It will be bitterly cold tomorrow, particularly
:10:59. > :11:01.in the morning, top temperature around four. I leave you with the
:11:02. > :11:03.outlook for the note. If that's not your sort of
:11:04. > :11:08.thing, Sunday will be cloudier and milder.
:11:09. > :11:16.Good evening. It was such a mild December, wasn't it, but winter has
:11:17. > :11:21.arrived. Tomorrow morning, again, could be prising the wipers off the
:11:22. > :11:24.frozen windscreen. Yes, it's going to be cold tonight, whether it is
:11:25. > :11:25.liquid,/