14/02/2017

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:00:15. > :00:19.An inquest has been hearing how a former police officer

:00:20. > :00:22.took his own life, after struggling to cope

:00:23. > :00:24.with the loss of two colleagues who were murdered in

:00:25. > :00:27.Andrew Summerscales had been a close friend of PCs

:00:28. > :00:30.Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone, who were killed by

:00:31. > :00:35.Today his son told an inquest his dad's life changed that day.

:00:36. > :00:37.Mottram. September 18th 2012.

:00:38. > :00:39.Two police officers have been murdered in cold

:00:40. > :00:47.PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes didn't stand a chance.

:00:48. > :00:48.Dale Cregan sprayed them with bulletins, then

:00:49. > :00:53.PC Andrew Summerscales was among the first on the scene

:00:54. > :01:03.They were friends as well as colleagues.

:01:04. > :01:05.What he witnessed that day never left him.

:01:06. > :01:14.It was an unprecedented event in GMP and in policing across the UK.

:01:15. > :01:16.Four years later Andrew Summerscales went to this park in Stalybridge

:01:17. > :01:20.On his wrist a GMP-issue tag used for identifying bodies.

:01:21. > :01:26.Today his son Joshua told an inquest in Stockport that his dad's life

:01:27. > :01:30.changed forever on that September day in 2012.

:01:31. > :01:32.The inquest heard that Mr Summerscales was diagnosed

:01:33. > :01:44.He sufffered regular bouts of depression.

:01:45. > :02:02.We did as much as we could at the time, both the senior team at

:02:03. > :02:11.We did that through colleague to colleagues report, we had

:02:12. > :02:13.support from our force welfare department,

:02:14. > :02:14.occupational health and help from

:02:15. > :02:17.Andrew Summerscales was no stranger to trauma.

:02:18. > :02:20.In 1989, as a teenager, he was in the crowd at Hillsborough

:02:21. > :02:31.The coroner said it was clear that Andrew Summerscales

:02:32. > :02:34.was a man who had endured a number of tragedies in his life.

:02:35. > :02:37.She was satisfied that he had been suffering from a recurrence of

:02:38. > :02:40.the depression which had affected him so badly since the events of

:02:41. > :02:46.And she recorded a conclusion that he took his own life.

:02:47. > :02:50.The future of a new nuclear power plant near Sellafield has been

:02:51. > :02:55.thrown into doubt, after the Japanese company

:02:56. > :02:58.Toshiba said it would be pulling out of its construction.

:02:59. > :03:01.The ?10 million project at Moorside would create around 20,000 new jobs.

:03:02. > :03:06.This is supposed to be the future of nuclear power.

:03:07. > :03:08.Moorside is due to be built over the next few years.

:03:09. > :03:14.At a press conference earlier, Japanese company Toshiba announced

:03:15. > :03:18.massive financial losses, and said it would be selling its shares

:03:19. > :03:20.in Nugen, the company which plans to build Moorside.

:03:21. > :03:29.There are more than one Japanese company involved in this business,

:03:30. > :03:31.so we will continue to discuss with industry players

:03:32. > :03:36.We've got an open mind about how best to deliver this.

:03:37. > :03:38.For 70 years, this part of Cumbria has been a hub

:03:39. > :03:54.Down the road from Moorside, Sellafield is being decommissioned.

:03:55. > :04:02.Nearby Neesham power plant is coming to the end of its life. -- Hesham.

:04:03. > :04:04.Local MP Tim Farron said a new plant was vital for jobs,

:04:05. > :04:08.but the government had made a fundamental mistake.

:04:09. > :04:12.I guess what this shows is that if the Government puts all its eggs

:04:13. > :04:14.in a non-European basket, and if we are ourselves heading

:04:15. > :04:16.in an isolationist direction, we shouldn't be surprised

:04:17. > :04:18.when others behave in an isolationist manner as well.

:04:19. > :04:21.Moorside is part of a new generation of energy production -

:04:22. > :04:23.plans to build large pylons in the Lake District to transport

:04:24. > :04:33.The plant is due to be online in 2024.

:04:34. > :04:37.It has been clear for some time that financing the nuclear industry

:04:38. > :04:51.We saw this with Hinkley Point see, for example. -- Hinkley Point C.

:04:52. > :04:53.So I don't think it's any surprise that even

:04:54. > :04:55.very large international companies are finding difficulties with the

:04:56. > :04:57.sort of capital investment we are talking about.

:04:58. > :05:00.Toshiba said it had always planned to sell its shares in Nugen,

:05:01. > :05:08.and would still work on its development of Moorside.

:05:09. > :05:11.Ukip leader and North West MEP Paul Nuttall has apologised,

:05:12. > :05:13.after he admitted his claims that he lost "close personal

:05:14. > :05:17.The claims were made on his website in 2011 and have

:05:18. > :05:21.Mr Nuttall is also facing pressure to prove he was present at the 1989

:05:22. > :05:24.stadium disaster, after newspapers questioned his claims.

:05:25. > :05:34.He has to scribed those allegations as disgusting. -- described.

:05:35. > :05:36.The French car maker Peugeot wants to buy Vauxhall's

:05:37. > :05:39.The PSA Group, maker of Peugeot and Citroen cars,

:05:40. > :05:41.is in talks about taking over General Motors' loss-making

:05:42. > :05:46.Any deal would included plants in the UK and that once again brings

:05:47. > :05:48.Our reporter Yunus Mulla joins us now.

:05:49. > :06:15.Peugeot is thinking bigger is better. What about the work force at

:06:16. > :06:20.Ellesmere Port? In 2012 the plant came close to closing down but it

:06:21. > :06:25.was saved after a deal with the unions over pay and conditions.

:06:26. > :06:35.Would a French car maker want to stay in the UK after Brexit? The

:06:36. > :06:40.local MP said 80% of the Astros are sold in Europe but he believes that

:06:41. > :06:47.Europe is still a you -- Britain is still a lucrative market.

:06:48. > :06:51.We have a great operation here, a very big car market, and they would

:06:52. > :06:55.be rather foolish to forget about that when they are looking at their

:06:56. > :06:57.future plans. The unions are calling for urgent

:06:58. > :07:10.talks with GM. At this moment both sides

:07:11. > :07:13.are choosing remarkably There can be no assurance that

:07:14. > :07:19.an agreement will be reached. Hundreds of couples in Liverpool

:07:20. > :07:21.have celebrated Valentine's Day They took advantage of the romantic

:07:22. > :07:25.day by renewing their wedding vows. Between them all they've racked up

:07:26. > :07:28.more than 7000 years of marriage, and Katie Walderman was there

:07:29. > :07:30.to witness the mass love-in. What could be more romantic

:07:31. > :07:33.than renewing your wedding Well, how about doing it

:07:34. > :07:36.with almost 200 others - I am as nervous now

:07:37. > :07:50.as I was on the 11th of March 1967. One of the best days

:07:51. > :07:52.of my life, this! Radio Merseyside put out the call

:07:53. > :08:00.for some old romantics to say "I do" again - and these

:08:01. > :08:03.are the lovebirds that answered. Everyone's got their different

:08:04. > :08:06.reasons for coming here, but all Marriage assumes many different

:08:07. > :08:13.forms throughout the years... Even the registrar's

:08:14. > :08:14.feeling the love. Pat's not only carrying

:08:15. > :08:16.out the blessing - When we heard about this ceremony,

:08:17. > :08:24.we thought, let's do it ourselves. We're just made up

:08:25. > :08:34.to do it, aren't we? It's been 43 years,

:08:35. > :08:42.three weeks and six days. And this lovely lot has racked up

:08:43. > :08:45.more than 7,000 years Just agreeing with everything

:08:46. > :08:52.she does and says. A bit of give and take - I give,

:08:53. > :08:57.she takes! I hope you're listening,

:08:58. > :08:58.Mr Walderman. Katie Walderman, BBC

:08:59. > :09:11.North West Tonight, Liverpool. Congratulations to them all. On two

:09:12. > :09:15.football, and in the Championship Preston have beaten Birmingham city

:09:16. > :09:41.2-1. Blackburn lost the Sheffield Wednesday 2-1.

:09:42. > :09:48.I will leave you with a look at the weather.

:09:49. > :09:51.Good evening. Today we lost the chill we have had over the last

:09:52. > :09:56.couple of days and as we head towards the weekend the temperature

:09:57. > :10:01.is definitely get milder, double figures by Friday and even 11 or 12

:10:02. > :10:05.degrees at the weekend. Damp and drizzly stuff across much of the

:10:06. > :10:13.North West but it shouldn't last much longer. A huge amount of cloud

:10:14. > :10:17.cover but the temperatures are between five and 7 degrees. It will

:10:18. > :10:22.be misty and murky first thing over the tops of any hills and we won't

:10:23. > :10:28.have to much cloud cover, not too much in the way of sunshine. As the

:10:29. > :10:33.morning wears on 12 spots of rain, then they clear. There is an

:10:34. > :10:40.organised area of rain after lunchtime. Quite a lot of dull, damp

:10:41. > :10:46.and grisly stuff over the hills. Temperatures of nine or 10 degrees.

:10:47. > :10:48.If I leave you with the outlook for the coming days you can see that

:10:49. > :11:03.those temperatures stay with us. weather into the weekend. A bit of

:11:04. > :11:05.fog around to watch out for. Jon Hammond with the national forecast

:11:06. > :11:09.now. Good evening. There is some rain in

:11:10. > :11:15.the forecast but not a lot. Plenty of dry weather to look forward to as

:11:16. > :11:20.we head to the weekend. Cloud delivering some rain but plenty of

:11:21. > :11:25.spaces in between, hence my optimism. One of these blobs of

:11:26. > :11:30.cloud is producing dampness right now. We could see a glancing blow

:11:31. > :11:34.across the far south-east through the early hours and later some rain

:11:35. > :11:36.arriving across the far south-west. In between some hill fog overnight,

:11:37. > :11:38.not