:00:11. > :00:16.Good evening. A dramatic rise in the number of
:00:16. > :00:21.operations cancelled at short notice. Hundreds have had surgery
:00:21. > :00:24.postponed because of a shortage of beds in hospital.
:00:24. > :00:30.And the system that promises fewer delays for passengers. It is
:00:30. > :00:33.designed to keep train times on track. And best foot forward for
:00:33. > :00:43.breast cancer. We hear from some of the women
:00:43. > :00:52.
:00:52. > :00:56.taking part in this year's and a lack of hospital beds has led
:00:56. > :01:03.to a dramatic increase in the number of operations needing to be
:01:03. > :01:07.cancelled. Hundreds of people needing routine surgery have had
:01:07. > :01:11.their operations postponed at the last minute. This is one day after
:01:11. > :01:15.the Care Quality commission warned that accident and emergency
:01:15. > :01:25.admissions are out of control. Why are some of many operations being
:01:25. > :01:25.
:01:25. > :01:28.cancelled? Dash-mac so many. What we are seeing is the knock-on effect on
:01:28. > :01:33.patients waiting for a routine operations in other parts of
:01:33. > :01:38.hospitals. If we look at the first three months of the year, 170
:01:39. > :01:42.patients were needing surgery at Milton Keynes General Hospital, they
:01:42. > :01:48.had their operations cancelled at the last minute. That is double the
:01:48. > :01:52.number for last year. In Buckinghamshire and 94 patients had
:01:52. > :01:55.their operations cancelled. That is four times higher than the year
:01:55. > :02:05.before. There were also large increases in Reading and Swindon. It
:02:05. > :02:05.
:02:05. > :02:12.is not like of surgeons -- lack of surgeons. Now, it is lack of beds.
:02:12. > :02:18.The beds are full of people coming into accident and emergency. We have
:02:18. > :02:25.people in beds that used to be on the waiting list. It is an overall
:02:25. > :02:35.problem. It is a lack of proper care pathways. People do not know when
:02:35. > :02:41.and how they will be moved on. Drastic things have to be done.
:02:41. > :02:46.patients Association wants changes to the new helpline. People don't
:02:46. > :02:52.really trust it yet. We also need more care in the community. The
:02:52. > :03:00.weather has also not helped. There have been more chest infections as a
:03:00. > :03:09.result of the weather. I wore operations being cancelled in
:03:09. > :03:16.Oxford? We simply do not know. Apparently the computer says not. We
:03:16. > :03:21.are not listed. It has often been running at full capacity, it has
:03:21. > :03:24.been working very hard to compete with the demand for its services. In
:03:24. > :03:33.Milton and they have assured us that they have been moving through the
:03:33. > :03:41.backlog of operations weight successfully now. NHS England has
:03:41. > :03:48.pledged that hospitals struggling for money will have a fix.
:03:48. > :03:54.A man arrested after a connection to Operation Bullfinch. It was an
:03:54. > :03:58.operation looking at child sex ring. He is charged with sexual
:03:58. > :04:05.assault of a girl between the age of 13 and 15. There are also two
:04:05. > :04:09.charges of assault. The court is ongoing at the Old Bailey.
:04:09. > :04:14.One woman was assaulted near Altrincham while she was walking on
:04:14. > :04:18.the bath with her young daughter. I'm undecided -- a man described as
:04:18. > :04:27.being in his least 40s exposed himself and then indecently
:04:27. > :04:30.assaulted the woman who was pushing her daughter in her body.
:04:30. > :04:35.Last weeks local elections left the Conservatives won seats short of an
:04:35. > :04:38.overall majority. Independent councillors were going to work with
:04:38. > :04:46.them but say that it is not a coalition and they will retain their
:04:46. > :04:51.independence. My key aim of the time is to make
:04:51. > :04:54.sure that we have a good stable administration. It only to see that
:04:54. > :05:01.we are all working for Oxfordshire. We are not bickering about party
:05:01. > :05:04.politics. I have not merged with the Conservatives, I have never been a
:05:04. > :05:11.conservative, but we think it is important to work with a party who
:05:11. > :05:18.has the largest share of the vote. It is very limited as a wicket.
:05:18. > :05:23.There are only three of us. It is becoming one of the busiest
:05:23. > :05:29.stations in our region. The station is in the middle of an upgrade. It
:05:29. > :05:39.is also the home of a signalling centre that will in the end control
:05:39. > :05:41.
:05:41. > :05:45.of trends in the rich from Cornwall to London. In the -- in the rich.
:05:45. > :05:52.It used to be labour-intensive work. Then technology moved on and
:05:52. > :05:58.pressing buttons do the same work. Now it is a computer that controls
:05:58. > :06:02.when and where computers tell trains to go to. The transformation is part
:06:02. > :06:06.of a major investment in rail infrastructure. Some acquirement is
:06:06. > :06:11.being replaced that is more than 50 years old. It is hoped that by the
:06:11. > :06:15.time this project is complete, passengers will notice a real
:06:15. > :06:23.difference in train performance. At the moment around 400 hours of
:06:23. > :06:31.delays per year are caused as a result of signal failures.
:06:31. > :06:35.Passengers want more trains are they want them to run on time. The
:06:35. > :06:40.cyclical in -- the signalling a comment is a part of that problem.
:06:40. > :06:47.Passengers were pleased at the prospect of fewer delays, but most
:06:47. > :06:53.wanted even more improvement. Regular passengers to find problems
:06:53. > :07:00.and it is getting worse. The first cheap rate train is often late, if
:07:00. > :07:04.it were on time this morning, that would be great. Norma commuter --
:07:04. > :07:11.normal commuter travel is crowded and uncomfortable. It should be more
:07:11. > :07:18.competitive. Real industry in -- experts and confident that real
:07:18. > :07:22.difference will be made. We have needed it for half a century. We are
:07:22. > :07:27.at last going to an air traffic control type of arrangement. It
:07:27. > :07:30.means that things that go wrong can be put right more quickly. And with
:07:30. > :07:40.increasing pressure as passenger numbers rise, anything that reduces
:07:40. > :07:43.
:07:43. > :07:49.have been scrapped by local campaigners. The environment agency
:07:49. > :07:57.had said they would replace the paddle with a motorised alternative.
:07:57. > :08:01.The wheel will now be preserved. Brackley Town could complete a
:08:01. > :08:11.remarkable rise to the highest level of nonleague football.
:08:11. > :08:18.They reached the final after a three against nothing when. This match
:08:18. > :08:24.will be a sell-out as the coaches -- try to seal their fourth when. I
:08:24. > :08:28.felt sick all week. One of our directors says that he waits all
:08:28. > :08:33.week for the games to start and then he cannot wait for the finish. That
:08:33. > :08:38.is what we will feel like. Their influence of last year's
:08:38. > :08:42.Paralympic games are still being felt. Hundreds of children are at
:08:42. > :08:52.competing at my level stadium. Judging aged six to 16 have been
:08:52. > :09:02.
:09:02. > :09:06.Stadium is the home Paralympic sport. Buckinghamshire led by 400
:09:06. > :09:12.runs in table cricket. Next, Best Buy tried his hand at this game
:09:12. > :09:18.which is similar to balls. It is like you're in a big tournament.
:09:18. > :09:23.are in a team and you win some medals. It is good. Inspired by the
:09:23. > :09:33.games last summer, this girl won her own medal today. It makes a really
:09:33. > :09:34.
:09:34. > :09:40.proud to the cat. It can be really hard, but people just do not give up
:09:40. > :09:43.on themselves. They keep on going and going. More than 100
:09:43. > :09:50.schoolchildren is from eight different countries have been
:09:50. > :09:56.competing here today. Since the Paralympics, there has been a rise
:09:56. > :09:59.in the number of disabled children taking part in sports. It has really
:09:59. > :10:07.raised the awareness and understanding and it has made more
:10:07. > :10:12.people see the ability rather than the disability. It has undoubted Lee
:10:12. > :10:17.meant that there are more disabled people who are recognising that