:00:00. > :00:17.An Inquiry into the death of an unarmed man, shot by police,
:00:18. > :00:22.has heard two of the officers failed a firearms course just weeks before.
:00:23. > :00:25.E-mails also revealed concerns about how the officers
:00:26. > :00:31.Anthony Grainger died as he sat in a car in Cheshire in 2012.
:00:32. > :00:37.Our Social Affairs Correspondent Clare Fallon reports.
:00:38. > :00:50.Five years ago last week, in this car park,
:00:51. > :00:52.an unarmed man was shot dead by police.
:00:53. > :00:54.The firearms officers who came here that night
:00:55. > :00:56.should have been highly trained, used to dealing with the most
:00:57. > :01:00.Now, we have learned that two of them had failed
:01:01. > :01:01.a training course in the weeks before.
:01:02. > :01:04.One of them, only known as Z15 had made such serious safety
:01:05. > :01:07.breaches on that training exercise, it could have ended his career as a
:01:08. > :01:11.The other who failed, X7, was the most senior
:01:12. > :01:14.firearms officer here when Anthony Grainger was shot dead,
:01:15. > :01:16.effectively running the operation on the ground.
:01:17. > :01:22.Having heard the details during today's hearing,
:01:23. > :01:24.Anthony Grainger's parter told me that she finds these
:01:25. > :01:36.How difficult is that for you to sit through and hear
:01:37. > :01:47.We want to find out what really happened that night and why Anthony
:01:48. > :01:50.Giving evidence today, Michael Lawler.
:01:51. > :01:54.He is now retired, but at the time, he was head of
:01:55. > :01:56.firearms and heavily involved in planning the Greater Manchester
:01:57. > :02:00.Police operation which ended in Anthony Grainger's death.
:02:01. > :02:02.He told the enquiry that he didn't think the
:02:03. > :02:10.police force knew that they had felt that course until after the event
:02:11. > :02:14.and that he had destroyed a book containing some of his notes about
:02:15. > :02:16.the operation when he left the police force.
:02:17. > :02:21.The enquiry is still to hear from the police
:02:22. > :02:34.The public hearing is scheduled to last several more weeks.
:02:35. > :02:37.Liverpool Crown Court heard an elderly woman fell
:02:38. > :02:40.on to a railway track after a Merseyrail guard failed
:02:41. > :02:41.to check all passengers had boarded safely
:02:42. > :02:45.Martin Zee denies endangering passenger safety.
:02:46. > :02:50.Edna Atherton was 88 when she fell from the platform,
:02:51. > :02:52.suffering broken ribs and a cut head at Birkenhead's
:02:53. > :02:59.Northern Rail says it'll only be able to operate 40%
:03:00. > :03:02.of services next Monday, when the RMT union stages a one day
:03:03. > :03:07.strike in protest at plans to introduce driver-only trains.
:03:08. > :03:10.Police have bailed the 89-year-old driver,
:03:11. > :03:13.who was arrested after two women were killed by a car
:03:14. > :03:15.outside Withington Hospital in Manchester yesterday.
:03:16. > :03:17.The man was questioned on suspicion of causing death
:03:18. > :03:27.The women, both in their 40s, have not yet been named.
:03:28. > :03:29.A woman from Morecambe has been told she can't have a drug
:03:30. > :03:33.Last summer, Harriet North was diagnosed with a rare terminal
:03:34. > :03:38.The treatment is almost completely effective,
:03:39. > :03:40.but the NHS only offers it to patients diagnosed
:03:41. > :03:49.Music means everything to Harriet North.
:03:50. > :03:51.But due to her condition, playing guitar now means
:03:52. > :04:00.I know that is going to flare-up within the next few days.
:04:01. > :04:11.confirming she wouldn't be prescribed the drug, Anakinra, which
:04:12. > :04:14.The following CCU criteria has not been met.
:04:15. > :04:17.Just tell us how worrying a time this is for you.
:04:18. > :04:23.Especially with specialists saying that in ten years' time, I'm going
:04:24. > :04:25.to get kidney failure, liver failure and my system
:04:26. > :04:33.If I don't get the drug that I need, I won't be here in ten years.
:04:34. > :04:36.A change in NHS rule means that he she can't have
:04:37. > :04:38.Anakinra, even though as ?10,000 a year,
:04:39. > :04:40.it is cost-effective and doctors say it is 95% effective
:04:41. > :04:46.In March last year, NHS rules changed, meaning any
:04:47. > :04:50.drug that is not approved by Nice can no longer be prescribed to new
:04:51. > :04:53.To get Nice approval, a drug needs to be tested
:04:54. > :04:57.Because there is only one in a million of us
:04:58. > :05:00.and there is so little research on it, when they do find
:05:01. > :05:03.in the research and find a drug that works, it is frustrating
:05:04. > :05:07.that the NHS don't back that drug.
:05:08. > :05:09.The worrying thing as a parent is going forward.
:05:10. > :05:13.She mentions ten years, I think that is an outside hope.
:05:14. > :05:16.The family say they have been overwhelmed by the support that
:05:17. > :05:18.Harriet has received with friends offering to stage
:05:19. > :05:21.We would struggle to fund it ourselves.
:05:22. > :05:27.It would cost them a lot more to keep them alive on dialysis,
:05:28. > :05:37.They are now hoping that NHS England will overturned the decision to
:05:38. > :05:45.Harriet's MP David Morris is supporting her challenge
:05:46. > :05:52.My office has been dealing with Harriet's consultants and they have
:05:53. > :05:58.said that she is the worst case out of 70 in the country.
:05:59. > :06:00.NHS England deem her not fit to have this
:06:01. > :06:04.drug and it is quite frankly not good enough and I am fighting this
:06:05. > :06:08.When you meet with Jeremy Hunt next week, what are going to say?
:06:09. > :06:10.I am going to enlist Secretary of State's help to
:06:11. > :06:18.his neck out and make an exception in one individual case, isn't it?
:06:19. > :06:20.That could for him open the floodgates.
:06:21. > :06:23.At the end of the day, the criteria is there.
:06:24. > :06:27.This drug is available to those who really need it.
:06:28. > :06:31.Are you optimistic you will get this turned around for her?
:06:32. > :06:34.I never promise anybody anything, but one thing I do promise
:06:35. > :06:38.and one thing I will always deliver is a good fight and I normally get
:06:39. > :06:41.This week, we've been examining air pollution,
:06:42. > :06:43.which affects many of us in the North West.
:06:44. > :06:47.Our biggest cities, Manchester and Liverpool,
:06:48. > :06:50.are both considering bans on the vehicles which
:06:51. > :06:53.it's believed cause most of our air pollution.
:06:54. > :06:57.In Europe, some places have been able to reduce vehicle emissions.
:06:58. > :07:00.And our Environment Correspondent Judy Hobson has been to see
:07:01. > :07:07.Zurich, Switzerland's largest city, and a similar size to Manchester.
:07:08. > :07:11.It welcomes shoppers, bankers and tourists, but not cars.
:07:12. > :07:15.Parking places are scarce and expensive.
:07:16. > :07:22.It's a deliberate policy to cut air pollution.
:07:23. > :07:27.leave your car at home, otherwise you are a bad citizen.
:07:28. > :07:29.No, if you want to take your car, you can.
:07:30. > :07:34.But we say we have another option that is really good.
:07:35. > :07:38.By that, he means cheap and efficient public transport.
:07:39. > :07:43.By law, every city centre resident has to live within 500 metres
:07:44. > :07:54.Half the urban population don't own a car.
:07:55. > :07:56.This square used to be full of parking places.
:07:57. > :07:58.Now cars are banned and its measures like this that have
:07:59. > :08:00.helped dissuade people from bringing their vehicles
:08:01. > :08:06.A two hour train ride away is Freigburg in Germany,
:08:07. > :08:13.The most popular way to commute is by bicycle.
:08:14. > :08:17.One area has been built and designed for people not to need cars.
:08:18. > :08:21.This is the district of Vauban, a sustainable area.
:08:22. > :08:27.You can have a car, but you have to pay 18,000 euros just
:08:28. > :08:32.All the shops are nearby, so day-to-day life is not very
:08:33. > :08:38.In summer, you see all the streets are in the
:08:39. > :08:39.street and they are playing together.
:08:40. > :08:42.I would have loved to live here as a kid.
:08:43. > :08:44.Like Zurich, it's an efficient public transport system which has
:08:45. > :08:49.helped make a difference, but also careful town planning.
:08:50. > :08:52.We don't have big shops at the border of the city,
:08:53. > :08:54.where you can buy milk and a television.
:08:55. > :09:01.We have shops in every residential area so you can
:09:02. > :09:10.Even here, more needs to be done to further reduce emissions,
:09:11. > :09:15.but Freigburg and Zurich show how urban air pollution can be reduced.
:09:16. > :09:16.It shows policies in places like Manchester
:09:17. > :09:21.much further, if we're to have any chance of cleaning up
:09:22. > :09:30.Football and Manchester City missed the chance to gain ground
:09:31. > :09:33.on Chelsea at the top of the Premier League tonight.
:09:34. > :09:37.They were held to a goalless draw by Stoke City at the Etihad Stadium.
:09:38. > :09:41.Kelechi Iheanacho went close in stoppage time.
:09:42. > :09:43.The point leaves City third, ten points off the pace
:09:44. > :09:55.Good evening. We have our first taste of spring today. Temperatures
:09:56. > :10:00.going into double figures and it was a beautiful end to the day. Our
:10:01. > :10:04.weather watcher photos, some lovely daffodils and flowers blooming.
:10:05. > :10:07.Through denied, most of us will have a dry night. There will be rain and
:10:08. > :10:12.showers moving across Cumbria, Lancashire into the early hours of
:10:13. > :10:17.Thursday morning. Breeze picking up a little bit. Temperatures no more
:10:18. > :10:24.than seven or 8 degrees. Cloud around, that cloud quickly shifting
:10:25. > :10:28.away and we are looking at some decent sunny spells going into
:10:29. > :10:31.lunchtime and certainly into the afternoon, as well. Temperatures in
:10:32. > :10:38.two double figures. Nine or ten, perhaps 11 or 12 Celsius. It feels
:10:39. > :10:42.much like spring. Going into Friday, we have got a weather front throwing
:10:43. > :10:48.in a bit of cloud and outbreaks of rain as we go throughout the day.
:10:49. > :10:51.Still quite mild, temperatures in double figures, certainly cloudier
:10:52. > :10:56.on Friday. With that, outbreaks of rain on and off throughout the day
:10:57. > :11:00.particularly around the coast and over the hills. Temperatures again
:11:01. > :11:02.getting up to about ten or 12 degrees. The weekend, mixed.
:11:03. > :11:06.outlook, staying mild and Nick has the bigger picture across the UK.
:11:07. > :11:13.Hello. Spring is in the air with temperatures reaching 14 or 15 in a
:11:14. > :11:20.few spots today as they will again over the next few days. Very
:11:21. > :11:24.pleasant in the sun. The daffodils were loving that in York. More
:11:25. > :11:31.places under blue sky tomorrow and dry. Tonight heavy showers moving
:11:32. > :11:34.across Scotland on strong to gale force winds, some may clip Northern
:11:35. > :11:39.Ireland. It's a mild night in southern England and South Wales but
:11:40. > :11:48.damp and drizzly, misty with coastal and hill fog elsewhere. Temperatures
:11:49. > :11:54.in between and dry: This damp weather hangs on from parts of the
:11:55. > :11:57.Channel Islands, to Cornwall. Elsewhere, it's getting brighter in
:11:58. > :11:59.South Wales and southern England. In England,