:00:00. > :00:15.The new super hospital at Southmead in Bristol is unable to cope with
:00:16. > :00:19.growing demand and there is a huge backlog of operations.
:00:20. > :00:23.Treatment for some cancers, spinal problems, and brain conditions are
:00:24. > :00:28.Our Health Correspondent Matthew Hill reports.
:00:29. > :00:32.Kath Williams says she hasn't had a good night's sleep in months.
:00:33. > :00:35.Paralysed from the chest down, she gets paniful muscle spasms
:00:36. > :00:45.But she's been waiting since December for spinal surgery
:00:46. > :00:49.Your legs are just stiff and every now and then they will just
:00:50. > :00:58.But according to a leaked report, Kathy and patients like her
:00:59. > :01:01.at Southmead may have a long wait to come.
:01:02. > :01:05.I've obtained this team briefing by the Trust, which highlights
:01:06. > :01:09.significant delays for patients undergoing urological operations, as
:01:10. > :01:18.It says 111 spinal patients were waiting more than 52 weeks,
:01:19. > :01:23.breaching national standards which will require a longer term plan to
:01:24. > :01:34.And in urology it says capacity and kit has affected both
:01:35. > :01:37.The doctor in charge of the hospital is trying to secure more
:01:38. > :01:40.funding from local commissioners to clear the backlog in Urology.
:01:41. > :01:46.But the spinal surgery problems may need a national solution.
:01:47. > :01:48.The difficulty with spinal operations is related to
:01:49. > :01:54.the specialist work again that we do here at North Bristol Trust,
:01:55. > :01:57.which can be done by a very small number of centres in the UK.
:01:58. > :02:00.And there's been increasing referral and demand, as some other centres
:02:01. > :02:03.have found that they are less able to do the specialist work
:02:04. > :02:07.So we're working with NHS England and the national teams
:02:08. > :02:14.There have been other problems with neurological operations.
:02:15. > :02:17.This theatre that provides MRI scans at the same time, was out
:02:18. > :02:24.It's partly because of problems in getting the right specifications.
:02:25. > :02:26.And another highly specialist theatre for patients who need to be
:02:27. > :02:30.conscious throughout is still out of action
:02:31. > :02:35.because its door was not lead`lined to protect against radiation.
:02:36. > :02:37.Of course there were always going to be teething problems with such
:02:38. > :02:43.The impact of the ten`week closure of the urology theatre may take some
:02:44. > :02:47.time for patients to clear through the system and they hope to have
:02:48. > :02:59.lead lining of the doors in the other theatre within weeks.
:03:00. > :03:02.A trial date has been set in South Africa for the honeymoon
:03:03. > :03:05.The 34`year`old Bristol businessman has always denied any involvement
:03:06. > :03:08.in his wife Anni's death in Cape Town in 2010.
:03:09. > :03:11.It's been reported that Zola Tongo, the taxi driver convicted of Anni's
:03:12. > :03:14.murder, will be a state witness in the trial.
:03:15. > :03:22.It's due to start on the 6th October.
:03:23. > :03:24.A second pilot badger cull has begun in Gloucestershire and Somerset.
:03:25. > :03:27.Campaigners are patrolling cull zones to try to disrupt
:03:28. > :03:29.The Government says the killings are an essential part
:03:30. > :03:40.Protestors say shooting badgers is inhumane and not effective.
:03:41. > :03:45.It should make encourage more people to use public transport
:03:46. > :03:54.Bus travel in Bristol could soon look something like this.
:03:55. > :03:58.Dedicated tracks and lanes away from other traffic.
:03:59. > :04:03.It's a normal bus, on a new route between South and North Bristol.
:04:04. > :04:07.Sometimes on roads which already exist, sometimes on new ones.
:04:08. > :04:20.The proposed M32 bridge and road system would take out this
:04:21. > :04:26.tree`line that you can see all the way through a woodland copse over
:04:27. > :04:32.there behind us, over through into a wildflower meadow behind us here.
:04:33. > :04:37.The actual construction of it, the noise, the pollution from that, it's
:04:38. > :04:43.With the Bristol scheme already signed off, today it was the turn
:04:44. > :04:47.of South Gloucestershire Council to get on board, which it did.
:04:48. > :04:58.And if we stumbled and fell at this last hurdle, then the chances
:04:59. > :05:03.of getting investment in future is definitely going to be reduced.
:05:04. > :05:12.Bristol is the European green capital next year.
:05:13. > :05:15.And yet, quite off`the`cuff, willy`nilly,
:05:16. > :05:26.It would be quicker to walk from blooming South Bristol over to
:05:27. > :05:29.Cribbs Causeway than that bus would take.
:05:30. > :05:31.Brian can put that idea to the test soon enough.
:05:32. > :05:34.After the council has found a company to run the scheme,
:05:35. > :05:37.construction could start early next year and the buses could be
:05:38. > :05:47.It's been a record`breaking day for two of Gloucestershire's cricketers.
:05:48. > :05:52.Alex Gidman and Gareth Roderick's partnership of 392 runs against
:05:53. > :05:58.Leicestershire smashed a club record that's stood for 81 years.
:05:59. > :06:02.Gidman finished the day on 221 not out.
:06:03. > :06:04.And in football, two of the West's sides were in
:06:05. > :06:09.Andy Monkhouse scored the only goal of the game as Bristol
:06:10. > :06:17.But Forest Green Rovers lost to Nuneaton,
:06:18. > :06:23.Thousands of people will be for good weather tomorrow
:06:24. > :06:28.because the Tour of Britain cycle race is heading through the west.
:06:29. > :06:36.I'll say goodnight and leave the forecast with Ian.
:06:37. > :06:50.If you're after sunshine and dry conditions you will be delighted. A
:06:51. > :06:54.day very similar in many respects to today. Tonight, indeed, pretty
:06:55. > :07:00.similar to last night. Clear skies and shallow mist and fog around.
:07:01. > :07:04.Seven ` eight. That is how things are set up for tomorrow morning. The
:07:05. > :07:08.mist clearing away readily. Then clear skies through the course of
:07:09. > :07:12.the morning. Light winds all the way. A tendency to build up fair
:07:13. > :07:17.weather cloud, particularly up to the east. No threat of rain
:07:18. > :07:24.whatsoever. Leading to a fine evening. Temperatures today, 21 `
:07:25. > :07:28.22. We will match that tomorrow. 19`21 quite widely. It will stay
:07:29. > :07:32.warm to the rest of the week. A tendency to increase the cloud as
:07:33. > :07:33.the week goes on, but still some sunny spells and dry