19/04/2017 North West Tonight


19/04/2017

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It could be an indication of what's to come over the next 49 days.

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As the general election got the go-ahead today,

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the North West was thrust firmly into centre stage.

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First with a high-profile resignation and then the person

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who started it all came here to begin the campaign.

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He said he would carry on until the election

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but he just didn't think it would happen quite yet.

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George Osborne, the soon-to-be ex-MP for Tatton, calling time

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It has been a great privilege being the member of Parliament

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I love this country, its diversity and optimism and those

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are the values I espouses as a member of the parliament

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and as Chancellor but now I'm going to promote those values

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as editor of the great British newspaper.

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They are getting ready to say goodbye, but is it a fond farwell?

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So I can understand why he would want to do it.

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Elected in 2001, he became the youngest Tory MP in the Commons

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with an affluent constituency in Cheshire but he became the face

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The self-styled founder of the Northern Powerhouse,

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and a fan of high-vis and hard hats, he was demoted from the cabinet

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last year but kept busy with several highly paid jobs.

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Some questioned his commitment to Tatton and wanted him out

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I don't want him to go but I do understand his reasoning and I do

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respect the decision that he's come to.

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The woman who put him out of the job, to May,

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chose Bolton to launch her general election campaign.

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Bolton West is a Tory marginal while Labour's majority

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in neighbouring constituency Bolton North East is less

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than 5000, a real target for the Conservatives

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Until we sort Brexit out, you can't really sort much else out.

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I think Labour will be better for me.

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People have said there is no continuity around this Brexit thing,

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so keeping that clear and concise, really.

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The main issue, for me, is how awful the Tory party

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is and however we get rid of them and their crazy,

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Theresa May was in town Askin for voters for a mandate

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for proposed Brexit Britain as she rallied Tory troops

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The Prime Minister gave a short speech to the Parish Hall in that

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crucial Bolton North East constituency.

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It's about providing be strong and stable leadership this country

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needs to take Britain through Brexit and beyond.

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It's about strengthening our hand in the negotiations that lie ahead.

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Expect to hear those words, strong and stable, repeatedly

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For if they swing from red to blue in Bolton North East

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were repeated across the country, it could see the Conservatives

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achieve a majority in the House of Commons of around 100.

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So Steve, our region's in the spotlight on Day One

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And George Osborne not the only North West MP to announce

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That's right, today we learned that John Pugh, the Southport MP and one

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of the few Liberal Democrats in the North West announced

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he was going to stand down after 16 years in politics.

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He says he doesn't want to work through what he says will be

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The Liberal Democrats, are the most pro-remain party.

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All this happened on the day that MP's voted to go ahead

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with the general election by 522 votes to 13, there were two

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rebels in the North West, Labours Graham Stringer in Blackley

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and Broughton and Liz McInnes, the Heywood and Middleton MP.

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Graham Stringer said he couldn't back the the election as Therea May

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Those two rebellions are not the biggest of his worlds.

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Yes, John Woodcock who's the Labour MP for Barrow in Furness

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has released a statement saying he wants to stand for the party

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again but says he cannot endorse Jeremey Corbyn,

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he says he thinks he's not up to the job and believes

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Jeremy Corbyn doesnt believe he's up to the job.

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He say it's time for him to stand down before the General Election.

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There was an update on the Manchester Gorton by-election.

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That's right, confusion yesterday but today the Cabinet Office

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It should now take place on general election day,

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Prison inspectors have branded HMP Garth in Lancashire very unsafe

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in their latest report with violence among inmates having

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increased substantially since the last inspection.

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According to The Chief Inspector of Prisons,

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the jail near Leyland has gone into a steep decline

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The Prison service says the new governor is making improvements,

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but the Prison Officers' Association says drugs are a real problem there.

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Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise.

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This is another example of another inspector's report

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The very same concerns that we've been highlighting to our employer

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Homeowners who say their properties are riddled

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with damp because of botched cavity wall insulation took their case

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Thousands of homes in the north west are now having

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the insulation removed because it was wrongly installed

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Abbie Jones has this exclusive report.

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We've had cracks, we've had plaster falling off.

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We haven't been able to have people at home.

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A single mum from Crumpsall in Manchester, Jeanette jumped

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at the chance to save money with cavity wall insulation.

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But the damp got so bad, Jeanette's insulation had to be removed.

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In Ashton-under-Lyne, Gillian's bedroom is riddled with mould.

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To meet government targets, some installers

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putting it in wrongly and pushing it on homeowners where it was

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Blackpool, Southport, Fleetwood, Lancaster,

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are exposed to driving rain which can seep into bricks and

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But that's where extraction expert Damian Mercer

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He takes out failed insulation and says the cost

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It is a massive problem in the Northwest.

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I know of 1200 homes right now that have the problem.

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The scale of the problem is horrendous.

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In Poulton-le-Fylde, Grace has damp - but her installer

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We have construction rubble causing damp on the inside.

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You should never have had cavity wall insulation in

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The real irony is this insulation is supposed to make our

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homes greener but when it has to be removed, where does it end up?

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Dyson says it is satisfied it examined her property and doesn't

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believe her dad is due to installation.

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The government says it is committed to insuring consumers

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up protected and it has strict standards.

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But those who believe their homes have been ruined

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Earlier I asked Nigel Donoghue from the Cavity Insulation Guarantee

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Agency why his members had treated properties which weren't suitable.

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I'm incredibly sympathetic for the home owners

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that have been affected by the cavity wall insulation.

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The homes are a major investment and it's something

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In the cases, I am aware of them tonight.

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It seems like everyone who expressed an interest had it pumped

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in when obviously in some properties, it is not appropriate.

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In terms of the actual failure rate of cavity

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insulation as a product, to put it into context,

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as the largest provider, we have issued 6 million guarantees.

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Out of those 6 million guarantees, we've only ever had a claim rate

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We've made a lot of changes in terms of our whole approach to customer

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services and if somebody has got a problem with the cavity wall

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insulation, they should immediately contact us.

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On a whole, it's a very effective product and it has really had

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a significant financial and beneficial impact to homeowners.

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The BAE Systems shipyard at Barrow-in-Furness has been

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awarded a ?1.4 billion contract to build

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It's the sixth of seven Astute class nuclear

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vessels to be built at the site which employs around

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8,000 people on its submarine building programme.

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Travel services between the North West and London have faced major

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disruption tonight after a fire damaged signal

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Repair work is ongoing and it's hoped services will return

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Good evening. Sunshine was in short supply and it would be like that as

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we go into the weekend. First thing in the morning, we saw a glimpse of

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sunshine. We will hang on to the cloud cover and we will add to the

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clouds. Sprinkles of drizzle from time to time. For most of us, it is

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not a big deal. Hardly touches the ground for some places. Misty and

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murky first thing in the morning however the temperatures will be

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good. Seven to 10 Celsius. Much milder first thing tomorrow morning.

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Tomorrow, it is a carbon copy of today. We have a lot of cloud cover.

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Cloud Mayfair man break as we go into the afternoon. Temperatures

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will be better at 12 Celsius. The outlook for the next couple of days,

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more of the similar story across the UK. Thomas

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matter has that story. Good evening, before we get to the

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forecast, I want to show you a map which depicts how dry it has been

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during the course of April. Brown is below average rainfall, blue is

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above average. You can see how Brown the map is. Some areas in the south,

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some counties have only seen a few percent so far in April. Not

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necessarily a

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