03/04/2017 North West Tonight

The parents of a young girl who died after a hit-and-run in Oldham

say they had hoped God would save her because

Zaneta Krokova and her cousin Helena Koltarova were hit by a car

driven by Gabor Hegedus on New Year's Eve.

Today he admitted causing their deaths by careless driving.

A New Year's Eve hit-and-run claimed the lives of these two cousins -

Distraught family members gathered at the place where 12-year-old

Helina was killed and Zaneta, who was 11, was seriously injured.

She passed away the following Monday.

They were hit as they crossed Ashton Road in Oldham, hand-in-hand,

One witness recalled they were flipped into the air

The driver didn't wait to find out what he'd done.

He is 38-year-old Hungarian Gabor Hegedos.

Today he pleaded guilty to two counts of causing death

The families of Helina and Zaneta spoke through an interpreter today

They are saying that their life has just twisted from just like that,

that even the siblings not feeling the way that they should,

This picture of Hegedos was uploaded to social media

Families in court also heard 18-year-old David Orsos plead guilty

to perverting the course of justice by agreeing to dispose

Both also admitted other charges related to the deaths

Even when the doctor said that there is a chance that she could die,

They thought that because of her in good heart that

God will let her stay, but he still took her with him.

Remanding Hegedos and Orsos in custody, His Honour Judge Potter

warned them they face a significant jail term.

Sentencing will take place on 26 June.

Mark Edwardson, BBC North West Tonight,

Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester.

Christine Lofthouse has epilepsy and a number

It's left the 49-year-old from Manchester needing 24-hour care.

But the Department for Work and Pensions has told

her she's fit to work - and has cut her benefits

There's barely room in a large storage box for all of

A series of illnesses centred on the brain have left her

She recently had to undergo what's called a Work Capability Assessment.

You felt you weren't assessed properly?

I was definitely not assessed properly.

I took lots of information, put it on the desk thinking

that she would take a look at it and she took no notice

of any of the information that was on the letters.

Christine lives full time with her carer in Wythenshawe.

We will go out together, but I have to hold her hand.

If we go out together I always have to be with her.

She can't be left alone, because she won't remember where she is.

She won't remember what bus to get on.

A few days ago, Christine received this letter

They accept that she's not fit enough to hold down a full-time job,

but say she might be able to do some paid employment, and they want

In the meantime her benefits are being cut by nearly ?200 a month.

You are being asked now to attend a meeting where you can discuss

I have told them I would want to do work.

But that is the point of the meeting, isn't it,

The Department for Work and Pensions told us...

According to the most recent figures, 59% of appeals

Christine Lofthouse says she wants to work, but would be a danger

Stuart Flinders, BBC North West Tonight, Manchester.

I spoke to Louise Cousins from the organisation

Epilepsy Action and she told me why she believed the current system used

to assess people was inadequate for people with epilepsy.

It is unable to accurately assess the impact of living with epilepsy.

It is a fluctuating and hidden condition which can affect people

And it is perfectly feasible that a person with epilepsy could be fine

one minute and very unwell the next, and that isn't reflected

or recognised in the assessment processes at all.

What we are asking for is for assessors to be trained to better

understand the nature of conditions like epilepsy, and for questions

in the assessment process to better reflect the fluctuating nature

So, if somebody does have a very severe case,

like the example that we have, what affects could working

Working full-time, if your epilepsy is so

severe that that is a challenge for you, it could increase the severity

and type of seizures, it could make people very, very tired.

The operators of Stanlow Oil Refinery in Cheshire have been fined

?1.6 million following an explosion there four years ago.

The blast destroyed part of the interior

of the Ellesmere Port plant in November 2013.

A Health and Safety Executive inquiry concluded

that the operators - Essar - were in breach

A primary school on the Isle of Man remains closed this week

More than 100 pupils at the Ballacottier School

in Douglas caught the vomiting bug last week.

The school re-opened this morning, but all the pupils were sent home

again as inspectors said the cleaning hadn't been done

A new musical co-produced by Take That has become the fastest

selling theatre tour ever - taking ?2 million in its first

two hours of tickets going on sale this afternoon.

The Band will be played by the winners of BBC

Take That announced news of the tour at the Manchester Apollo -

where they performed their first major gig in the early '90s.

Take That first performed right here at the Manchester Apollo in 1992.

25 years later they are back to launch their new musical The Band.

For AJ, Nick, Yazdan, Curtis and Sario, this

In February they were crowned the winners of the BBC programme

Let It Shine and now their dreams are becoming realised

as they will be performing as The Band in a new musical

co-produced by none other than Take That.

We're back here at Manchester Apollo and it is a great feeling

because this is the place we first started our tour.

Also we are in Manchester and it is a fantastic feeling.

The musical is about what it is like to grow up adoring a boy band.

For five 16-year-old friends in 1992, The Band is everything.

The boys say Take That were hands-on producers.

They have been coming into our rehearsals and they have a strong

Producing musical theatre is extremely exciting for anybody

I have been involved in the last few years and I am really thrilled.

The lads are now involved as well, cos it is so rewarding.

It is wonderful to see how they have grown since winning the TV show

and they have been in rehearsals for the last few weeks.

Tickets are now on sale for the 20-date tour which will see

The Band visit much of the UK, and including Manchester

That's it from me - here's Dianne with the weather.

We had a fabulous weekend. There is more of that to come. We have

started the week 's mother. A couple of changes in the next couple of

hours,. Rain coming in. From Wednesday onwards it looks largely

dry and find up to the weekend. This ring has worked its way in over the

last couple of hours. Hardly in it. Is joined by another band by the

early hours of the morning. Later and patchy again. Temperatures

between seven and nine but over the tops of the hills this ability low

first thing of the morning. The rain will linger in the first hours of

daylight. The rain clearing everywhere by late morning and the

sun comes out and stays up through the day. Patchy cloud into Cumbria

towards the end of the day but great for most. North-westerly breeze but

hours of sunshine. 12 or 13. A dry and clear night on Tuesday.

Temperatures seventh or eight Celsius. After that it is high

pressure. Cloud amounts will vary. It won't be wall-to-wall sunshine

but Wednesday should be decent. Some drizzle but that won't amount to

much. A north-westerly breeze, 11 or 12. Thursday you might have more

cloud but it will break from time to time and the same on Friday. A

decent picture. Not particularly warm for the weekend, it stays dry

and fine. Good night. is remaining settled. It will feel

fairly warm and dry as well. Good evening. Some rain spreading in

across the Atlantic overnight. As it does so we will see some fresh

Atlantic air following on from behind. The pollen levels will drop

but the temperatures will also drop. Some rain to go with the cloud. It

is moving its way from west to east. Drying up in not an island and

eventually it will dry up in most of Scotland. The fresher Atlantic air

is following on behind. In major towns and cities it will be five, 6

degrees. Across England and Wales there would be extensive cloud

cover. It will be a pretty grey and wet start to some parts of Wales and

the South West of England. Not much rain by eight o'clock in the

morning. Pretty grey, misty and