:00:13. > :00:16.Amanda Knox and her mother Margaret were enjoying a quiet evening
:00:17. > :00:19.in last Saturday when an explosion ripped through their home and sent
:00:20. > :00:24.Nearly a week after the suspected gas blast in Wirral they're
:00:25. > :00:26.homeless and critical of the local council s response.
:00:27. > :00:29.Today Stuart Flinders took them back to see the damaged property
:00:30. > :00:37.in New Ferry for the first time since the evacuation.
:00:38. > :00:40.With the outer cordon lifted today, the full extent of the damage
:00:41. > :00:43.Some people travelled all the way from Birmingham
:00:44. > :00:47.Amanda and her mum Margaret last saw their home as they ran
:00:48. > :00:49.from the explosion and today I took them back.
:00:50. > :01:05.My front bedroom window, the small window, I'd just gone
:01:06. > :01:09.to bed and the whole window just came out and landed on my bed that
:01:10. > :01:20.When you look at it now, you're lucky you survived?
:01:21. > :01:43.They've lost everything including their cat,
:01:44. > :01:46.They're not impressed with the council's response.
:01:47. > :01:48.We've just been left to find our own way.
:01:49. > :01:50.Our insurance company told us to find ourselves
:01:51. > :01:59.Wirral Council says it has been in touch with all those badly
:02:00. > :02:03.When we told them about Amanda and Margaret they said they would be
:02:04. > :02:06.contacting them as soon as possible to offer them all
:02:07. > :02:11.One man badly injured was named today as 21-year-old Lewis Jones,
:02:12. > :02:16.currently in a critical condition at the Walton Centre.
:02:17. > :02:22.His family have thanked his friends for their support.
:02:23. > :02:25.Those who live near the area have rallied around.
:02:26. > :02:29.At Grove Street Primary an afternoon of fund-raising events,
:02:30. > :02:31.the idea not of staff, but of the children themselves.
:02:32. > :02:36.So you decided to raise some money and how much do
:02:37. > :02:50.The investigation into the cause of the explosion is still going
:02:51. > :02:53.on and a decision will have to be made about how many of these
:02:54. > :03:01.You might remember a huge fire in Stockport in 2013 which forced
:03:02. > :03:05.A year later another blaze broke out in Salford
:03:06. > :03:08.Both began at recycling plants owned by Barry Kilroe.
:03:09. > :03:11.Today Mr Kilroe, from Alderley Edge, was jailed for 15 months
:03:12. > :03:13.after admitting failing to store waste properly.
:03:14. > :03:23.Tonne upon tonne of abandoned rotting waste.
:03:24. > :03:30.It has been here so long, trees are sprouting out of it.
:03:31. > :03:32.The company, Asset and Land, only had a licence to
:03:33. > :03:38.There is seven times that much is here.
:03:39. > :03:41.Today the owner, Barry Kilroe, was jailed for 15 months
:03:42. > :03:43.after admitting ten charges relating to waste handling at
:03:44. > :03:53.In August 2013, a huge fire forced parts of the M60 to close.
:03:54. > :03:56.It had broken out at J25, a recycling plant in Bredbury.
:03:57. > :04:02.This time at Recovered Fuels in Salford.
:04:03. > :04:09.The smoke was so thick, Network Rail suspended its services to Liverpool.
:04:10. > :04:11.Both companies were owned by Barry Kilroe.
:04:12. > :04:15.This was a significant environmental damage
:04:16. > :04:18.as well as damage to infrastructure and the communities around the sites
:04:19. > :04:23.where Mr Kilroe chose to undertake a criminal activity.
:04:24. > :04:25.In the space of a year, Environment Agency officers visited
:04:26. > :04:27.all three sites several times and on each occasion
:04:28. > :04:30.Waste should be stored securely indoors.
:04:31. > :04:33.At every site the amount of waste exceeded the limit
:04:34. > :04:35.allowed and was stored for longer than permitted.
:04:36. > :04:40.People would say it is an inefficient system.
:04:41. > :04:44.The Court Service has to be fair to all and everybody is innocent
:04:45. > :04:48.So the onus is on the Environment Agency to provide the evidence
:04:49. > :04:51.and in this case it has taken a while because of Mr
:04:52. > :04:57.Kilroe's own defence, but we got there in the end.
:04:58. > :05:00.It cost ?3 million to clean up the Salford and Stockport sites.
:05:01. > :05:01.Insurance companies picked up the bill.
:05:02. > :05:11.The site here in Warrington will cost the owner much more.
:05:12. > :05:14.A Manchester man has been sentenced after being convicted
:05:15. > :05:17.of murdering his sister by setting her on fire.
:05:18. > :05:19.Stephen Archer poured petrol over Julie Archer in her Newton Heath
:05:20. > :05:24.She never regained consciousness and died three days
:05:25. > :05:34.He was given life imprisonment to serve a minimum of 27 years.
:05:35. > :05:37.A utility firm has been fined nearly ?1 million after it was found guilty
:05:38. > :05:40.of a health and safety offence after the death of a worker.
:05:41. > :05:43.John Flowers died after falling from an electricity pole in Lancashire.
:05:44. > :05:45.Electricity North West was convicted of contravening work at height
:05:46. > :05:55.regulations by failing to ensure the work was supervised.
:05:56. > :05:57.Councillors in Liverpool have approved a financial
:05:58. > :06:00.plan which could see Everton Football Club
:06:01. > :06:03.build a new stadium on Liverpool's waterfront.
:06:04. > :06:05.The authority won't itself be providing any funding
:06:06. > :06:07.for the new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock which is set
:06:08. > :06:18.In Super League tonight, George Williams scored two tries
:06:19. > :06:21.for Wigan at Leeds Rhinos, but he finished on the loosing
:06:22. > :06:24.side as Wigan lost by 26 points to 18 at Headingly.
:06:25. > :06:32.Last week was lovely. What's it going to be like this weekend? A
:06:33. > :06:35.mixed bag for you Graham! We start off Saturday with low
:06:36. > :06:40.pressure. So expect sunshine. Expect showers as well. So Sunday looks
:06:41. > :06:43.better because we're going to see high pressure building briefly so
:06:44. > :06:49.Sunday is more settledful tonight is a cloudy night and we're going to
:06:50. > :06:54.see rain on and off overnight, but with light winds it should be a tad
:06:55. > :06:57.milder than last night. We could see temperatures still in double figures
:06:58. > :07:00.in one or two spots. Tomorrow morning the rain continues for a
:07:01. > :07:04.time. It is a cloudy start, but as we head into the afternoon the rain
:07:05. > :07:09.will break up into showers. So it is a mixture of sunshine and April
:07:10. > :07:12.showers for tomorrow. Also with light winds around through the
:07:13. > :07:16.afternoon. I think underneath the sunshine it should feel pleasant
:07:17. > :07:21.with a top temperature of 13 Celsius. Tomorrow night, clear skies
:07:22. > :07:25.once again is going to be a chilly night and Sunday, drier and
:07:26. > :07:27.brighter. So the outlook for Monday, we are going to see rain later on
:07:28. > :07:38.Monday. Hello. There the weekend is here and
:07:39. > :07:41.Sunday looks like being the better day of the two. We're going to start
:07:42. > :07:43.the weekend, a new month,