:00:00. > :00:00.in Glasgow. You can watch
:00:07. > :00:09.A Lincolnshire school has become one of the first
:00:10. > :00:13.in the country to break away from traditional summer terl times.
:00:14. > :00:17.White's Wood Academy in Gainsborough says it won't only improve learning,
:00:18. > :00:21.but will also mean that pardnts can take children on cheaper holidays
:00:22. > :00:30.The last day of term at White's Wood Academy in Gainsborough, but next
:00:31. > :00:34.year term times will change, which will allow children to have
:00:35. > :00:39.more breaks but also enable families to go on holiday more cheaply.
:00:40. > :00:43.It is helpful because obviously cheaper holidays means more
:00:44. > :00:49.Now the summers are shorter and they are adding holidays on, it will be
:00:50. > :00:54.The Academy Trust which runs the school has changed next year's term
:00:55. > :00:58.dates so that holidays are shorter and they fall outside the standard
:00:59. > :01:03.school holiday period, which means that parents will be able to buy a
:01:04. > :01:08.family holiday without the hnflated prices. We started off with looking
:01:09. > :01:11.at a maximum learning model, so that is how we started off.
:01:12. > :01:15.Then we consulted parents to see what changes they want,
:01:16. > :01:18.because we are always asking parents ` this is their children's school `
:01:19. > :01:24.It was about the children being ill and tired near Christmas and about
:01:25. > :01:29.us not having that long sumler break and the lack of learning, because
:01:30. > :01:33.children actually drop quite a lot of learning in those six wedks.
:01:34. > :01:36.But you can't underestimate the difference between school holiday
:01:37. > :01:41.The cost of taking a family of three to Majorca
:01:42. > :01:50.Whereas out of school holidays, the same break is ?670.
:01:51. > :01:57.The school says changing term times is not just about holiday prices,
:01:58. > :02:02.But the thought of saving money is certainly bringing
:02:03. > :02:12.Tonight I spoke to Julie Davies from the National Union of Teachers,
:02:13. > :02:16.and asked whether this was a win`win situation for schools,
:02:17. > :02:22.I'm not sure that all of those things are quite true.
:02:23. > :02:24.For example, I've got three children and at
:02:25. > :02:27.various times in their school lives they've been at different schools.
:02:28. > :02:30.If all schools set their own holidays, ostensibly you
:02:31. > :02:33.can have three schools with three different holidays ` that could turn
:02:34. > :02:39.Are you one of these teachers who spoke out, that thinks it is wrong
:02:40. > :02:42.to lose the six`week long school holiday, because teachers
:02:43. > :02:49.Teachers who commonly work 56`60 hours a week
:02:50. > :02:53.on average over the 52`week year, are exhausted at the end of term.
:02:54. > :03:04.The headmistress said this would lead to better attendance.
:03:05. > :03:07.Anything that means fewer children taken out of school,
:03:08. > :03:12.Clearly the situation regarding attendance can't be proven
:03:13. > :03:15.because this is a new situation and we don't know about that.
:03:16. > :03:18.I agree that anything that improves attendance
:03:19. > :03:23.I am just not sure that shortening school holidays will do that.
:03:24. > :03:26.You don't think this is a good idea, do you?
:03:27. > :03:32.Julie Davies from the National Union of Teachers, talking earlier.
:03:33. > :03:36.The hunt for John Heald ` who police want to speak to
:03:37. > :03:39.in connection with the murder of a Bridlington guest housd owner `
:03:40. > :03:43.Today, police revealed that he's also
:03:44. > :03:46.wanted in connection with a serious sexual assault, which took place
:03:47. > :03:52.in South Yorkshire about a week before the murder of Bei Carter
:03:53. > :03:55.The number of patients waiting for hospital treatment in
:03:56. > :03:58.East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire has gone up by almost 10,000 people
:03:59. > :04:02.Our health correspondent Vicky Johnson has been looking
:04:03. > :04:07.After being referred by a doctor, the government says you shotld be
:04:08. > :04:11.But the number of people waiting longer th`n this
:04:12. > :04:15.has more than doubled at sole of our hospital trusts over the past year.
:04:16. > :04:20.Last May, there were 1866 people who had been waiting too long at
:04:21. > :04:28.At the same point this year, that number had almost doubled to 3669.
:04:29. > :04:33.That means out of a total waiting list of almost 38,000 peopld,
:04:34. > :04:42.Sheila Hall was first diagnosed with severe anaemia last August
:04:43. > :04:45.Her GP referred her to the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals
:04:46. > :04:48.for tests, which were eventually completed in January.
:04:49. > :04:52.She then spent more than six months waiting for another appointment to
:04:53. > :04:59.You just think you've got lost in the system and you do constantly
:05:00. > :05:05.worry that there may be some serious problem, and that in the tile you
:05:06. > :05:09.Sheila's experience is far from unique.
:05:10. > :05:12.There are now thousands of patients across East Yorkshire
:05:13. > :05:15.and Lincolnshire who are kept waiting longer than
:05:16. > :05:20.the government's target of 18 week referral to treatment times.
:05:21. > :05:23.Although nationally the Department of Health sees waiting times
:05:24. > :05:27.as a performance measure, for the individual patient it's an element
:05:28. > :05:32.of their own well`being, their own future, their own peace of lind so
:05:33. > :05:36.it is hugely important that if they are told they are having
:05:37. > :05:38.follow`up appointments and it will be within X weeks,
:05:39. > :05:43.Hospital managers insist they are working hard to improve
:05:44. > :05:49.This isn't a problem particular to our area.
:05:50. > :05:52.Other hospitals across the country are seeing the same increases.
:05:53. > :05:57.It seems to be a combination of rising patient demand combined with
:05:58. > :06:02.But some of our trusts have now agredd to
:06:03. > :06:05.invest more money on increasing both the number of outpatient clhnics
:06:06. > :06:14.The Commonwealth Games have just opened with a spectacular cdremony
:06:15. > :06:18.in Glasgow ` with ten athletes from East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
:06:19. > :06:23.Our sports reporter Simon Clark is there.
:06:24. > :06:30.What has the reaction been to the ceremony there?
:06:31. > :06:40.It was long, but it had plenty in it and here we have seen a combination
:06:41. > :06:46.of concert and noise and excitement, and even briefly the Queen's bat on
:06:47. > :06:48.and think of those athletes from East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire who
:06:49. > :06:51.have taken part in the biggdst East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire who
:06:52. > :06:57.have taken part in the biggest party that Scotland has laid on.
:06:58. > :06:59.Smart as smart could be, that was Glasgow this summer's evening.
:07:00. > :07:02.Many of Scotland's top acts performed, in a fine show,
:07:03. > :07:07.Then the athletes, a proud day for Anglo`Scot Dan Coultas,
:07:08. > :07:12.I was lucky enough to be selected for a trial for Scotland
:07:13. > :07:17.I never thought I would play for the senior team.
:07:18. > :07:25.Hull's Alex Smith hopes Glasgow can inspire him to gold in the hammer.
:07:26. > :07:28.You want to do your best in these events.
:07:29. > :07:35.Hopefully I'm in peak physical form in time for Glasgow.
:07:36. > :07:40.In the pool, look out for the Lincoln duo of Sophie Allen and her
:07:41. > :07:49.I am happy with what I see on paper, which is a great position to be in.
:07:50. > :07:53.You don't want to be thinking that is not quite me.
:07:54. > :07:58.Competition starts tomorrow with hockey, but the Games are under
:07:59. > :08:14.Let me tell you about the hockey. It involves Georgy Twigg, from Lincoln.
:08:15. > :08:17.England's women come into this competition after a very poor World
:08:18. > :08:21.Cup, so they need to put a marker in Cup, so they need to put a larker in
:08:22. > :08:28.the sand against Wales tomorrow. If the sand against Wales tomorrow. If
:08:29. > :08:35.they do well they could win a medal. Sorry that we are so late, but let
:08:36. > :08:41.better late than never. Now the weather forecast.
:08:42. > :08:45.It looks like tomorrow should be another lovely day, although there
:08:46. > :08:48.could still be some low clotd and mist persisting in some areas.
:08:49. > :08:50.That low cloud and mist pulling inland tonight,
:08:51. > :08:52.with the exception perhaps of the far south of Lincolnshire.
:08:53. > :08:55.Thursday, a grey start in places but the low
:08:56. > :09:00.A little bit of sea mist left across parts of the Yorkshire coast
:09:01. > :09:03.but in general visibility is better along the coast in the afternoon.
:09:04. > :09:06.Little to change things Friday and Saturday.
:09:07. > :09:26.Thank you for watching. We `re back in the morning. It is the morning!
:09:27. > :09:29.At 6:25am. Please join us then. I will see you at the same tile
:09:30. > :09:31.tomorrow night, goodbye. from the north. The national picture
:09:32. > :09:47.comes from Philip Avery. Unusually, I can say good morning.
:09:48. > :09:50.Wednesday has been noticeable for a number of reasons. From a
:09:51. > :09:55.meteorological point of view, it was the warmest day of the year for
:09:56. > :09:58.Wales and Northern Ireland. Nothing like it across the East of Scotland,
:09:59. > :10:02.where the temperature was locked firmly into the mid-teens thanks to
:10:03. > :10:08.the presence of the low cloud and fog. It is there again as it has
:10:09. > :10:12.been, making inroads through the Clyde Valley is, to the Tyne Valley
:10:13. > :10:19.and areas east of the Pennines. Another very close night, 17, 18 or
:10:20. > :10:22.19, something of that order. It will take some time on Thursday morning
:10:23. > :10:25.but we will see some of this low cloud creeping towards the eastern
:10:26. > :10:31.shores and into the north-east of England. Around the eastern shores
:10:32. > :10:34.of Scotland and the Northern Isles, it will stick. At the opposite end
:10:35. > :10:38.of the country, things may come together. Some moisture, breezes
:10:39. > :10:42.coming together and some heat, it could produce some violent and
:10:43. > :10:46.thundery showers. The risk of thunderstorms comes as far east as
:10:47. > :10:47.the Hampshire border. For many of