18/10/2016 Look East (West)

Waiting at the hospital doors, the ambulances delayed because @

departments are too busy. Chronic under funding and ctts back

in social care meaning the @mbulance Service is picking up the extra

demand. A village faces bankruptcy in the face of a ?1 million bill to

clear up grenades and asbestos from a playing field. A chilly forecast

with the risk of showers. I'll have the details later.

First tonight, patients left in the back of an ambulance for over

an hour because the hospital is too busy.

The number of patients in this region waiting more than 60 minutes

to be transferred into A has more than trebled in three years.

The figures, from the East of England Ambulance Servicd,

This report from Mousumi Bakshi contains flashing images.

They may be known for their rapid responses but according

to a new report, ambulances across the region are

coming to a standstill as they queue outside hospitals

NHS guidelines suggest paraledics should take no longer than 05

minutes to transfer patients from an ambulance into A,

but today's figures suggest that isn't happening.

Data obtained by the Labour Party reveals the number of peopld

in the East waiting for mord than 60 minutes has more than trebldd

in three years from almost 4,00 in 2013 to over 13,000 last year.

The East of England Ambulance Service said the delays meant that

crews were unable to treat patients in the community, a problem

acknowledged last month by its Chief Executive.

There is a risk that needs to be balanced between handing ovdr

a patient safely in the corridor of a hospital in an emergency

department versus the patient who is in the community

with a life-threatening condition who is waiting

What we clearly need from the rest of the system

is an integrated system response to what is ultimately a system risk.

This former paramedic accepts that while problems occur when staff

aren't available to accept patients, it's not the hospital's fault.

Within the A department, the staff are working flat

out as best they can, but they can only move patidnts

through admission, providing there is a bed

That's where the problem often is, there isn't a bed available.

NHS England says the report demonstrates the escalating demand

for ambulances but insist p`tients who are critically ill

Let's get more from our reporter Waseem Mirza.

This isn't actually a new problem, is it? Yes, you're right. It is not

a new problem, but it is worsening one. A paramedic told Look Dast that

the queues at hospitals beg`n to appear at hospitals a few ydars ago.

The reason was the burgeoning population.

A problem acknowledged tonight by unions, but they say, it is down to

wider funding pressures. They are very disappointing

for the patients that have to wait that long for an ambulance,

but it is part of a wider problem across the whole of the NHS

with chronic under funding `nd cut backa in social care meaning

the Ambulance Service is picking NHS England accepts there is

increasing demand for the Albulance Service and says it is doing its

best to minimise delays as for the Department of Health, they told us

they expect patient handovers from ambulance to A to happen within 30

minutes. Accident and emergdncy departments are busy, but whth nine

out of ten people seen withhn four hours, hospitals, they say, are

performing well. Just how are hospitals faring? Well, we have

figures from the last financial year ending 2015. The number of `mbulance

patients who waited more th`n an hour for a transfer stood at 50 . At

Addenbrooke's it was over 300. At Luton and Dunstable it was 231.

Hospitals are fined when patients are made to wait more than 30

minutes. These latest figurds suggest the problem needs a new

solution. Thank you very much.

Next, a ?1 million headache for one parish council in Northamptonshire.

A hoard of old munitions and toxic waste has been found

The land used to belong to the Ministry of Defence, but

for now, the council's being left to clean it up.

Weedon Baracks served as a lilitary source for 160 years.

Weedon Baracks served as a lilitary store for 160 years.

But did explosives which should have been kept there wind up herd,

buried at what later became a playground?

It all came to light when the parish council borrowed money earlher this

year to clear the mound and received a nasty surprise.

There was a bottle of something which was obviously quite n`sty

The instructions were "do not open, unauthorised access denied".

We also found bits of bayondts and various artefacts like that

Since then it has been fencdd off with 24-hour security.

All told the parish council says sorting this place out could cost

That's ?1,000 for every household in the village or to put it another

way, ten years of income for the parish council.

The council's chair says thd money they're having to spend,

We've had to borrow something like ?215,000 to sort out

the removal of the mound because of the bombs

that have been found, there is a massive increased risk.

We have now been given a potential bill of another ?840,000

And villagers are clear on who is to blame and

My son used to play on that play area.

We were totally unaware of what was in that

Frankly, because we know of the MoD's involvement

in the whole area and it was their waste, they should

The cost of this now, you're talking hundreds and hundreds

of thousands of pounds and this village at the moment

But with no firm answer from the MoD, the weeks roll

by and the council gets closer to financial ruin and the mound

with its unexploded bombs and asbestos remains.

Tonight, the Ministry of Defence has told me

it is looking at ways it maybe able to possibly financially

calls possible ordnance and removing it if it is fotnd.

The council is hoping for ndws on that by the end of this week

Frankly, news can't come soon enough though for the people of Weddon

and its rapidly shrinking bank balance.

There is more on that story on BBC Radio Northampton's Breakfast

programme with Stuart Linnell, tomorrow at just after 7am.

A murder investigation has been launched in Luton in Bedfordshire

after a body was found in a bin near the town centre.

The male corpse was discovered at 9pm last night.

Police say it may have been in the bin in Essex

One man has been arrested on suspicion of murder

The former Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commissioner,

Adam Simmonds, has appeared in court accused of disclosing personal data.

He appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court this aftdrnoon

Adam Simmonds, to the right of the picture, arrived

at Westminister Magistrates' Court by taxing this afternoon

at Westminister Magistrates' Court by taxi this afternoon

and with his legal team, headed for court number one.

The hearing lasted around 20 minutes.

Adam Simmonds spoke only to confirm his name,

The judge at Westminster Magistrates' Court was

told that the former Northamptonshire PCC,

who is 39, had knowingly or recklessly disclosed personal

data relating to Wellingborough MP, Peter Bowen, between 7th November

2013 and 1st May 2014 during his time in office as PCC.

The information on the MP which was alleged to have bden

passed by Mr Simmonds led to the charge of breaching

Mr Simmonds was Northamptonshire's first PCC.

He was based at Wootton Hall, the Northamptonshire Police HQ.

Mark Harries, who is defendhng Mr Simmonds, said his client

The case has been sent to Southwark Crown Court

were the former PCC is due to appear on 15th November.

In football, the first derbx in nine years saw Peterborough Unitdd

Goals from Shaquile Coulthirst, Ryan Tafazolli and Tom Nicholls saw

Posh win comfortably leapfrogging the Cobblers to go

At Stadium MK, two late goals from Bristol Rovers saw the visitors

The Dons goals coming from Dean Bowditch,

The Stansted-based airline Ryanair has reduced its profit forecast -

blaming the drop in the pound following the Brexit vote.

It's expecting net profit to be 5% lower than predicted.

Earlier this month, Luton-based EasyJet also warned

the weak pound would cost it about ?90 million this year.

Sterling has fallen by about 18% against the dollar

Join us from 6.30am for news updates during BBC Breakfast,

but for now, here's with weather with Alex Dolan.

It was a chilly afternoon and that's pretty much where the weathdr is

going to be for much of this week with a cool north-westerly wind

bringing us in in some showdrs. There have been some showers across

Cambridgeshire heading down further south, but they're going to start

clearing away. So the bulk of the night is looking dry with clear

spells. So potentially quitd chilly, but with that brisk north-wdsterly

wind. Those temperatures not falling as low as they could be with lows of

eight or nine Celsius for most of us. So we start tomorrow with this

pressure pattern. High pressure trying to build in from the

south-west, but low pressurd lurking to our east That will mean some

further showers with this brisk north-westerly wind continuhng for

the next couple of days. A dry and bright start to the day with early

sunshine, but the risk of showers developing into the afternoon and

any of these could be heavy, possibly thundery. Lots of dry and

bright weather the further west you go, but further east, the greater

risk of showers and it will be cool with highs around 13 Celsius. And

that moderate north-westerlx wind. The national weather is comhng up.

Here is our outlook.