:00:00. > :00:00.Some hospital services could be cut or scaled back in nearly
:00:07. > :00:12.Some hospitals could close, or have treatments moved to other sites,
:00:13. > :00:16.in an effort to save money and improve efficiency.
:00:17. > :00:18.We'll have the latest on the proposals.
:00:19. > :00:23.A heterosexual couple loses the latest round in a legal fight
:00:24. > :00:26.to have a civil partnership, though judges agreed
:00:27. > :00:33.The shortage of maths and science teachers in England's
:00:34. > :00:37.schools is getting worse, according to a report by MPs.
:00:38. > :00:40.Better news about government borrowing.
:00:41. > :00:45.The Treasury records its biggest January surplus for 17 years.
:00:46. > :00:49.Seven British soldiers make their final preparations
:00:50. > :00:58.And coming up in the sport on BBC News.
:00:59. > :01:02.The FA Cup pie that could get Sutton United into trouble,
:01:03. > :01:25.as they lose their FA Cup tie to Arsenal.
:01:26. > :01:28.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:29. > :01:32.Hospital services could be cut or scaled back in nearly
:01:33. > :01:35.two thirds of England, in order to save money
:01:36. > :01:39.and to try to improve efficiency, according to a BBC analysis of plans
:01:40. > :01:44.Proposed changes range from full closures, to centralising
:01:45. > :01:52.Our health correspondent Sophie Hutchinson has the details.
:01:53. > :01:57.Protests outside Horton Hospital in Oxfordshire just a few months ago
:01:58. > :01:59.where there are concerns about bed closures and cuts to
:02:00. > :02:05.Right across England, proposals for big changes
:02:06. > :02:11.The BBC has analysed 44 of the transformation
:02:12. > :02:17.Two thirds include either hospital closures or moving treatments
:02:18. > :02:23.More than a third involve cuts to the number of hospitals providing
:02:24. > :02:27.non-emergency treatments and around one third plan to reduce
:02:28. > :02:33.the number of hospitals offering emergency care.
:02:34. > :02:38.Proposed closures to hospital beds have been heavily criticised
:02:39. > :02:54.After scenes like these. To shut even 10% of beds is unrealistic at
:02:55. > :02:58.the moment with the current crisis. One hospitals are full they become
:02:59. > :03:04.less safe places we have to make sure any bed reconfiguration is done
:03:05. > :03:08.with patient safety the priority. The ambition of taking care out of
:03:09. > :03:12.hospital and moving it closer to patients homes has been praised by
:03:13. > :03:16.experts as the best hope of delivering essential reforms to the
:03:17. > :03:19.NHS but they say it can't be done without extra funding.
:03:20. > :03:20.Ideally there ought to be an earmarked fund
:03:21. > :03:23.for new investment, to strengthen and improve the out-of-hospital
:03:24. > :03:25.services, and to shore up adult social care, which is really
:03:26. > :03:31.If those additional funds aren't forthcoming, the Government needs
:03:32. > :03:34.to be honest about the consequences for patients and what the offer
:03:35. > :03:47.Leaving Downing Street today, the Health Secretary was asked to
:03:48. > :03:51.comment... Are you cutting hospital services? But decided not to. In a
:03:52. > :04:10.statement, the Department of Health said...
:04:11. > :04:16.The challenge, though, for the NHS in England is the short time given
:04:17. > :04:20.to deliver these large-scale improvements and, during a period of
:04:21. > :04:26.unprecedented low increases to NHS budgets.
:04:27. > :04:31.is at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham.
:04:32. > :04:41.Of these is it fair to say a lot of these proposals at this stage?
:04:42. > :04:45.That's right. Proposals in detail documents in each region of England.
:04:46. > :04:49.They have to be firmed up into definite plans. Some of them if they
:04:50. > :04:53.involve closures will have to go to formal public consultation. But we
:04:54. > :04:57.have moved quite a long way forward with this process which began last
:04:58. > :05:01.year. It was extremely controversial with critics saying this is a
:05:02. > :05:08.covert, secret agenda to carry out cuts. And, actually, NHS England and
:05:09. > :05:13.others say this is what the NHS does, it has to reform care, it has
:05:14. > :05:16.to look at patient demand in the community and try to treat people
:05:17. > :05:22.away from hospitals. In Nottingham, for example, they want to cut 200
:05:23. > :05:26.beds at the two hospitals but they want to reinvest in community care.
:05:27. > :05:30.They think they can move people more quickly back closer to home. That
:05:31. > :05:34.sounds like a good plan in theory but some of the local critics say
:05:35. > :05:38.that if you don't invest in community care, then you lose the
:05:39. > :05:44.beds and actually the city will be a loser across the piece. This is the
:05:45. > :05:48.big debate. Can NHS England, and health leaders working together in
:05:49. > :05:52.this way really demonstrate to the public that they will benefit, that
:05:53. > :05:56.this is the way forward? There is quite a big selling job to be done
:05:57. > :05:58.and quite a lot of debate further down the road on these plans. Thank
:05:59. > :05:59.you. You can find out the NHS
:06:00. > :06:02.plans in your area in A heterosexual couple have
:06:03. > :06:13.lost their attempt to be allowed Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan
:06:14. > :06:18.had argued that being prevented from entering
:06:19. > :06:20.into one is discriminatory. Today, judges at the Court of Appeal
:06:21. > :06:24.said that there was a potential human rights breach,
:06:25. > :06:26.but the government should have more time to decide on the future
:06:27. > :06:29.of civil partnerships, which were created in 2004
:06:30. > :06:32.for same-sex couples. Our legal affairs correspondent
:06:33. > :06:47.Clive Coleman reports. Keidan and Rebecca Steinfeld, a
:06:48. > :06:53.heterosexual couple fighting for the right to enter a civil partnership.
:06:54. > :06:55.All three of the judges agreed with being treated differently
:06:56. > :06:57.because of our sexual orientation and that this impacts
:06:58. > :07:01.All three rejected the argument that we could just get married.
:07:02. > :07:03.All three emphasised that the government cannot maintain
:07:04. > :07:14.A civil partnership defined in the 2004 act that created them
:07:15. > :07:19.as a relationship between two people of the same sex so they are not
:07:20. > :07:22.In December 2014, Charles and Rebecca were stopped
:07:23. > :07:24.from registering their notice of intention to form
:07:25. > :07:29.a civil partnership by their local registry office.
:07:30. > :07:33.Same-sex marriage came into force in March 2014.
:07:34. > :07:34.Sir Elton John and David Furnish were among
:07:35. > :07:41.Since then, civil partners have been able to convert their civil
:07:42. > :07:45.partnership into a marriage, and some 13% have done so.
:07:46. > :07:49.Charles and Rebecca argued that the ban on heterosexual couples
:07:50. > :07:52.becoming civil partners breached their right to a family
:07:53. > :08:01.The government won but only by a whisker.
:08:02. > :08:07.All three judges found that the ban on heterosexual couples entering
:08:08. > :08:11.into civil partnerships was potentially in breach of their human
:08:12. > :08:17.rights and discriminatory. But two of the judges found that the
:08:18. > :08:21.different treatment of same-sex and opposite sex couples was justified
:08:22. > :08:25.by the government's policy on civil partnerships which is to wait and
:08:26. > :08:29.see how many same-sex couples want to enter into one, rather than to
:08:30. > :08:33.get married. The government has welcomed the court's ruling and says
:08:34. > :08:38.it will carefully consider it. But campaigners are impatient. The
:08:39. > :08:42.government has to wake up and smell the coffee. There is a growing
:08:43. > :08:47.feeling this needs to happen. There is a growing appreciation backed up
:08:48. > :08:51.by the court today that this is an inequality that cannot go on. There
:08:52. > :08:56.are more than 3 million heterosexual cohabiting couples in the UK who,
:08:57. > :09:00.campaigners say, want the option of a civil partnership which conveys
:09:01. > :09:04.and protects virtually all of the same rights as married. This
:09:05. > :09:08.important issue of social policy is not going away.
:09:09. > :09:10.MPs have warned of a worsening shortage of teachers in English
:09:11. > :09:12.schools, particularly in maths and science.
:09:13. > :09:15.The Education Select Committee has called on the government to find
:09:16. > :09:17.ways of making teaching more attractive, to stop people
:09:18. > :09:27.Maths class for these children, with Mr Walton.
:09:28. > :09:30.But professionals like him are increasingly hard to come by.
:09:31. > :09:33.That's according to a group of MPs who says school teacher shortages
:09:34. > :09:40.I'm into my fourth year of teaching now.
:09:41. > :09:43.I know some people have dropped out now.
:09:44. > :09:45.I think that's mainly due to workload and pressure,
:09:46. > :09:50.The Education Select Committee is calling for a long-term plan
:09:51. > :09:52.to recruit more teachers and a bigger emphasis to be
:09:53. > :09:57.placed on retaining them, warning many are leaving.
:09:58. > :09:59.Reasons include a lack of job satisfaction,
:10:00. > :10:05.Research has found teachers in England worked nearly
:10:06. > :10:09.20% more than they do in other similar countries.
:10:10. > :10:12.An average of nearly 50 hours of week.
:10:13. > :10:16.20 of those are spent here in the classroom teaching.
:10:17. > :10:19.MPs say secondary schools are hardest hit in subjects
:10:20. > :10:25.What we've got to get across is just how important teachers
:10:26. > :10:31.They need to feel valued and trusted.
:10:32. > :10:34.The Department for Education says it's investing in teacher
:10:35. > :10:36.recruitment and development, to make sure the best
:10:37. > :10:46.Shares in HSBC have fallen after the bank reported
:10:47. > :10:50.a steeper-than-expected fall in annual profits.
:10:51. > :10:53.It reported pre-tax profits of ?5.7 billion for 2016, down more
:10:54. > :11:01.HSBC said its performance had been "broadly satisfactory" given
:11:02. > :11:04.volatile financial conditions but warned that a rise in global
:11:05. > :11:15.Government finances were ?9.4 billion in surplus in January,
:11:16. > :11:17.according to the Office for National Statistics.
:11:18. > :11:20.The first month of the year traditionally sees a surplus,
:11:21. > :11:23.because of the high level of income tax receipts, but this
:11:24. > :11:25.is the biggest January surplus for 17 years.
:11:26. > :11:32.Our economics editor Kamal Ahmed is with me.
:11:33. > :11:40.That is a bit of good news. It is and isn't often there is good news
:11:41. > :11:45.about borrowing. Of course, if we think back to 2010, the government
:11:46. > :11:49.came in saying it was here to fix the public finances, and some
:11:50. > :11:54.evidence today that the journey towards that is continuing. The main
:11:55. > :11:56.reason is that since the referendum the economy has performed a lot
:11:57. > :12:01.better than people thought. That means we are paying more taxes,
:12:02. > :12:05.whether individuals or businesses, which means the government is having
:12:06. > :12:09.to borrow less. The Chancellor has a little bit of wriggle room now,
:12:10. > :12:13.looking forward to the budget of next month. Could you spend more
:12:14. > :12:19.money on that toxic issue of business rates, ease some of that
:12:20. > :12:24.pain? Could he pay... Spend more money on the NHS which we have been
:12:25. > :12:28.reporting on today? We have to take care with this wriggle room notions
:12:29. > :12:33.that he might have more money at the time of the budget. The Treasury
:12:34. > :12:38.still believes there could be a big economic cost attached to Britain
:12:39. > :12:41.leaving the EU, and any extra money we will want to save back for the
:12:42. > :12:43.possibility of a rainy day in the future. Thank you.
:12:44. > :12:46.Five people have been killed after a light aircraft crashed
:12:47. > :12:48.into a shopping centre in Melbourne in Australia.
:12:49. > :12:52.The pilot reported a catastrophic engine failure
:12:53. > :12:55.The shops weren't open at the time of the crash,
:12:56. > :12:59.and no-one on the ground is believed to have been injured.
:13:00. > :13:03.Our Sydney Correspondent Hywel Griffith reports.
:13:04. > :13:07.Just metres from the runway, a site strewn with charred metal.
:13:08. > :13:11.Inside the wreckage of the plane which came swooping from the sky.
:13:12. > :13:15.Eyewitnesses described seeing flames rise after it crashed into the DFO
:13:16. > :13:21.shopping centre which was due to open its doors one hour later.
:13:22. > :13:25.I just saw a blue flash come down past the DFO billboard over there.
:13:26. > :13:28.And, then, all of a sudden, it hit the spotlight, and just
:13:29. > :13:33.There's explosions going off one after the other.
:13:34. > :13:36.So, the plane go up, then cars going off as well.
:13:37. > :13:38.So there was a lot of smoke and flame.
:13:39. > :13:41.Piecing together what led to the crash may take weeks.
:13:42. > :13:44.Specialist investigators have been called to the scene,
:13:45. > :13:48.but the police have confirmed that the pilot made a Mayday call
:13:49. > :13:54.shortly before the impact, reporting engine problems.
:13:55. > :13:56.We understand there was potentially catastrophic engine failure
:13:57. > :14:08.It crashed into the back of the DFO shopping centre.
:14:09. > :14:12.It took more than a dozen fire crews to extinguish the flames.
:14:13. > :14:14.The aircraft would have been full of fuel.
:14:15. > :14:18.Drivers on the nearby freeway reported feeling
:14:19. > :14:25.It's a desperately sad day, very, very sad day for our state.
:14:26. > :14:29.A number of people have died as a result of what is the worst
:14:30. > :14:31.civil aviation accident that our state has
:14:32. > :14:38.All flights out of Essendon Airport have been supended as teams
:14:39. > :14:48.on the ground try to establish exactly what went wrong.
:14:49. > :14:55.Some hospital services could be cut or scaled back in nearly two-thirds
:14:56. > :14:57.of England in an effort to save money and
:14:58. > :15:07.Claims some peers "contribute nothing" to Parliament,
:15:08. > :15:13.but still claim hundreds of pounds in allowances.
:15:14. > :15:15.Coming up in sport at half past on BBC News, England women
:15:16. > :15:19.name their squad to face the top three teams in the world.
:15:20. > :15:32.And Casey Stoney is back in the reckoning.
:15:33. > :15:34.The Conservatives are hoping to make the first by-election gain
:15:35. > :15:37.by a governing party since the 1980s when people in Copeland vote
:15:38. > :15:45.The vacancy in Cumbria was created when the former Labour MP
:15:46. > :15:48.and Jeremy Corbyn critic, Jamie Reed, resigned
:15:49. > :15:51.to take up a job at the Sellafield nuclear site.
:15:52. > :15:54.Labour have held the seat for more than 80 years.
:15:55. > :15:57.But with a majority of just 2,500 over the Conservatives,
:15:58. > :16:05.Jenny Kumah's been there to meet the candidates.
:16:06. > :16:09.Whitehaven, a coastal town in the constituency of Copeland,
:16:10. > :16:13.and it was once the UK's third largest port.
:16:14. > :16:16.Now it's the nucleur site at Sellafield that is key
:16:17. > :16:18.to the local economy, and looming large
:16:19. > :16:25.The Conservatives are hoping to overturn decades of Labour rule
:16:26. > :16:27.here and they are focusing on Jeremy Corbyn's past
:16:28. > :16:35.But their candidate's faced criticism for barely mentioning
:16:36. > :16:37.the potential loss of services from the local hospital
:16:38. > :16:43.I was born at that hospital, my four daughters were
:16:44. > :16:46.We must keep consultant-led maternity.
:16:47. > :16:49.So what I've actually been doing is working with the Minister
:16:50. > :16:51.to identify the problems with recruitment, because that's
:16:52. > :16:56.The Labour candidate's message is the Tories can't
:16:57. > :17:01.One of her biggest challenges is convincing the thousands
:17:02. > :17:03.of nuclear workers here that her party's leader
:17:04. > :17:10.I'm behind the nuclear industry, no ifs, no buts.
:17:11. > :17:12.And it's Labour Party policy to support new nuclear
:17:13. > :17:17.build, to keep the lights on in this country.
:17:18. > :17:20.In the last general election here, Labour beat the Conservatives
:17:21. > :17:31.Labour has moved to the ideological left, the Tories have moved
:17:32. > :17:35.People in Cumbria want a pragmatic politician from a credible party
:17:36. > :17:39.who will focus on their issues and do an excellent job for them,
:17:40. > :17:46.And people here voted 60/40 for Brexit.
:17:47. > :17:49.The infrastructure's crumbling, we need new road and rail links.
:17:50. > :17:55.There's no jobs, all the heavy manufacturing industry's gone.
:17:56. > :17:59.All the parties are supporting plans for a new power station
:18:00. > :18:03.in the constituency, but the Greens are against it.
:18:04. > :18:05.I don't think it's the magic bullet everyone's been
:18:06. > :18:08.led to believe it is, and if the nuclear industry had been
:18:09. > :18:11.so good for this area, then why are towns like Whitehaven...
:18:12. > :18:15.Why are people so hard up around here and why
:18:16. > :18:20.If Labour manage to hang onto this seat, it will be a boost
:18:21. > :18:25.If they don't, questions will be raised about the future of Labour's
:18:26. > :18:33.And the parliamentary by-election in the constituency of Copeland
:18:34. > :18:38.Here's a full list of the candidates, which is also
:18:39. > :18:49.An Israeli soldier who shot dead a wounded Palestinian attacker has
:18:50. > :18:51.been sentenced to 18 months in prison for manslaughter.
:18:52. > :18:54.Elor Azaria was convicted by a military court of killing
:18:55. > :18:56.Abdul Fatah who was lying on the ground, badly injured,
:18:57. > :19:02.The case has divided Israel - the Prime Minister Benjamin
:19:03. > :19:09.Netanyahu had led calls for the soldier to be pardoned.
:19:10. > :19:11.Police have begun excavation work at two properties
:19:12. > :19:13.in Swindon in Wiltshire, one of which is believed
:19:14. > :19:15.to be the former home of Christopher Halliwell,
:19:16. > :19:20.who's serving a life sentence for the murder of two young women.
:19:21. > :19:22.Halliwell, who's 53, murdered Becky Godden in 2003
:19:23. > :19:34.Our correspondent, Duncan Kennedy, is in Swindon.
:19:35. > :19:43.Explain what's been happening today? We have had a police operation going
:19:44. > :19:46.on since late last night, continuing this morning. They have been
:19:47. > :19:50.operating behind this blacktop Paulin and you can see from our hair
:19:51. > :19:55.short, there is lots of activity going on behind me, they have
:19:56. > :19:59.erected black tents and that black tarpaulins to cover up what is
:20:00. > :20:02.doing. They have said new information has led them to this and
:20:03. > :20:07.address, and address that Christopher Halliwell lived in
:20:08. > :20:19.between 2006 -- 1996 and 2000. They say they are looking the gardens in
:20:20. > :20:22.the garage, no plans to look inside at the moment. They say they are
:20:23. > :20:24.doing it with the full pool operation of the owners, who are not
:20:25. > :20:27.involved, but they are not going further into saying why they are
:20:28. > :20:29.wrapped this address. Last September Christopher Halliwell was convicted
:20:30. > :20:33.of the murder of Becky Godden and given a whole-life term for that
:20:34. > :20:37.murder. He was already serving 25 years for the murder of Sian
:20:38. > :20:42.O'Callaghan. Becky Godden disappeared in 2003, Sian
:20:43. > :20:44.O'Callaghan in 2011, there is an eight-year gap which police say
:20:45. > :20:48.could account for more victims at the hands of Christopher Kelly well.
:20:49. > :20:51.They were very keen during the course of the trial of September to
:20:52. > :20:55.stress they believe there could be more victims -- could account for
:20:56. > :20:58.more victims at the hands of Christopher Halliwell. This could be
:20:59. > :21:02.part of that. We'll chip police were heavily criticised at the time over
:21:03. > :21:08.the Becky Godden inquiry because of the way they handled the arrest. --
:21:09. > :21:12.Wiltshire Police work. In effect, the Justice the Christopher
:21:13. > :21:16.Halliwell was delayed by six years, six years after Becky Godden 's
:21:17. > :21:19.mains were found that Christopher Halliwell was convicted of murder,
:21:20. > :21:24.which caused all kinds of distress and anxiety for the family of Becky
:21:25. > :21:28.Godden. Police are back at this address is being very, very
:21:29. > :21:31.meticulous to try to find if there are any more victims at the hands of
:21:32. > :21:33.Christopher Halliwell. Thank you, Duncan Kennedy.
:21:34. > :21:35.The House of Lords is continuing to debate the legislation that
:21:36. > :21:39.will allow the Government to begin the process of taking the UK out
:21:40. > :21:42.Some peers are seeking changes, despite the measure being approved
:21:43. > :21:44.by the Commons in the wake of last summer's referendum.
:21:45. > :21:47.A former Speaker of the House of Lords has claimed that many peers
:21:48. > :21:49.contribute absolutely nothing to Parliament despite claiming
:21:50. > :21:56.Baroness D'Souza made the comments in a BBC
:21:57. > :22:02.A House of Lords spokesman said the chamber is active and effective,
:22:03. > :22:04.and peers can be suspended if they claim allowances
:22:05. > :22:14.Our political corresponded Tom Bateman reports.
:22:15. > :22:17.They are the peers of the realm, appointed by the monarch
:22:18. > :22:22.Unelected but often experienced politicians.
:22:23. > :22:24.TV cameras have for the first time been allowed to film freely
:22:25. > :22:28.in committees and behind-the-scenes of the Lords.
:22:29. > :22:30.Most peers don't get a salary but can claim an attendance
:22:31. > :22:37.This system is, not for the first time, facing questions.
:22:38. > :22:41.There is a core of peers who work incredibly hard,
:22:42. > :22:45.who do that work, and there are - sad to say - many, many,
:22:46. > :22:47.many peers who contribute absolutely nothing but who claim
:22:48. > :22:56.Baroness D'Souza claimed an unnamed member kept a taxi running outside
:22:57. > :23:01.the Lords whilst signing in to collect the allowance.
:23:02. > :23:03.Officials here at the House of Lords are pushing back
:23:04. > :23:06.hard against the idea of freeloading peers.
:23:07. > :23:09.They say there is a robust code of conduct which is
:23:10. > :23:15.The trouble for them is that even the merest hint of an expenses abuse
:23:16. > :23:20.will play into that longer sense of a demise of trust in politicians.
:23:21. > :23:23.Lord's officials point out that a member was suspended in a previous
:23:24. > :23:26.case, but without names they can't investigate this new claim
:23:27. > :23:31.I never thought I'd get expert at putting stockings or tights on...
:23:32. > :23:35.This rare access to peers behind the frills is a clear attempt
:23:36. > :23:38.to show the purpose of the Lords in modern political life.
:23:39. > :23:42.Many want it to be seen as a crucial working part of the constitution,
:23:43. > :23:48.We take all of the nonsense, rubbish, legislation -
:23:49. > :23:59.and some of it is rubbish - that comes down from the other end
:24:00. > :24:03.We work on it, line by line, clause by clause, and we improve it.
:24:04. > :24:06.Parliament's traditions come dressed in a rich sense of history.
:24:07. > :24:08.Peers want people to see why they are relevant
:24:09. > :24:11.A bit tight at the moment, as you can see.
:24:12. > :24:14.But fresh claims about the abuse of allowances will do little
:24:15. > :24:20.Eight years after it was criticised by health inspectors
:24:21. > :24:23.for not having enough beds, operating theatres or trained staff,
:24:24. > :24:26.Birmingham Children's Hospital has become the first of its kind
:24:27. > :24:31.The specialist hospital has been praised for turning
:24:32. > :24:38.Our health correspondent Jane Dreaper reports.
:24:39. > :24:42.Connor's just seven months old, and recovering in intensive care
:24:43. > :24:48.Home is 50 miles away, so Connor's older brother,
:24:49. > :24:57.It is a tough time for the whole family, but they feel supported
:24:58. > :25:01.We have nearly lost him several times over the last six
:25:02. > :25:06.Without them, we would not have the child that is
:25:07. > :25:11.While he is quite poorly, we have got him and he is here.
:25:12. > :25:14.We have faith we will get to take him home.
:25:15. > :25:22.That is the only ask as a parent of a sick child.
:25:23. > :25:24.This is the Play and Admissions Centre, designed to distract
:25:25. > :25:29.and relax young patients before their treatment.
:25:30. > :25:32.Inspectors have been impressed with the hospital's caring approach.
:25:33. > :25:35.This hospital has come a long way since it was criticised
:25:36. > :25:44.Back then, a report found a shortage of beds and poor training and care.
:25:45. > :25:48.Paying much closer attention to the views of patients and staff
:25:49. > :25:53.and acting on their ideas has helped change the culture in Birmingham
:25:54. > :26:00.Eight years ago we were in an organisation that certainly
:26:01. > :26:03.was not listening to our staff, not listening to what children,
:26:04. > :26:05.young people and families were saying, and was in
:26:06. > :26:13.Through focusing on those areas of patient engagement,
:26:14. > :26:15.staff engagement, we have now got to a position where
:26:16. > :26:20.Some of the children in outpatients need repeated appointments.
:26:21. > :26:28.I was with a doctor a couple of weeks ago and it wasn't scary
:26:29. > :26:39.Is it scary when you come here, or do you feel OK about it?
:26:40. > :26:45.The emotional support given to bereaved parents has also been
:26:46. > :26:52.And they will now be able to use this new room when they are going
:26:53. > :26:57.Rachel has helped raise thousands of pounds for this unit
:26:58. > :27:02.after the death of her older daughter, Molly, from kidney cancer.
:27:03. > :27:04.When you're given news like that, you feel that
:27:05. > :27:14.You need to absorb information that is being told to you.
:27:15. > :27:17.And there wasn't that opportunity within the existing building
:27:18. > :27:20.at Birmingham at that time, just to be ourselves as a family
:27:21. > :27:30.The staff here believe they can improve care even further,
:27:31. > :27:32.but today is a huge moment in showing how this hospital
:27:33. > :27:42.A team of British soldiers is hoping to become the first all-female group
:27:43. > :27:49.During a three month expedition they'll face temperatures
:27:50. > :27:52.of minus 40 degrees - and they'll be walking in that
:27:53. > :27:57.Our reporter Phil Mackie joined them for some
:27:58. > :28:05.The Ice Maiden team is heading out across a frozen
:28:06. > :28:10.Norwegian lake at the start of its final training exercise.
:28:11. > :28:13.In September, these soldiers will begin their historic journey,
:28:14. > :28:18.hoping they will now succeed and inspire a generation of women.
:28:19. > :28:20.It is not just about five women crossing Antarctica,
:28:21. > :28:23.it is about encouraging women from across the military but also
:28:24. > :28:26.in civilian life to get out there and give things a go,
:28:27. > :28:29.and realise there is no ceiling and you can achieve anything.
:28:30. > :28:31.I think we can inspire some women to get out
:28:32. > :28:41.Ooh, it's hot chocolate with orange today!
:28:42. > :28:44.Their home for the next few weeks and the 80 days of the expedition
:28:45. > :28:49.It will be a bedroom, living room and kitchen.
:28:50. > :28:55.There are doctors, a former teacher, and an electrical
:28:56. > :29:01.I am just a normal person from Newcastle and I have
:29:02. > :29:05.just happened to come across this incredible opportunity.
:29:06. > :29:10.If you want it and work for it, you can just do it.
:29:11. > :29:13.They will leave their families and partners behind to spend nearly
:29:14. > :29:18.There is important research being done as well.
:29:19. > :29:21.No one really knows what it willtake to sustain an all-female team
:29:22. > :29:29.It is about the actual composition of the rations -
:29:30. > :29:31.making sure there is the right amount of carbohydrate,
:29:32. > :29:34.fat and protein - and trying to figure out how we can manipulate
:29:35. > :29:38.And also for a group of women whose nutritional requirements
:29:39. > :29:40.are quite different to men, there has been very little research
:29:41. > :29:44.So I haven't really got a lot to go on.
:29:45. > :29:47.One of the hardest things will be maintaining morale as each long
:29:48. > :29:53.They have just been for a two-hour march.
:29:54. > :29:56.They will have to do up to nine hours a day once in the Antarctic,
:29:57. > :30:00.carrying everything they need along with them.
:30:01. > :30:03.It will be very, very tough, which is why they need to practise
:30:04. > :30:13.Two will be reserves as only five can cross the Antarctic,
:30:14. > :30:15.where they hope to break the ice ceiling, putting them
:30:16. > :30:18.in the history books alongside explorers like Scott,
:30:19. > :30:40.So impressive! Louise Lear, I feel cold just looking at those pictures.
:30:41. > :30:47.They need to to practising, staterooms, you might just get some.
:30:48. > :30:52.This week we will see the two faces of late February, it was the warmest
:30:53. > :30:55.day of the year so far, 18 degrees, one with sunshine, but look at what
:30:56. > :31:01.is likely to happen during Thursday. Severe gales, rain and the potential
:31:02. > :31:06.for snow, which could cause disruption. More on that in a
:31:07. > :31:10.moment. Out to the north and west, turning increasingly wet and windy.
:31:11. > :31:15.Further south, the rain is fairly light and patchy with lots of cloud
:31:16. > :31:21.around and a pretty grey afternoon with good visibility towards the
:31:22. > :31:24.coast -- with poor visibility. The rain light and patchy through the
:31:25. > :31:28.Midlands but peps and through north and west England, the Isle of Man,
:31:29. > :31:32.western Scotland and Northern Ireland, where the winds will start
:31:33. > :31:37.to strengthen. Relatively mild for the time of year, seven to 11
:31:38. > :31:43.degrees are high, perhaps dry during daylight hours for Aberdeen share.
:31:44. > :31:47.Overnight, wind strengthened to gale force, the rain turning heavy as it
:31:48. > :31:51.sinks out of Scotland into north-west England and Wales. To the
:31:52. > :31:57.south, it stays rather grey, overcast and mild through the night,
:31:58. > :32:00.clear skies to the north, a cold night, but winds increasing and
:32:01. > :32:05.showers turning increasingly wintry. We could see severe gales of 70 or
:32:06. > :32:10.80 mph across the far north-east and into Orkney, a good slice of
:32:11. > :32:13.sunshine across much of Scotland, a scattering of showers, then further
:32:14. > :32:20.south underneath the front which keeps driving in cloud and patchy
:32:21. > :32:24.rain it will be a dull, dank Wednesday. Mild to the South, a
:32:25. > :32:28.little bit cooler into the North. By Thursday we have an amber weather
:32:29. > :32:32.warning, be prepared for disruption due to the wind strength. There is
:32:33. > :32:37.the potential for severe gales because we have our fourth named
:32:38. > :32:40.storm expected, Storm Doris, a deep area of low pressure which will move
:32:41. > :32:44.across the local tree to the southern flank where the squeeze on
:32:45. > :32:49.the isobars is where we are likely to see the strongest winds. Severe
:32:50. > :32:53.gales across the Pennines, Midlands and East Anglia. Cold out behind it,
:32:54. > :33:00.we could see snow across the Grampians, the southern uplands onto
:33:01. > :33:03.Scotland. Jumping back in time to explain to you that in Scotland,
:33:04. > :33:08.through central and southern areas that perhaps the North Pennines week
:33:09. > :33:11.and disruption with snow. Keep abreast of the warnings online and
:33:12. > :33:12.we will update you when we get developments.
:33:13. > :33:17.A reminder of our main story this lunchtime.
:33:18. > :33:23.Some hospital services could be cut or scaled back in nearly two thirds
:33:24. > :33:24.of England in an effort to save money and improve efficiency.
:33:25. > :33:28.That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me -
:33:29. > :33:31.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.