09/08/2013 Look East - West

ends emergency care for children, there is anger as a baby 20 hours

for treatment 20 miles away. New hope for dementia sufferers as

Cambridgeshire is any �10 million grant. Secrets from centuries gone

by. Wily medieval churches carbon dating thousands of these bones. A

controversial new home as Sixfields prepares to welcome Coventry City.

Good evening. There's fresh controversy tonight for Bedford

hospital after emergency services for children were axed. A young

mother is angry that her nine-month-old baby had to wait

seven hours to be transferred to Milton Keynes for treatment for

concussion. It was back in April that trainee doctors expressed

concern about lack of supervision. In July, the hospital announced

emergency and overnight care were being suspended. Then in August, it

said all youngsters under 19 would now be treated at nearby hospitals.

Happy and smiling at home today but a week ago this nine-month old was

the nosy and lethargic having fallen from a high chair. -- lazy -- the

rosy. The trust had suspended emergency services for children and

more than seven hours after the family alive, they were transferred

to Milton Keynes. My baby was suffering from concussion and I was

sitting waiting for the ambulance to come. The point is if she needs to

stay in hospital she should have gone straight there. I think it is

unacceptable and putting children at risk. Hospital managers have

apologised and offered to meet the family to explain what happened. The

hospital says the girl was seen within 20 minutes of arriving and a

scan was carried out. The decision to transfer heart could not have

been taken until the results had been seen. The hospital denies

children are being put at risk and clear to heart and the was confused.

Nobody said a word to us or let us know what was going on and that she

was not an emergency. Many parents are unhappy that he and the services

in Bedford have been scrapped. Protests were held outside the

hospital. She says that unless this happens, many families will face a

further wait for treatment. And if you've been affected by the

issues at Bedford or Milton Keynes hospital then please do get in touch

by emailing us. Researchers across our region

looking at ways of preventing and treating dementia will benefit from

a �10 million government grant. The money was awarded specifically to

projects that will produce results and help patients within the next

three years. It means that research work in Cambridge, Norwich and

Hertfordshire can now go ahead. I don't want to forget. When Pauline

was diagnosed with dementia, her son made this film to show how the

disease developed over the years. It is a condition that affects the

brain leading sufferers confused and increasingly reliant on others.

has given personal care in the morning and in the evening. She has

helped to bed and either I or the current carer mix foods. It is

companionship. It is hoped that dementia sufferers will benefit from

the search into the condition thanks to a �10 million government grant.

One thing the Lord cat is why people suffering from dementia can have

difficulties eating and drinking. can look at providing services which

will allow people with dementia to get adequate nutrition and

hydration. The money will be spent on projects across the East of

England including one at the University of Hertfordshire. It is a

large amount of money and involves universities and charities and

working with patients and carers to move things along. We hope to

develop a dementia hop across Cambridgeshire and Suffolk and

Norfolk to show the rest of the country the expertise available. --

dementia hub. If the money enough to make a difference? Sums of money

such as several million can make a big difference and I think we can be

confident we will have some results. All the schemes are designed to

benefit patients and improve treatments within five years.

Northamptonshire's police and crime commissioner has defended his

decision to appoint a so-called faith director in the county,

thought to be the first in the UK. The post will cost around �70,000,

more than half of that will be the director's salary. But already

questions are being raised about why a county like Northamptonshire needs

a faith director, a point I put to Adam Simmonds earlier.

During the election campaign, I was looking at some of our biggest

social problems and looking at who can help me to deal with that, and a

large number of people in this county are involved in faith groups

and communities, and I think they can play a massive part in turning

around some social problems. URA Police and Crime Commissioner. How

much crime is generated by faith issues? I am looking at the crime

aspect very seriously and that means I want to stop people off ending.

Some of that is about earlier intervention. This is not a

brand-new idea and in many states of the United States, there are the

officers. I think we should embrace them and ask them to help. That is

America. How much evidence do you have that people in your county want

this post? I was elected on a manifesto that had a faith -based

office within it. Some people may not like or understand it but my job

is to deduce crime and fear of crime and look at how to prevent and get

early interventions in place. Some things will not have been

demonstrated to have worked by the time I get to the next election and

I am not worried about that but this is part of the journey. Northampton

is not a place you would think would have many assumes relating to fit?

The issue is not about problems with the butt about using faith

communities as part of the solution to some social problems, whether it

is anti-social behaviour or school truancy. Can you help sort these

people out or at least be a staging post on the way to recovery? This is

about people with faith problems and using faith groups to help.

In Northamptonshire, scientists are hoping carbon dating will reveal

more about the people buried in a rare medieval crypt. The Ossuary is

in a church in Rothwell and its full of thousands of human bones. It's

one of only two in the whole of Britain.

At the holy Trinity Church in Rothwell is a breathtaking room. It

is one of only two ossuaries, thought to be more than 700 years

old. There would have been hundreds of rooms like this across the

country all lost during the Reformation. This was rediscovered

almost by accident. It was forgotten around 1700. They built their

staircase which people go down. Despite its looking like it could be

part of some horror film, what I found is that the rumours quite

peaceful and actually quite dignified. Now a team for the

University of Sheffield are hoping to find on board about the bones

using the latest technology. This is an interesting skull because if you

look at the fractures, this did not happen because of damage after the

person died. They may even relate to the cause of death. We have

developed lots of techniques to look at these things so we can reassess

everything that has been done using the latest scientific technology.