:00:11. > :00:10.prove it is not unlucky for some. Good evening.
:00:11. > :00:34.The surgery to remove catar`cts is relatively simple but the waiting
:00:35. > :00:40.list at Musgrove Park Hospital had grown to nearly 400 pathents.
:00:41. > :00:42.In May the hospital took the decision to bring
:00:43. > :00:47.in a specialist eyecare company to set up a mobile surgery to carry out
:00:48. > :00:53.After just a few weeks, there were problems.
:00:54. > :00:56.It was really about 15 or so patients had a significant problem
:00:57. > :01:00.but we have seen all of those patients now and examined them to
:01:01. > :01:04.make sure they are getting the right treatment now and they will continue
:01:05. > :01:08.to be followed up here by our own staff to make sure we look
:01:09. > :01:11.Obviously, we are deeply sorry that this has happened.
:01:12. > :01:16.Those 15 patients could be looking at further eye surgdry
:01:17. > :01:20.Vanguard who were the private healthcare providers say
:01:21. > :01:24.they always use highly qualified surgeons and they are now
:01:25. > :01:26.cooperating fully in the investigation to find out
:01:27. > :01:33.Malcolm had his cataract surgery performed at a different hospital.
:01:34. > :01:38.It was quite frightening to be losing your sight.
:01:39. > :01:41.I didn't notice how much my sight was deteriorating
:01:42. > :01:49.Then to get it back again, it was lovely.
:01:50. > :01:52.Malcolm is one of the thous`nds who every year have
:01:53. > :01:57.For those waiting at Musgrove Park Hospital,
:01:58. > :02:06.Wiltshire Police are asking people to be on the look`out
:02:07. > :02:09.for a prisoner who was rele`sed from a Leicestershire prison
:02:10. > :02:13.It's believed Edward Stirling, who's classified as high risk,
:02:14. > :02:17.could be in the Swindon or Thames Valley area after he failed to
:02:18. > :02:21.He was serving a sentence for possession of a firearm
:02:22. > :02:26.Stirling is described as being 5 feet 6 with short dark
:02:27. > :02:31.hair and speaking with a Northern Irish accent.
:02:32. > :02:34.The Environment Secretary Owen Paterson says he's confident
:02:35. > :02:37.the plan to dredge the Somerset Levels is on target.
:02:38. > :02:39.The assurance comes after concerns from farmers that
:02:40. > :02:42.silt isn't being removed from the rivers fast enough.
:02:43. > :02:49.Scott Ellis reports from the Royal Bath and West Show.
:02:50. > :02:52.Ensuring Somerset's flooding stays high on the political agend`,
:02:53. > :02:55.the Environment Secretary Owen Paterson politely ambushed
:02:56. > :03:01.They are worried that less than 10% of the dredging is complete
:03:02. > :03:10.At that rate they say, only a third of the promised eight kilomdtres
:03:11. > :03:15.If somebody would offer me an excavator I would go
:03:16. > :03:19.and have excavator lessons and go and do it myself.
:03:20. > :03:22.You know, there is a lot of, you know, massively emotion`l people
:03:23. > :03:28.They need to be able to see it happening to be able
:03:29. > :03:31.We desperately need 100% of the dredging done.
:03:32. > :03:35.We have a heaven sent opportunity to get it right, once and for all.
:03:36. > :03:38.If they are on schedule, as they say they are, then just show
:03:39. > :03:41.us the evidence and people will be in a position to believe.
:03:42. > :03:44.The Environment Agency says two teams are working on the
:03:45. > :03:47.River Parrett. At the weekend, another will start on the Tone.
:03:48. > :03:51.By June they say six teams will be on the river banks,
:03:52. > :03:55.part of a planned increase in work rate.
:03:56. > :03:58.At the Bath and West Show today Owen Paterson wanted to reassure
:03:59. > :04:04.I've come down here to talk to the local farmers and talk to
:04:05. > :04:06.the local representatives of the Environment Agency
:04:07. > :04:10.I'm clear that the Environment Agency itself is sure they `re
:04:11. > :04:16.The Secretary of State will be in Somerset again tomorrow.
:04:17. > :04:20.This time to review the county's ?100 million 20`year action plan to
:04:21. > :04:29.ease flooding, of which dredging is a small but highly emotive part
:04:30. > :04:32.The only case against a badger cull protestor accused of breachhng
:04:33. > :04:37.The injunction was brought by the National Farmers' Union to keep
:04:38. > :04:40.the public away from the cull areas in Somerset and Gloucestershire.
:04:41. > :04:44.Cathy Scott from Coventry was accused of running into a fheld
:04:45. > :04:49.It's not yet clear why the Crown Prosecution Service
:04:50. > :04:53.An ambulance service, criticised for poor performance
:04:54. > :04:58.in rural Gloucestershire, is to spend ?700,000 on more vehicles.
:04:59. > :05:02.Figures last month showed fewer than half of 999 response vehiclds
:05:03. > :05:04.in the Cotswold area reached their destination within
:05:05. > :05:09.The Trust is now buying an extra ambulance
:05:10. > :05:15.Bath based publisher Future has confirmed plans to cut
:05:16. > :05:21.The figure has emerged as part of the company's
:05:22. > :05:25.The news follows the start of a transformation programle and
:05:26. > :05:33.Future says they're restructuring under a new leadership team.
:05:34. > :05:34.Bristol Rugby players have apologised to fans
:05:35. > :05:38.after losing to London Welsh last night by 27 points to 8
:05:39. > :05:41.in the first leg of their play`off final.
:05:42. > :05:43.Bristol are facing up to another season of Championship rugbx
:05:44. > :05:46.unless they can produce a m`ssive comeback in their play`off final.
:05:47. > :05:50.They insisted they can turn the tie around and win a place
:05:51. > :05:55.If there is any side that can do it, we can.
:05:56. > :05:58.We have done it before this season, we have overturned
:05:59. > :06:03.We have had times where we've been 19 points up in the first half.
:06:04. > :06:06.If there is any side that can do it, we can.
:06:07. > :06:09.We're just going to have to draw on everything.
:06:10. > :06:12.We are a very tightknit sidd, we're going to have to pull
:06:13. > :06:16.together and we're just going to have to make it happen on the day.
:06:17. > :06:24.There's more news on the BBC Website.
:06:25. > :06:29.We certainly had some very sharp showers today, helped by sole warm
:06:30. > :06:37.showers today, helped by some warm air. Sunshine broke through the
:06:38. > :06:40.clouds but showers have been sharp and are still few rumbling `round
:06:41. > :06:42.but they will clear by tomorrow morning. For the couple of days it
:06:43. > :06:45.is an improving picture, drx morning. For the couple of days it
:06:46. > :06:45.is an improving picture, dry and is an improving picture, dry and
:06:46. > :06:47.bright and good spells of stnshine. bright and good spells of sunshine.
:06:48. > :06:50.Turning cloudy and damp oncd more by Turning cloudy and damp oncd more by
:06:51. > :06:51.Sunday, couple of settled days Turning cloudy and damp once more by
:06:52. > :06:55.Sunday, couple of settled d`ys to Sunday, couple of settled days to
:06:56. > :06:59.enjoy. That low pressure steadily moving to the south taking the
:07:00. > :07:06.showers with it and by tomorrow morning it is not too bad. We may
:07:07. > :07:10.have a couple of showers around in parts of South Somerset and Dorset
:07:11. > :07:15.but in the main it is dry. Not load of sunshine but a lot more settled
:07:16. > :07:19.than we have seen. Brightness will be coming through, enough to lift
:07:20. > :07:25.those temperatures to 19 Celsius. That is much more what we would
:07:26. > :07:27.like. Saturday is much the same, good spells of sunshine and it is
:07:28. > :07:30.Sunday where we see a changd, good spells of sunshine and it is
:07:31. > :07:36.Sunday where we see a changd, wet and rainy
:07:37. > :07:43.Good evening. Most of us look like ending the week on a dry note. Some
:07:44. > :07:48.of us end it today on a particularly wet note. Notably across parts of
:07:49. > :07:52.south-west England and up into the Midland, a line of vicious storms
:07:53. > :07:57.and thunder in there too. They have been spreading further west in parts
:07:58. > :08:01.of Wales and southern counties. They'll tend to fade away the rest
:08:02. > :08:06.of the night, but one or two lingering on. Most other places
:08:07. > :08:11.having a quiet night. Cloud and mistiness out there.
:08:12. > :08:12.Across the glens of northern Scotland, temperatures will