:00:00. > :00:00.to be taught about healthy relationships in schools all over
:00:00. > :00:26.is criticised over its treatment of patients.
:00:27. > :00:28.So, in outpatients, there were patients having procedures in
:00:29. > :00:30.corridors that staff had almost become normalised.
:00:31. > :00:32.You know, and it's not appropriate to be
:00:33. > :00:36.Also ahead - a warning to drivers, tougher penalties from today mean
:00:37. > :00:38.double the points for those caught using their mobile phone.
:00:39. > :00:41.Born four months early - one of the youngest patients
:00:42. > :00:43.in the world to survive major abdominal surgery -
:00:44. > :00:48.For her to be so small and go through all that and still alive,
:00:49. > :01:01.And in fine voice - we meet the first woman
:01:02. > :01:15.in 1,000 years to become a full-time chorister at St Paul's Cathedral.
:01:16. > :01:36.A very warm welcome to BBC London News with me Riz Lateef.
:01:37. > :01:38."Out-patients having procedures in corridors -
:01:39. > :01:40.and sewage leaking into clinical areas".
:01:41. > :01:42.Just some of the damning findings by health
:01:43. > :01:44.watchdog inspectors in Hertfordshire.
:01:45. > :01:46.The NHS Trust which runs three hospitals in Watford,
:01:47. > :01:49.St Albans and Hemel Hempstead - is being kept in special measures
:01:50. > :01:51.for the third consecutive year - over the standard of
:01:52. > :01:55.As Sarah Harris reports - the new Chief Executive says she can
:01:56. > :01:59.After 23 hospital stays, the last one for five weeks,
:02:00. > :02:02.92-year-old Doris Harrison who is being treated for pneumonia
:02:03. > :02:05.should be a good judge of how Watford General should improved.
:02:06. > :02:07.It is hard for them. There's not enough nurses.
:02:08. > :02:14.They could do with another one on the wards.
:02:15. > :02:16.But inspectors didn't criticise staffing levels at the trust
:02:17. > :02:24.that includes Watford, St Albans, and Hemel hospitals.
:02:25. > :02:26.Their report said outpatients' privacy and dignity
:02:27. > :02:30.The emergency department did not treat patients quickly enough
:02:31. > :02:33.and the temperature on some wards was too high to store medicines.
:02:34. > :02:36.There were some issues with the environment
:02:37. > :02:41.In outpatients, there were patients having procedures in corridors.
:02:42. > :02:49.And it's not appropriate to be having care in a corridor.
:02:50. > :02:52.Despite improvements, the trust will remain in special
:02:53. > :02:56.measures with nurses and doctors under pressure, but managers
:02:57. > :03:09.insist they are hiding in the right direction.
:03:10. > :03:11.-- heading in the right direction.
:03:12. > :03:15.As far as patients are concerned, the trust is still failing.
:03:16. > :03:21.As the CQC said, we've had a long way to come and we've come a
:03:22. > :03:24.long way and were still very much focused on the ongoing progress
:03:25. > :03:25.day-to-day of our quality improvement journey.
:03:26. > :03:27.There are very substantial improvements in maternity,
:03:28. > :03:29.critical care, lots of improvements in medicine, surgery
:03:30. > :03:33.And the efforts being made are appreciated by Yvonne Stanley
:03:34. > :03:36.from Abbots Langley who gave birth to both her children
:03:37. > :03:38.at Watford General and, despite challenges, believes
:03:39. > :03:40.the community should get behind the health service.
:03:41. > :03:46.Obviously, there's been identified room for improvement but,
:03:47. > :03:51.on the whole, my experience has been generally positive, latterly.
:03:52. > :03:55.I had a bad experience with my mum a few years ago but I can never
:03:56. > :03:57.be more than thankful to Watford General Hospital
:03:58. > :04:04.for saving both mine and my daughter's life.
:04:05. > :04:07.Its gratitude that's shared by Doris who, it's likely,
:04:08. > :04:10.will be a patient at Watford General for some time yet
:04:11. > :04:12.with staff determined to make further improvements,
:04:13. > :04:34.Coming up later in the programme. Leyton Orient have been served with
:04:35. > :04:37.a winding up order. If they don't pay their debts, they could be
:04:38. > :04:41.forced out of business. We will be speaking to the fans group
:04:42. > :04:43.desperately coming up with a rescue plan.
:04:44. > :04:45.Drivers caught using hand-held mobile phones face tougher
:04:46. > :04:49.The fine has doubled to two hundred pounds,
:04:50. > :04:52.and the number of penalty points has also doubled to six.
:04:53. > :04:54.Police have pledged to put an "increased focus"
:04:55. > :04:56.on catching offenders, and Asad Ahmad
:04:57. > :05:02.can tell us more about it. Asad.
:05:03. > :05:12.It's all got a lot stricter from today for drivers who use a mobile
:05:13. > :05:19.phone while driving. Is it becoming as socially unacceptable as
:05:20. > :05:23.drink-driving? Is it an overreaction? Not if you talk to the
:05:24. > :05:32.100 or so people who were very seriously injured wife drivers using
:05:33. > :05:35.a phone last year. Last by drivers. An automatic six penalty points if
:05:36. > :05:40.you are caught with a mobile phone behind the wheel. If you are a new
:05:41. > :05:46.driver, you will have to reset your test altogether. Cabbies who drive
:05:47. > :05:53.around London all the time and see what other drivers are up to, what
:05:54. > :05:59.do they think about it? I think it's a brilliant idea. It's very
:06:00. > :06:02.prevalent. You see people on their phones constantly. Especially
:06:03. > :06:10.minicab drivers on their apps. Very good idea. I think it's a fair call.
:06:11. > :06:19.You see everyone, women, men, cab drivers, even. Six points in there.
:06:20. > :06:28.You know. The police have got to be seen to be doing something, I think.
:06:29. > :06:38.Just to clarify a few points with the new law. Can you text or use
:06:39. > :06:45.social media went behind the will? Very clearly not. You can listen to
:06:46. > :06:53.a podcast or music but only if the phone is in a hands-free holder. You
:06:54. > :06:58.cannot use it to watch video at all. Can you use it for sat now? The
:06:59. > :07:05.answer is yes but it must be in a hands-free holder in your vehicle.
:07:06. > :07:10.Can you use it if you pull over? The answer to that is, you must be in a
:07:11. > :07:18.safe place when you pull over and you must have your engine switched
:07:19. > :07:24.off. The advice from the RAC, the AA and politicians is to put the phone
:07:25. > :07:28.out of temptation in the Love box. All done, drive safely. -- in the
:07:29. > :07:34.glove box. Businesses are warning
:07:35. > :07:36.the Chancellor that parts of South East London and Kent
:07:37. > :07:39.could grind to a standstill if an urgent decision
:07:40. > :07:41.isn't made on where to build Both the Federation of Small
:07:42. > :07:45.Businesses and the London Chamber of Commerce say the Government needs
:07:46. > :07:50.to make good on its promise for another bridge or tunnel,
:07:51. > :08:03.or risk damaging A crossing that can't cope,
:08:04. > :08:06.hampering the UK's economy. The Federation of Small Businesses says
:08:07. > :08:11.that in addition to the Dartford Crossing, a new lower Thames
:08:12. > :08:18.crossing is needed now. There is a real problem with congestion in
:08:19. > :08:22.Kent, Essex, London. It will only be solved by another lower Thames
:08:23. > :08:28.crossing. We need the Chancellor to seize the day in the budget and take
:08:29. > :08:33.action on this. Make a decision. In January last year, highways England
:08:34. > :08:37.Jose tunnel east of Gravesend as their preferred option rather than
:08:38. > :08:45.another crossing at Dartford. It produced images of what it would
:08:46. > :08:53.look like. The public consultation received 47,000 responses. But still
:08:54. > :08:57.no decision. In an article tomorrow, several organisations say that the
:08:58. > :09:01.Dartford Crossing is creaking under the pressure of 50 million crossings
:09:02. > :09:07.a year. It threatens to bring the south-east to a standstill. He
:09:08. > :09:11.promised to make a decision by the government in due course is not good
:09:12. > :09:21.enough. Many agree. It's disgusting that they have never made it good. I
:09:22. > :09:24.think you knew -- I think a new crossing is definitely needed.
:09:25. > :09:31.Nobody wants it on their doorstep but it is needed. If you get a snarl
:09:32. > :09:37.up, an accident or something, people in Dartford are tailed back for
:09:38. > :09:41.hours and hours. The Department for Transport said it recognised the
:09:42. > :09:47.need for a new crossing but said a decision will be taken in due
:09:48. > :09:51.course. I'm optimistic that we will get a decision this month. It's
:09:52. > :09:55.important that we will get the right decision that will give motorists a
:09:56. > :10:00.chance. As soon as we get that decision, we can get on with
:10:01. > :10:04.building the thing. All eyes will be on the Chancellor next week.
:10:05. > :10:17.Simon, why is this decision taking so long? The government was unable
:10:18. > :10:23.to clarify what it means by those three keywords, in due course but it
:10:24. > :10:27.is sifting through 47,000 responses to the public consultation, the
:10:28. > :10:32.biggest response ever for a project of this type. Whatever it chooses is
:10:33. > :10:37.going to be controversial. The Dartford MP says that a new crossing
:10:38. > :10:42.here will bring more traffic into Dartford. He thinks it should be
:10:43. > :10:45.near Gravesend. But the Gravesend MP says that could bring 30 years of
:10:46. > :10:50.misery to the M25. A driver filmed screaming at BBC
:10:51. > :10:53.presenter Jeremy Vine as he cycled down a road is to appeal
:10:54. > :10:55.against her conviction. Shanique Pearson threatened
:10:56. > :10:57.to knock out the TV star and made a gun sign at him
:10:58. > :11:00.during an altercation She was found guilty of driving
:11:01. > :11:03.without reasonable consideration and using threatening
:11:04. > :11:05.and abusive words. The 22-year-old was due
:11:06. > :11:06.to be sentenced today, but it was postponed
:11:07. > :11:11.pending her appeal. The number of road traffic
:11:12. > :11:13.collisions attended by firefighters in the capital
:11:14. > :11:15.is at a five-year high. New figures released today
:11:16. > :11:18.by the London Fire Brigade show crews are attending 12 per cent more
:11:19. > :11:21.crashes on our roads than last year. Fire chiefs say drivers falling
:11:22. > :11:24.asleep at the wheel and distractions inside people's cars are a major
:11:25. > :11:47.cause of accidents. A record number of children have
:11:48. > :11:54.missed out on their first choice primary School 28,000 children have
:11:55. > :11:55.been moved to a choice further down. It is said that poorer children are
:11:56. > :12:29.more likely to be affected. This little baby girl from Surrey
:12:30. > :12:32.is one of the youngest patients in the world to survive
:12:33. > :12:34.major abdominal surgery. Abiageal Peters was born
:12:35. > :12:36.four months early - Doctors at St George's Hospital
:12:37. > :12:39.in Tooting performed an operation on her at six days old -
:12:40. > :12:43.and now her parents have finally They've been speaking
:12:44. > :12:48.to Ayshea Buksh. It was like a crash. We knew she
:12:49. > :12:54.wouldn't survive if she didn't have surgery. We knew that she might not
:12:55. > :12:58.survive surgery but definitely she wouldn't survive without it. We
:12:59. > :13:06.waited in this at room for three hours. Surgical staff had never
:13:07. > :13:13.operated before on a baby who was that premature and so young. Her
:13:14. > :13:20.tissues were so fragile. Her skin and her tissues were jelly-like. If
:13:21. > :13:30.you hold them, she would start to bleed. A baby that size has very
:13:31. > :13:37.little blood circulating volume, so you can't afford any blood loss. The
:13:38. > :13:41.operation was a success and after four months, recovering in the
:13:42. > :13:47.neonatal ward, her parents have finally been able to take her home.
:13:48. > :13:51.To be so small and go through all that and survive, she's an absolute
:13:52. > :13:56.miracle. She's been doing brilliantly and we've been to treat
:13:57. > :14:03.her like a normal newborn. She's not on monitors or oxygen or anything
:14:04. > :14:09.but you are still wondering all the time, is she still breathing? She's
:14:10. > :14:16.had a lot of hurdles in her short life so far but she seems to have
:14:17. > :14:21.passed with flying colours. For the hospital, it may be a first but
:14:22. > :14:22.Abigail's parents are just delighted that every day she is getting
:14:23. > :14:27.stronger. Still to come this
:14:28. > :14:46.Wednesday evening - We meet the first woman ever to
:14:47. > :14:49.become a full-time chorister at the cathedral.
:14:50. > :14:52.And in weather, after a after a damp end to the day and it becomes
:14:53. > :14:54.very windy overnight and first thing tomorrow.
:14:55. > :14:56.But, at least, tomorrow we're going to see the sunshine
:14:57. > :15:08.Join me for the full forecast later on.
:15:09. > :15:10.At a river crossing in a village in Buckinghamshire,
:15:11. > :15:12.police are checking the weight of vehicles.
:15:13. > :15:15.For six weeks - any that are too heavy trying to drive over
:15:16. > :15:17.Marlow Bridge will be turned around by police.
:15:18. > :15:20.From then on - drivers whose cars are over three tonnes -
:15:21. > :15:23.to put that into context, that could be a four-by-four
:15:24. > :15:27.will be issued with a fifty pound fine.
:15:28. > :15:31.Van after van, car after car, being turned around at Marlow Bridge
:15:32. > :15:34.this morning for exceeding the three tonne weight limits.
:15:35. > :15:36.The last half an hour, there's been 13.
:15:37. > :15:39.It's part of a police operation, after a 37
:15:40. > :15:42.tonne lorry got stuck trying to cross the bridge in September.
:15:43. > :15:51.The resulting damage and subsequent testing
:15:52. > :15:53.meant that the bridge was shut for two months.
:15:54. > :15:55.Whilst some drivers wanted to cross Marlow
:15:56. > :15:58.Bridge today were blatantly in excess of the three tonne weight
:15:59. > :16:03.that they weren't breaking the rules.
:16:04. > :16:06.Many are confused as to the maximum gross weight of their
:16:07. > :16:08.vehicle, that's the capacity of the vehicle,
:16:09. > :16:15.This car could be overweight if it was full of passengers, yes.
:16:16. > :16:18.But I know that it's not overweight at the moment.
:16:19. > :16:20.I know it's not oversized at the moment.
:16:21. > :16:23.I'm afraid you're too heavy to go over the bridge.
:16:24. > :16:27.Well, I looked up the weight of my car and it's under three tonnes.
:16:28. > :16:29.Do you mind just turning left here and
:16:30. > :16:38.will clarify, then were not just blocking the road up.
:16:39. > :16:43.And I think it's about 2.5 tonnes, Max.
:16:44. > :16:45.Last autumn's bridge closure cost businesses in the town
:16:46. > :16:48.dearly and the re-routed traffic caused long tailbacks on the a 404,
:16:49. > :16:49.affecting thousands of drivers daily.
:16:50. > :16:51.This is an excellent bridge. It's very old.
:16:52. > :16:54.And the idea of the weight limit is to try and reduce
:16:55. > :16:57.The regular wear and tear on the bridge.
:16:58. > :17:00.What this operation is after is stopping
:17:01. > :17:08.the overweight vehicles, so we do keep
:17:09. > :17:10.the wear and tear down and that For the next six weeks,
:17:11. > :17:14.police will be stopping overweight vehicles from crossing Marlow Bridge
:17:15. > :17:17.but, in future, drivers who ignored the limit will have
:17:18. > :17:19.to pay a ?50 fine. Tonight one of London oldest
:17:20. > :17:23.football clubs is facing Leyton Orient have been served
:17:24. > :17:27.with a winding up order It's left fans anxious
:17:28. > :17:30.over the club's future. Chris Slegg has been
:17:31. > :17:33.following developments and joins us from their ground now,
:17:34. > :17:46.what are you hearing? We are not hearing much at all from
:17:47. > :17:50.the club. Our repeated requests this afternoon for an interview have been
:17:51. > :17:56.declined. They are not even going to release a statement. The fans want
:17:57. > :18:04.to hear from the owner as to whether he can get them out of a financial
:18:05. > :18:10.mess. The owner, Francesco Becchetti bought the club from former owner
:18:11. > :18:14.Barry Hearn. Since then, it's been a disaster and the club have been
:18:15. > :18:19.relegated to League 2 and they are in danger of being relegated from
:18:20. > :18:26.the league altogether. For the first time. They have received this
:18:27. > :18:31.winding up order. They aren't you to appear in court. A long way down the
:18:32. > :18:36.road, it could lead to liquidation. Very worrying fans for fans. With me
:18:37. > :18:44.now is Dave Knight from the fans just. What are you trying to do?
:18:45. > :18:48.We've organised an emergency meeting for tomorrow. We're hoping that we
:18:49. > :18:53.can come together to discuss the plight we are in. At that meeting we
:18:54. > :18:58.hope to launch a regeneration fund so that we have got a pool of money
:18:59. > :19:07.that will help us to talk to a potential new owner or go towards
:19:08. > :19:11.forming a kind of Phoenix club. You believe that the football league
:19:12. > :19:16.should have a more stringent look into the background of owners before
:19:17. > :19:26.they take over. Late nori and isn't alone in having an ownership issue
:19:27. > :19:29.at the moment. Clubs like commentary -- Coventry and Blackpool. We would
:19:30. > :19:34.like to see if there is something they can do to bring our community
:19:35. > :19:40.football clubs under better control. You are getting plans in place for a
:19:41. > :19:46.potential Phoenix club. That shows how worried you are. It's not
:19:47. > :19:50.something we want to do. We want to see our club carry on as it is now
:19:51. > :19:55.but do better in the football league. We'd like the club to
:19:56. > :20:01.continue and we welcome talking to new owners of people who would like
:20:02. > :20:06.to invest. It is a fine community football club. A very big part of my
:20:07. > :20:11.life and many others. We would love to hear from some people. The leader
:20:12. > :20:13.of Waltham Forest Council says it would like to see the owner stand up
:20:14. > :20:19.to his responsibilities. Registration's opened for this
:20:20. > :20:23.year's Ride London event. The cycling equivalent
:20:24. > :20:26.of the London Marathon Thousands will take
:20:27. > :20:30.to the roads around the capital and folow the 100 mile route
:20:31. > :20:32.into Surrey this summer. There's a shorter course
:20:33. > :20:41.- of just 46 miles - for young riders and
:20:42. > :20:43.newcomers, including the two-time olympic boxing
:20:44. > :20:45.champion Nicola Adams. It shows that you don't have to be
:20:46. > :20:48.a cyclist to join in. Anybody that knows how to ride
:20:49. > :20:57.a bike can just get on, come down, join in and take part
:20:58. > :21:01.in the 46 miles. St Paul's Cathedral
:21:02. > :21:03.has appointed its first full-time female chorister -
:21:04. > :21:06.the only woman in a thousand Cariss Jones was unanimously chosen
:21:07. > :21:09.by clergymen because of her So let's hear it -
:21:10. > :21:36.because Louisa Preston This is an amazing achievement. The
:21:37. > :21:42.first female full-time chorister at Saint Pauls in 1000 years. How does
:21:43. > :21:46.it feel? Completely overwhelming. I couldn't be more thrilled and more
:21:47. > :21:58.delighted. I'm lucky to have the opportunity to sing in this building
:21:59. > :22:04.with these amazing people. I would imagine that you're hoping that your
:22:05. > :22:11.appointment here would inspire other women? Absolutely. I think it's a
:22:12. > :22:15.really important moment. I have every hope that more women will be
:22:16. > :22:16.able to sing in the building and that these positions will continue
:22:17. > :22:34.to be open to everyone. This is actually quite different to
:22:35. > :22:39.what you've been doing over the past ten years. You've been travelling
:22:40. > :22:43.around the world singing, you have been on the Harry Potter films and
:22:44. > :22:49.the Hobbit films. Tell me about that? The very normal but slightly
:22:50. > :22:56.abnormal life of a freelance musician. You go where the work is.
:22:57. > :23:04.I've been really fortunate to do these things all over the years.
:23:05. > :23:08.I've enjoyed being part of films. But I'm looking forward to the
:23:09. > :23:13.routine of being attached to one institution. Obviously, you are
:23:14. > :23:23.heavily pregnant. How are you going to juggle children and this
:23:24. > :23:31.full-time job? It's working OK with my toddler so far. Like most working
:23:32. > :23:43.mums, I have to juggle. Can I just ask you to sing once more? Sure.
:23:44. > :23:52.# Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound...
:23:53. > :24:03.# That saved a wretch like me. # I once... #.
:24:04. > :24:09.What a voice. Congratulations to her. Quite an achievement. From high
:24:10. > :24:11.culture to weather, how about that? We start with a lovely view from
:24:12. > :24:21.today. The day that whether people call the
:24:22. > :24:26.first day of spring. There wasn't much like spring today. It clouded
:24:27. > :24:31.over, light rain clearing two showers this evening. Take a look at
:24:32. > :24:35.the wind speeds. Edging up all through the night. It really will
:24:36. > :24:42.become quite gusty through the night. It may wake you up earlier
:24:43. > :24:47.than you'd want. A cold wind when we are out and about tomorrow. When
:24:48. > :24:54.it's at its strongest, we could see ghosts of 40 mph. Before the winter
:24:55. > :25:03.just eases a little as we get deeper into the day. -- gusts. Tomorrow,
:25:04. > :25:07.dry and we will see much more sunshine into the afternoon compared
:25:08. > :25:14.to today. Temperature is a little bit higher as well. Out of the
:25:15. > :25:20.breeze and in the sunshine, it's going to feel quite pleasant.
:25:21. > :25:26.Tomorrow evening, a bit more cloud coming our way. The chance of a
:25:27. > :25:31.passing shower. Into Friday morning, another area of low pressure coming
:25:32. > :25:36.our way and it is going to produce this on Friday morning. It is going
:25:37. > :25:43.to be a wet start. Winds aren't going to be as strong. Beginning to
:25:44. > :25:49.ease as we go into the afternoon. Temperatures around 10-11 .
:25:50. > :25:56.Temperatures that level through the weekend. It isn't going to rain all
:25:57. > :25:58.the time but there will be rain at times. Sunshine will be at a
:25:59. > :26:03.premium. The government has been defeated
:26:04. > :26:07.over the Brexit bill. The Lords voted to amend
:26:08. > :26:10.the legislation to protect the rights of EU citizens living
:26:11. > :26:13.in the UK. It's a setback for the bill
:26:14. > :26:17.to trigger article 50 which signals the start of the formal process
:26:18. > :26:20.of the UK leaving the EU. President Trump has used his first
:26:21. > :26:23.speech to Congress to declare And from today drivers
:26:24. > :26:27.caught using mobile phones Offenders will now be
:26:28. > :26:30.fined two hundred pounds More from us in our late
:26:31. > :26:35.news at ten thirty. You can always keep across stories
:26:36. > :26:37.on our website or join Thanks for watching
:26:38. > :27:05.and have a lovely evening. I think my political beliefs are
:27:06. > :27:09.really quite straightforward. I believe that our country needs to
:27:10. > :27:11.work for everyone. Not just for the rich,
:27:12. > :27:14.not just for the privileged, not just for those who know
:27:15. > :27:17.the right people or who've got the loudest voices, but a country
:27:18. > :27:20.that really works for everyone, has the opportunity to be
:27:21. > :27:25.who they want to be. In order to make sure that the
:27:26. > :27:28.country works for everyone, Standing up for the vulnerable,
:27:29. > :27:32.for the voiceless, against those who feel that they're
:27:33. > :27:37.strong and powerful. If you're doing the right thing,
:27:38. > :27:40.then you must do that however difficult it is, even if there seems
:27:41. > :27:45.to be an easier path to take. you need to have a vision as to what
:27:46. > :27:51.you want to do, but above that,