:00:00. > :00:11.Our main story tonight. it from Edinburgh we
:00:12. > :00:13.The waiting lists at Southmead Hospital.
:00:14. > :00:15.More than 100 people are wahting a year for spinal operations alone
:00:16. > :00:17.and even some cancer treatmdnts are affected.
:00:18. > :00:19.After the first pre`op assesment in December,
:00:20. > :00:24.I could have had the operathon, I could have been pain`free
:00:25. > :00:38.Conflict in the countryside as the badger cull starts again
:00:39. > :00:47.The Bristol ferry powered by hydrogen but has the project
:00:48. > :00:54.And can this band help bookshops turn over a new leaf
:00:55. > :01:04.The new super hospital at Southmead in Bristol has run into trotble only
:01:05. > :01:11.The BBC has discovered that there's a huge backlog for operations that
:01:12. > :01:16.Treatment for some cancers, spinal problems, and brain conditions are
:01:17. > :01:22.There are a number of causes but some of the problems ard
:01:23. > :01:25.down to teething troubles whth the new building as our Health
:01:26. > :01:31.Kath Williams says she hasn't had a good night's sleep for months
:01:32. > :01:34.Paralysed from the chest down, she gets painful muscle spasms
:01:35. > :01:39.But she's been waiting since December for spinal strgery
:01:40. > :01:48.And every now and again they will just kick out,
:01:49. > :01:53.or come up to your face, and it's mostly worse at night.
:01:54. > :01:57.But according to a leaked report Kathy
:01:58. > :02:02.and patients like her at Sotthmead may have a long wait to comd.
:02:03. > :02:06.I've obtained this team bridfing by the Trust which highlights
:02:07. > :02:10.significant delays for patidnts undergoing urological operations as
:02:11. > :02:18.It says 111 spinal patients were waiting more than 52 weeks,
:02:19. > :02:23.breaching national standards which will require a longer term plan to
:02:24. > :02:30.And in urology, it says cap`city and kit has affected both
:02:31. > :02:37.The doctor in charge of the hospital is trying to securd more
:02:38. > :02:40.funding from local commissioners to clear the backlog in urology
:02:41. > :02:45.But the spinal surgery problems may need a national solution.
:02:46. > :02:49.The difficulty with spinal operations is related to
:02:50. > :02:52.the specialist work that we do here at the North Bristol Trust,
:02:53. > :02:56.which can be done by a very small number of centres in the UK.
:02:57. > :02:59.And there's been increasing referral and demand.
:03:00. > :03:02.As some other centres have found they're less able to do
:03:03. > :03:05.the specialist work and have been stopping doing it
:03:06. > :03:11.So, that requires particular surgical skills that are in shortage
:03:12. > :03:20.nationally, and so we are working with NHS England and the national
:03:21. > :03:24.There have been other probldms with neurological operations.
:03:25. > :03:27.This theatre that provides LRI scans at the same time was out of
:03:28. > :03:31.It's partly because of problems in getting the right specifications.
:03:32. > :03:36.And another highly specialist theatre for patients who nedd to be
:03:37. > :03:39.conscious throughout is still out of action because its door was not lead
:03:40. > :03:47.I think that looking back, we might have found this problem
:03:48. > :03:53.And I apologise to everybodx who's been impacted by this.
:03:54. > :03:58.It is a small number of people but for those people it's significant.
:03:59. > :04:01.Southmead is partly a victil of its own success.
:04:02. > :04:04.Lots of patients want its specialised services.
:04:05. > :04:07.But unless more resources and doctors can be found,
:04:08. > :04:17.it seems it's a service thex will have to wait a long time for.
:04:18. > :04:24.Matthew is let us now. It is going to be `` supposed to be brand`new
:04:25. > :04:29.and all singing and dancing, but what can they do about thesd delays?
:04:30. > :04:36.Ask the more money from the GPs in charge of the money. The clhnical
:04:37. > :04:38.commissioning groups would not be interviewed, they say they will work
:04:39. > :04:43.with the trust to clear this backlog looking at ideas like exploring
:04:44. > :04:47.alternative pathways of card for the spinal patients, so could bd
:04:48. > :04:52.referring patients to a pain clinic. It does not get to the root of the
:04:53. > :04:58.problem. It may not, for certain patients like Cathy who need surgery
:04:59. > :05:02.to alleviate their commissions `` conditions. Are there probldms other
:05:03. > :05:08.way `` in other hospitals? Jeremy Hunt said patients should not wait
:05:09. > :05:15.more than a year and as it hs clinically necessary, so thhs is a
:05:16. > :05:19.big embarrassment for the trust The national figures have fallen from
:05:20. > :05:27.80,000 to 574 people waiting for more than a year, if we havd 10 in
:05:28. > :05:30.this trust, that is significant I think it will get worse before it
:05:31. > :05:35.gets better, and we are expdcting more people to be waiting more than
:05:36. > :05:39.18 weeks which is the key standard. And there will be more breaches like
:05:40. > :05:43.this nationally. There is a big demand nationally, 100,000 lore
:05:44. > :05:45.extra people each month dem`nding treatment.
:05:46. > :05:48.A second pilot badger cull has begun in Gloucestershire and Somerset
:05:49. > :05:50.Campaigners spent last night patrolling cull zones
:05:51. > :05:53.despite no confirmation at the time that the shooting had got underway.
:05:54. > :05:56.The Government says the killings are an essential part of
:05:57. > :06:01.Our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve Knibbs, spent last night in
:06:02. > :06:19.With the cull zone mapped, dvery badger sett plotted, campaigners
:06:20. > :06:30.Some have travelled a long way to be here, their first time on p`trol.
:06:31. > :06:37.It is a 250 mile journey for us but I plan to come once a week hf I can
:06:38. > :06:42.and do the journey. The guys have shown us the area, which has been
:06:43. > :06:46.mapped out for us. There is a badger set on there, we plan to go there to
:06:47. > :06:49.make sure that if anybody comes down with the guns, we know wherd they
:06:50. > :06:53.are going to be. We have bedn told what area they are going to be. We
:06:54. > :06:57.are told if we are there, they will go away. We have been told they will
:06:58. > :07:03.not endanger us if there ard people there, they had been told to leave.
:07:04. > :07:08.At the moment there is not too much for the camp area and `` calpaign is
:07:09. > :07:13.to disrupt, it is a full moon and it is quite light, no shooting will be
:07:14. > :07:14.happening if the car has st`rted. The real work only starts when it
:07:15. > :07:18.goes dark. And in the dead of night many
:07:19. > :07:21.seasoned protestors are back again. And this year armed with better
:07:22. > :07:36.technology We are looking for activity. 90
:07:37. > :07:40.minutes `` vision, you can see them, `` with night vision, you c`n see
:07:41. > :07:43.them very clearly. Although we did not see any evidence
:07:44. > :07:47.of marksmen working last night, police confirmed they were called to
:07:48. > :07:50.an incident between a protester and a contract that of his caged badger
:07:51. > :07:56.which was eventually releasdd. Campaigners were tense, tre`ted with
:07:57. > :08:00.suspicion because they did not recognise. We will log that number,
:08:01. > :08:04.and if we keep seeing it and if it gets involved in activity against
:08:05. > :08:11.us, which is what happens l`st year, with the past that to the police.
:08:12. > :08:18.Police appeared more low`kex this year although patrols whenever far
:08:19. > :08:22.away. Those against the cold so they will not give up, many with
:08:23. > :08:26.anecdotes with their successes last year. There were incidents where I
:08:27. > :08:31.was in a field a mile from here we were up and down a footpath, with
:08:32. > :08:41.the contract is one side and the badges on the other. They wdre not
:08:42. > :08:44.able to shoot. `` the badges. This is the reality for the next six
:08:45. > :08:45.weeks, tracking the marksmen in the cold and dark over 300 square
:08:46. > :08:56.kilometres of Gloucestershire. The badger cull is controversial and
:08:57. > :09:04.politically charged, the protesters will not make it easy, how difficult
:09:05. > :09:07.will it be? You only have to look back to last year, it was vdry
:09:08. > :09:13.difficult, for six weeks thd marksmen did not make their target,
:09:14. > :09:20.they got an extension and dhd not make it. At the end the govdrnment
:09:21. > :09:23.brought up a report saying ht had not been humane or effectivd. Today
:09:24. > :09:27.we have been talking to the Minister and he insists the recommendations
:09:28. > :09:30.have been acted upon. We have learned the lessons from last year.
:09:31. > :09:34.We are confident that we will have much greater success this ydar. In
:09:35. > :09:38.terms of evaluating it, we got those monitors in the field, and
:09:39. > :09:46.postmortem analysis, which will demonstrate whether or not this is a
:09:47. > :09:54.humane way of removing badgds. Badgers. Things are not the same as
:09:55. > :09:58.last year? Know, there will not be an independent panel judging, it'll
:09:59. > :10:01.just be the government's own officials. And there are fewer
:10:02. > :10:05.badgers on the ground, targdt numbers have been reduced. There has
:10:06. > :10:10.been a reduction in ovine tobacco sis, the disease that this whole ``
:10:11. > :10:18.ovine tuberculosis, they decide that this is all about this. In the last
:10:19. > :10:22.year, the cattle movement controls we have put in place has led to a
:10:23. > :10:26.slight reduction in the disdase which is welcome, showing the
:10:27. > :10:30.important work we have done to refine cattle movement controls is
:10:31. > :10:34.working. We know that on its own it will not be enough. What of the
:10:35. > :10:42.future? The government thought they would be falling out the badger cull
:10:43. > :10:45.but it has been put on hold. There is objections from the Liberal
:10:46. > :10:49.Democrats and the coalition and there is a general election next
:10:50. > :10:52.May, that is influencing thhnking enormously, the Lib Dems have
:10:53. > :10:56.already said in their manifdsto they are reluctant to extend the badger
:10:57. > :11:00.cull if they getting will khll it off entirely. `` labour, if they get
:11:01. > :11:11.in, we'll kill it off entirdly. We are pleased you could be with us
:11:12. > :11:16.tonight. And there is lots still to come.
:11:17. > :11:19.Join me here in Bath where the author David Mitchell has jtst
:11:20. > :11:23.arrived, he will be hearing the fabulous book shop and perform their
:11:24. > :11:32.world premiere of a song based on his book. `` book shop band.
:11:33. > :11:37.A Bristol ferry boat powered by hydrogen and funded by taxp`yers has
:11:38. > :11:39.been dismissed as a wasteful vanity project by local councillors. The
:11:40. > :11:42.vessel helped to win the city its European Green Capital award, but is
:11:43. > :11:46.currently tied up in the harbourside and going nowhere.
:11:47. > :11:49.So was it a waste of money and what's happened to the dream
:11:50. > :11:52.of hydrogen as a clean fuel for the future?
:11:53. > :12:01.April last year and a speci`l ferry boat is launched in Bristol.
:12:02. > :12:06.Kept afloat by ?225,000 of taxpayers' money.
:12:07. > :12:10.And powered by a zero`emisshons hydrogen fuel cell.
:12:11. > :12:16.And dismissed by Conservative councillors as a vanity project
:12:17. > :12:23.Bear in mind this has only been done in Germany and Holland, and this
:12:24. > :12:27.is the first British hydrogdn based boat, and it was built in
:12:28. > :12:31.Bristol. If being proud of the city I built it in is a vanity project,
:12:32. > :12:37.What really scuppered this ferry was the cost of getting hydrogen to it.
:12:38. > :12:41.It's a flammable gas and expensive to transport and store.
:12:42. > :12:49.They overcame a lot of problems in developing the technology, but one
:12:50. > :12:53.issue was the supply of hydrogen had to be treated as it was an
:12:54. > :12:57.industrial facility, rather than say a petrol station which was
:12:58. > :13:03.It's not the first hiccup for hydrogen.
:13:04. > :13:05.Remember those Olympic taxis in 2012?
:13:06. > :13:10.But having to be carried by lorry to the nearest hydrogen fuel pump
:13:11. > :13:17.You can't help feeling the promised hydrogen super highway is on hold.
:13:18. > :13:21.The industry is nervous, the government unwilling to commit.
:13:22. > :13:25.And back in Bristol, Green Capital 2015 or not, no more
:13:26. > :13:32.I have to say that I've got some
:13:33. > :13:36.sympathy for those who have questioned the value that wd've so
:13:37. > :13:40.far got out of it. If Mr Rankin and his colleagues can extract luch more
:13:41. > :13:46.value in terms of demonstration demonstrating how well the whole
:13:47. > :13:49.technology works, then bullx for him.
:13:50. > :13:53.The skipper and partners sax they'll be back, this time they'll bring
:13:54. > :14:02.hydrogen to Bristol in smaller, cheaper carriers.
:14:03. > :14:05.A trial date has been set in South Africa for the honeymoon
:14:06. > :14:10.The 34`year`old Bristol bushnessman is accused of ordering his wife
:14:11. > :14:13.Anni's murder, in Cape Town in 010, something he's always denied.
:14:14. > :14:19.Mr Dewani's trial is due to start on 6th October.
:14:20. > :14:23.It's been reported that Zol` Tongo, the taxi driver convicted of Anni's
:14:24. > :14:29.murder, will be a witness in the trhal.
:14:30. > :14:32.The third and final route for a new bus service around Bristol
:14:33. > :14:36.Two parts of the ?200 million scheme had already
:14:37. > :14:38.been approved through Bristol, and now South Gloucestershire's leg
:14:39. > :14:44.It's been a day of high emotion in Kingswood,
:14:45. > :14:51.Bus travel in and around Brhstol could soon look less like this
:14:52. > :14:58.Dedicated tracks and lanes `way from the traffic.
:14:59. > :15:02.It's not a train or tram, but a normal bus.
:15:03. > :15:06.On a brand`new route between South and North Bristol.
:15:07. > :15:08.Sometimes on the roads that are already there,
:15:09. > :15:14.It's designed to get more pdople on public transport
:15:15. > :15:28.The proposed M32 bridge and road system, it would take out this
:15:29. > :15:32.tree line that you can see, all the way through a woodland copsd, over
:15:33. > :15:38.that behind us, over through into a wild flower meadow behind us here.
:15:39. > :15:44.The actual construction of ht, the noise, the pollution from that
:15:45. > :15:51.With the Bristol part of the scheme already signed off,
:15:52. > :15:54.today it was the turn of Sotth Gloucestershire Council to face
:15:55. > :16:00.Which it did, approved, with a large majority.
:16:01. > :16:04.It was time for the area to show that it's got determination
:16:05. > :16:11.Investors look towards steps, and if we stumbled and fell
:16:12. > :16:16.at the last hurdle, the chances of getting investment in thd future
:16:17. > :16:22.There has been an awful lot of talk about business today and little talk
:16:23. > :16:30.If you live here, you want the area to be a business stccess.
:16:31. > :16:40.Bristol is the European Gredn capital next year.
:16:41. > :16:46.And yet, off`the`cuff, willx`nilly, they will destroy green land.
:16:47. > :16:59.It would be quicker to blooling walk from South Bristol to
:17:00. > :17:03.take. Brian will be able to put that to the test soon.
:17:04. > :17:06.After the councils have found a company to run the scheme,
:17:07. > :17:08.construction could start early next year and the buses could be
:17:09. > :17:16.Now saddle up, because dozens of cyclists are heading our way
:17:17. > :17:22.Many top names including Sir Bradley Wiggins are among them.
:17:23. > :17:30.Jones has the tips on where to get the best vidw.
:17:31. > :17:34.Never mind the Tour de France, the Tour of Britain is all everxone s
:17:35. > :17:38.It started on Sunday, in Liverpool, and is gradually making
:17:39. > :17:43.Yesterday the cyclists were in north Wales and it'll end up
:17:44. > :17:48.Anyway, the important stuff, when and where can you hope to catch
:17:49. > :17:54.Well, the cyclists will set off from Worcester tomorrow morning
:17:55. > :17:58.They'll then head towards Snowshill where they're expected to arrive
:17:59. > :18:02.They then head past Cheltenham, through Painswick at
:18:03. > :18:05.about 1.45pm in the afternoon, then through Stroud, and Dursley
:18:06. > :18:10.before heading into Bristol where, finally, 115 miles later,
:18:11. > :18:15.they'll end up finishing for the day, on the Downs, at about 3.2 pm.
:18:16. > :18:17.There will of course be rolling road closures all day,
:18:18. > :18:20.along the whole route, to allow the cyclists to pass through, f`r too
:18:21. > :18:24.many to mention here, but do listen in to our local radio stations and
:18:25. > :18:30.Then, on Thursday, the tour heads down into Devon before starting up
:18:31. > :18:36.The riders will leave the Royal Avenue at around 10.14am
:18:37. > :18:40.From there, they'll head through Bradford on Avon, Trowbridgd and
:18:41. > :18:43.Devizes and then into Berkshire on their way to the nation's c`pital.
:18:44. > :18:46.It promises to be lots of ftn, although if you do get chance to go
:18:47. > :18:55.and watch, don't blink, or you'll miss them.
:18:56. > :19:05.I went to watch once, we were having a cup of Coffey, I turned around and
:19:06. > :19:09.they were gone! It is the adrial views, you can see how fast they
:19:10. > :19:13.are! That is a lot of Lycra headhng our
:19:14. > :19:15.way. If you get any pictures, we would love to see them. Just go to
:19:16. > :19:18.our Facebook page to post. Football now,
:19:19. > :19:20.and two of the West's sides are Bristol Rovers welcome Wrexham to
:19:21. > :19:44.the Memorial Stadium and Forest It has been a record`breaking day
:19:45. > :19:48.for two of Gloucestershire's cricketers. Alex Goode man `nd
:19:49. > :19:56.Roderick's partnership smashed a club record that had stood for 1
:19:57. > :19:59.years. Alex Goode and finish the day on 221 not out.
:20:00. > :20:02.A bookshop in Bath has come up with a novel idea to entertain
:20:03. > :20:09.The Bookshop Band was formed to write songs
:20:10. > :20:12.for special writer events, `ll based around the story of the book.
:20:13. > :20:16.Our Bath reporter Ali Vowles is with the band tonight as they warm up
:20:17. > :20:23.for their performance in front of author David Mitchell.
:20:24. > :20:29.The author David Mitchell is about to give a talk here at the Tnited
:20:30. > :20:35.reformed Church here in Bath. He is going to hear the world preliere of
:20:36. > :20:38.a song written about his new book, The Bone Clocks. Find out what he
:20:39. > :20:44.thinks of it but first, let's see the band rehearsal. How did they get
:20:45. > :20:46.on composing the song? It is all sounding absolutely
:20:47. > :20:55.lovely, and WordPerfect. Sadly, though, this is a prdvious
:20:56. > :21:02.song, written for another book and another author tour. I am not
:21:03. > :21:06.kidding, this is the first time that the three of them has startdd on the
:21:07. > :21:13.saltwater my's performance. No one seems that worries. Writing the song
:21:14. > :21:18.takes the shortest amount of time. In theory, the song is thred
:21:19. > :21:22.minutes. I suppose we have been working together for four ydars so
:21:23. > :21:28.it is a bit scary but we have developed a way that we know we can
:21:29. > :21:31.trust ourselves to do it. Yds, and having the pressure, it is like
:21:32. > :21:37.having to write an essay for the next day, you need the pressure
:21:38. > :21:41.sometimes to do it. And thex can do it, time after time. The band have
:21:42. > :21:46.been together now for four xears and have proved so popular that they
:21:47. > :21:49.have toured the UK, at other book shops, music festivals and `ttracted
:21:50. > :21:57.a lot of attention nationally with their unusual songs. We will just
:21:58. > :22:02.take a look at this selection. All of these books have inspired the
:22:03. > :22:05.Bookshop Band to write a song. These are the sort of thing is th`t
:22:06. > :22:10.independent shops have to do these days. They have to be savvy to
:22:11. > :22:13.survive. It was the idea of the book shop owner Nic Bottomley. Hd and his
:22:14. > :22:16.wife are lawyers but decided the challenge of following their dream
:22:17. > :22:21.was worth it. Things like the band are just one way of keeping
:22:22. > :22:24.customers interested and buxing The days of just being able to open your
:22:25. > :22:30.door and sit and read a book and snow of the customers, thosd book
:22:31. > :22:35.shops are gone. If you're going to compete, you need to enjoy xour job,
:22:36. > :22:38.and look after customers and give them a really fantastic expdrience.
:22:39. > :22:44.Back at the rehearsals and the music is starting to come together. Each
:22:45. > :22:47.instrument reflecting the dhfferent characters in the novel. But can
:22:48. > :22:52.they finish on time? Will the words flow? For the song make sense? Let's
:22:53. > :22:55.hope so. We are going to find out in a
:22:56. > :22:59.moment. David Mitchell the `uthor has joined me, what do you think
:23:00. > :23:03.about having a song composed around your book? I only heard abott it
:23:04. > :23:07.five minutes ago and I am still a bit speechless. It is bonkers. But
:23:08. > :23:13.beautiful and bonkers. It is a great honour. Your writing, it is lovely
:23:14. > :23:20.because it goes everywhere `nd anywhere. Quite hard to defhne in
:23:21. > :23:25.the song. I am agog with anticipation to see how thex have
:23:26. > :23:28.managed to put 600 pages of a novel into song, but deeply honoured that
:23:29. > :23:32.they have tried so I cannot wait to see how it turns out. This hs your
:23:33. > :23:37.fifth nomination for the Booker prize with your latest book, how do
:23:38. > :23:48.you feel about that? Again, what can I say other than it is a big honour.
:23:49. > :23:53.I never take it for granted that people like it. It is a book prize,
:23:54. > :23:59.it is not the end of the world of the world from another. It will not
:24:00. > :24:02.stop you writing? No, I am ` writer. Book prizes are good for thd book
:24:03. > :24:07.but not always for the author. If I do not go into the final six, I will
:24:08. > :24:12.have more time to write. So I went both ways that is how I see it. So
:24:13. > :24:14.in the meantime, the world premiere of the song is about to happen,
:24:15. > :24:27.let's have a listen. # Simony pathways waiting for a
:24:28. > :24:38.sign. It was just a taster. It wotld have
:24:39. > :24:40.been nice to see it all but time is pressing. But it is time for the
:24:41. > :24:47.weather. Present conditions, if this is what
:24:48. > :24:52.you are after, I have been watering the garden. There are no signs of
:24:53. > :24:57.any rain until Wednesday or Thursday next week, the photographers have
:24:58. > :25:00.been having a field day with some daybreak photos. Similar story
:25:01. > :25:09.tomorrow, missed around, sunshine and broken clout in the aftdrnoon. I
:25:10. > :25:13.pressure is over us like a balloon at the moment. `` high pressure It
:25:14. > :25:19.will drift away but the changes will be details of cloud cover r`ther
:25:20. > :25:23.than anything substantial, certainly it is still dry. The rest of the
:25:24. > :25:27.evening for what it is worth is a continuation of what we havd got
:25:28. > :25:32.now, losing some of the clotd. A fine evening, effectively clear
:25:33. > :25:39.skies overnight, and some shallow mist and fog. That will be `round
:25:40. > :25:43.tomorrow morning. It will bd a chilly night, temperatures down to
:25:44. > :25:49.seven or eight. Higher than that in the urban areas. Cleared thd mist
:25:50. > :25:56.and fog around, a fine start to the day. Blue skies and then generally
:25:57. > :26:02.like today, some fair weathdr cloud bubbling up. Sea breezes ard
:26:03. > :26:09.converging, but no threat of any showers. Temperatures got up to 21,
:26:10. > :26:18.22 today. We should match that again tomorrow. 19`22 broadly, with a
:26:19. > :26:24.moderate pollen count. Let's go through Friday, on into the weekend.
:26:25. > :26:28.Low pressure is held down and out towards the West Iberia,
:26:29. > :26:33.high`pressure dominates, and the cloud cover is increasing towards
:26:34. > :26:37.the tail end of the week. Pleasant conditions for now.
:26:38. > :26:43.So looking perfect for the BBC's World War One at Home tour,
:26:44. > :26:47.The free event will be based in King's Square from 10
:26:48. > :26:50.People will be able to start tracing their own family connections with
:26:51. > :26:52.soldiers who took part in the conflict.
:26:53. > :26:54.And there will be talks and performances
:26:55. > :27:05.about how Gloucestershire contributed to the war effort.
:27:06. > :27:10.We have that at the balloon Fiesta and it was fascinating, lots of
:27:11. > :27:16.families went along so I hope you get to enjoy it. We are back
:27:17. > :27:17.tomorrow at 10pm. `` tonight on PM. Goodbye for now.