27/06/2014 Look East - West

Good evening. for the news where you are.

It's been revealed that a 19`year`old man has admitted

murdering Jamie McMahon in a churchyard in Northampton.

The admission came as a second man, Michael Francis, went on trhal,

also charged with the murder, last October.

The court was told Mr McMahon was killed for the ?20 in his w`llet.

He had been drinking and was on his own. Easy pickings, just wh`t they

were looking for. With ten linutes of leaving this takeaway, J`mie

McMahon was robbed and killdd, not by just one man according to the

prosecution but by two. Thex were in it together on a criminal vdnture.

This is the churchyard wherd his body was found the next day. He had

been kicked, punched and st`mped on. Left four dead face down. CCTV

showed their demeanour afterwards. Relaxed, unbothered, with a callous

indifference to what they h`d done. CCTV showed Michael France's

dropping his wallet into a bend At the petrol station they spent some

of the money on crisps, Cork and cigarettes. The phone was briefly

activated. Jamie McMahon lost his life for ?20 and a mobile phone sold

for ?10 to either. The 26 she ruled was described as an amazing person,

happy all the time. The family of a dying man

from Stevenage who saw food and water withdrawn from hil for

a week before he died have welcomed The old system,

known as the Liverpool Care Pathway, was scrapped after concerns that it

was being used inappropriatdly. Now hospitals must consult patients

and their families more closely When Bob Guild fell and fractured

his skull last year he was taken to hospital in Cambridge. The

69`year`old was placed on lhfe support but his condition dhd not

improve Saudi was put on thd Liverpool care pathway with food and

fluids stopped but it was more than a week until he died. An

investigation found it was hn his best interests but his family said

they were not consulted. My dad was clutching at the year and m`king

noises like a wounded animal. Everything was stripped frol him and

we were told he was on LCP. We were absolutely devastated. It w`s

developed in the 1990s and tsed in hospitals across England, whth the

aim to avoid endless treatmdnt and unnecessary suffering. Last summer

and independent review found it was not always being appropriatdly

applied and recommended it be scrapped. New guidelines have been

published with the focus on providing care tailored to dach

individual patient, supporthng them to eat and drink for as long as they

wish to and taking decisions in accordance with the patient's needs

and wishes, and reviewing them regularly and revising as

appropriate. The family welcomed the approach. My dad would have had a

dignified death and it is a shame it was not in place last year. We think

it will be good for other f`milies. The guidance aims to help p`tients

and relatives know what to dxpect and doctors can ensure a patient's

final hours are as dignified as possible.

Well, earlier I spoke to thd Health Minister Norman Lamb about the new

system, and asked if it would prevent families like the Gould s

The priorities are absolutely focused on the individual p`tient

and the family and the need to have an individual care plan drawn up, so

my hope very much is that f`milies like that really do see a

difference. You can never gtarantee they will not be feel years of care

across the NHS but the Care Quality Commission will hold providdrs,

hospitals and others to account to guarantee these principles `re lit

in every case. `` are met. Bio`medical staff at

Northampton General Hospital have been told not to go to work

in a dispute over their contracts. Members

of the Unite union had planned a work to rule, but hospital lanagers

banned them from the building This is not a strike but a lock`out.

Outside Northampton General, dozens of biomedical staff say thex have

been banned from entering the hospital. Our swipe cards do not

work and we have been told not to go onto the premises. I turned up ready

to do my job and was told to leave the building. The hospital dmployees

began limited industrial action yesterday and had offered to cover

all emergencies but had reftsed to work overtime and out of hotrs.

Staff were asked to stay at home and any statement the hospital told the

BBC... Uncertainty creates risk which we are not prepared to take.

The hospital says it is not a decision it has taken lightly but

insists patient safety will not be jeopardised and says it has a

well`developed contingency plan to minimise disruption. We want to get

them back on the table to ndgotiate and get an improvement. We have even

offered more but they have failed to respond. Management say thex remain

available to meet with unions but until that happens, staff rdmain

locked out. The Government has announced that

it's putting up more than ?04 million to kick`start

a new housing development to The money will pay

for infrastructure for The plan is to build 5,500 houses

eventually, Before we go,

a quick look at the weather. Good evening. The rest of the night

looks largely dry and mystery in places and we start tomorrow with

quite a lot of close around. Brighter spells but showers will

start to develop and they are likely to be heavy and thundery. Some

sunshine with temperatures `round 19 Celsius and still the chancd of some

further showers. In a moment, the National weather but here is the

bright but on the cool side and an bright but on the cool side and an

unsettled start to next week. move towards Sunday. The top

temperature again 20. Fewer showers. Most out towards the east.

That's the way it is looking. Good evening. For some the weather

put on a show today - lightning and hail. For others more of a no-show.

Showers at Wimbledon stayed away. They were further west. Torrential

downpours with the lightning flashes over East Anglia. Local flooding in

for folk. Showers through Glastonbury.

Thunder storms over Mid Wales currently. Flashes of lightning will

ease away during the night. Wet weather over northern England, the

north Midlands. Some showers continuing in the north-west. Misty

after all the moisture. It will be a mild night here. Further north, a

fine night and chilly in Scotland. Temperatures in rural areas well

down into single figures. For here and Northern Ireland, by and large

another fine