01/03/2010

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Duration: 29 minutes

Jacey Normand investigates a spate of high-profile burglaries across the region and how security is being stepped up as footballers and celebrities become the targets for violent robberies.

Tony Wilson's son, Oliver, reveals some of his dad's never-seen-before home video footage of Manchester's famous Hacienda nightclub.

A quarter of a century after the Liverpool International Garden Festival closed the gates on its final visitors, there are new moves to open up the site as a public park. Andy Johnson investigates how the legacy of Michael Heseltine, the 'Minister for Merseyside', failed to bloom into regeneration after 1984.

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Mon 1 Mar 2010 19:30 BBC One only on North West

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  • Video - Super rich burglaries

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    Their homes are secluded behind a labyrinth of security - automatic gates, high walls, CCTV, alarms and personal security teams.

    Even so, the super-rich have become prime targets of a string of high profile burglaries.

    In the Premier League, they’ve been dubbed the 'Away Day Robberies' as players are often at out-of-town matches.

    In the last four years there have been around 30 break-ins.

    So far only one man has been convicted.

    Players from nearly all the Premiership teams in the North West of England have been targets - with cash jewellery and expensive cars being taken.

    Police have never linked the incidents.

    Amii Grove knows how frightening a robbery attempt can be.

    A page-three model - she shared a home at Hale near Widnes with her then boyfriend Jermaine Pennant, a former Liverpool player.

    They had CCTV around the grounds, three dogs, and a reinforced driveway gate.

    But that didn’t stop a gang of four hooded men in a stolen 4x4 trying to ram their way in.

    The ram-raiders eventually fled - and the vehicle was found burnt out.

    Police recovered crowbars and baseball bats - but the gang has never been caught.

  • Video - Shaun Ryder and The Hacienda

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    Shaun Ryder looks back at the golden years of the Hacienda with Tony Wilson's son, Oliver.

  • Video - Shaun Ryder

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    Shaun Ryder talks about his memories of The Happy Mondays and The Hacienda with Oliver Wilson.

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Andy Johnson
Presenter
Oliver Wilson
Reporter
Jacey Normand

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