:00:00. > :00:08.Hello and welcome to That's
:00:09. > :00:13.Hello and welcome to Tuesday's Look East.
:00:14. > :00:18.Still Inadequate ` children's services in Northamptonshird admit
:00:19. > :00:20.they're struggling to improve a year on from a damning Ofsted report
:00:21. > :00:23.Dying on the waiting list ` the dilemma faced by patients
:00:24. > :00:46.For five years, and I could end up more Ilban though, I don't think it
:00:47. > :00:48.is worth it. `` more ill. I'll be here later in
:00:49. > :00:50.tapping into the region's bhotech expertise.
:00:51. > :00:52.With superbugs becoming mord resistant than ever, we're
:00:53. > :00:54.at the Cambridge company le`ding the way in antibiotics rese`rch
:00:55. > :00:59.And after a day to remember with Le Tour, we examine the imp`ct.
:01:00. > :01:02.Children's services in Northamptonshire have had more
:01:03. > :01:05.than 12 months to improve, but today the service admits it s
:01:06. > :01:11.It's been a year since Ofstdd?s damning verdict
:01:12. > :01:13.which found the service "consistently poor" with st`ff at
:01:14. > :01:15."tipping point" and "systemhc failures" across the board.
:01:16. > :01:19.The council insists improvelents are under way,
:01:20. > :01:21.but the most difficult challenge is simply finding enough peopld who
:01:22. > :01:31.So the county has now set up its own academy to recruit and retahn staff.
:01:32. > :01:37.Northamptonshire's children's services, one of just 20
:01:38. > :01:44.The worst possible rating Ofsted can give.
:01:45. > :01:47.I think it was a shock to some people, the degree
:01:48. > :01:53.I think it was known, but the depth was a bit
:01:54. > :01:59.In March last year, Ofsted said Northamptonshire was Inadeqtate in
:02:00. > :02:05.Then just five months later, a second Inadequate report for
:02:06. > :02:12.Then on the 9th of October, the results of a special case rdview
:02:13. > :02:15.into the death of a four`wedk`old Northamptonshire girl, saying social
:02:16. > :02:25.The announcement of ?12 million to try and improve services.
:02:26. > :02:27.But the real problem here at County Hall is not the shortage of cash, it
:02:28. > :02:35.Up to half of the authority's social workers are temporary agencx staff,
:02:36. > :02:38.so the authority is desperate to recruit and retain more perlanent
:02:39. > :02:46.It's very own social worker training programme.
:02:47. > :02:51.When we recruit newly qualified social workers, they have gone to
:02:52. > :02:56.university and got their degree we are putting in an academy where they
:02:57. > :02:59.will be supported in their first year, so that they have a hhghly
:03:00. > :03:03.supportive environment in which to learn their profession
:03:04. > :03:06.Northamptonshire currently has 82 social workers,
:03:07. > :03:11.but needs to recruit around 85 to reduce its reliance on agency staff,
:03:12. > :03:17.Well, we are carrying out a recruhtment
:03:18. > :03:20.campaign, but the problem is, so all of our neighbouring counties.
:03:21. > :03:23.We are all searching for good quality social workers
:03:24. > :03:31.To give an indication of thd scale of the recruitment problem,
:03:32. > :03:35.Ofsted is due to carry out `nother inspection here later this xear and
:03:36. > :03:39.the council says that if it manages to move from an Inadequate rating to
:03:40. > :03:41.a Requires Improvement rating, then even that would be considered
:03:42. > :03:47.But the key question is despite these obvious probldms,
:03:48. > :04:01.I am happy that we are making progress and that I feel quhte
:04:02. > :04:04.confident that children in Northamptonshire are safd.
:04:05. > :04:13.Stewart joins us now. Why are they finding it so difficult to hmprove?
:04:14. > :04:19.Northamptonshire finds itself in a vicious circle, it needs more social
:04:20. > :04:23.workers to help improve its service, but while it is branded as
:04:24. > :04:28.Inadequate, it is difficult to get staff in, so until it can do that,
:04:29. > :04:37.it is relying on temporary `gency staff, but that in itself c`n cause
:04:38. > :04:42.problems. They are more expdnsive than permanent staff and it can lead
:04:43. > :04:47.to the risk of a lack of consistency in that service. For exampld, a
:04:48. > :04:55.different caseworkers over ` period of time and
:04:56. > :05:10.things are improving and thd training Academy will help, but
:05:11. > :05:14.authority gets a Good rating. Thanks very much.
:05:15. > :05:15.19`year`old Mark Lewis ` who has already pleaded guilty to
:05:16. > :05:16.robbery and murder ` told police he "flipped", that he'd
:05:17. > :05:19.Jamie McMahon was found dead in St Giles' churchyard last October.
:05:20. > :05:28.Jamie McMahon, someone alwaxs cheerful, the court was told,
:05:29. > :05:32.who made people feel better when they were around him.
:05:33. > :05:35.After a night out, these were his last moments alive.
:05:36. > :05:38.Soon after, in this churchy`rd, he was robbed, punched
:05:39. > :05:42.and repeatedly kicked and left for dead.
:05:43. > :05:44.By two men on a criminal venture, the court was told.
:05:45. > :05:48.Mark Lewis, aged 19, who has pleaded guilty to mtrder
:05:49. > :05:53.and robbery, and Michael Fr`ncis, aged 33, now on trial.
:05:54. > :05:58.The defence team for Michael Francis said that Mark Lewis had adlitted he
:05:59. > :06:00.carried out the killings during interviews at this prison
:06:01. > :06:07.He told officers, "I flipped. I'd never felt that angry bdfore."
:06:08. > :06:11."I kicked him so hard, I felt my toe shatter."
:06:12. > :06:15.When the anger comes, he told officers, he couldn't control it.
:06:16. > :06:18."I couldn't stop it," he sahd, "it was like a blackout."
:06:19. > :06:22.But the prosecution say, no, both men are guilty
:06:23. > :06:28.On the night Jamie McMahon lost his life, Michael Francis phcked up
:06:29. > :06:32.his wallet and put it in his pocket, the prosecution said.
:06:33. > :06:36.The two men then swapped co`ts to put police off their trahl.
:06:37. > :06:39.They didn't need to run, the jury was told, because
:06:40. > :06:43.Jamie McMahon was unconsciots and on his way to being dead.
:06:44. > :06:46.They were in it together, prosecutors said.
:06:47. > :06:50.Minutes after the murder, together, they dumped Jamie McMahon's wallet.
:06:51. > :06:58.The next day, together, selling his iPhone to
:06:59. > :07:01.a drug dealer for ?10 and four days later, the two men together
:07:02. > :07:03.dumping the clothes they wore that night.
:07:04. > :07:04.CCTV after Jamie McMahon's lurder placed Michael Francis
:07:05. > :07:09.Two men spending their spoils, the money they'd stolen,
:07:10. > :07:15.In court, Michael Francis h`s denied murder, manslaughter and robbery.
:07:16. > :07:17.Jamie McMahon, the jury was told, was a man in the wrong placd
:07:18. > :07:29.The planned east`west rail line linking Oxford to Milton Kexnes and
:07:30. > :07:35.Bedford, could boost the regional economy by over ?70 million a year.
:07:36. > :07:37.This latest figure ` arrived at by independent experts `
:07:38. > :07:43.Our reporter Waseem Mirza is at Swanbourne station just south
:07:44. > :08:01.Well, Amelia, I am standing near what used to be a fully working
:08:02. > :08:07.railway station, believe it or not. Welcome to a very wet swan born It
:08:08. > :08:18.sits on the disused Vista to Bletchley line and it was closed in
:08:19. > :08:22.the late 1960s but plans ard afoot to reopen it in
:08:23. > :08:27.years. Today, a brand`new assessment of this east`west rail projdct says
:08:28. > :08:36.the area could be in line to `` for boost the economy of around
:08:37. > :08:38.?70 million and today, the LP for Milton Keynes welcomed the news
:08:39. > :08:40.We have always had good rail connections running north to south,
:08:41. > :08:42.but east`west has never been quite as good and this project will really
:08:43. > :08:45.put us at a crossroads on the national rail network and be
:08:46. > :08:47.incredibly helpful for economic growth, for relieving congestion
:08:48. > :08:53.So it is a very welcome and worthwhile project.
:08:54. > :09:02.Well, disused sections of track like this one here could be repl`ced with
:09:03. > :09:06.new electrified lines, which open up the roots to passengers and
:09:07. > :09:12.freight has been confirmed already `s a
:09:13. > :09:19.major priority for out today further strengthens the
:09:20. > :09:22.business case. in the south`west and in thd south
:09:23. > :09:23.of England, like Winchester, Southampton and Bournemouth, and it
:09:24. > :09:25.just reinforces the argument that was actually put forward by, of all
:09:26. > :09:28.people, Dr Richard Beeching, back in the '60s, because he saw this
:09:29. > :09:45.route as having enormous potential. Well, building that so`calldd
:09:46. > :09:50."missing link" between Bedford and Cambridge will be expensive and a
:09:51. > :09:56.very long process, possibly years and even a decade before tr`ins are
:09:57. > :10:01.up and running on that parthcular route. But now, politicians here are
:10:02. > :10:08.adamant that this stretch of the first trains operating here in five
:10:09. > :10:10.years. Thank you.
:10:11. > :10:13.It's been revealed that mord than 100 people in the eastern rdgion
:10:14. > :10:15.died last year because of a shortage of organ donors and more th`n 1 500
:10:16. > :10:19.The latest figures have been released to mark National Transplant
:10:20. > :10:22.Week and they show that in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire,
:10:23. > :10:25.43 people died last year because of a shortage of organs ` and 2 1
:10:26. > :10:31.In Northamptonshire, 10 people died, 148 are on the waiting list.
:10:32. > :10:33.And in Cambridgeshire, there were 12 deaths
:10:34. > :10:40.Anna Todd has been to meet one woman who's been living with a kidney
:10:41. > :10:47.When Glyn Huskisson went on the transplant register for
:10:48. > :10:52.a kidney six years ago, a m`tch was quickly found in her cotsin
:10:53. > :10:57.But her diagnosis of hepatitis C means the new kidney may only last
:10:58. > :11:02.five years and Glyn could become more hll.
:11:03. > :11:07.I try to stay optimistic, I try not to think about it, but it is always
:11:08. > :11:15.there, you know, niggling away, or if you can't sleep at night.
:11:16. > :11:19.I just hope I can get the drugs and then go on
:11:20. > :11:24.The wait for a transplant c`n be a roller`coaster ride.
:11:25. > :11:28.Three people in the UK die dach day waiting for a new organ.
:11:29. > :11:33.Even if a match is found for the patient, it is not a done deal.
:11:34. > :11:37.We know that we get false alarms were often the organ doesn't turn
:11:38. > :11:40.We know that we get false alarms where often the organ doesn't turn
:11:41. > :11:49.out to be suitable for donation and with an unfortunately h`d to
:11:50. > :11:52.out to be suitable for donation and we unfortunately have to
:11:53. > :11:54.tell the patient they are not going to go through the surgery
:11:55. > :11:58.I think the impact of that is absolutely tremendous.
:11:59. > :12:01.Death rates are highest for those on the waiting list for a new heart.
:12:02. > :12:03.Although more donors are coling forward, record numbers last year,
:12:04. > :12:06.with 40 heart transplant opdrations at Papworth Hospital.
:12:07. > :12:08.Maggie got a new heart here 12 years ago, and fitter than ever, she now
:12:09. > :12:11.I didn't have a quality`of`life before my transplant.
:12:12. > :12:17.I couldn't walk up the road or anything like that, so I
:12:18. > :12:23.So having my transplant has given me a completely new life
:12:24. > :12:29.and such a quality of life `nd I have grabbed it with both h`nds
:12:30. > :12:31.More lives could be saved if families agreed to donatd their
:12:32. > :12:40.People are urged to spell ott their wishes early on beford
:12:41. > :13:09.Today, protesters spoke out about plans to outsource services all
:13:10. > :13:17.people. It may happen in September and campaigners say it could be a
:13:18. > :13:25.mistake. The younger people coming through today will not get the
:13:26. > :13:35.and attention that has led ts to the age that we are, which we are
:13:36. > :13:47.there are fundamental flaws and there has been a
:13:48. > :13:51.have had during the public consultation.
:13:52. > :13:53.The unit has a total of 62 inpatient beds on two floors.
:13:54. > :14:01.It's part of a major redevelopment by the West Herts Trust.
:14:02. > :14:14.now it is over to steward for the rest of the programme.
:14:15. > :14:22.There is more to come on thd east, including an end of term report from
:14:23. > :14:26.Britain's newest Hotel training school.
:14:27. > :14:33.And we can expect changeabld weather conditions through the week. I am
:14:34. > :14:38.here at the end of the programme with all of the details.
:14:39. > :14:44.I am sure you know that hospital superbugs like MRSA are a
:14:45. > :14:52.threat, not just in this cotntry but all over the world.
:14:53. > :15:02.them. It could be that the `nswer will be
:15:03. > :15:13.fight back. Superbugs are a growing
:15:14. > :15:22.lives. In some countries around the world key antibiotics no longer work
:15:23. > :15:30.25,000 people die every year from drug infections.
:15:31. > :15:37.They are developing antibiotic technology
:15:38. > :15:43.?1.6 million grant. The technology will fight hospital
:15:44. > :15:46.looking at those that affect patients in intensive care tnits.
:15:47. > :15:52.There are many multidrug resistant organisms in intensive care units
:15:53. > :15:58.and hospitals which badly nded new antibiotics. The set of
:15:59. > :16:02.antimicrobial resistance is a big concern. The Prime Minister
:16:03. > :16:06.launched a global review of the crisis. We are in danger of going
:16:07. > :16:11.back to the dark ages of to see infections that were
:16:12. > :16:14.treatable not be treatable. The pharmaceutical industry has not been
:16:15. > :16:20.developing new classes antibiotics so we need to fhx that
:16:21. > :16:25.market failure and create some incentive. A new global report says
:16:26. > :16:29.people in every part of the world antibiotics. It means that when
:16:30. > :16:36.people have on chemotherapy and become
:16:37. > :16:40.immunocompromised they are `t much higher risk for competitions ``
:16:41. > :16:48.complications from infections. Antibiotics where a litigiots
:16:49. > :16:51.discovery and the cost of ddveloping new ones is so high that colpanies
:16:52. > :16:56.are pulling out of research. ones with lower overheads could
:16:57. > :17:00.provide the answer. breakthrough the future of xou
:17:01. > :17:06.manage it could be bleak. return to the 1930s, a time when if
:17:07. > :17:12.you got pneumonia, for example, would undergo a crisis and xou would
:17:13. > :17:20.either survive or die to carry out trials on humans in a
:17:21. > :17:22.couple are being asked to bring it back to
:17:23. > :17:24.Britain soon. It's reckoned a million people turned out to watch
:17:25. > :17:26.it when it started in Cambrhdge and passed through Essex yesterday. The
:17:27. > :17:46.big question now will there be a Yesterday 200 cyclists left
:17:47. > :17:53.Cambridge for London. Today, just two riders prepare for the same
:17:54. > :17:56.journey, but Palace is not the final destination. We will recreate the
:17:57. > :18:03.Tour de France stages that happened yesterday, making from Cambridge to
:18:04. > :18:06.London. That is going to be the start of our longer trip, C`mbridge
:18:07. > :18:11.to Hong Kong. Best is a nind`month trip to the far east is perhaps not
:18:12. > :18:17.typical. Tour de France prove that cxcling is
:18:18. > :18:26.no box office. For riders to inspire. It is good to see
:18:27. > :18:37.British felt like you had to be French or
:18:38. > :18:50.German to do well. Demerger is hopes to attract more major events
:18:51. > :19:02.to the county with a surge of are seeing an increase in wdbsite
:19:03. > :19:14.traffic. It is 24 only remainder that thousands of
:19:15. > :19:24.people turned out yesterday. difficult to do, many econolists
:19:25. > :19:38.have tried footing the bill for the totr
:19:39. > :19:55.Cambridge in spend more than we do on cycling
:19:56. > :20:14.infrastructure. it will take some time before the
:20:15. > :20:27.long`term benefits are known. for cyclists, participation
:20:28. > :20:42.continues to grow which is what closer to 100,000 so certainly
:20:43. > :21:01.cycling back to Britain after the rdaction
:21:02. > :21:24.yesterday. How likely is Cambridge had a fantastic d`y,
:21:25. > :21:53.unlike a junior section. A new cycling club
:21:54. > :22:09.has opened in Cambridge. the edge Hotel School. It operates
:22:10. > :22:28.as a normal Hotel 365 functions and conferences and the
:22:29. > :22:39.like. But this would help is very second day .Mac student Emily is
:22:40. > :22:48.leading the briefing today, it is conference with 100 delegatds to
:22:49. > :23:06.look after. The students ard doing right the paying guests shotld not
:23:07. > :23:15.conference and events, you can be doing an event one day,
:23:16. > :23:24.came here with no experiencd and hospitality. You have
:23:25. > :23:34.started in September and I will be one of the graduates for a hotel
:23:35. > :23:43.and look after celebrity gudsts including hospitality,
:23:44. > :23:55.concert organised by the sttdents. For a
:23:56. > :24:07.low level service job and in this country for all sorts of social and
:24:08. > :24:21.learning by doing. The studdnts want to manage at the world
:24:22. > :24:44.developing the future leaders of the industry. Those with the
:24:45. > :25:17.the best rooms in the world all under one roof. There is a
:25:18. > :26:07.bed they are making an exact my bed. It
:26:08. > :26:43.south eastwards in the team will be frantically away
:26:44. > :27:36.with the risk of rain developing later. The further north`east
:27:37. > :27:54.like Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire may exclude some of
:27:55. > :28:04.This is the first example we know of of infrared communication.
:28:05. > :28:08.Imagine if you could talk to the animals.
:28:09. > :28:13.Zoologist Lucy Cooke is going to show us how.