:00:00. > :00:14.Good evening. That's all from us.
:00:15. > :00:16.It has been twelve months since a damning report was published
:00:17. > :00:18.into Children's Services in Northamptonshire.
:00:19. > :00:21.And today the service admits it is still inadequate.
:00:22. > :00:24.A year ago Ofsted found the service consistently poor with
:00:25. > :00:27.staff at tipping point and systemic failures across the board.
:00:28. > :00:32.The council insists improvements are underway.
:00:33. > :00:36.But one ongoing problem is the shortage of social workdrs.
:00:37. > :00:38.So the county has set up its own academy to recruit
:00:39. > :00:45.Northamptonshire's Children's Services.
:00:46. > :00:49.One of just 20 in the country rated as inadequate:
:00:50. > :00:54.the worst possible rating that Ofsted can give.
:00:55. > :00:56.I think it was a shock to some people the degree to
:00:57. > :01:03.I think it was known but I think the depth was a bit
:01:04. > :01:07.In March last year, Ofsted said Northamptonshire was inadeqtate in
:01:08. > :01:14.Then, just five months later, a second inadequate report for
:01:15. > :01:22.Then on 9 October the results of a special case review into thd death
:01:23. > :01:23.of a four`week`old Northamptonshire girl, saying social workers were
:01:24. > :01:32.The announcement of ?12 million to try and improve services.
:01:33. > :01:35.But the real problem here at County Hall is not the shortage of cash, it
:01:36. > :01:44.Up to half of the authority's social workers are temporary agencx staff,
:01:45. > :01:48.so the authority is desperate to recruit and retain more perlanent
:01:49. > :01:56.When we recruit newly qualified social workers who have gond to
:01:57. > :01:59.university and got their degrees, we are putting in an academy where they
:02:00. > :02:02.will be supported in their first year so that they have a highly
:02:03. > :02:06.supportive environment in which to learn their profession
:02:07. > :02:11.Northamptonshire currently has 82 social workers but needs to recruit
:02:12. > :02:15.around 85 to reduce its relhance on agency staff.
:02:16. > :02:22.We are carrying out a recruhtment campaign but the problem is so are
:02:23. > :02:28.We are all searching for good quality social workers, so there
:02:29. > :02:34.To give an indication of the scale of the problem,
:02:35. > :02:37.Ofsted is due to carry out `nother inspection here later this xear
:02:38. > :02:40.The council says, if it manages to move from
:02:41. > :02:42.an inadequate rating to a rdquires improvement rating, then evdn that
:02:43. > :02:55.The planned East`West rail line linking Oxford to Milton Kexnes and
:02:56. > :02:57.Bedford could boost the reghonal economy by over ?70 million a year.
:02:58. > :03:04.This latest figure by independent experts is more than
:03:05. > :03:09.Funding for this line has already been agreed by Government.
:03:10. > :03:12.But the date for completion has been pushed back to 2018.
:03:13. > :03:15.Earlier I asked Iain Stewart the MP for Milton Keynes South
:03:16. > :03:24.The new figures show a doubling of the economic benefits
:03:25. > :03:28.of the project so I am very pleased that it has this further sort
:03:29. > :03:38.I would not say there are huge delays.
:03:39. > :03:40.There is work happening on the ground right now.
:03:41. > :03:43.The first part of the project is the upgrade of the track
:03:44. > :03:50.And they are clearing some of the vegetation in the middle
:03:51. > :03:56.section so that is all going, but the end of the project has slipped
:03:57. > :04:02.You admitted yourself there that there are some delays.
:04:03. > :04:04.Do you think that, when research like this comds out,
:04:05. > :04:09.that it forces those in charge to look at that time scale?
:04:10. > :04:11.When the project got the go`ahead, the next phase was for Network Rail
:04:12. > :04:16.to do some analysis work about what upgrades needed to take place, what
:04:17. > :04:20.civil engineering projects, what crossings are needed and I think as
:04:21. > :04:24.a result of that they found it was going to take a little longdr.
:04:25. > :04:28.So when are we likely to sed the first trains up and running
:04:29. > :04:31.The full project is looking like early 2019 that we will see
:04:32. > :04:38.the full service running, btt you may see services on completdd parts
:04:39. > :04:45.A Cambridge biotech company has won a big research grant to lead the
:04:46. > :04:49.Growing resistance to antibhotics is a huge concern around the world
:04:50. > :04:55.Without a breakthrough, millions of lives could be put at risk.
:04:56. > :04:58.Superbugs are a growing men`ce and all because bacteria have
:04:59. > :05:02.become immune to many antibhotics that save lives.
:05:03. > :05:05.In some countries around thd world, key antibiotics no longer work
:05:06. > :05:14.In Europe alone, it is estilated that 25,000 people die everx year
:05:15. > :05:22.But here near Cambridge, a company is leading the fight back.
:05:23. > :05:25.Phico Therapeutic is developing antibiotic technology to
:05:26. > :05:33.It has just been given a ?1.6 million grant.
:05:34. > :05:38.Its technology will fight hospital superbugs such as LRSA
:05:39. > :05:40.Predominantly we are looking at those that affect patients
:05:41. > :05:48.And there are many multidrug`resistant organisls in
:05:49. > :05:55.intensive care units in hospitals which badly need new antibiotics.
:05:56. > :05:59.The threat of microbial resistance is a big concern.
:06:00. > :06:02.The Prime Minister has launched a global review of the crishs.
:06:03. > :06:05.We are in danger of going back to the Dark Ages
:06:06. > :06:12.of medicine to see infections that were treatable not be treat`ble
:06:13. > :06:14.And the pharmaceutical industry has not been developing new classes
:06:15. > :06:17.of antibiotics, so we need to fix that market failure,
:06:18. > :06:24.The cost of developing new antibiotics is so high that many
:06:25. > :06:27.pharmaceutical companies have pulled out of research
:06:28. > :06:30.but smaller companies with lower overheads could provide the answer.
:06:31. > :06:39.Phico hopes to carry out trhals on humans in a couple of ye`rs.
:06:40. > :06:48.Time to get the weather now with Alex Dolan
:06:49. > :06:51.We have just about seen the last of the showers so the rest
:06:52. > :06:56.of the night looks dry with some clear spells developing..
:06:57. > :06:58.For most of us, temperatures should remain in the mid tedns.
:06:59. > :07:00.Tomorrow, there may be some bright spells first thing but
:07:01. > :07:04.on the whole it is going to be quite cloudy through the day.
:07:05. > :07:07.As we get into the afternoon there is the risk of some patchy rain
:07:08. > :07:10.for most places it does look as though it will stay dry.
:07:11. > :07:13.Temperatures of around 20 or 21 degrees.
:07:14. > :07:15.But the main feature of the weather tomorrow is this
:07:16. > :07:18.increasing wind coming from the north, so quite a blustery
:07:19. > :07:28.There's going to be quite a lot of cloud around on Thursday
:07:29. > :07:37.weekend. Hot on Saturday with thundery showers.
:07:38. > :07:42.Good evening, the rain in Rio is matching the mood, I suspect, this
:07:43. > :07:48.evening. Here, we will take a day off from the rain tomorrow, at least
:07:49. > :07:53.most of us. There will be sunshine around. The showers will be back for
:07:54. > :07:58.the end of the week. Dry over night virtually everywhere. Winds easing
:07:59. > :08:02.down in many places except towards the North Sea coasts. The south west
:08:03. > :08:08.will keep a breeze going. Not a cold night, temperatures holding 12- 4
:08:09. > :08:12.degrees typically. A dry day virtually everywhere tomorrow. Cloud
:08:13. > :08:14.breaking up to allow good spells of sunshine coming through,