:00:10. > :00:12.Rail passengers on Merseyside are facing travel disruption -
:00:13. > :00:14.after 200 tonnes of rubble fell onto the tracks near
:00:15. > :00:21.A track-side wall collapsed last night - and there'll be no
:00:22. > :00:30.Thankfully, there were no trains travelling on these
:00:31. > :00:35.Part of a retaining wall in the cutting collapsed.
:00:36. > :00:39.Above the cutting is privately owned land, where Network Rail say
:00:40. > :00:42.containers holding tonnes of material have been stacked.
:00:43. > :00:46.These need to be moved before the area can be made safe.
:00:47. > :00:51.The ground on top of the wall where the wall collapsed
:00:52. > :01:01.So we've got to take two or three days to make that safe before we can
:01:02. > :01:03.even go down onto the tracks to remove the rubble
:01:04. > :01:06.Virgin Trains passengers to London are being bussed to Runcorn,
:01:07. > :01:08.where they can pick up the London bound service.
:01:09. > :01:11.Passengers coming into Liverpool from the East are being advised
:01:12. > :01:13.to change at Hunts Cross, or Liverpool Parkway South
:01:14. > :01:16.But undoubtedly there is considerable disruption
:01:17. > :01:25.Not affected this morning, because we were in Liverpool
:01:26. > :01:29.But we're trying to get back now to London and not having much luck.
:01:30. > :01:33.I've spent, I think in the last 24 hours, about six, seven hours
:01:34. > :01:36.So it's been quite horrific for me, to be honest.
:01:37. > :01:39.Obviously on Twitter and stuff, the tweets and that.
:01:40. > :01:41.But we didn't realise the scale of it.
:01:42. > :01:43.Obviously, it's pretty empty in here.
:01:44. > :01:46.At the moment it's not known when trains will be able to travel
:01:47. > :01:57.A violent paedophile who hid a girl he was abusing in a hole behind
:01:58. > :02:01.the fridge in his kitchen has been jailed for 27 years.
:02:02. > :02:03.Michael Dunn raped and abused four girls in different
:02:04. > :02:12.The judge described Michael Dunn is a devious, manipulative
:02:13. > :02:14.and controlling man with a strong urge to dominate.
:02:15. > :02:16.He persistently raped and was violent to two women
:02:17. > :02:21.Today, he was jailed for 27 years for those crimes,
:02:22. > :02:26.and the rape and sexual assault of two other children.
:02:27. > :02:30.One of the victims was just 14 when Dunn began to groom her at his
:02:31. > :02:36.He offered her an escape from a sexually abusive home life,
:02:37. > :02:40.but then he too began to rape and control her.
:02:41. > :02:43.When the police came looking for her, she would hide in this hole
:02:44. > :02:46.created by the Dunn at his house, covered by plasterboard and guarded
:02:47. > :02:52.I would applaud the victims and witnesses, due to
:02:53. > :02:55.the strength and courage that they have displayed.
:02:56. > :02:58.And equally, I would like to add that eventually, their voices
:02:59. > :03:02.were heard and more importantly, they were all believed as well.
:03:03. > :03:05.At his trial in January, Dunn, now 58, was also found guilty
:03:06. > :03:09.of the rape of a ten or 11-year-old girl in the late 70s in Manchester.
:03:10. > :03:14.And the sexual abuse of another 14-year-old girl in 1993.
:03:15. > :03:17.Now, that abuse was reported to Greater Manchester Police,
:03:18. > :03:20.but they failed to take any further action.
:03:21. > :03:23.They are now being investigated by the Independent Police
:03:24. > :03:28.Passing sentence, the judge said that Dunn posed
:03:29. > :03:38.Nearly 500 animals have died in four years at the South Lakes Safari Zoo
:03:39. > :03:43.A council report shows that - between December 2013
:03:44. > :03:47.and last September - 486 animals died.
:03:48. > :03:50.Barrow Council will consider whether to grant the site
:03:51. > :04:02.Keeper Sarah McClay was mauled to death by a tiger at the zoo in 2013.
:04:03. > :04:06.The Chief Exective and two other senior officers at Bury Council
:04:07. > :04:09.have been suspended following allegations they failed
:04:10. > :04:11.to act swiftly enough after a Councillor was accused
:04:12. > :04:12.of taking indecent images of children.
:04:13. > :04:14.It's claimed they didn't properly follow child
:04:15. > :04:20.Teachers who were seen chanting in a controversial video filmed
:04:21. > :04:23.inside a Trafford school have been suspended.
:04:24. > :04:26.A new interim headteacher has been appointed to help re-open
:04:27. > :04:30.Bollin Primary School in Bowdon near Altrincham.
:04:31. > :04:33.The rift between the head and staff and parents became so serious
:04:34. > :04:35.the school was closed down on Monday.
:04:36. > :04:42.The front gates were open, but the playgrounds were empty.
:04:43. > :04:47.Today, parents of pupils at Bollin primary school were told to send
:04:48. > :04:51.some of their children back to school tomorrow.
:04:52. > :04:54.I don't think we can sort of dismissed the last few days
:04:55. > :04:56.and the last few weeks as never having happened.
:04:57. > :04:59.There's a lot that we need to take away and look out from that.
:05:00. > :05:03.And the council will be looking at events that led up to that very
:05:04. > :05:08.Trafford Council intervened on Monday after the relationship
:05:09. > :05:11.between the headteacher, Michelle Brindle, and teachers
:05:12. > :05:17.The council has now applied to the regional schools commissioner
:05:18. > :05:21.to replace the governing body with an interim executive board.
:05:22. > :05:25.The headteacher, Michelle Brindle, wasn't in school today.
:05:26. > :05:28.And in an e-mail sent out to a number of parents,
:05:29. > :05:32.the chair of governors confirmed an interim head will take over
:05:33. > :05:36.and be in school tomorrow for its phase reopening.
:05:37. > :05:41.There are petitions in support of and against the headteacher.
:05:42. > :05:44.One parent today welcomed the new head, but criticised the timing.
:05:45. > :05:48.If they had stepped in earlier, when dozens of parent complaints
:05:49. > :05:51.hadn't been addressed, when the governing board
:05:52. > :05:55.was basically falling apart, this wouldn't be happening.
:05:56. > :06:01.On Friday, some teachers were caught celebrating what they felt had been
:06:02. > :06:03.the headteacher's suspension or sacking that turned
:06:04. > :06:06.Trafford Council have confirmed a number of teachers
:06:07. > :06:11.I'm aware of that video, and it's now appropriate
:06:12. > :06:15.that we investigate the content of it and whether there
:06:16. > :06:23.are any actions that are necessary as a result of it.
:06:24. > :06:27.Juliet Phillips has been following this story tonight.
:06:28. > :06:33.Juliet, what's going to happen next for this school?
:06:34. > :06:40.The school, which has been closed since Monday, is going to start a
:06:41. > :06:46.phased reopening. Some pupils will be starting classes as soon as
:06:47. > :06:50.tomorrow. That's ages seven until 11, key stage two. Then ages
:06:51. > :06:57.children five until seven, will begin classes on Friday. Early years
:06:58. > :06:58.children, ages three to five, began on Monday.
:06:59. > :07:04.What's the parents' reaction been like today?
:07:05. > :07:10.A mixed reaction as mentioned in the report. Some teachers have been
:07:11. > :07:15.suspended following the release of the video we have just seen, which
:07:16. > :07:18.allegedly shows a party happening on the school site. Some parents are
:07:19. > :07:19.worried that those teachers that are suspended will be replaced by supply
:07:20. > :07:22.teachers. The teachers have been under a huge
:07:23. > :07:25.amount of stress over We're really concerned that we're
:07:26. > :07:31.going to be going back to the school with temporary staff
:07:32. > :07:33.and our teachers not there, because nobody's informing us yet
:07:34. > :07:37.again what's happening. It's clear then the problems
:07:38. > :07:39.at this school aren't This week, we're on a Brexit tour
:07:40. > :07:50.of the region, finding out how people feel about the prospect
:07:51. > :07:52.of leaving the EU. Tonight we're in Cheshire East -
:07:53. > :07:56.where people narrowly voted out - and where there's a large
:07:57. > :07:58.Polish community. Here's our Social Affairs
:07:59. > :08:10.Correspondent Clare Fallon. We're back on the road and yes,
:08:11. > :08:15.we are caravanning in a hailstorm. Our next destination is a town
:08:16. > :08:18.that's become home to thousands So your noun is here,
:08:19. > :08:26.and they come in this order. Learning rules of grammar that
:08:27. > :08:29.will be a mystery to some who were born and educated
:08:30. > :08:31.in the UK. Many who take English courses
:08:32. > :08:35.at the local college are Polish. After class, I sat down with some
:08:36. > :08:41.of the students to talk about Brexit Why do you think people
:08:42. > :08:54.in the UK voted to leave? There's a lot of immigration
:08:55. > :08:56.in here, and I think Between a pub and a Polish deli,
:08:57. > :09:10.we parked up in Crewe town centre and invite people to escape
:09:11. > :09:14.the freeze for a few minutes. I've got nothing against anybody
:09:15. > :09:22.coming here to work genuinely, This is a road no
:09:23. > :09:27.one's been on before. It will be down to the government
:09:28. > :09:51.to figure out how we get there. Manchester City won the replay 5-1
:09:52. > :09:53.against Huddersfield. That's all from me.
:09:54. > :09:57.Today was a beautiful day, lots and lots of sunshine
:09:58. > :10:00.But we're changing back to that wet, windy and wintry pattern.
:10:01. > :10:03.We will see more of this weather as we head through
:10:04. > :10:07.Tightly packed isobars and weather front after weather front
:10:08. > :10:10.So we're back in the rain tonight, the showers moved in over
:10:11. > :10:14.The more organised area is moving in now.
:10:15. > :10:17.As it rises above the high ground, we will see some sleet and snow.
:10:18. > :10:21.There might be a little bit of wet snow floating by elsewhere,
:10:22. > :10:23.but I'm not expecting it to cause any problems.
:10:24. > :10:25.No weather warnings in place at the moment.
:10:26. > :10:27.In terms of the numbers tonight, it will vary.
:10:28. > :10:30.We will talk about perhaps zero to -1 rurally, but in towns
:10:31. > :10:32.and cities two and three, and four along the coast.
:10:33. > :10:34.Now, it's all around first thing this morning.
:10:35. > :10:38.It's going to move away as you go through the morning,
:10:39. > :10:41.and into the afternoon much brighter skies will work their way through.
:10:42. > :10:43.It's a nice improvement, but you've got a pretty poor
:10:44. > :10:48.The sun comes out in the afternoon, perhaps a stray shower here.
:10:49. > :10:51.The temperatures will range between seven and 9 degrees.
:10:52. > :10:53.Your national forecast is next, but here is the outlook
:10:54. > :11:04.outlook. A whole load of 11 is. What does that mean? Maybe John Hammond
:11:05. > :11:13.will tell you. We're in for a bumpy ride. The
:11:14. > :11:17.weather chopping and changing keeping us on our toes. Rain never
:11:18. > :11:21.too far away from our crystal ball. There has been rain around today
:11:22. > :11:22.across southern areas. This band of wet weather