:00:22. > :00:32.ends emergency care for children, there is anger as a baby 20 hours
:00:32. > :00:32.
:00:32. > :00:39.for treatment 20 miles away. New hope for dementia sufferers as
:00:39. > :00:43.Cambridgeshire is any �10 million grant. Secrets from centuries gone
:00:43. > :00:53.by. Wily medieval churches carbon dating thousands of these bones. A
:00:53. > :00:57.
:00:57. > :01:00.controversial new home as Sixfields prepares to welcome Coventry City.
:01:00. > :01:06.Good evening. There's fresh controversy tonight for Bedford
:01:06. > :01:08.hospital after emergency services for children were axed. A young
:01:08. > :01:11.mother is angry that her nine-month-old baby had to wait
:01:11. > :01:17.seven hours to be transferred to Milton Keynes for treatment for
:01:17. > :01:24.concussion. It was back in April that trainee doctors expressed
:01:24. > :01:34.concern about lack of supervision. In July, the hospital announced
:01:34. > :01:35.
:01:35. > :01:40.emergency and overnight care were being suspended. Then in August, it
:01:40. > :01:47.said all youngsters under 19 would now be treated at nearby hospitals.
:01:47. > :01:55.Happy and smiling at home today but a week ago this nine-month old was
:01:55. > :01:59.the nosy and lethargic having fallen from a high chair. -- lazy -- the
:01:59. > :02:03.rosy. The trust had suspended emergency services for children and
:02:03. > :02:11.more than seven hours after the family alive, they were transferred
:02:11. > :02:16.to Milton Keynes. My baby was suffering from concussion and I was
:02:16. > :02:21.sitting waiting for the ambulance to come. The point is if she needs to
:02:21. > :02:27.stay in hospital she should have gone straight there. I think it is
:02:27. > :02:32.unacceptable and putting children at risk. Hospital managers have
:02:32. > :02:37.apologised and offered to meet the family to explain what happened. The
:02:37. > :02:41.hospital says the girl was seen within 20 minutes of arriving and a
:02:41. > :02:50.scan was carried out. The decision to transfer heart could not have
:02:50. > :03:00.been taken until the results had been seen. The hospital denies
:03:00. > :03:09.
:03:09. > :03:15.children are being put at risk and clear to heart and the was confused.
:03:15. > :03:23.Nobody said a word to us or let us know what was going on and that she
:03:24. > :03:31.was not an emergency. Many parents are unhappy that he and the services
:03:32. > :03:39.in Bedford have been scrapped. Protests were held outside the
:03:39. > :03:44.hospital. She says that unless this happens, many families will face a
:03:44. > :03:48.further wait for treatment. And if you've been affected by the
:03:48. > :03:50.issues at Bedford or Milton Keynes hospital then please do get in touch
:03:50. > :03:53.by emailing us. Researchers across our region
:03:53. > :03:57.looking at ways of preventing and treating dementia will benefit from
:03:57. > :04:00.a �10 million government grant. The money was awarded specifically to
:04:00. > :04:03.projects that will produce results and help patients within the next
:04:04. > :04:13.three years. It means that research work in Cambridge, Norwich and
:04:14. > :04:14.
:04:14. > :04:19.Hertfordshire can now go ahead. I don't want to forget. When Pauline
:04:19. > :04:25.was diagnosed with dementia, her son made this film to show how the
:04:25. > :04:30.disease developed over the years. It is a condition that affects the
:04:30. > :04:34.brain leading sufferers confused and increasingly reliant on others.
:04:34. > :04:41.has given personal care in the morning and in the evening. She has
:04:41. > :04:47.helped to bed and either I or the current carer mix foods. It is
:04:47. > :04:56.companionship. It is hoped that dementia sufferers will benefit from
:04:56. > :05:02.the search into the condition thanks to a �10 million government grant.
:05:02. > :05:07.One thing the Lord cat is why people suffering from dementia can have
:05:07. > :05:10.difficulties eating and drinking. can look at providing services which
:05:10. > :05:17.will allow people with dementia to get adequate nutrition and
:05:18. > :05:22.hydration. The money will be spent on projects across the East of
:05:22. > :05:29.England including one at the University of Hertfordshire. It is a
:05:29. > :05:34.large amount of money and involves universities and charities and
:05:34. > :05:39.working with patients and carers to move things along. We hope to
:05:39. > :05:45.develop a dementia hop across Cambridgeshire and Suffolk and
:05:45. > :05:55.Norfolk to show the rest of the country the expertise available. --
:05:55. > :05:55.
:05:56. > :06:02.dementia hub. If the money enough to make a difference? Sums of money
:06:02. > :06:09.such as several million can make a big difference and I think we can be
:06:09. > :06:12.confident we will have some results. All the schemes are designed to
:06:12. > :06:14.benefit patients and improve treatments within five years.
:06:14. > :06:17.Northamptonshire's police and crime commissioner has defended his
:06:17. > :06:22.decision to appoint a so-called faith director in the county,
:06:22. > :06:27.thought to be the first in the UK. The post will cost around �70,000,
:06:27. > :06:30.more than half of that will be the director's salary. But already
:06:30. > :06:38.questions are being raised about why a county like Northamptonshire needs
:06:39. > :06:44.a faith director, a point I put to Adam Simmonds earlier.
:06:44. > :06:50.During the election campaign, I was looking at some of our biggest
:06:50. > :06:54.social problems and looking at who can help me to deal with that, and a
:06:54. > :06:59.large number of people in this county are involved in faith groups
:06:59. > :07:06.and communities, and I think they can play a massive part in turning
:07:06. > :07:14.around some social problems. URA Police and Crime Commissioner. How
:07:14. > :07:19.much crime is generated by faith issues? I am looking at the crime
:07:19. > :07:22.aspect very seriously and that means I want to stop people off ending.
:07:22. > :07:28.Some of that is about earlier intervention. This is not a
:07:28. > :07:36.brand-new idea and in many states of the United States, there are the
:07:36. > :07:39.officers. I think we should embrace them and ask them to help. That is
:07:39. > :07:47.America. How much evidence do you have that people in your county want
:07:47. > :07:51.this post? I was elected on a manifesto that had a faith -based
:07:51. > :07:58.office within it. Some people may not like or understand it but my job
:07:58. > :08:06.is to deduce crime and fear of crime and look at how to prevent and get
:08:06. > :08:09.early interventions in place. Some things will not have been
:08:09. > :08:14.demonstrated to have worked by the time I get to the next election and
:08:14. > :08:21.I am not worried about that but this is part of the journey. Northampton
:08:21. > :08:25.is not a place you would think would have many assumes relating to fit?
:08:25. > :08:32.The issue is not about problems with the butt about using faith
:08:32. > :08:39.communities as part of the solution to some social problems, whether it
:08:39. > :08:43.is anti-social behaviour or school truancy. Can you help sort these
:08:43. > :08:49.people out or at least be a staging post on the way to recovery? This is
:08:49. > :08:52.about people with faith problems and using faith groups to help.
:08:52. > :08:55.In Northamptonshire, scientists are hoping carbon dating will reveal
:08:55. > :09:01.more about the people buried in a rare medieval crypt. The Ossuary is
:09:01. > :09:07.in a church in Rothwell and its full of thousands of human bones. It's
:09:07. > :09:12.one of only two in the whole of Britain.
:09:12. > :09:19.At the holy Trinity Church in Rothwell is a breathtaking room. It
:09:19. > :09:25.is one of only two ossuaries, thought to be more than 700 years
:09:25. > :09:30.old. There would have been hundreds of rooms like this across the
:09:30. > :09:40.country all lost during the Reformation. This was rediscovered
:09:40. > :09:42.
:09:42. > :09:47.almost by accident. It was forgotten around 1700. They built their
:09:48. > :09:54.staircase which people go down. Despite its looking like it could be
:09:54. > :09:59.part of some horror film, what I found is that the rumours quite
:09:59. > :10:03.peaceful and actually quite dignified. Now a team for the
:10:03. > :10:09.University of Sheffield are hoping to find on board about the bones
:10:09. > :10:14.using the latest technology. This is an interesting skull because if you
:10:14. > :10:22.look at the fractures, this did not happen because of damage after the
:10:22. > :10:25.person died. They may even relate to the cause of death. We have
:10:25. > :10:32.developed lots of techniques to look at these things so we can reassess
:10:32. > :10:38.everything that has been done using the latest scientific technology.