05/03/2017 North West Tonight


05/03/2017

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An investigation's underway after an elderly man died in a fire

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The victim hasn't yet been formally identified and detectives

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Firefighters were called to this modern block of flats in Hattersley

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There were flames coming out of the front window of the ground

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floor flat and smoke through the door to

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The body of a man believed to be in his 50s was found.

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Marie Scholes lives next door and had to leave the building.

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His carer came everyday, so she took him out everyday,

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you know, and that was all you saw of him, really, Sandra going up

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It took 15 firefighters to make the apartment safe.

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Greater Manchester Police and Greater Manchester Fire

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and Rescue Service have launched a joint investigation.

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It's a fire that has been burning for some time in there.

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No, we have got investigations at the moment that are ongoing

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The building has a stay put policy if the alarms go so residents stayed

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in the building whilst we carried out our firefighting operations.

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Some residents were evacuated but the majority of the residents

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The block of flats is owned by a housing association

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with a number of tenants having medical needs.

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Police say the investigation is in its early stages

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but they will be speaking to a number of residents.

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Peak Valley Housing assoication said they were deeply saddened at one

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They are cooperating fully with the emergency services.

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Investigators say they want to speak to anyone who may have

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Yunus Mulla, BBC North West Tonight, Hyde.

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A man's been charged with murder, following the death

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Emergency services were called to a house in Birkenhead on Wednesday -

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but the toddler was later pronounced dead in hospital.

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28-year-old Craig Smith has been charged with his murder and two

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While 24-year-old Ashley Willet is also accused of neglect,

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as well as causing or allowing a child to suffer physical harm.

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The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to investigate a fatal

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A 24-year-old man died yesterday morning when he crashed

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after being signalled to stop by the police.

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The Lancashire force say the incident has been referred

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An announcement about the future of Vauxhall's plant

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at Ellesmere Port is expected early tomorrow morning.

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It's owner General Motors is understood to have reached a deal

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to sell the brand to France's PSA Group, which makes

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It's leaving some fearful of the Cheshire site's future.

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What we have got to do is sit down not only with Peugeot but also

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with the government and also with the unions to look

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at what Peugeot's plans are for the next round of models

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and what we can do to make sure this is an attractive

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Four men arrested in connection with the escape of a prisoner

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in Liverpool have been released on police bail.

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Convicted murderer Shaun Walmsley remains at large after being sprung

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from custody during a visit to Aintree hospital

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The arrests followed a swoop on a car in Dorset.

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Volunteers have been out litter picking around the north west today,

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including here in Manchester city centre this afternoon.

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It's been organised by Keep Britain Tidy and its latest

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campaign hopes to get half a million members of the public to help clean

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Here's the weather with Jennifer Bartram.

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Still some showers to come as we go through the night tonight.

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They will eventually tend to fade away and behind them some clearer

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skies and with those clear skies we could see temperatures dropping

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down to around three Celsius in some spots.

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So it could be a fairly chilly start to Monday morning but Monday

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itself is actually looking like a fairly decent day.

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Yes, there will still be a few scattered showers in the forecast

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but in between the showers plenty of dry and fine weather.

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We should see the sunshine coming through and temperatures could get

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Through the rest of the week we will see plenty of dry weather at times.

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Tuesday looks like a fairly cloudy day, some rain moving in overnight

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to take us into Wednesday and by midweek, temperatures will be

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getting up to a high of around 11 Celsius.

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We'll be back just before 6.30am tomorrow.

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Good evening. We have seen all sorts today. Some rain, some hail, some

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snow and even a bit of sunshine. Things are calming down for the most

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part but still a bit damp in some eastern counties overnight and some

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showers in the western side of Scotland with a touch of frost

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already here. And another weather system bring rain and snow towards

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the south-west by dawn, it's quite chilly 3-5 will be fairly typical. A

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little snow to be had over the tops of the moors in the south-west of

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England but generally a lot of rain. Not a great commute. Some might

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fringe nooted south of Wales. But generally speaking through Wales,

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Midlands, and south-east a reasonable start. Although for many

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eastern counties a fair bit of cloud and pockets of light rain and

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drizzle. Further west that bit brighter. A decent start in Northern

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Ireland. Maybe a few patches of mist and include as you will find in some

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parts of Scotland A lot of dry weather here but scattered showers

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in the north and west where it will be windy. Windy in the south-west

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and that could clear things up by the afternoon. Returning to sunny

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