:00:08. > :00:07.Good evening. for the news where you are.
:00:08. > :00:10.The company in charge of catering and cleaning at one of the region's
:00:11. > :00:14.hospitals has been accused of putting patients at risk.
:00:15. > :00:16.Managers at Swindon's Great Western Hospital say Carillion's cldanliness
:00:17. > :00:19.and food hygiene standards have been completely unacceptable.
:00:20. > :00:25.Good, wholesome food like this is at the heart of a patient?s recovery.
:00:26. > :00:30.But when Environmental Health visited Great Western Hospital
:00:31. > :00:34.earlier this year they gave the food just one star for hygiene.
:00:35. > :00:37.And the Care Quality Commission found dirty toilets and wards
:00:38. > :00:42.which one inspector describdd as absolutely disgusting.
:00:43. > :00:51.The trust say it's a risk to patients.
:00:52. > :00:58.And in cleaning standard or any other kind of pig care we provide
:00:59. > :01:02.can have an impact on patient care and infection control. Becatse of
:01:03. > :01:07.the focus of our law nursing teams we are maintaining those st`ndards,
:01:08. > :01:09.but it is taking a huge amotnt of our own efforts to make surd that
:01:10. > :01:10.Carillion are delivering. The relationship between thd
:01:11. > :01:13.hospital and those in chargd of the The trust which runs
:01:14. > :01:17.the hospital is the tenant. It leases the building
:01:18. > :01:20.from the landlord ` an investment In turn, it employs Carillion to run
:01:21. > :01:40.the day to day maintenance, The deal is costing the trust ? 0
:01:41. > :01:43.million a year, more than 10% of its annual revenue. Today, its board of
:01:44. > :01:49.governors were taking legal advice about how to `` it can make
:01:50. > :01:50.Semperian force Carillion to improve their standards.
:01:51. > :01:52.Carillion has been involved in an industrial dispute with
:01:53. > :01:57.workers over working practices and alleged bullying.
:01:58. > :02:03.In particular there aren't dnough staff to cover days of holiday.
:02:04. > :02:04.There are wards which were previous queen by four people which `re now
:02:05. > :02:06.cleaned by two people. But Carilliion says
:02:07. > :02:08.the staffing is appropriate. It wasn't prepared to be interviewed
:02:09. > :02:10.today, but in a statement the company admitted that e`rlier
:02:11. > :02:13.this year standards for cle`ning and food service dropped
:02:14. > :02:15.below the quality that is accepted. It said it had taken immedi`te
:02:16. > :02:19.action and that improvements have been made, finally adding
:02:20. > :02:23.its confident that there is not An Oxford scholar has signed
:02:24. > :02:32.an open letter to the milit`nt group Islamic State calling on it to stop
:02:33. > :02:35.its actions in the name Imam Munawar Hussain is one
:02:36. > :02:41.of nearly 130 international experts It counters
:02:42. > :02:46.the IS arguments that they `re The young people who are behng
:02:47. > :02:54.recruited or who are going over to Syria or Iraq to fight are often
:02:55. > :02:57.young people who have only `ccessed possibly just one side
:02:58. > :03:02.of the argument. So this kind
:03:03. > :03:07.of provides a counter narrative An inquiry's been launched
:03:08. > :03:09.into children's services at Buckinghamshire County Council
:03:10. > :03:12.after they were classed as The review will examine evidence
:03:13. > :03:17.from expert witnesses and other The council has also agreed to put
:03:18. > :03:23.in an extra ?4.8 million Prince Edward has been in Swindon
:03:24. > :03:32.opening a new research facility that could help protect homes
:03:33. > :03:34.against flooding. The centre aims to find the best
:03:35. > :03:38.materials for new homes that can cope better when submerged hn
:03:39. > :03:41.standing water and how strong walls With every flooded home comds months
:03:42. > :03:49.of misery, trauma With growing pressure for more
:03:50. > :03:55.and more houses, some think we need to think more cleverly
:03:56. > :04:04.about what we use to build them That's why Prince Edward was
:04:05. > :04:07.in Swindon today opening wh`t's In these tanks are the posshble
:04:08. > :04:11.building materials of tomorrow. The tests here discover what happens
:04:12. > :04:26.to them in water and whether they're Once we develop something in the lab
:04:27. > :04:31.we have to put it on a building and make sure it works in real life
:04:32. > :04:34.Then, once it has that, we can then go out to industry and sake look at
:04:35. > :04:35.this fantastic thing, make ht happen.
:04:36. > :04:38.This is the country's first centre to assess low`carbon constrtction
:04:39. > :04:41.It?s hoped the lessons learnt here will help minimise the misery,
:04:42. > :04:48.and help make buildings better at resisting the effects of flooding.
:04:49. > :04:50.The best`selling author, James Patterson, is giving loney to
:04:51. > :04:54.eight independent bookshops in our region to encourage more chhldren
:04:55. > :04:59.He's pledged to donate ?250,000 to improve children's sections
:05:00. > :05:03.70 bookshops have been awarded money so far.
:05:04. > :05:08.Jaffe and Neale's an independent bookshop in the
:05:09. > :05:14.They've just been awarded ?4,00 by the crime writer James P`tterson
:05:15. > :05:28.My ideal is to park up on the village green, reads childrdn's
:05:29. > :05:32.stories after school, give parents copy and cake and really ignite a
:05:33. > :05:36.love of books and a passion for physical books for those chhldren
:05:37. > :05:40.for the rest of their lives. We have a story every night. We havd books
:05:41. > :05:44.which we read when they comd home from school. I wish they cotld
:05:45. > :05:49.understand the books, but the sound of your voice, they love to hear it
:05:50. > :05:58.anyway. But the standard of alleged to in some parts of Oxfordshire are
:05:59. > :06:02.pure. The County Council invested ?600,000 in a two`year readhng
:06:03. > :06:04.campaign. That project has seen the average reading age improved by 13
:06:05. > :06:10.months. The Bicester based charity, Arch,
:06:11. > :06:13.arranges volunteers to read with children who've been struggling
:06:14. > :06:14.in schools. They say boosting a child's
:06:15. > :06:22.reading ability has many benefits. Self`confidence, self esteel
:06:23. > :06:25.improves and attitude to re`ding so they are more open to different
:06:26. > :06:28.types of books. They are more open to different types of books. On
:06:29. > :06:29.effect in their attitudes to learning.
:06:30. > :06:31.Back in Chipping Norton, this bookseller's hoping to have
:06:32. > :06:34.his new children's book van on the road by next spring, serving up tea
:06:35. > :06:42.and cake along the way and laking reading books all the sweetdr.
:06:43. > :06:45.Sarah Farmer's next with the weather.
:06:46. > :06:54.It looks like it will feel very mild compared to last night.
:06:55. > :07:03.With that cloud coverage coles the risk of showers of light rain
:07:04. > :07:07.or drizzle, which could be `round first thing tomorrow morning.
:07:08. > :07:11.Quite a bit of cloud to start the day on Friday, but it whll
:07:12. > :07:14.clear through to the south`dast and we will start to see drher,
:07:15. > :07:22.The winds easing as we head into the afternoon.
:07:23. > :07:26.Through the weekend it stays rather cloudy, but temperatures
:07:27. > :07:32.The national weather forecast is up next.
:07:33. > :07:40.breeze. Looking good onto the weekend as well. This is the
:07:41. > :07:44.summary. Now the national outlook. Good evening. There is rain in the
:07:45. > :07:51.forecast overnight, but even so September is heading to be one of
:07:52. > :07:52.the driest on record for many of us. Today's weather front gave a