26/02/2014 Look East - West

BBC News Channel, but now on BBC One, it's time for the news where

you are. Good evening. A serious case review

has concluded that army doctors and social workers could have prevented

the death of a baby girl at the hands of her father, Liam

Culverhouse. He was a former soldier with post`traumatic stress disorder

and told army doctors he was likely to harm a child. But the information

wasn't passed on to other agencies. Liam Culverhouse, a former soldier

sentenced to six years for causing the death of his baby daughter. He

described `` was described as a pilot and troubled man, indicators

we were told that should have concerned professionals about the

safety of the child. I would have liked a check on the father and his

back ground. Why would we have had concerns? Because he was a man

suffering from injuries he received in the service of his country.

Blinded by a bullet, his troubles worsened because of his injuries,

the report said. He was one of six soldiers wounded by a roadside bomb.

Five were killed. He told Army doctors it was likely he would harm

a child if left alone together but that information, the review found,

was not shared with children's social cared nor the Army welfare

service. We take seriously the obligation to our people and the

children of service people. We have learned lessons from this tragic

case. We have taken action. We were told that professionals need to be

more nosy about domestic relationships. Liam Culverhouse s

relationship was on and off and there was evidence of domestic

abuse. The army supported him as an independent injured soldier. Health

professionals treated his partner as a single mother and child. Lessons

will be learned and acted on, agencies have said. A soldier who

came home from bloody combat only to inflict terrible injuries on his own

baby daughter. Earlier, I spoke to Mark Sewart, a retired Squadron

Leader, who is now working as a lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University

and who is an expert in post`traumatic stress disorder. I

began by asking him about the condition. It varies from person to

person but some of the classic features of what we call in the

trade experiencing phenomenal and, such as flashbacks, during which the

individual can believe they are back where they were originally

traumatised. Not everybody with the condition will carry out a violent

act, like Liam Culverhouse, how difficult is it to spot the signs

when something is escalating? With this condition it depends to a

degree on the individual approaching services to help. He said he had

concerns about being left alone with his daughter and Army doctors failed

to tell agencies. How common is it for military personnel to fall

through the gaps? Once they have been discharged it is incumbent upon

them and the National Health Service to identify their care needs

straightaway and move towards getting as much information as

possible from the Ministry of defence. That process is aborted by

defence services and the Ministry of defence, but clearly it needs to

improve further. It often takes an extreme case to make changes in the

system. The case review has urged changes are made and military

personnel, Army doctors, communicate better with the NHS. Do you think it

will happen? Yes, it is already in place, even before I left the Armed

Forces. Safeguarding training was commonplace and mandatory. Everybody

was engaged in raising their game in communicating with civilian

colleagues. Thanks for joining me. Parents fighting to save a network

of children's centres across Peterborough have had their final

attempt to save them rejected by the council. The decision was made at a

meeting earlier this evening. There are 15 Sure Start centres in

Peterborough. But under the plans, that would change to four super`hubs

and three outreach centres, saving the City Council just over ?1

million. A final decision will be made next week. Emma Baugh reports.

Make or break for the city's children's centres, an extraordinary

meeting to decide their future. We are hopeful. We hope the Cabinet and

Council listen and discuss this properly at the meeting today and go

through the figures presented to them. The meeting comes after months

of campaigning, with people across the city asking the council to think

again. Campaigners who have fought to save the centres say they offer

families vital support at a crucial time at the council said originally

they were set up in areas seen as deprived and gradually expanded as

they became more popular but they say because they need to make cuts,

they are having to redirect resources. Tonight, the council

rejected calls to save the centres by changing the budget, by 26 votes

to 23. We will continue to deliver children's services across

Peterborough but they will have to be delivered differently because of

the situation we find ourselves in. We realise they need to make cuts,

but it is about where they need to make cuts. They are cutting the most

important services for the people of Peterborough. A final decision will

be made as part of the budget next week. Campaigners say they will

fight on. News just in. Six fire crews have been called to a major

incident in Northampton. A fire in the Queen's Park area of the town

has already caused two gas cylinders to explode. The alarm was raised

just over an hour ago at JPS Commercial in Horsley Road.

Neighbours are being advised to keep their doors and windows closed.

That's all from the late team. The weather now with Alex Dolan.

That's all from the late team. The Good evening, a weather front is

going to bring rain later tonight. Temperatures should not drop too

much lower than five degrees. The weather front will turn the sky is

clarity with heavy pulses of rain into the early hours. There will be

a blustery wind and we will wake up to different conditions tomorrow.

Outbreaks of rain first thing should clear quickly. There will be

sunshine and showers, and some of the showers will be on the heavy

side in the afternoon. There will be a blustery westerly wind which will

help to blow the showers through in the afternoon. In a moment,

day on Friday, wet snow around and a breeze blowing as well. Tricky into

the weekend. And now we have the national forecast.

Good evening. We know it has been a wet winter but it has also been mild

and across England and Wales, lacking in snow. The last day of the

season which we measure on Friday, might provide a bit of it. Friday's

weather is coming from the small area of low pressure. These tiny

low-pressure systems are difficult to track and a subtle change in

position could have a big impact. Tonight we have more

straightforward, a weather front spreading out rakes of rain across

most areas. Turning windy as well. The rain will be heavy but will move

through quickly because of the strength of the wind and it will be

a mild night for most. The rain is lingering across Scotland and

eastern England for the morning It will continue to be pushed into the

North Sea but it may take most of the morning before it clears away.

Following behind, brighter skies, sunny spells but more showers than