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have been let down by Governments in London.

There are questions tonight about why a prison allowed

a dangerous killer to take a taxi to a hospital appointment.

Shaun Walmsley was accompanied by prison officers

but they had to let him go when they were ambushed

Liverpool's Mayor has described it as a major security breach

Yunus Mulla is here now - strong criticism tonight?

Abbie - on the one hand you have Merseyside Police putting in a lot

of resources to try and trace Shaun Walmsley whom they describe as

a vicious and violent individual but the manner of his escape

from Aintree hospital is leading to a lot of questions.

Liverpool's Mayor Joe Anderson is calling for an immediate inquiry

and says he will be writing to the Home Secretary

over what happened outside Aintree hospital.

Why was this prisoner allowed to go in a cab with two prison officers

and why was he able to communicate his whereabouts, his appointment

details and where he was going to be? That is a serious breakdown of

security. Walmsley was being held

at Liverpool's Walton Jail where he was serving life

for the murder of another drug Has the Ministry of

Justice said anything? the circumstances surrounding

the ambush at Aintree The MOJ are not saying

much beyond that, the two prison officers

who were threatened with a knife and gun,

were not seriously injured, but the prison officers association

have raised concerns. It says that years ago prisoners

like Walmsley would have been escorted from Jail to hospital

in a secure van and blames recent I would ask them to look at all

security arrangements and security escort and give them the level of

protection we have asked for for quite some time.

What's the latest in the hunt for him?

as part of police investigations they are focusing

Detectives know who last owned the Volvo upto two months ago

but there was a private sale then and it wasn't registered.

does see Walmsley, they are advising people

The family of a man from Manchester who's blown himself up in Iraq -

have this evening blamed his treatment at Guantanamo

Jamal Al Harith was held there for two years

before being allowed to come back to the UK.

But he went on to join so-called Islamic state.

This from our Social Affairs Correspondent clear Fallon.

The son of churchgoing Jamaican parents and

When it was raining he used to make it

He died in Iraq, and Islamic State fighter and suicide bomber inside a

He should have grown up, had a family,

not get involved with the message of the jihadis and stuff like that.

A one-time Guant namo Bay detainee, Ronald Fiddler had become Jamal Al

He had been held on suspicion of links to the Taliban

People will point the finger and say terrorist.

Just before I left the Americans said we picture picture,

we sent it to intelligence agencies around the world and nothing came

In a statement released this evening the

Lancashire's hopes of taking powers away from Westminster

in a devolution deal have suffered a setback.

The leader of Fylde council has told the BBC it will probably join Wyre

A government spokesman said it doesn't make

a devolution deal impossible - but it does make it harder.

Prime Minister Theresa May is to hold telephone talks

with the Chief Executive of Peugeot over the firm's proposed

Nearly 2,000 people are employed at its site

There's speculation the factory could be closed.

It's thought the takeover could be completed in the next fortnight.

A doctor from Manchester, who helped the victim of an acid

attack in Pakistan says surgery has transformed her life.

Kanwal was attacked by her husband who didn't want her to take

Surgeons have spent ten years reconstructing her face.

Dr Asim Shamlak from Cheadle near Stockport gave her eyelash

She's going out and doing some of her job now.

She was smiling at me and she said, "Now I do not have to

wait, I do not have to cover my face any more.

I can go out in public can see my family and do some jobs."

A former soldier from St Helens - told he may never walk again

after being injured in Afghanistan - is on the road to sporting history.

Anthony Williams was shot six times in 2010.

He's now joined forces with other injured veterans

Lancashire County Council is calling for a Government enquiry

The council's facing a funding gap of ?92 million

It's also dealing with an increasing number of care homes

Here's our Health Correspondent Gill Dummigan.

The weekly craft session at Ashmead Care Home in Burnley.

There is a full programme of activities

including keep fit classes, aromatherapy, a visiting

This is typical of care homes in Lancashire, just 18

residents in an Edwardian house run by a husband-and-wife team for 20

In that time they have seen big changes in those coming here.

Nowadays the clients have complex needs ranging from dementia are two

They pride themselves on running a good home

but the increasing needs of the clients

She says the piece she receives from Hampshire County

Council is between ?2 50 and ?3 an hour and it is not enough.

It's pensions going up, the living wage

going up, refurbishments we are doing.

This home makes a point of charging everyone the same.

This year Lancashire County Council's ?26 million short

of what it needs to paper adult social care.

Everyone agrees the system is broken, the government

needs to step up to the plate and address it and say we are going to

have a proper enquiry into this and try to put

some proper funding in

The generation coming through now, they

are the generation who voted for the setting

up of the NHS back in the 1940s.

If we cannot look after them, we do not deserve to be in the job

Football - and Manchester United eased into the last 16

of the Europa League with a 1-nil victory at Saint-Etienne.

But sole goal-scorer Henrikh Mkhitaryan could be out

of Sunday's EFL Cup final after limping off - according

That's it from me but Dianne's here with the weather

and there could be big winds and snow on the way Dianne?

Snow is got -- not going to be a problem for most of us. You may have

heard about storm Doris moving across. There is an amber warning

and a step up from the yellow one. The story is look where the

strongest winds will be. 80 mph at times. The peak will be from late

morning until lunchtime and into the afternoon. That is when we will see

them at their worst. I have seen the rain starting to build on that is

the story through the night. We have a lot of wet weather to come and it

will continue all through the night will continue all through the night

and a portion of tomorrow morning. Some of the bursts will be fairly

heavy. The wind is fairly calm. The numbers. To go up on the chart and

it is going to get really quite gusty. Overnight, this keeps the

temperatures up. Temperatures around five and eight Celsius. As you go

through tomorrow, we will see a drop in the temperatures and there could

be some wintry weather from time to time. You start the day with all of

this wet weather around. A dreadful start the day. That is when you will

see the wind gusting. There could be some disruption to travel and we

could have power lines down. Roof tiles could come off when the wind

is this strong. There was the potential for some serious problems.

Things start to ease down on the raven starts to Peter out a bit. It

is still fairly blowy. The numbers on the chart, it

winds. For more on Doris and its winds. For more on Doris and its

impact, here is the national weather.

Good evening, a rough patch weather on the way. Time to fasten your seat

belt. A high wind warning from the