11/04/2017 North West Tonight

Do we ourselves to be more important than we really are in international

affairs? Join me on The Food Standards Agency

is investigating a slaughterhouse in Lancashire - after being given

what's claimed to be secretly recorded video alleging animals

being cruelly treated. The campaigners say the images

show animals in severe You may find some of the images

coming up distressing. The slaughterhouse says the welfare

of animals is paramount. This is the room where sheep

are prepared for slaughter. One animal is picked up

by its fleece and thrown down. What happens in the next room is too

graphic for us to show you. But campaigners say it shows

acts of great cruelty. The slaughtermen, they say,

failing to kill the animals The campaigners claim the video

was recorded secretly at Malik Foods Here, animals are killed according

to Islamic halal methods. The company's website says:

All our animals are bred and cared for in the most humane

and compassionate way possible, and claims standards

exceed legal requirements. If the company are as they claim

great cheerleaders of animal welfare, why is it that we found

sheep being picked up and thrown Why is it that animals had

their throats cut with blunt knives, up to seven times in one case,

with one animal? This is something the management

of the company should have known about and they should have known

what is happening on their This part of the video records

an exchange between staff after one man shouts,

"The vet's coming." The company told us Malik Group

will work closely with the FSA to ensure that any findings

or recommendations made by the FSA are addressed, and where required,

implemented immediately. Nobody from Malik Foods was prepared

to talk to us today. The Food Standards Agency has begun

an investigation, which could lead In the meantime, some of the staff

here have had their slaughterman's licence removed and an enforcement

order has been issued, requiring the company

to meet basic standards. Stuart Flinders, BBC

North West Tonight, Lancashire. A senior Greater Manchester Police

firearms officer has told an inquiry that a man who was shot

was complying and had X7 - as he's being referred -

was the most senior officer present when Anthony Grainger

was shot in 2012. He told the inquiry that

from what he saw, there was no Clare Fallon has been at the hearing

at Liverpool Crown Court. We've heard several different

versions of what happened that night in 2012, when Anthony Grainger,

an unarmed man, was shot dead by police who were part

of an operation designed to stop Today, we heard the version

of a police officer He was the most senior police

officer who was there I think it's fair to say that some

of his evidence contradicted what we heard from the police

officer who pulled the trigger, Today, officer X7 told

the enquiry that he shouted at Anthony Grainger,

"Armed police, show me your hands," and that Anthony Grainger

did what he was told. The question was asked

of Officer X7, by the lawyer representing the Grainger family,

"If Anthony Grainger was complying with your instructions,

you couldn't see any reason while you were there

to justify shooting Anthony?" The answer to that question

from X7 was, "No, sir." He agreed he couldn't

see a justification. Worth pointing out there is some

disagreement, some debate, about the exact chronology of events

and some questioning about whether or not

Anthony Grainger had been shot before Officer X7 had his

eyes on the situation. The public hearings that form part

of this public enquiry are due to continue until the end

of this month. But it will likely be many more

months before we get A police officer will face a gross

misconduct hearing after a man died in a crash following a police chase

in Greater Manchester. 24-year-old Luke Campbell was killed

in Stretford last February. An investigation by the Independent

Police Complaints Commission found PC Simon Folwell,

who drove the police car, Drone footage has been released

showing how construction of the Mersey Gateway Bridge

is progressing. The images show how workers

are hoping to ensure the bridge The whole project will cost around

?600 million to complete. A teenager with cerebral palsy

is doing all he can to improve life for disabled people in his home

city of Lancaster. Cameron Redpath says the authorities

are failing those with disabilities and now he's urging them to remove

the barriers that prevent him and others from living

as independent a life as possible. 15-year-old Cameron Redpath

is on something of a mission. He has cerebral palsy

and uses a wheelchair, but some of the pavements

around his home, he says, are inaccessible, which means

he has to use the road. Could you not use the pavement

to get to this position? No, because at the end

of it is a massive curve that is on a slant, so you can see

up here that if I came off that, The problem, he says,

is not enough dropped kerbs I feel like we're in the forgotten

category, we are not high priority. But in actual fact, we are,

because we do struggle. So, the teenager has cultivated

friends in high places. He seems like a young man

who could change the world. I think the world had better watch

out because Cameron is on his way! Local MP Cat Smith has

joined his campaign and says I have since been approached by many

other wheelchair users who have told me about other problems

they have and also saying that the problems Cameron has

highlighted are the problems The campaign isn't confined

to pavement issues. Take the city's bus station,

designed to meet disability legislation, but even

here he struggles to It is mainly embarrassing,

because you do not want always help, but you want to be as independent

as much as you can, Lancaster City Council

says the bus station was built to comply

with the Disability There appear to be some isolated

issues with the smaller buses It says it is working

with Stagecoach to identify As for the pavements,

Lancashire County Council says dropped kerbs in key places

are a priority. A multi-million pound

trial could soon put People travelling between Stockport

and Manchester Airport will be able to hail autonomous vehicles -

by using an app on their phone. Driverless pods like these could one

day be taking you from your car to the terminals at Manchester

Airport. This was how the Government's

?100 million investment in low-carbon, autonomous vehicles

was launched in London. And this was how they announced

the Manchester project. They are doing something called

platooning, so they are driving So, automatically, that is using

a lot less road space. As well as the pods at the airport,

it's hoped cars like this will take These petrol sports cars

still require drivers as they tested out the new A6 relief

road near Poynton. But the company behind them hopes

one day they'll be hybrids or electric cars and capable

of moving without anyone Members of the public will be able

to book a journey in them from Stockport Railway Station

to the airport using People may look at it and think

this isn't very safe, but if you go to race tracks

all over the world, you see that this is actually

happening on a regular basis. Are you talking about turning

the A6 into a race track? So, the technology that we are

looking at here is to reduce congestion, and to try

and improve the air. Driverless cars are already

on the roads in the US. But their involvement in several

accidents has hit the headlines, leaving some motorists with concerns

about their safety. Well, the vehicles themselves

have a lot of very sophisticated equipment on them, including

sensors, radar, that kind of thing, so they are able to react much

quicker than a person would. Transport for Greater Manchester

says we can expect to see the sports cars being trialled on public roads

from early next year. Naomi Cornwell, BBC

North West Tonight. That's all the news. Let's get a

look at the weather. temperatures. It's been glorious,

but it's about cooler air for the next couple of days. We are stuck

with it through the Easter weekend. Things will not change too much. We

have a weather front coming towards us. It arrives in the early hours of

tomorrow morning. The next few that come through over the next few days

are very weak, not too much rain. As we speak, still some clear skies out

there. Over the next couple of hours the cloud will start to build. A few

tiny spots of drizzle working into Cumbria and Lancashire in the early

hours of the morning. Because you have a stiff breeze and the cloud

cover, temperatures are good. 8-9. Tomorrow yes, a band of rain will

work its in relatively quickly, through breakfast time and the rush

hour with most of us. It moves away relatively quickly. As it rises over

the high ground there could be heavy bursts. Once it gets past lunchtime

and it's gone, the sun comes out. There could be showers in the mix.

There will be one more two showers, there shouldn't be more than that.

Many places will have a dry afternoon. You've got the sunshine

and this if, cool breeze, so while the numbers on the same as today, in

reality, it's going to feel cooler. That's the way it stays in the

Outlook. rain but it will be brighter later.

On Sunday, on the cool side for East itself.

Good evening. Grace of all it -- it is greatest of all in Scotland. A

weather front is on the move. The rain edging down into south-western

parts of Scotland and northern Ireland. Much of England and Wales

will have a dry note but not quite as Chile to start tomorrow. Let's

deal with the wet weather first thing tomorrow. It will be a damp

start for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Heaviest rain on the hills

towards the