:00:44. > :00:56.This quarry will provide a home for some of our rarest birds.
:00:57. > :01:10.Good evening. First tonight, it was an aggressive dog and policd knew
:01:11. > :01:15.about it but didn't act before was -- before it attacked and khlled a
:01:16. > :01:17.baby in Northamptonshire, that's the conclusion of a special revhew into
:01:18. > :01:27.the death of Mollie Mae Wotherspoon. She was six months old when she was
:01:28. > :01:30.savagely mauled by the family pet Her mother and grandmother `re
:01:31. > :01:33.currently serving jail sentdnces. But the report said nothing
:01:34. > :01:35.could have prevented Our Home Affairs Corresponddnt Sally
:01:36. > :01:39.Chidzoy reports. When the child's mother and
:01:40. > :01:42.grandmother attended court, relatives and friends turned on
:01:43. > :01:47.media. Last month where O'Rdilly admitted owning a dangerously out of
:01:48. > :01:53.control dog and Susan Olcott admitted owning one. Both wdre
:01:54. > :01:55.jailed, but could the authorities have prevented this tragedy? Today
:01:56. > :02:03.the results of a serious case review were made public. There werd
:02:04. > :02:09.failings. An overall comment has to be that people need to be more
:02:10. > :02:13.professionally curious. People needed to ask the basic question as
:02:14. > :02:21.to whether there was a dangdrous animal in that hole sold or not It
:02:22. > :02:25.is Northamptonshire Police who came into most criticism, they f`iled to
:02:26. > :02:30.act. That described a dog is the most aggressive she had seen. Please
:02:31. > :02:35.failed to follow it up. The review side 's poor practice among agencies
:02:36. > :02:39.and says midwives should have been more curious, but it concludes
:02:40. > :02:47.nothing suggests any single professional code or should have
:02:48. > :02:52.prevented Mollie Mae's death. This neighbour praises the bravery of the
:02:53. > :02:58.officers who tried to save the baby but says the blame rests with the
:02:59. > :03:02.child's mother. She told me that dog would never attack her baby and the
:03:03. > :03:07.next day it did so I was re`lly upset. You still are, you lhve
:03:08. > :03:13.opposite that house. The horror of that night, what rings in your mind
:03:14. > :03:18.the most? The baby and the dog mauling it, it must have bedn awful.
:03:19. > :03:24.You heard the dog howling as well, didn't you? Yes, it was howling like
:03:25. > :03:31.nothing. It attacked the gr`ndmother as well because she dry to save the
:03:32. > :03:36.baby. Claire Riley showed a level of deceit when dealing with agdncies,
:03:37. > :03:40.but they said it could not be proved she deliberately misled thel about
:03:41. > :03:42.risks to her child. It was conceded the dots linking the various
:03:43. > :03:51.agencies were not joined up. Well Sally joins us now
:03:52. > :03:53.from Franklins Gardens wherd today's report was released...Sally,
:03:54. > :03:56.the agencies were criticised but no individual professionals implicated
:03:57. > :04:04.so what good can come out It is no good of the faults are not
:04:05. > :04:09.identified and something can come out of that I'm so it will be a case
:04:10. > :04:14.of recommendations they cannot enforce, for example they s`y
:04:15. > :04:22.midwives and health visitors should proactively asked parents about the
:04:23. > :04:26.presence of pets in the homd. We have had two recent cases of
:04:27. > :04:31.attacks. They also suggest ht should be mandatory that vets, if they come
:04:32. > :04:35.into contact with dogs that concern them, should by Law report tpwards.
:04:36. > :04:39.These are recommendations, they cannot enforce them, they hope
:04:40. > :04:47.something will come out of them The police have not come out of it well,
:04:48. > :04:54.have they? Absolutely not, they held up the review for some time, and had
:04:55. > :04:59.no proper procedures in place to deal with dangerous dogs. It was
:05:00. > :05:04.only this tragic death, thex say, that we carry out a completd
:05:05. > :05:08.overhaul of the response policy the dangerous dogs in Northamptonshire.
:05:09. > :05:18.It is quite evident from thhs that they have the most to learn.
:05:19. > :05:21.Next tonight - hundreds of patients had their hospital
:05:22. > :05:23.appointments cancelled todax because of a problem
:05:24. > :05:28.Peterborough City Hospital declared a critical incident this morning
:05:29. > :05:30.as doctors couldn't access patient records.
:05:31. > :05:33.But as Emma Baugh reports, some patients didn't get the message
:05:34. > :05:42.Some coming to the hospital today only be turned away, many ottpatient
:05:43. > :05:48.appointments cancelled becatse of a computer failure. Patients `re not
:05:49. > :05:54.at risk, we have them all c`red for. We have printed off everythhng we
:05:55. > :05:58.need to print off, it is those patients coming in today whdre their
:05:59. > :06:02.information is on the systel and not in hard paper where we have decided
:06:03. > :06:06.to take it down. The hospit`l had hoped the problem would be fixed by
:06:07. > :06:10.lunchtime but that wasn't the case and they had to cancel around 3 0
:06:11. > :06:14.outpatient appointments, and they will have to put on extra clinics
:06:15. > :06:19.for those who were put off from today. The hospital said accident
:06:20. > :06:23.and emergency was not affected and routine treatments were continuing,
:06:24. > :06:28.but outpatient appointments were cancelled because they couldn't
:06:29. > :06:32.access the vital records. I'm very angry, I have the appointment made
:06:33. > :06:38.yesterday as an emergency, `nd I've come here today and been told to go
:06:39. > :06:45.away basically. They are gohng to shut it down probably, the whole
:06:46. > :06:51.system, while they get it sorted. It's not like the old systel, is it,
:06:52. > :06:56.pencil and paper. Health calpaigners said there had been confusion. What
:06:57. > :07:00.we have seen on social medi` is a mixed message, some patients saying
:07:01. > :07:05.they have been treated, somdthing they haven't. It is important clear
:07:06. > :07:10.messages are being given. Going forward I know the hospital wants to
:07:11. > :07:14.hear from patients as to how they can do it better. People want to
:07:15. > :07:31.know in this day and age whx this has
:07:32. > :07:35.been allowed to happen. Good point. I've been here just over two years,
:07:36. > :07:38.and we have never experiencdd anything like this and I hope we
:07:39. > :07:40.never do again. The problem has now been resolved but they are looking
:07:41. > :07:43.at what action to take over any future technical breakdowns.
:07:44. > :07:45.More details have been rele`sed today about a double
:07:46. > :07:50.On Monday, a man's body was found in a wheelie bin outside a block
:07:51. > :07:52.of flats in Essex Close and police are linking it
:07:53. > :07:55.to the discovery of a woman's body in a flat in the same street
:07:56. > :07:59.Officers are questioning a lan on suspicion of murder.
:08:00. > :08:00.Our reporter is at Bedfordshire Police Headquarters.
:08:01. > :08:08.What more did we learn? Tod`y Bedfordshire Police said thdy still
:08:09. > :08:12.haven't been able to formally identify the bodies, but we did find
:08:13. > :08:17.out the woman whose body was found last week was a new mother, and we
:08:18. > :08:26.found out that her baby has now been taken into care. When Budge --
:08:27. > :08:31.Bedfordshire found that bodx, they initially identified it as `
:08:32. > :08:35.suicide. Today the opposite in charge of the investigation was
:08:36. > :08:39.asked directly if the body hn the wheelie bin had been missed. Yes,
:08:40. > :08:44.the black wheelie bin was ottside the block of flats, would it have
:08:45. > :08:47.been searched as part of thdse circumstances? No, but it
:08:48. > :08:53.subsequently became very apparent, a week later, when the male body was
:08:54. > :08:57.found in that wheelie bin that there were linked deaths which is why we
:08:58. > :09:03.have escalated them and tre`ted them both as suspicious deaths. What else
:09:04. > :09:07.are the police saying about this case? They are still appealhng for
:09:08. > :09:13.more information. They want to know, did you know the people who lived in
:09:14. > :09:16.Essex close, where you in the area at the time, and if you livdd in the
:09:17. > :09:31.street did you see anything suspicious? Thank you.
:09:32. > :09:35.They grew up on council est`tes and went on to find fame
:09:36. > :09:37.and fortune as footballers, now three premiership stars
:09:38. > :09:40.want to give the same opportunity to youngsters in Bedfordshire.
:09:41. > :09:42.Former England player Rio Fdrdinand has joined forces with West Ham
:09:43. > :09:44.captain Mark Noble and ex-Brighton striker Bobby Zamora
:09:45. > :09:46.on a regeneration scheme at Houghton Regis.
:09:47. > :09:48.The idea is to have social and affordable housing
:09:49. > :09:50.centred around state of the art sporting facilithes.
:09:51. > :09:52.Kate Bradbrook was at the launch in London today.
:09:53. > :09:56.It is a long way from the football pitch but today Rio Ferdinand and
:09:57. > :10:01.Bobby Zamora are here in London at this property trade show. They have
:10:02. > :10:09.big plans for the regenerathon of the Bedfordshire town, along with
:10:10. > :10:12.the council. Any site will have to have sports education and community
:10:13. > :10:17.at the heart of it. The pair along with Mark Noble have formed a
:10:18. > :10:31.development company called Legacy, their first project is the King 's
:10:32. > :10:35.-- Kingsland area of Houghton Regis. Central Bedfordshire have rdally
:10:36. > :10:40.embraced where we want to go and want to move forward as quickly as
:10:41. > :10:43.possible. At its heart will be a new sports Academy and communitx
:10:44. > :10:50.facilities. Some people think it's just about a big housing estate is
:10:51. > :10:54.it? Have you heard us mention housing yet? We haven't, so
:10:55. > :10:59.obviously housing is part of it but I think the two go hand-in-hand
:11:00. > :11:03.Before anything is agreed upon, we know the local community have to be
:11:04. > :11:07.part of that conversation. Ht's hoped up to 50% of the houshng will
:11:08. > :11:12.be affordable to meet the ndeds of local people. Those we spokd to
:11:13. > :11:18.agree change is needed. There doesn't seem to be much going on
:11:19. > :11:24.around here, we have to go laybe sometimes to Luton for activities.
:11:25. > :11:29.It will make the area better for the kids to play and a safe are`. It is
:11:30. > :11:33.all well and good building houses, but there's nothing for the kids to
:11:34. > :11:37.do. Very few details about the scheme have so far been dechded and
:11:38. > :11:48.questions remain about who will foot the bill. Will it be council money?
:11:49. > :11:50.We don't have the details ydt. It is council land, currently restricted
:11:51. > :11:54.by the Department for Education so there would be a number of hurdles
:11:55. > :11:58.to get through before the l`nd is released but we are confident the
:11:59. > :12:03.Government will help us to overcome those hurdles. The only council in
:12:04. > :12:08.port at this time would be our land, which we are excited to use. It is
:12:09. > :12:13.an unusual partnership of these football stars have a clear goal. We
:12:14. > :12:24.are told work could start on the site by summer 2018.
:12:25. > :12:26.Over 4,000 people have signdd a petition against plans
:12:27. > :12:28.to build a new rail freight terminal in Northamptonshird.
:12:29. > :12:30.The "Rail Central" depot cotld be built in open countryside
:12:31. > :12:32.between the villages of Milton Malsor and Blisworth.
:12:33. > :12:35.A public consultation on thd plans has been taking place over
:12:36. > :12:37.the summer and comes to an end tomorrow.
:12:38. > :12:39.South Northamptonshire Council and the local MP Andrea Leadsom say
:12:40. > :12:43.But Rail Central says the new terminal will allow
:12:44. > :12:46.more freight to transfer from road to rail.
:12:47. > :12:54.More from me at 10:30pm. Now let's join Stuart and Susie.
:12:55. > :13:05.a quarry in Cambridgeshire into a haven for wildlife.
:13:06. > :13:07.For several years now, we've been warned about bacteria
:13:08. > :13:13.The situation is so serious that by 2050, a person will die dvery
:13:14. > :13:16.three seconds from so-called superbug infections
:13:17. > :13:23.The fact is that some GPs prescribe too many antibiotics and too many
:13:24. > :13:27.are used in animal health and food production,
:13:28. > :13:31.Scientists at the Universitx of East Anglia in Norwich
:13:32. > :13:34.are trying to do just that, using leaf cutter ants
:13:35. > :13:44.They are tiny but they could help provide a solution to a big problem.
:13:45. > :13:47.The leafcutter ants were brought here to the University
:13:48. > :13:50.of East Anglia and are now at the forefront to
:13:51. > :13:56.The problem we have is that all the antibiotics used in medicine
:13:57. > :13:59.now were discovered in the 0940s, '50s and '60s and by the end
:14:00. > :14:02.of the '60s, people started to rediscover the same antibiotics
:14:03. > :14:07.In the meantime, in the intdrvening 50 years, the antibiotics
:14:08. > :14:11.that we have used for bacterial and fungi that cause diseasd in us
:14:12. > :14:13.have become resistant to those antibiotics so they don't
:14:14. > :14:17.The scientists are interestdd in the ants because they usd
:14:18. > :14:23.They grow this fungus that they feed leaves to and whenever
:14:24. > :14:26.they smell a foreign fungus in there which might cause disease,
:14:27. > :14:29.they cut that bit of the fungus garden out, they take it aw`y
:14:30. > :14:32.from the nest, they rub thehr bodies against it and then they dig
:14:33. > :14:37.The ants are washed in water which is then put into a petri dish
:14:38. > :14:43.Matt and his team then look at the DNA of that bacteria and how
:14:44. > :14:48.it reacts to other bacteria to see if it makes antibiotics.
:14:49. > :14:50.One of the reasons why scientists are having to develop
:14:51. > :14:54.new antibiotics is because GPs are often feeling the presstre
:14:55. > :14:57.to prescribe them and as a result, bacteria in our bodies
:14:58. > :15:07.He processes on average 24 antibiotic prescriptions per day.
:15:08. > :15:11.There is a pressure on GPs to prescribe antibiotics.
:15:12. > :15:15.People get colds, or we are just starting called season and flu
:15:16. > :15:19.season and people think thex need an antibiotic to cure it,
:15:20. > :15:22.but some GPs do get pressurhsed to the extent where they
:15:23. > :15:27.Work to develop new medicathon is taking place across the region
:15:28. > :15:34.It is part of a government strategy to develop new drugs and to make us
:15:35. > :15:38.think about whether or not we even need to take them.
:15:39. > :15:41.Back at the lab, Matt's teal are continuing to study
:15:42. > :15:46.They have been working on the project for seven ye`rs now
:15:47. > :15:48.and have already discovered two antibiotics that they are
:15:49. > :15:54.They are hoping to uncover tp to 50 new compounds over
:15:55. > :16:03.This afternoon, I spoke to Chris Smith, The Naked Scientist.
:16:04. > :16:06.He's made it his mission to help us all understand and engage
:16:07. > :16:25.This is called biomimetic shr. You dig around in nature and find over
:16:26. > :16:30.the millions of years, life has arrived at a solution the problem
:16:31. > :16:34.you are grappling with. It has usually got a better solution than
:16:35. > :16:42.one we could dream up ourselves Antibiotics are no exception. They
:16:43. > :16:47.get most of our antibiotics in the hospital and their ancestors from
:16:48. > :16:52.nature. The fact that antibhotics don't seem to work in all c`ses now,
:16:53. > :16:58.is that something that is ndw or has been going on a long time? This has
:16:59. > :17:02.been going on for billions of years because antibiotics come from
:17:03. > :17:06.bacteria and fungicide that live in the soil, by chance, becausd there
:17:07. > :17:10.are billions of bacteria living around us, some of them nattrally
:17:11. > :17:15.have the ability to break down some of the chemicals we use as
:17:16. > :17:23.antibiotics. What that means is if we use lots of antibiotics on
:17:24. > :17:26.patients, those chemicals gdt into the environment and give an
:17:27. > :17:28.advantage to the bacteria that have the ability to break down those
:17:29. > :17:34.chemicals. They will become more common in the environment. @re we
:17:35. > :17:38.reaching the end of those places we can find antibiotics? Not rdally
:17:39. > :17:43.because in the last few years, scientists have invented a new way
:17:44. > :17:48.of extracting bacteria and their genetic know-how. The majorhty of
:17:49. > :17:52.antimicrobial drugs they get from soil dwelling bacteria but we can
:17:53. > :17:59.only grow about 10% of the bacteria in soil. Using these new techniques,
:18:00. > :18:02.we can get those bacteria to grow and we can extract from thel the
:18:03. > :18:07.ability to make various chelicals that were as strokes tests have
:18:08. > :18:12.stumbled on a number of new antibiotic monocles and firdd that
:18:13. > :18:17.route. Just because they can find new antibiotics, it does not mean we
:18:18. > :18:21.are free to abuse the ones we already have. No and that is worth
:18:22. > :18:27.this idea of good antibiotic stewardship comes in. When H lived
:18:28. > :18:33.in Australia, there was a brilliant sign that said, common colds need
:18:34. > :18:37.common-sense not antibiotics. That is because many people get the
:18:38. > :18:43.symptoms of a cold and they think antibiotics are what you nedd. Colds
:18:44. > :18:48.are caused by viruses which don t respond to antibiotics. There is a
:18:49. > :18:51.rise in types of drugs being made available over the Internet and
:18:52. > :18:57.people are buying antibiotics online. They are taking drugs which
:18:58. > :19:00.may not necessarily be the right thing for their infection and this
:19:01. > :19:04.is increasing the risk of resistance. We need to look at this
:19:05. > :19:16.and work out how we can clalp down on it.
:19:17. > :19:19.Every year in this country, 3,500 babies are stillborn `nd many
:19:20. > :19:22.For the parents who've lost babies, any investment to improve training
:19:23. > :19:26.But they also want people to stop treating baby loss as a taboo
:19:27. > :19:41.subject and to start talking about it openly.
:19:42. > :19:50.Prints of her baby's hands `nd feet made into jewellery. It is one of
:19:51. > :19:55.the few mementos Carla has of Daisy's existence. Given an
:19:56. > :20:00.emergency Caesarean due to worries over Daisy's heartbeat, the child
:20:01. > :20:05.was stillborn. It was just shocked. No one expected that to happen,
:20:06. > :20:13.nothing had been said to us that something could go wrong like that
:20:14. > :20:18.and it was the shock and thd despair of not bring that baby home. The
:20:19. > :20:22.baby you had not before. At Colchester hospital they have a
:20:23. > :20:26.dedicated the treatment midwife and a Private room. It is when lothers
:20:27. > :20:31.can give birth then spend as much time as they need with the child
:20:32. > :20:34.before making some vital but heartbreaking decisions. Thdy are
:20:35. > :20:40.either an environment where they can make unhurried decisions regarding
:20:41. > :20:45.possible postmortem examinations, the type of service they might like,
:20:46. > :20:46.whether they want the chapl`in to bless their baby and other difficult
:20:47. > :21:09.decisions. Sue Armstrong also puts Perrins in
:21:10. > :21:13.touch with charities. One of our local MPs whose son was stillborn
:21:14. > :21:19.two years ago has set up an all Parliamentary group to highlight the
:21:20. > :21:24.issue. Around 50% of all sthllbirths are preventable and we are talking
:21:25. > :21:29.around 2000 children per ye`r babies lies that can be saved but ht is
:21:30. > :21:34.looking at that after-care. In the last five years, Carla has known
:21:35. > :21:40.loss and grief. On top of Daisystillbirth, she has suffered
:21:41. > :21:45.three miscarriages and a twhn ectopic pregnancies. She is now
:21:46. > :21:47.raising money for Tommies. Her campaign slogan says it all. Doing
:21:48. > :21:52.it for Daisy. And if you want to talk
:21:53. > :21:56.to someone about any of the issues in Jenny's report
:21:57. > :21:58.you can call Tommys every weekday between 9am
:21:59. > :22:06.and 5pm on 0800 0147 800. Now here's a challenge,
:22:07. > :22:09.how to turn a dirty, busy quarry full of lorries
:22:10. > :22:13.into the peace and quiet That's exactly what's happening
:22:14. > :22:17.at Ouse Fen in Cambridgeshire. The RSPB has teamed up
:22:18. > :22:21.with a construction company so that when the gravel pits are finished
:22:22. > :22:38.with, they are filled with water Looking more like a tropical
:22:39. > :22:43.paradise than the fans, this ambitious project is creating one of
:22:44. > :22:48.our most prestigious habitats. You may not believe it, but this is how
:22:49. > :22:53.these wetlands started out `s a quarry for gravel. But thanks to a
:22:54. > :22:58.pioneering partnership betwden the RSPB and this construction company,
:22:59. > :23:04.the UK's largest reed bed is appearing out of the dust. The store
:23:05. > :23:10.all our operations either to farmland or habitat but to create
:23:11. > :23:16.something that the public whll enjoy for generations to come is ` really
:23:17. > :23:22.unique opportunity. To give you a sense of scale, the quarry hs seven
:23:23. > :23:30.hectares at the finished wetland project will be 700 hectares. That
:23:31. > :23:35.is 2.5 square miles. Just fhve years ago, this rich habitat was `bly
:23:36. > :23:40.quarry. He's regions hold the key to its importance. The secret of
:23:41. > :23:46.Britain uses reed bed to fish at risk because of coastal erosion
:23:47. > :23:54.This site offers it hoped. Ht is producing habitat for a number of
:23:55. > :23:59.species that are coming in `nd when it is complete, it will be 700
:24:00. > :24:04.hectares. It is that size which means it can attract in the number
:24:05. > :24:10.and variety of species. Voltnteers have already planted more than
:24:11. > :24:16.130,000 reads. It has made ly retirement. I love being outside. I
:24:17. > :24:23.think this area has a stark beauty all of its own. I remember when it
:24:24. > :24:30.was fields so to see transformed into this is fantastic. When
:24:31. > :24:34.completed in 2030, the projdct will include 30 calamities of public
:24:35. > :24:38.footpath, offering the chance to enjoy this mosaic of reed bdd and
:24:39. > :24:43.swamp and the wildlife that will thrive here.
:24:44. > :24:51.Did you notice that all of the volunteers were just in jumpers
:24:52. > :24:59.Louise had about ten coats on! She was working hard as well! An
:25:00. > :25:04.incredible project. Cold today. A chilly wind for us here in the East
:25:05. > :25:10.but there was quite a lot of good weather around, some brightness and
:25:11. > :25:14.sunshine. A real typical water mix. Beautiful photograph of an `utumn
:25:15. > :25:18.scene in Hertfordshire and there were lots of showers across the
:25:19. > :25:24.eastern half of the region so lots of photographs of rainbows. This is
:25:25. > :25:30.a lovely one on the Norfolk coast. And look, a double rainbow hn Essex
:25:31. > :25:35.this afternoon. Looking at the satellite image, we have had a lot
:25:36. > :25:39.of cloud feeding in from thd North Sea and that has brought in showers
:25:40. > :25:45.across many parts of the region We have had an area of low pressure and
:25:46. > :25:49.an associated weather front close by which has meant showers, but they
:25:50. > :25:53.have not been quite widesprdad. They will fade across the western half
:25:54. > :25:58.and become more confined to the eastern half. If you live in
:25:59. > :26:04.Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, yot may well catch the odd sharp shower
:26:05. > :26:10.Quite a spread of temperatures because if you go across thd western
:26:11. > :26:16.half, temperatures could be six or 7 degrees. Further east, a bit more
:26:17. > :26:20.cloud cover, a bit more of ` breeze and temperatures in double figures.
:26:21. > :26:26.Some will start tomorrow quhte chilly. Low pressure still close by,
:26:27. > :26:31.high pressure building in from the west, so the rest will be bdst in
:26:32. > :26:35.terms of dry and bright weather The further east you are, at thd risk of
:26:36. > :26:43.those showers speeding in from the North Sea. But also some brhghtness,
:26:44. > :26:47.some sunshine around. Still feeling cool with a northerly breezd
:26:48. > :26:54.although that wind should e`se through the day. 13 or 14 Cdlsius
:26:55. > :27:01.the hive. Looking ahead tow`rds the weekend, it is looking pretty
:27:02. > :27:06.reasonable. Low pressure sthll close by. Perhaps the risk of somd showers
:27:07. > :27:11.for Saturday, we get more of an easterly wind but it does look
:27:12. > :27:15.largely dry for Sunday. Expdct isolated showers for Saturd`y but
:27:16. > :27:24.lots of dry weather around `nd for Sunday also. It stays at around 13,
:27:25. > :27:30.12 degrees. Overnight, if wd get any clear skies, six in towns and
:27:31. > :27:36.cities, could be called in the countryside. Age the police settled
:27:37. > :28:23.and for October. That is all from us. Have a good evening. Good night.
:28:24. > :28:26.Everyone's living these amazing lives,