:00:10. > :00:13.First tonight, a new plan to try to ease pressures on our hospitals.
:00:14. > :00:16.One of the biggest issues is so-called bed blockers,
:00:17. > :00:25.mainly by elderly patients needing care home places.
:00:26. > :00:26.Latest figures show Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge
:00:27. > :00:28.lost more than 700 bed days that way,
:00:29. > :00:30.while Northamptonshire lost just under 470.
:00:31. > :00:34.In Hertfordshire they've come up with a pioneering scheme to help.
:00:35. > :00:41.Preparations for St Patrick's Day at Wisden Court care home in Stevenage.
:00:42. > :00:43.Facilities like this can often be the best option for patients
:00:44. > :00:51.But, up until now, the process of finding and booking care beds has
:00:52. > :00:56.We spend a lot of time on the telephone trying to establish
:00:57. > :01:03.Now, sometimes there's ten, there could be more homes and phoning
:01:04. > :01:06.around the homes and actually getting an answer, I could only get
:01:07. > :01:10.perhaps two answers and yet I had spent all that time on the phone.
:01:11. > :01:12.Now, the council has come up with a new way
:01:13. > :01:15.to tackle the problem, an online booking system,
:01:16. > :01:18.allowing staff to search available places in real-time,
:01:19. > :01:21.inputting the patient's details, clinical needs and preferences
:01:22. > :01:28.This can then be picked up by the care home
:01:29. > :01:34.It means firstly for the residents that they're not hanging around,
:01:35. > :01:36.they're not waiting in the cold corridor, they're not blocking
:01:37. > :01:42.For us it means that they're in more swiftly,
:01:43. > :01:45.we don't have to go out and assess them, all that information
:01:46. > :01:50.I'm just conducting an assessment for bed 29.
:01:51. > :01:52.We are looking at a place in a residential
:01:53. > :01:59.As part of the new system, patients are now seen by
:02:00. > :02:03.impartial assessors like Heather, working here at the Lister Hospital.
:02:04. > :02:06.So, I'm effectively the middleman between the care homes and a
:02:07. > :02:10.And what I do is I conduct comprehensive assessments
:02:11. > :02:16.to locate suitable homes for residents that are due to be
:02:17. > :02:18.discharged but also it's saving the time
:02:19. > :02:22.for care homes to come out and
:02:23. > :02:24.actually assess themselves, knowing that the information
:02:25. > :02:25.provided, because I am impartial, is accurate
:02:26. > :02:27.and is deemed suitable for
:02:28. > :02:30.This system has been up and running for
:02:31. > :02:33.several months and from April will be accessible to the public.
:02:34. > :02:38.she's a full-time carer to her father-in-law Alf
:02:39. > :02:44.and from time to time needs to book respite care.
:02:45. > :02:49.It will be very useful to have somewhere straightforward that I can
:02:50. > :02:52.go to that is going to give me some access to all the information that I
:02:53. > :02:55.want in one place because sometimes it is quite complicated and there
:02:56. > :03:01.This is believed to be the first system of its kind in the UK.
:03:02. > :03:07.And with 353 hospital bed days being saved in just six months,
:03:08. > :03:09.it's hoped the idea will now spread across the country.
:03:10. > :03:15.Kate Bradbrook, BBC Look East, in Stevenage.
:03:16. > :03:17.Computer gaming is a ?4 billion business and
:03:18. > :03:22.But there's concern that Brexit could end that
:03:23. > :03:28.if it restricts their ability to recruit across Europe.
:03:29. > :03:32.An epic voyage into the Viking heartlands and a chance to escape to
:03:33. > :03:42.a parallel universe at the flick of a button.
:03:43. > :03:47.More than 30 million Britons play video games every day,
:03:48. > :03:50.with companies like Ninja Theory in Cambridge feeding the frenzy but
:03:51. > :03:53.90 people work at this company, a third
:03:54. > :03:56.The games industry is global and it is moving very,
:03:57. > :03:58.very quickly and so you find specialists emerging
:03:59. > :04:02.in order to remain world leaders, we absolutely have to to employ
:04:03. > :04:06.According to the trade body that represents the
:04:07. > :04:08.industry, 40% of companies have considered relocating abroad because
:04:09. > :04:19.Melina is the company's video editor, recruited from
:04:20. > :04:22.Germany, she also plays the lead role in the new game.
:04:23. > :04:24.Motion sensitive cameras capturing her every move.
:04:25. > :04:26.But potential restrictions on who they hire and
:04:27. > :04:29.from where means that with Brexit on the horizon, that competition
:04:30. > :04:37.Mousumi Bakshi, BBC Look East, Cambridge.
:04:38. > :04:39.At the outbreak of the Second World War, two young sailors
:04:40. > :04:42.were serving off the coast of Chile when an earthquake
:04:43. > :04:48.The bravery of Frank Burton and Basil Trott, now in their 90s,
:04:49. > :04:53.was finally recognised today in Cambridge.
:04:54. > :05:03.A thank you from the Chilean ambassador for what they
:05:04. > :05:06.did for his country nearly 80 years ago.
:05:07. > :05:11.1939, two Chilean cities flattened in a devastating
:05:12. > :05:21.Frank Burton was on HMS Ajax, Basil Trott, HMS Exeter
:05:22. > :05:26.The Navy launched a humanitarian mission.
:05:27. > :05:28.Absolutely aghast at the demolition that had
:05:29. > :05:35.Especially as we had been in that town only a week previously.
:05:36. > :05:37.The thing I remember most about the earthquake
:05:38. > :05:44.I had a full pint of beer on the table and the earthquake
:05:45. > :05:47.happened and the glass went like that and some of the beer
:05:48. > :05:53.Chile planned to decorate all officers and men but
:05:54. > :05:58.Finally, for these two veterans in Cambridge, recognition.
:05:59. > :06:00.We believe that it is never late to recognise
:06:01. > :06:04.this kind of support, that is why we came here today.
:06:05. > :06:09.Here today, Frank's great-granddaughter.
:06:10. > :06:12.He and Basil thought to be the last two to be decorated.
:06:13. > :06:14.A proud moment for them and their families.
:06:15. > :06:28.A number of our councils are raising money by setting up
:06:29. > :06:31.Local authorities have seen their funding cut by 40% since 2010.
:06:32. > :06:34.They were given the power to set up their own lotteries a decade ago.
:06:35. > :06:37.Now councils in Daventry, King's Lynn, Peterborough and Corby
:06:38. > :06:39.are planning to take up the opportunity to raise money
:06:40. > :06:47.Some clear intervals and a bit patchy rain
:06:48. > :06:50.And it's going to be mild, temperatures no lower
:06:51. > :06:54.And quite a blustery west to west northerly wind.
:06:55. > :06:56.So, tomorrow, again a lot of cloud around.
:06:57. > :06:59.We might have a bit of rain and drizzle in places but for
:07:00. > :07:02.many of us, it could be largely dry and hopefully the cloud thinning
:07:03. > :07:05.and breaking at times to allow a little bit of brightness
:07:06. > :07:08.Slightly warmer than today with highs of 14 Celsius,
:07:09. > :07:12.And then Sunday, a bit of a question mark as to what exactly's
:07:13. > :07:15.But it looks like it's going to be largely cloudy.
:07:16. > :07:18.A bit of brightness and sunshine but now the better chance
:07:19. > :07:22.Now, in a moment, Jay will have the national forecast
:07:23. > :07:34.More like showers with some brightness on Tuesday.
:07:35. > :07:41.it is rather breezy. Now for the national outlook.
:07:42. > :07:47.It was quite a wet day across many northern and western parts of the
:07:48. > :07:49.UK. This was the view in