:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:00. > :00:13.Guilty - a court decides a 15-year-old girl murdered
:00:14. > :00:17.Elizabeth Edwards and her d`ughter Katie in Spalding.
:00:18. > :00:19.The girl will be sentenced `long with a 15-year-old boy
:00:20. > :00:25.who pleaded guilty to the mtrders which shocked a community.
:00:26. > :00:31.I hope he gets locked up and they throw the key away. I will be
:00:32. > :00:35.honest, I really do. She did not deserve that, she was a nicd lady.
:00:36. > :00:38.A huge rise in ambulances having to queue
:00:39. > :00:49.When we cannot release ambulance crews in a timely manner thdre is a
:00:50. > :00:51.direct impact on the servicd and of course in the community.
:00:52. > :00:54.Dawn chorus - the birdwatchdrs flocking to the Lincolnshird coast
:00:55. > :01:01.More showers in the forecast tomorrow as well. I will be back
:01:02. > :01:08.later with all the details. This is Elizabeth Edwards
:01:09. > :01:12.and her 13-year-old daughter Katie. Both were murdered as they slept
:01:13. > :01:14.in their beds Today at Nottingham Crown Court
:01:15. > :01:19.a 15-year-old girl was found guilty of their murder along
:01:20. > :01:21.with her former boyfriend who'd Both were just 14 at
:01:22. > :01:30.the time of the killings. Tonight we'll be live with our
:01:31. > :01:33.reporter Leanne Brown, who's been in court throughout
:01:34. > :01:45.the five day trial. These murders were born out of an
:01:46. > :01:47.intense relationship and carefully planned...
:01:48. > :01:52.where the town is still tryhng to come to terms with what happened
:01:53. > :02:01.People tell me they are the shops now as they were back in April when
:02:02. > :02:02.they learned the full horror of what happened here.
:02:03. > :02:05.And we'll be asking a criminologist why such young teenagers cotld have
:02:06. > :02:07.been driven to commit such violent crimes.
:02:08. > :02:09.We start tonight though at Nottingham Crown Court
:02:10. > :02:22.The girl showed no emotion `t all when the verdict was read ott but
:02:23. > :02:28.there were cries and gusts from the public gallery. The jury took only
:02:29. > :02:33.2.5 hours to reach the verdhct, one of guilty on two counts of lurder. I
:02:34. > :02:35.have been here throughout this five-day trial at Nottinghal Crown
:02:36. > :02:39.Court in which the jury heard graphic details about what happened
:02:40. > :02:44.to Elizabeth Edwards and her 13-year-old daughter, Katie. It was
:02:45. > :02:48.the boy who carried out the act stabbing them in the throat and
:02:49. > :02:54.targeting their voice boxes so they would not scream. He smothered them
:02:55. > :02:59.with a pillow as well. The court heard she was the driving force
:03:00. > :03:04.helping to plan it and watch it It was a crime that has shocked on many
:03:05. > :03:07.levels, not only because of their age, but the brutality and the fact
:03:08. > :03:15.that even today no remorse has been shown. The lives of a loving mother
:03:16. > :03:21.and daughter destroyed by two teenage killers. Liz was st`bbed
:03:22. > :03:27.eight times and her daughter twice with a 20 centimetre kitchen knife.
:03:28. > :03:31.It was then left in Katie's bedroom. In an interview the 15-year,old girl
:03:32. > :03:34.revealed there was a bag of knives. She said a gun would have bden
:03:35. > :03:39.easier but we do not really have many in this country, so knhves were
:03:40. > :03:48.the easier option. I picked up the medium knife...
:03:49. > :03:54.The boy carried out the att`ck but the pair plans the killings together
:03:55. > :03:58.on the 10th of April. They `ttempted to carry them out on Monday and
:03:59. > :04:03.Tuesday but it was not until Wednesday night the murders took
:04:04. > :04:08.place. On Thursday, friends and the police visited the house, btt there
:04:09. > :04:11.was no response. Police rettrned again on Friday the 15th of April
:04:12. > :04:16.and found both of them dead in their beds. They had been there for around
:04:17. > :04:22.36 hours before they were discovered. Described as rational
:04:23. > :04:27.and cold, what happened had a devastating effect on the f`mily.
:04:28. > :04:30.What makes this case even more shocking is that these two were 14
:04:31. > :04:36.years of age when they planned and committed these callous, senseless
:04:37. > :04:42.and unprovoked attacks on Elizabeth and Katie. This case has left a
:04:43. > :04:46.number of lives in ruins. After the killings of the girl was sedn by a
:04:47. > :04:53.sick are dressed. She told him, iPod laid-back about what we had done...
:04:54. > :04:58.It was also revealed her relationship with the boy w`s a
:04:59. > :05:04.ticking time bomb and Doctor Joseph said if they had not...
:05:05. > :05:10.The jury heard how the teen`ged couple had a bath and watch the
:05:11. > :05:15.vampire film Twilight after the killings. They now have the
:05:16. > :05:20.notoriety of being labelled the youngest ever British coupld to be
:05:21. > :05:24.convicted of a double murder. The pair cannot be named for legal
:05:25. > :05:28.reasons. They have been rem`nded in secure accommodation and will be
:05:29. > :05:33.sentenced in November. In wrapping up proceedings today the judge
:05:34. > :05:39.thanked the jury for their service and said it had been an excdptional
:05:40. > :05:43.case in many ways. The Brown reporting.
:05:44. > :05:45.Spalding is a quiet market town in Lincolnshire which has bden left
:05:46. > :05:47.stunned by the killings of Elizabeth Edwards
:05:48. > :05:50.Our reporter Kate Sweeting is there this evening.
:05:51. > :05:57.What's been the reaction to today's verdict.
:05:58. > :06:03.As you say, this is a rural market town in Lincolnshire which has heard
:06:04. > :06:08.graphic details about the mtrder of a well liked mother and daughter.
:06:09. > :06:12.They were murdered by two children growing up in the town, a ghrl and
:06:13. > :06:17.boy, and we heard the girl had a grudge against one of her vhctims,
:06:18. > :06:20.the 49-year-old Elizabeth Edwards. Some of the people I've spoken to
:06:21. > :06:23.have been hostile to the media attention and you could say
:06:24. > :06:27.understandably so because it is a quiet place to live, now thrust into
:06:28. > :06:33.the media spotlight for the worst possible reason. What has h`ppened
:06:34. > :06:37.in this house has shocked at the local community. 49-year-old
:06:38. > :06:39.Elizabeth Edwards and her 13-year-old daughter Katie were
:06:40. > :06:45.stabbed in the neck and smothered while they slept. She was a lovely
:06:46. > :06:50.woman. I could not fault her in any way. I am not the only person that
:06:51. > :06:54.says that, loads of people say that. A young girl like that, she is
:06:55. > :06:59.lovely, a stunning girl. Th`t is how her life ended, should not have
:07:00. > :07:03.ended like that. Sheena and Susan have set up a memorial wherd
:07:04. > :07:08.residents can remember a popular mother and daughter. Just for me she
:07:09. > :07:12.was funny and she did not know she was funny. You never saw Katie
:07:13. > :07:19.without a smile. Never saw her miserable. Always smiling. Dlizabeth
:07:20. > :07:24.was a dinner lady and this primary School. When she do not turn up for
:07:25. > :07:28.work concern was raised. Shd would always drop a letter in with one of
:07:29. > :07:32.the mums going by and say, just drop that into the school, she would
:07:33. > :07:35.always let people know. I w`s a bit concerned she had not been hn but
:07:36. > :07:40.not actually realising how serious it was. The pair lay dead for a day
:07:41. > :07:43.and a half before they were discovered by police. Jane was a
:07:44. > :07:51.friend but also knew the tednagers who killed them. Scum. I have got
:07:52. > :07:55.nothing to say. I hope they get locked up and they throw thd key
:07:56. > :07:58.away. I'll be honest, I really do, she was a nice lady, did not deserve
:07:59. > :08:02.that. They have got to be accountable for what they h`ve done.
:08:03. > :08:07.Erasing the tragedy of what happened will be difficult but residdnts are
:08:08. > :08:08.determined to remember Liz `nd Katie as a kind, funny and loving mother
:08:09. > :08:19.and daughter. As you saw in my report fridnds and
:08:20. > :08:22.family of lives and Katie h`ve put up memorial plaques in this garden
:08:23. > :08:28.where they can come and remdmber them. From your friends fordver in
:08:29. > :08:32.our hearts, Katie is singing and playing with the angels. We heard
:08:33. > :08:36.Katie loved singing and lovd drama. This is a tragedy which will stay in
:08:37. > :08:40.the minds of people here for a long time to come. Thank you, Kate in
:08:41. > :08:42.Spalding. Earlier I spoke to Dr Franchs Pakes,
:08:43. > :08:45.a criminologist who specialhses in youth crime, and asked hhm how
:08:46. > :08:48.two young people who'd been together for less than a year could conspire
:08:49. > :09:00.to commit such an act? It is quite an extraordinarx set of
:09:01. > :09:06.events. It is something which is so uncommon that at first it bdggars
:09:07. > :09:08.belief. It does make you wonder about the extraordinary
:09:09. > :09:13.interpersonal dynamics which must have taken place. Can being in a
:09:14. > :09:23.pair or a group be different in what people will do to... Compardd to
:09:24. > :09:26.being on your own? Behaviour in a group is essentially differdnt from
:09:27. > :09:30.individual behaviour becausd of the dynamics between the individuals.
:09:31. > :09:35.One of the psychological phdnomenon I was reminded in learning `bout
:09:36. > :09:41.case is the so-called risky shipped, that small groups can come to
:09:42. > :09:45.decisions and behaviours whhch are simply more extreme and dangerous
:09:46. > :09:49.than individuals by themselves. How shocked are you by the eviddnce by
:09:50. > :09:55.the psychiatrist that the ghrl showed absolutely no remorsd, or did
:09:56. > :10:01.not look upset in the conversation? It is quite extraordinary. This
:10:02. > :10:05.whole case is of an extraordinary nature and that makes it very
:10:06. > :10:08.difficult to understand. I understand there was a cert`in calm
:10:09. > :10:14.in the planning and preparation of the event and a sense of relief and
:10:15. > :10:17.calm on behalf of the defendant afterwards. That is the last you
:10:18. > :10:22.would expect, particularly from individuals as young as in this
:10:23. > :10:26.case. Everybody watching tonight will be asking, they will bd
:10:27. > :10:31.staggered that a 14-year-old girl, or boy, could do something like
:10:32. > :10:35.this. We must remember how extraordinary this is. It is not
:10:36. > :10:41.that children never kill because on occasions they do. They tend to be a
:10:42. > :10:46.few cases each year in this country. We know in principle they are
:10:47. > :10:50.capable. What is even more rare is this calm preparation and the sense
:10:51. > :10:57.of calm and emotion being lhmited to relief. It suggests even at this
:10:58. > :11:03.young age these individuals have felt a strong sense of alienation
:11:04. > :11:07.from mainstream values and alienation from society as ` whole.
:11:08. > :11:10.Very good to talk to you tonight. Thank you for your time. Other
:11:11. > :11:16.news... Staff in Immingham and Hull
:11:17. > :11:18.are waiting to hear whether they'll be affected by job losses at DB
:11:19. > :11:21.Cargo. The company is planning
:11:22. > :11:23.to make almost 900 workers Unions say they want
:11:24. > :11:26.to speak to the management DB Cargo has blamed a fall hn rail
:11:27. > :11:32.freight traffic for its dechsion. The first phase of a new flood
:11:33. > :11:37.defence system designed to protect A 520 metre glass wall has been
:11:38. > :11:42.built to defend the village It's part of a three
:11:43. > :11:45.and a half million pound project to ease the risk of floods
:11:46. > :11:52.across Hull and the East Riding It protects the people of Paull
:11:53. > :11:56.from tidal events on the Hulber We had a recent one in 2013
:11:57. > :11:59.which was a close shave. This hopefully now provides
:12:00. > :12:01.the protection and the reassurance for the community but it is also
:12:02. > :12:04.part of a wider package. It's never enough,
:12:05. > :12:07.you can always do more, But from what we can see
:12:08. > :12:12.at the moment this protects An MEP from the East Midlands has
:12:13. > :12:19.defended a Hull based UKIP politician over claims
:12:20. > :12:21.he punched a rival. Steven Woolfe left UKIP yesterday
:12:22. > :12:25.after claiming he was hit during a row with Mike Hookdm,
:12:26. > :12:27.who represents Yorkshire Mr Hookem told the BBC he h`dn't
:12:28. > :12:33.landed a punch and that's bden I did not see the actual
:12:34. > :12:41.action because it was in I was in the room when
:12:42. > :12:45.the meeting was taking placd. Steven Woolfe returned
:12:46. > :12:46.to the meeting. He sort of fell into the room
:12:47. > :12:52.but he immediately got up, resumed his seat, talked normally
:12:53. > :12:54.and I personally could see no sign The number
:12:55. > :13:08.of ambulances waiting over `n hour And the early bird catches the worm
:13:09. > :13:16.- birdwatchers flock to the Lincolnshire coast to see
:13:17. > :13:29.a special migration. Keep your photographs coming into
:13:30. > :13:32.night. That was taken by Andrew sunset at the Humber Bridge. Thank
:13:33. > :13:37.you very much indeed for th`t. One minute they blackened night and then
:13:38. > :13:44.the sun is out. Let's get the forecast. Also quite cold, wasn t
:13:45. > :13:47.it, Peter? Chile and autumn`l and heavy downpours. We will sthll have
:13:48. > :13:54.some shelves tomorrow. Most focused in eastern areas. -- showers. A
:13:55. > :13:57.number of rainbows. High prdssure will build from the West through the
:13:58. > :14:04.week but low-pressure sitting out to the east, meaning along the coast we
:14:05. > :14:09.could get this from BC, quite breezy and showery and inland we whll have
:14:10. > :14:12.some pleasant autumnal days, cool and misty mornings and dry `nd
:14:13. > :14:18.bright afternoons. We can sde on these pictures, this will p`ss
:14:19. > :14:21.through and we have got this big area of showers really giving
:14:22. > :14:27.downpours, they will continte to clear up this evening. Tonight is
:14:28. > :14:30.not bad at all, dry, fine and broken cloud, wind lightening a little and
:14:31. > :14:35.allowing shallow mist patchds to develop. Cooler in the countryside.
:14:36. > :14:42.A chilly start I think to the day tomorrow, particularly relate. The
:14:43. > :14:48.sun will rise in the morning at 737, setting at 554, high water times of
:14:49. > :14:52.this evening... We starts tomorrow on a pleasant note and throtghout
:14:53. > :14:56.there will be a good deal of dry bright weather with spells of
:14:57. > :14:59.sunshine. You can see as it progresses some showers cropping up,
:15:00. > :15:05.hit and miss for the inland areas, on the coast when it is windy, you
:15:06. > :15:10.are more likely to catch a number of showers but we will have gaps and
:15:11. > :15:14.sunshine in between. Temper`ture is perhaps a touch higher than today,
:15:15. > :15:20.getting up to around 12 or 03 degrees, 13 is 55 Fahrenheit. The
:15:21. > :15:25.coast this week, always mord risk of catching windy conditions and some
:15:26. > :15:29.showers, and further inland you are, a bit more in the way pleas`nt
:15:30. > :15:32.autumnal sunshine. Thank yot very much indeed.
:15:33. > :15:35.The number of patients being kept waiting for more than an hotr
:15:36. > :15:38.in ambulances outside A h`s more than trebled in two years at some
:15:39. > :15:40.hospitals in our area according to new figures obtained
:15:41. > :15:44.Ambulances should be able to hand over patients to A staff
:15:45. > :15:48.Hospital managers say they're working hard to tackle the delays
:15:49. > :15:58.as our health correspondent, Vicky Johnson now reports.
:15:59. > :16:03.Ambulances queueing up outside our hospitals,
:16:04. > :16:05.an increasingly common sight as emergency departments get
:16:06. > :16:11.The government target for handovers is
:16:12. > :16:13.15 minutes and hospitals face penalties of up to ?1,000 for every
:16:14. > :16:18.It is not a good experience for the patients
:16:19. > :16:24.ambulance or on a trolley in hospital waiting to be handdd over
:16:25. > :16:27.but more importantly we havd patients in the community w`iting
:16:28. > :16:28.for an ambulance response and clearly
:16:29. > :16:30.we are unable to respond in
:16:31. > :16:33.the timeframe we are required to do so.
:16:34. > :16:42.The East Midlands service s`y over 6,000 patients were
:16:43. > :16:44.left waiting more than one hour outside emergency
:16:45. > :16:52.Latest figures show the number had trebled to more than 18,000.
:16:53. > :16:54.In the same period the Yorkshire ambulance
:16:55. > :16:55.service report there were
:16:56. > :16:57.1,400 patients waiting more than 60 minutes,
:16:58. > :17:01.Managers at Lincoln County say some of the delays were because of a
:17:02. > :17:06.shortage of beds elsewhere in the hospital.
:17:07. > :17:13.Today we've got about 40 patients on-site medically fit for
:17:14. > :17:16.discharge who could go to another place of care if there was capacity
:17:17. > :17:20.All that culminated in a problem with a and E
:17:21. > :17:21.were the bottleneck is
:17:22. > :17:22.and why we sometimes see people waiting.
:17:23. > :17:26.Here in Scunthorpe staff introduced a handover system six months ago.
:17:27. > :17:28.You're met by a nurse who can do a handover,
:17:29. > :17:34.do a quick assessment and
:17:35. > :17:36.initiate initial treatment or assess if patients
:17:37. > :17:42.go to a specialist unit or if they need to see
:17:43. > :17:45.We used to have around six patients a day
:17:46. > :17:49.waiting over the 60 minutes, that is right down to one.
:17:50. > :17:52.In times obviously when we `re busy it is difficult.
:17:53. > :17:53.Paramedics from East Midlands service say
:17:54. > :17:56.difference in turnaround tiles at Northern Lincolnshire hospitals and
:17:57. > :17:59.say they hope the scheme will soon be adopted
:18:00. > :18:15.We will ask for your views on this one in just a moment.
:18:16. > :18:17.Jon Ashworth is the Shadow Health Secretary.
:18:18. > :18:20.I spoke to him earlier and `sked him why he was describing
:18:21. > :18:30.I think it indicates the crhsis in a and E departments where it has got
:18:31. > :18:32.massive pressure because of the financial mismanagement of the NHS
:18:33. > :18:37.and also because of issues `ffecting the social care sector. Last week an
:18:38. > :18:41.independent report said it was on the verge of tipping point. What we
:18:42. > :18:45.are saying is these ambulance waiting times are not on, not what
:18:46. > :18:50.patients expect. We want ministers to get a grip quickly. When Labour
:18:51. > :18:55.left power you are putting just 100 billion into the NHS and last year
:18:56. > :19:01.the Conservative government put 120 million. -- just 100 million. It is
:19:02. > :19:06.not just money. Is that the point you were trying to make? It is not
:19:07. > :19:09.just how the money is managdd but also the fact that the Consdrvatives
:19:10. > :19:14.in six years cut quite deeply into the social care budgets thex give to
:19:15. > :19:17.the local councils. But thex are putting more into the NHS. Hn the
:19:18. > :19:22.last election they promised more money than Labor Day. How would you
:19:23. > :19:27.do things differently and m`ke it right? -- Labour Party did. I'm not
:19:28. > :19:33.making a political point. I making a point on the behalf of patidnts
:19:34. > :19:36.waiting for more than one hour. If you cut as the Conservative
:19:37. > :19:39.government has done that will impact on the NHS because people nded to
:19:40. > :19:44.leave their hospitals and bdds and moved to the social care sector but
:19:45. > :19:48.the capacity is not there bdcause of the deep cuts we have seen hn social
:19:49. > :19:54.care. More broadly, the govdrnment say they will be making ?22 billion
:19:55. > :19:56.of efficiencies, but in a lot of cases it means cuts. A government
:19:57. > :20:02.minister yesterday was talkhng about cutting many community pharlacies
:20:03. > :20:07.across Yorkshire and Humber. -- ministers were talking about. A cut
:20:08. > :20:11.would be governed are going to introduce will probably havd a
:20:12. > :20:16.greater financial impact on the NHS. These are the decisions we want them
:20:17. > :20:20.to think again upon. What would you do differently if you were `ctually
:20:21. > :20:25.the health secretary? We have got to look at how the finances ard
:20:26. > :20:30.managed. Would you put more money into the NHS than you did l`st time?
:20:31. > :20:36.Because last time you were being beaten by the Conservatives. There
:20:37. > :20:39.is no question the NHS needs more money. A lot of senior Consdrvative
:20:40. > :20:47.ministers in the cabinet did tell us some weeks ago we would get 350
:20:48. > :20:49.million for the NHS... That was not my question... I understand that,
:20:50. > :20:55.I'm asking if you would put more money in than the Conservathves if
:20:56. > :20:59.you were in power. We think the NHS needs greater financing than it has
:21:00. > :21:01.at the moment. Thank you very much indeed. The shadow health mhnister
:21:02. > :21:04.talking to me earlier. Let us know what you
:21:05. > :21:08.think about this story. What's the solution to treating
:21:09. > :21:12.ambulance patients more quickly Is there ONE simple fix to this
:21:13. > :21:25.or is it a combination of m`ny This is how to get in touch. Is
:21:26. > :21:31.money the answer or is it a vicious circle leading to more problems The
:21:32. > :21:38.address is there. The text number... Or follow me on Twitter... Nice and
:21:39. > :21:39.quick on that story and we will have some before we finish at seven
:21:40. > :21:40.o'clock. Thanks to everyone who's bedn
:21:41. > :21:43.in touch about the business leaders in East Yorkshire claiming that
:21:44. > :21:45.small firms are being let down by the rapid
:21:46. > :21:47.closure of bank branches. The Federation of Small Bushnesses
:21:48. > :21:49.has warned that small and medium sized businesses -
:21:50. > :21:52.many of which deal in cash and cheques -
:21:53. > :21:54.face tough challenges as br`nches Always a very emotive issue. Thank
:21:55. > :22:43.you very much for those. Hull trains has won
:22:44. > :22:48.the Rail Operator of the Ye`r award The company, which launched
:22:49. > :22:52.in the year 2000, says it's down to continual investment
:22:53. > :23:02.in its trains and improvements We knew we had a business and
:23:03. > :23:06.product performing for the customers but winning it is unusual. We are a
:23:07. > :23:11.relatively small business for the rail industry, up against l`rge
:23:12. > :23:14.franchises, government franchises, so winning something when wd are a
:23:15. > :23:19.much smaller business is a great endorsement to our people and great
:23:20. > :23:21.for the city as well. It certainly is, congratulations Hull tr`ins
:23:22. > :23:24.In football, Scunthorpe United could go seven points clear
:23:25. > :23:32.Athletic is on Radio Humberside from 7:45.
:23:33. > :23:34.BBC Radio Lincolnshire has Lincoln City's FA Cup
:23:35. > :23:38.They've also got reports from the FA Cup replay featuring Stamford.
:23:39. > :23:43.Cleethorpes has reached the finals of the great
:23:44. > :23:49.Sea View street is in the top three in the coastal community category,
:23:50. > :23:51.out of dozens of entries from across the country.
:23:52. > :23:53.Organisers are encouraging people to vote online
:23:54. > :24:01.It's just wonderful news for Cleethorpes.
:24:02. > :24:03.It's a great opportunity for us to showcase just
:24:04. > :24:05.how good Seaview Street is and Cleethorpes as a whole,
:24:06. > :24:09.There are no chains along hdre, it is boutique style.
:24:10. > :24:13.If you feel a little bit we`ry, pop inside
:24:14. > :24:16.and have a cup of coffee or sandwich at the lovely bistros
:24:17. > :24:26.You can't go to a better place for your shopping.
:24:27. > :24:32.Starting in Wales and Falmotth in is also on the short list. So,
:24:33. > :24:38.Cleethorpes is up there. Yot can vote for Cleethorpes online.
:24:39. > :24:41.It was an early start this lorning for hundreds of bird watchers
:24:42. > :24:44.who gathered on the East Co`st for a special event organisdd
:24:45. > :24:47.The 'High Tide Breakfast' at Gibraltar Point near Skegness
:24:48. > :24:50.was organised to allow people to see some of the tens of thousands
:24:51. > :24:52.of migrating birds which are currently feeding
:24:53. > :24:57.Our Environment Correspondent Paul Murphy was there.
:24:58. > :25:04.Dawn over the Lincolnshire wash an area renowned for birdlife `nd as
:25:05. > :25:08.high tide coincided with first light, the bird-watchers were here,
:25:09. > :25:12.as well. They were hoping for a glimpse of something special. The
:25:13. > :25:16.birds we have seen and weather flocks... They migrate all the way
:25:17. > :25:21.from the Arctic, which is astonishing and I find it
:25:22. > :25:25.astonishing. They sometimes spend winter in the Wash. They spdnt high
:25:26. > :25:31.tide out there in big numbers. Possibly anything up to abott 8 ,000
:25:32. > :25:36.birds. 80,000? 80,000, coming at the height of the tide. The event
:25:37. > :25:38.organised at the Gibraltar point visitors centre is called the high
:25:39. > :25:44.tide breakfast. It has provdd popular. The weather has turned a
:25:45. > :25:47.little bit for the worse. It was cold earlier and now it is cold wet
:25:48. > :25:52.and windy but it is great bdcause we can come to the centre, warl up
:25:53. > :25:56.again and enjoy breakfast. Ht is the peak time of year for bird
:25:57. > :26:00.migration. This has been ond of the highest tides of the year and it has
:26:01. > :26:06.come in over thousands of acres of mud flat and driven migrating birds
:26:07. > :26:10.inland. Unfortunately it is also brought the rain with it. Bhrds are
:26:11. > :26:16.expected to continue flocking here throughout the winter months. The
:26:17. > :26:19.wildlife trust said the new visitor centre has played a big part in
:26:20. > :26:26.bringing many more people into the special place.
:26:27. > :26:32.Let's get a recap of the national and regional headlines
:26:33. > :26:34.A 15-year-old girl is found guilty of murdering
:26:35. > :26:36.Elizabeth Edwards and her daughter Katie in Spalding.
:26:37. > :26:39.The teenager will be sentenced along with a 15-year-old boy who pleaded
:26:40. > :26:42.guilty to the murders which shocked a community.
:26:43. > :26:44.The weather tomorrow - plenty of dry weather
:26:45. > :26:49.through the morning with sunny spells.
:26:50. > :26:51.Showers will develop though, most frequent in eastern ardas
:26:52. > :27:03.That is 55 Fahrenheit. We are talking about the waiting thme for
:27:04. > :27:07.ambulances outside accident and emergency. Responses are coling in.
:27:08. > :27:09.Carol, if they sorted it out properly and put money in instead of
:27:10. > :27:15.cutting budgets and closing care homes, and respite places, they
:27:16. > :27:19.might be able to organise hospitals better. Steve, it is a growhng
:27:20. > :27:25.population, not just the elderly. We need to admit immigration is also a
:27:26. > :27:29.factor. Finally, Margaret, how on earth does anybody expect this
:27:30. > :27:35.situation to improve when wd have a rapidly growing population but not
:27:36. > :27:38.enough hospital staff? An elotive issue, still coming in, thank you
:27:39. > :27:43.for them and thank you for watching. Have a nice evening. Join us later
:27:44. > :27:46.if you can at half past ten, if not, I will see you tomorrow night at
:27:47. > :27:48.half past six as usual. Goodbye for now.