:00:00. > :00:20.A violent paedophile concealed one of his young victims in a makeshift
:00:21. > :00:22.hidey hole at his home in Greater Manchester.
:00:23. > :00:24.The hiding place, behind a kitchen fridge,
:00:25. > :00:26.was so effective it was missed by police even though they visited
:00:27. > :00:29.But Michael Dunn has now been convicted
:00:30. > :00:33.of raping and abusing four girls over a number of years in the 1990s.
:00:34. > :00:34.Greater Manchester Police are looking into whether they
:00:35. > :00:41.Our chief reporter, Dave Guest, has the story.
:00:42. > :00:44.This is a Michael Dunn, a controlling, angry,
:00:45. > :00:49.Over a number of years, he raped and abused young girls.
:00:50. > :00:55.He groomed them, sometimes making them
:00:56. > :00:59.totally dependent on him, before abusing them.
:01:00. > :01:01.This individual is clearly extremely dangerous, controlling,
:01:02. > :01:07.This is where he kept one of his young victims,
:01:08. > :01:10.a secret compartment hiden behind the fridge at the house
:01:11. > :01:12.where he lived in Greater Manchester during the early 1990s.
:01:13. > :01:15.The current owners have only lived there a relatively
:01:16. > :01:22.short time and they did not know Michael Dunn,
:01:23. > :01:28.They certainly had no idea what he had been doing
:01:29. > :01:33.In fact, the first time they knew any of it was when the police
:01:34. > :01:36.arrived six months ago and asked if they could take some
:01:37. > :01:39.But by then, of course, the kitchen layout had changed greatly.
:01:40. > :01:41.Dunn had moved around a lot over the years.
:01:42. > :01:48.Justice finally caught up with him in the Tees Valley Redcar.
:01:49. > :01:53.A jury on Teesside convicted him on ten counts of rape,
:01:54. > :01:55.plus others of false imprisonment and indecent assault.
:01:56. > :02:05.Those charges related to for victims and spanned many years.
:02:06. > :02:07.The court had been told about Dunn's hidey-hole at the house
:02:08. > :02:11.Dunn would use a bag of rubbish and a panel to
:02:12. > :02:14.conceal the hole where the girl was being kept and it was a ruse
:02:15. > :02:16.that worked because he successfully concealed
:02:17. > :02:17.her from the police when they
:02:18. > :02:19.visited the property on a number of occasions.
:02:20. > :02:22.It's really important that the police do look at this and
:02:23. > :02:24.do look at what was happening at the time.
:02:25. > :02:26.What systems and processes did they have in place in terms
:02:27. > :02:28.of tracking down concerns, investigations and whether
:02:29. > :02:30.there was anything that could have been done differently.
:02:31. > :02:33.Greater Manchester Police say they are looking into the issues
:02:34. > :02:38.Police on Merseyside have launched a murder inquiry after a father
:02:39. > :02:45.The killer had lain in wait for Tommy Baker close
:02:46. > :02:48.to a gym in Liverpool, before carrying out what officers
:02:49. > :02:54.was known to them, but as yet they don't know why he was murdered.
:02:55. > :02:56.Two men have been jailed after causing the death by dangerous
:02:57. > :03:01.Aleena Kauser, from Rawtenstall, was on her way
:03:02. > :03:06.when a car mounted the pavement and struck her.
:03:07. > :03:09.Drivers Adil Manir and Mohsen Saddique were racing at speeds of up
:03:10. > :03:12.They were each jailed for four years.
:03:13. > :03:15.More than 20 job centres are set to close across the North West.
:03:16. > :03:18.The Department for Work and Pensions has announced the closures,
:03:19. > :03:20.including offices in Manchester, Preston and Liverpool.
:03:21. > :03:22.Some will merge with larger centres, while others will be moved
:03:23. > :03:32.The owner of a farm where illegal waste has been dumped for a number
:03:33. > :03:34.of years is facing prosection to end what the local authority
:03:35. > :03:37.Pendle Council says the farm has repearedly ignored
:03:38. > :03:44.The authority is now leading action involving a number of authorities
:03:45. > :03:46.to tackle what it calls a long standing problem.
:03:47. > :03:48.But the farmer at the centre of row says any action
:03:49. > :03:59.is a "disgrace" and says he's a victim of flytippers.
:04:00. > :04:08.The views are of mounds and mounds of illegal waste.
:04:09. > :04:13.This is what hikers, or anyone else visiting
:04:14. > :04:18.The farmer here, John Leslie Allison, agreed to speak to me
:04:19. > :04:20.to offer his explanation for this mess.
:04:21. > :04:23.All what's left, other people have dumped and it seems I have to clean
:04:24. > :04:26.it up when it is somebody else who has put it there.
:04:27. > :04:29.I put my caravan across the road so they couldn't get up and they've
:04:30. > :04:32.dumped it in other field gateways and all over.
:04:33. > :04:34.Simply not true say Pendle Council, who have told us they have
:04:35. > :04:36.prosecuted a number of builders who have paid
:04:37. > :04:42.The authority is coordinating joint action after a number of separate
:04:43. > :04:47.interventions by several agencies have failed.
:04:48. > :04:51.People are coming and treating this hillside like it
:04:52. > :04:55.is a great big rubbish tip and it is simply not acceptable.
:04:56. > :04:58.So we have come to the view at Pendle Council level,
:04:59. > :05:01.it has got to be got a grip on, it has to be stopped.
:05:02. > :05:04.Are you telling me you're not making any out of this?
:05:05. > :05:06.I am not making money out of this stuff, no.
:05:07. > :05:11.This fire is also one of six that have taken place at the farm
:05:12. > :05:14.According to the Environment Agency, illegal waste sites can
:05:15. > :05:16.cause severe damage to the environment and undercut
:05:17. > :05:20.It is now planning to take enforcement action.
:05:21. > :05:24.When do you say you will clear up this mess?
:05:25. > :05:30.When it becomes spring and it's better weather.
:05:31. > :05:33.Although he wants to clear up the mess on his own terms, time may
:05:34. > :05:43.The owners of financially troubled Morecambe have agreed
:05:44. > :05:45.to sell their controlling interest to the Italian-American
:05:46. > :05:47.If he gets clearance from the Football League,
:05:48. > :05:50.the current board of directors will resign to allow
:05:51. > :05:54.Staff and players weren't paid today but Mr Cala told
:05:55. > :05:57.BBC Radio Lancashire's Tim Padfield that wages and other debts
:05:58. > :06:09.When I am the owner 100%, I will pay everyone.
:06:10. > :06:12.Until I am not the owner, I am not obliged to do anything.
:06:13. > :06:15.Do you have the money to make it work?
:06:16. > :06:21.Especially when you need money by yesterday.
:06:22. > :06:23.Here you need money by yesterday, you do
:06:24. > :06:27.You need to come up here with money and
:06:28. > :06:39.That does it from me. What will the weekend weather be like for the
:06:40. > :06:42.Chinese new year? Here is the forecast. The past couple of days
:06:43. > :06:47.have been very cold indeed. It is not going to be as cold this weekend
:06:48. > :06:53.but it will be fairly cloudy, Markey and we will see rain on Saturday and
:06:54. > :06:58.Sunday. The first band of rain to push through tonight. Very light
:06:59. > :07:04.winds but again some chance of low cloud and fog and a mild night
:07:05. > :07:08.compared to the last nights. Those of two or three Celsius and more
:07:09. > :07:12.tomorrow morning. Chinese New Year tomorrow is going to start of cloudy
:07:13. > :07:18.and Markey. We will see rain on and off throughout the morning. It is
:07:19. > :07:20.not going to feel quite as cold. Hopefully drying out by early
:07:21. > :07:26.evening. Top temperature tomorrow of evening. Top temperature tomorrow of
:07:27. > :07:30.seven Celsius. It will feel better. Tomorrow night is dry and clear
:07:31. > :07:40.skies. More rain on the way on Sunday. The outlook for Monday,
:07:41. > :07:47.Good evening. Not many would argue that January hasn't been dry, but
:07:48. > :07:52.today, many of us had our first significant rain for some time,
:07:53. > :07:55.because the transition is on from cold, Continental dry air to milder
:07:56. > :08:00.Atlantic air, but the transition is a slow one. So we have had ice
:08:01. > :08:04.today, and freezing fog, in northern England. We had a little sunshine as
:08:05. > :08:10.well in Norfolk, but we still have the cold air around and about in the
:08:11. > :08:14.north. All this rain you can see, which is giving is a wet day in some
:08:15. > :08:18.areas, 10-15 millimetres of rain has fallen, as it comes north there
:08:19. > :08:22.could be some winter it issues. Snow already falling over Scotland,
:08:23. > :08:27.possibly over northern England, possibly some sleet over lower areas
:08:28. > :08:31.and fog. Not particularly nice, and some icy conditions to contend with
:08:32. > :08:35.late in the night across Northern Ireland, as the rain clears away.
:08:36. > :08:38.Again, a word of warning there could be some ice around in the morning if
:08:39. > :08:39.you are heading