16/01/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

Gove and Labour's Brexit Secretary Kier Starmer as well. Join me now on

BBC Two. Good evening and welcome

to the late Look North. Police investigate what they call

the "suspicious death" Operations cancelled

and long waiting times - now claims Yorkshire's hospitals

are so overcrowded And quiet weather conditions

over the coming week. Join me for that live,

updated forecast. Police are investigating the death

of a teenage girl near Rotherham. Officers say it

is being treated as suspicious because of the nature

of the injuries on her body. The girl was discovered by members

of the public on a pathway off Lordens Hill in the Dinnington area

at just before 11am this morning. Police are deploying extra patrols

in the area to reassure the public. A police forensics tent

on a secluded pathway, close to homes and shops

on Lorden's Hill, where the body

of a teenage girl, thought to be 15 or 16,

was discovered. Because of the injuries

she'd suffered, her death is being

treated as suspicious. We're at a very early stage

of the investigation to find out exactly

what happened to her. So we have dedicated resources

deployed now to investigate this. There was a report

of a missing episode, but only 20 minutes prior

to the finding of the body. However, we have not been able

to formally identify the body, and therefore I can't

give any details as to who the person

is at this stage. and urging anyone

who knows anything about this event, and anyone who saw any suspicious

behaviour in the area, to please come forward and report it

to the police. Through the evening,

those who knew the girl brought flowers and paid

tribute on social media. People living nearby are really

concerned by what's happened here. Many of them are too

distressed to be interviewed. One couple told me

they've got a teenage daughter, and she won't be walking to school

in her own tomorrow. Police have said they'll

increase patrols in the area As investigations continue to try

and work out what happened here, detectives are asking anyone

with information to contact them. that high bed occupancy rates

at hospitals across Yorkshire could be putting

patient safety at risk. Latest figures from NHS England show

that some Trusts have been operating which has led to many

operations being cancelled. Our health correspondent,

Jamie Coulson, reports. Anna is deaf, registered blind

and struggles with her mobility. The 41-year-old was born

with a rare genetic disorder which means benign tumours grow

throughout her body. Six weeks ago she was due

to have a long-awaited operation at Leeds General Infirmary

on her lower lip to help with her eating and speech

but it was cancelled on the day While Anna's operation

is important to her, she admits it's not life and death

and, while frustrating, cancelling non-urgent operations

is one of the ways hospitals The trust has apologised but says

like elsewhere in the NHS they are dealing with

unprecedented levels of demand. Hospitals try not to have bed

occupancy rates above 85%, otherwise research suggests

they can have frequent bed shortages, occasional

bed crises and an increase During the first week

of January, hospital trusts in Yorkshire had an annual bed

occupancy rate of more than 94%. At the Teaching Hospital

in Leeds, it was over 97%. We already know that there

is a huge shortage We know that there is around 26,000

vacancies for nurses throughout the UK, therefore we are absolutely

clear that safe patient care cannot be delivered with

those kind of occupancy levels. Hospitals say bed shortages mean

they have to prioritise those patients whose needs

are most urgent. But that means those like Anna

must continue to wait. Our health correspondent,

Jamie Coulson, joins me now. Why are bed occupancy

levels so important? Hospitals need to keep capacity in

the system so they can kill with emergencies that come in. Also, if

hospitals are to fall, it can be difficult for them to control

infection rates. The reasons for high occupancy rates are complex and

varied. Essentially, if you have got too many patients coming in through

the front door who need to be admitted but not enough leaving who

are fit to go, but had me have robins with social care, then that

causes problems with the flow of the whole hospital system. Marcus from

the Nuffield Trust. We have seen that a third of trusts are declaring

that these pressures average the point where they are affecting

patient flow. Occupancy levels are very high, often too high to move

patients through in a timely way. The statistics are not looking good.

What is NHS England say about this? They say it is not uncommon for the

hospital trust to be facing winter pressures at this time of year. It

is not uncommon for them to have 100% overnight. That you'd be a

short period of time. If patients do need care in a hospital, or a

similar setting during the winter months, then they will get it. Thank

you. Hundreds of people gathered

to release balloons near the school that Katie Rough

went to in York on what would have Katie died after being found

with serious injuries A 15-year-old girl's been

charged with her murder. Her family wanted every colour

of the rainbow to represent

the exuberance of their little Katie and balloons to mark what would have

been her eighth birthday today. An invitation on Facebook

for anyone to attend touched hundreds of people,

who waited quietly in Westfield Park to write a balloon message

for Katie with thoughts and prayers

or sign a book, not for condolences

but to celebrate her life. I was asked if I would consider

supplying balloons. I immediately said yes. I was moved by it. I just

wanted to help. I think it's nice how

the community have come together. I think we need to...everybody show

support in circumstances like this and just celebrate

Katie's life, really. Especially being a young lass

from our area, you don't expect stuff like that to happen

in your own area. And I've got a son who's a year

older and it just makes you think. Katie was found with knife wounds

near a playing field Just two days later,

her family had the terrible ordeal of seeing a 15-year-old girl

charged with Katie's murder. At the spot where she died,

hundreds of flowers have been laid in an expression of the empathy

and concern of the wider York community, who supported

the family again today. Katie's parents, Alison

and Paul Rough, were comforted by the Archbishop of York,

who accompanied them. it made a spectacle

of extreme poignancy, expressing so much more

than words ever could. Two women have been charged

with preventing lawful work from being carried out

during a protest Jenny Hockey and her friend,

Freda Breyshaw, were arrested in November as they demonstrated

against the council's decision to cut down a number of trees

on Rustlings Street. They are due to appear

before Sheffield magistrates It has been dubbed blue Monday, and

the weather has not helped. At least there have been no tidal surges this

week! Just look at the statements. It is spot the difference if you

look at the pressure chart. Weather France dying a slow death, high

pressure means settled conditions. The second half of the week, hardly

any wind either. Largely frost free. After a dreary start and we will see

some might rain drizzled a night, and mist and fog, the weather front

should fizzle away, and then we have got more patchy rain coming into the

north-west. Frost free, the lowest temperatures around for Celsius. The

Tuesday, it is overcast, dull and damp. Might start dry in South

Yorkshire, but this light rain and drizzle will sink southwards. A

miserable afternoon over the top of the Pennines. Eastern parts of

Yorkshire might stay dry, but little chance of any brightness, just a

light and variable breeze, and top temperatures at around five or six,

maybe seven Celsius. More of the same on Tuesday evening into Tuesday

night. Bowl, damp and dreary. Some mist and fog over the hills. By

first light Wednesday morning, it should be largely dry. Wednesday

itself looks mostly dry. Might brighten up a bit. Cloudy weather,

some breaks in the cloud. Cabbage is close to normal for the time of

year. That it from us, I will leave you with a summary

perhaps a little milder. If you like the mild weather, you'll have