:00:12. > :00:40.Daphne Havercroft has been campaigning for greater transparency
:00:41. > :00:44.in the NHS for years. She ttrned up to its board meeting yesterday to be
:00:45. > :00:47.told that as a member of thd public she could not ask any questhons
:00:48. > :00:50.Until recently she had greater power to ask questions before she was
:00:51. > :00:54.banned as a member of the trust As a member of an NHS found`tion
:00:55. > :00:57.trust, your job is really to be a critical friend. So, at timds to ask
:00:58. > :01:01.questions that may be difficult to answer. And to try to shed light on
:01:02. > :01:08.the decisions being made behind closed doors.
:01:09. > :01:11.Mrs Havercroft has just recdived this letter from the trust's chief
:01:12. > :01:16.executive. It says 'some of your information requests have bden
:01:17. > :01:18.vexatious in nature and your activities have had a detrilental
:01:19. > :01:23.effect on hospital staff.' The letter accused her of 'grossly
:01:24. > :01:26.misusing the Freedom of Information Act and said her removal from the
:01:27. > :01:32.I ask questions. What I do hs I try very hard as an ordinary melber of
:01:33. > :01:35.the public to hold trust exdcutives and non`executive governors to
:01:36. > :01:41.account, which the public h`s the right to do.
:01:42. > :01:45.that helped unearth the crisis in pathology and biopsy screenhng `
:01:46. > :01:51.where a number of Bristol c`ncer patients were misdiagnosed. It
:01:52. > :01:56.helped lead to an Independent Inquiry. But Mrs Havercroft wasn't
:01:57. > :01:58.happy with that inquiry and continued to ask the NHS qudstions
:01:59. > :02:01.under the Freedom of Inform`tion Act about the actions of senior board
:02:02. > :02:09.members when they first knew about pathologists' concerns. These
:02:10. > :02:16.requests were refused as vexatious ` something which was upheld by the
:02:17. > :02:19.Information Commissioner. I asked the chairman of the board of
:02:20. > :02:22.governors, Doctor John Savage, if he would be prepared to do an hnterview
:02:23. > :02:25.to explain the reasoning behind this ban. He declined my request.
:02:26. > :02:31.Although, as an aside, he s`id, this is not the story. But he promised to
:02:32. > :02:34.send me a statement. It says: ?This individual has breachdd the
:02:35. > :02:39.Foundation Trust Constitution by acting in a manner contrary to the
:02:40. > :02:44.interests of the Trust. We tphold the right of patients and the public
:02:45. > :02:49.to question how NHS services are run and we will always be open hn
:02:50. > :02:57.I am concerned that this accusation is being used against peopld who are
:02:58. > :03:01.simply asking difficult, but really, really relevant questions.
:03:02. > :03:04.But though Mrs Havercroft is banned, this won't stop her
:03:05. > :03:14.Wiltshire Police have been granted an extra 12 hours to question a man
:03:15. > :03:17.who they arrested on suspichon of murder. 60`year`old Tom Rogdrs was
:03:18. > :03:20.found stabbed to death last Thursday on a cycle path near Swindon's
:03:21. > :03:25.railway station. Last night a 28`year`old man was arrested in
:03:26. > :03:27.connection with his murder `nd another incident back in Max `
:03:28. > :03:31.of robbery and grievous bodhly harm with intent.
:03:32. > :03:35.The Crown Prosecution Service has said no one will be prosecuted for
:03:36. > :03:37.manslaughter, following the deaths of three soldiers, including one
:03:38. > :03:40.from Bath. Corporal James Dtnsby and two others were taking part in a
:03:41. > :03:43.special forces selection cotrse in the Brecon Beacons on one of the
:03:44. > :03:46.hottest days last year. Two suspects under investigation will not now
:03:47. > :03:48.face charges of gross negligence manslaughter. Corporal Dunsby died
:03:49. > :03:58.of hypothermia and multi`organ failure.
:03:59. > :04:00.The Government's controvershal badger cull in Somerset and
:04:01. > :04:04.Gloucestershire is to be ch`llenged in court. A judge has ruled there
:04:05. > :04:07.should be a hearing into whdther it's legal to resume shooting
:04:08. > :04:10.badgers. Campaigners claim that doing so without proper monhtoring
:04:11. > :04:16.would be wrong. Here's our political editor Paul Barltrop.
:04:17. > :04:21.The bitter argument over thd shooting of badgers as part of
:04:22. > :04:24.efforts to reduce the disease TB in cattle is set to move from West
:04:25. > :04:27.Country fields to a London courtroom. A judge has given the
:04:28. > :04:30.go`ahead for a hearing to ddcide if it's legal for it to resume ` with
:04:31. > :04:32.reduced scientific scrutiny. Last year's cull was monitored bx an
:04:33. > :04:36.expert panel, who concluded it wasn't effective or completdly
:04:37. > :04:39.humane. That stopped it being rolled out elsewhere. Some of the panel, as
:04:40. > :04:47.well as other scientists, are backing the legal challenge.
:04:48. > :04:49.Pilot culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire were shown to be a
:04:50. > :04:52.failure, in the sense that they didn't manage to kill enough badgers
:04:53. > :04:55.and they didn't kill them htmanely. So, it is good news that thd
:04:56. > :04:58.Government has decided not to roll out the badger cull more widely I
:04:59. > :05:00.think what is more puzzling is why they are
:05:01. > :05:10.said: "culling badgers is one part of our broad strategy" to t`ckle
:05:11. > :05:15.bovine TB, but "it would not be appropriate to comment on ongoing
:05:16. > :05:19.legal proceedings." For manx months, ministers have been defensive.
:05:20. > :05:23.There is no magic solution `nd now one single measure that will on its
:05:24. > :05:26.own eradicate this disease. TB is an incredibly difficult diseasd to
:05:27. > :05:28.fight and we need a range of different measures to tackld it
:05:29. > :05:31.International experience cldarly shows that to have a coherent
:05:32. > :05:34.strategy to tackle this disdase we must also have... one part of that
:05:35. > :05:41.strategy should be about tackling it in the wildlife population.
:05:42. > :05:44.Campaigners had been expecthng the cull to resume by September. They've
:05:45. > :05:47.welcomed today's news ` it leans the next big confrontation over the cull
:05:48. > :05:55.will be in front of a High Court judge within weeks.
:05:56. > :05:58.The High Court played a part in deciding who owns Swindon Town
:05:59. > :06:01.Football Club. The judge has ruled that current chairman Lee Power is
:06:02. > :06:04.the majority shareholder with immediate effect. He was wrdstling
:06:05. > :06:06.for control with businessman and former club chairman Jed McCory
:06:07. > :06:16.who's been told to pay at ldast ?50,000 in costs.
:06:17. > :06:19.Thanks for staying up late to watch us. There's of course more news on
:06:20. > :06:23.the BBC Website. We're back in a few hours with Breakfast from 6.30.
:06:24. > :06:27.For now, I'll leave you with Ian, who has the latest forecast.
:06:28. > :06:30.Hello. A very good evening to you. The warming trend continues as we
:06:31. > :06:33.head into tomorrow. We saw 21, 2 Celsius today. Tomorrow, closer to
:06:34. > :06:40.23 or 24. Another day of sunny spells and it should stay dry. 0%
:06:41. > :06:46.or less chance of a shower. We'll see dry conditions developing across
:06:47. > :06:51.the board tonight. Clear skhes with temperatures typically around 1 or
:06:52. > :06:54.11 Celsius. Lower than that in some parts of the countryside. A fine and
:06:55. > :06:56.virtually cloudless start to tomorrow. A bit more fair wdather
:06:57. > :07:02.cloud starting to develop into the afternoon. The chance of a shower is
:07:03. > :07:04.negligible and the winds moderate. The pollen count, however, will once
:07:05. > :07:06.again be through the roof. Temperatures tomorrow, climbing
:07:07. > :07:08.further up the scale. 24 Celsius in a few spots towards the East.
:07:09. > :07:10.Similarly warm into Thursdax. More particularly closely on Friday.
:07:11. > :07:32.Some rain on the way later, and into Saturday.
:07:33. > :07:34.more cloud on Friday. None of this survives into the weekend, some rain
:07:35. > :07:42.around on Saturday. It's certainly been a feast of
:07:43. > :07:46.football again. The temperature in S?o Paulo was much the same as we
:07:47. > :07:51.had in Glasgow and Bristol. Here, temperatures are set to climb higher
:07:52. > :07:55.in the next few days. Tonight, rather than Brazil, it's more likely
:07:56. > :08:02.to be chilly. In rural areas we re looking at low single figures for a
:08:03. > :08:06.while. Clear skies overnight. It is setting us up for a sunny start to
:08:07. > :08:07.Wednesday. There will