06/04/2017 North West Tonight

The mother of an unarmed man who was shot dead by police

today shouted "murderer" at the officer who

Anthony Grainger's mother reacted when the officer told

a public inquiry he'd do the same again.

Our Social Affairs Correspondent Clare Fallon was at the hearing.

Giving evidence from behind a curtain, the police officer who is

only known as Q9, said that when he pulled the trigger

he believed Anthony Grainger had a gun and he

thought his colleagues were in extreme danger.

He also said that in the same situation he would do the same

That provoked an angry response from Anthony Grainger's mother.

She shouted out, murder, that's what you are.

Everyone in this court knows you murdered my son.

Also in court today listening to the evidence was

She gave me her response after the hearing.

Even though it has been established that the intelligence

was wildly inaccurate, and those were the words used,

he still says he would do it again, knowing he acted on

When Anthony Grainger was shot dead in

2012 in a Cheshire car park, he was being followed

by armed police from the

Greater Manchester force who were trying to stop a suspected

Since then, we have discovered that Anthony Grainger was unharmed and

that there were problems with the police intelligence.

This public enquiry into his death will carry on hearing

evidence in public until the end of this month.

We will likely get the findings later this year.

There are fears for 3,000 Co-Op Bank jobs tonight

after the Co-Op Group announced it has written-off its 20% stake

The bank employs staff in Manchester, Stockport

and Skelmersdale, as Naomi Cornwell reports.

Business as usual was the message from the Co-op headquarters

in Manchester today after the group announced a pretax

It grew from the consumer societies started by

the Rochdale Pioneers, with the aim of creating an ethical

But in recent years, the Co-op Bank has struggled to survive.

The bank's impact is disappointing on the group.

We have taken a prudent decision to write down our value in the bank.

It does not reflect the great year the Co-op has had.

division are all doing well with strong sales.

The bank was part of that group, but was rescued by US investors

Since then, the Co-op Group has only been a minority shareholder,

And now it's reduced the value of that stake

The bank has been looking for buyers since February.

Last month the BBC revealed Bank of England contingency plans

to ensure the "orderly failure" of the Co-op Bank are well advanced.

Its Chief Executive insists there is real value in its ethical

position and customer relationships which set it apart and provide

strong future potential, saying they are focused

on the interests of all our stakeholders.

If it collapsed, customers would be protected.

But the Unite union, which represents some

of the bank workers, says it is concerned for their future.

A collapse would be devastating for bank workers in Manchester

There are 4,500 people employed by the Co-operative Bank.

There would be a wider concern about the contagion

that would be generated by the collapse of a major UK banks.

The bank says there could be an announcement

A prison officer is being treated in hospital tonight

after being slashed across the throat by an inmate

at the privately-run Altcourse Prison in Liverpool.

Let's get the latest from our Merseyside Reporter Andy Gill

What more can you tell us about this attack?

We understand the attack happened yesterday afternoon in the jail's

prisoner separation unit and the alleged assailant had been

The inmate said to be involved was on remand

The officer was slashed with a razor type weapon and was taken

to hospital where was said to be in a stable condition.

Other prison officers nearby quickly subdued the alleged attacker.

The director of the prison says they continue to support

This isn't the first time the prison has been at the centre

No, in October 2014 an inspection found that violence was rising

sharply because of the availability of psychoactive drugs

The same report said the prison was providing good training,

In 2015, there were 414 assaults here, down from the previous year

but still a high figure relative to many other jails in the country.

In August last year the jail was put in lock down for two days

after knives and illicit drugs were found in packages on the roof

which people had tried to throw over the walls.

A police investigation into the attack on the prison

Tonight a spokesman for G4S who run Altcourse said There is no place

in our prison community for violent behaviour and we will always work

with the police to push for the strongest possible sanctions

in court against prisoners who undermine safety.

Zoo inspectors say they're impressed and highly

encouraged by improvements at the South Lakes Safari Zoo.

A licence for the previous owner David Gill was refused last month

after a report revealed shocking failings over animal welfare.

Inspectors are now recommending the Cumbria Zoo Company should be

The Rail Minister, Lancashire MP Paul Maynard,

has called on the RMT Union to continue talks to avert

Guards working for Merseyrail and Northern will walk out on Saturday

in a dispute over the introduction of driver-only operated trains.

The union denies it's specifically targeted the Grand National.

We apologise for any disruption caused.

They will get to Aintree and use alternative methods.

This is about safety on trains going into

the next 20 or 30 years in Merseyside and across the north of

It is much more important than one day at Aintree.

The Grand National Meeting began at Aintree today.

It's 40 years since Southport-trained Red Rum

And Stuart Pollitt has been looking back through the archives.

The horse with the gammy leg, trained by a taxi driver on the

But by 1977, Red Rum had already won the National

twice and finished runner up on another two occasions.

Yet, it was this race which sealed his spot in history.

Riding Red Rum that day was Tommy Stack.

To find him 40 years on, you need to to come here to Tipperary, where

It's only like yesterday looking back at it.

Tommy rode Red Rum more than 40 times, but this was his

You could hear the crowd and everything else.

It is 40 years since Red Rum ran down here for the

final time, but the impact the horse made on this course

I take tours around the race course and I always point out

that this horse is who you've got to thank for Aintree's existence today.

Every week I get a letter in or somebody in to sign photographs

There will never be a horse like him again.

Red Rum is buried beside the winning post.

We will have the forecast in just a minute.

In Super League, Wigan were beaten at home tonight

by the early-season leaders Castleford.

The Warriors ran in two tries as they were beaten 27-10.

Morgan Escere crossed for both touchdowns

for the defending champions who were without nine

Having won their first four matches - Wigan are now

That does it from me. Here is the weather forecast.

Sunshine was in short supply for many of us today, but it

was around first thing in the morning in parts of Lancashire.

The Weather Watcher picture coming in from Ian look

For most of us, it was a lot of cloud cover -

That is because of the north-westerly air flow,

feeding cloud as it comes in across the sea.

Over the next couple of days, a nice change in that wind direction

With an area of high pressure keeping the weather

front out of the way, there is room for a nice

At the moment, we are still under the cloud cover and

that is how we stay all the way through the night.

I mean, all the way through the night.

Most places just blanket cloud cover.

Temperatures will be up in the overnight period.

When you get up tomorrow morning, it is a little bit of a

Over those high level routes, the high level could support

tiny spot of drizzle here and there but hardly even

For most of us, a repeat of this morning with lots of cloud.

With a change in wind direction through the afternoon,

You can see the sunshine gradually starting to work its way through.

Much brighter skies will start to appear.

It is coming in late in the day so it can't

really influence the temperatures too much.

After that, that is when start to see a significant change in

The brighter skies will start coming through.

If you're going racing tomorrow, I imagine for The Ladies' Day

temperatures of around 13 Celsius with that late

If I leave you with the outlook as we go through the next couple

of days, the weekend looks an awful lot better.

to rise into the weekend. We'll see 22 Celsius on Sunday.

Hello. There was some warm sunshine around today, but it's set to get

even warmer this weekend. 18 Celsius in London this afternoon. This was

the scene in Chiswick, much quieter than it was on Sunday for the boat

race. Under the cloud for example here in Cumbria, temperatures

struggled to make double figures. Through the night we're going to

hang onto a lot of cloud across north-west England, North Wales,

Northern Ireland and western Scotland, where there will be a bit

of drizzle on the breeze. Zero skies across many southern and eastern

parts of England, together with eastern Scotland and in the

countryside again, temperatures won't be far away from freezing.

Just briefly, at the end of the night, because it will warm up in

the sunshine. That's why we have the best of the early sunshine. The

cloud will break up across Wales, the Midlands and North West England.

We may hang onto more cloud in Northern Ireland and western

Scotland will