:00:00. > :00:00.Smokers and obese people could be given and some NHS surgery if they
:00:00. > :00:00.do not change their ways. Don't forget to join me for the
:00:00. > :00:14.updated week ahead forecast. Mothers of seriously ill children
:00:15. > :00:18.born at Boston hospital in Lincolnshire say they will fight
:00:19. > :00:20.to keep a full maternity They fear that babies could be
:00:21. > :00:28.at a risk if services are centralised in Lincoln -
:00:29. > :00:30.an hour's drive away. But hospital bosses say it
:00:31. > :00:32.would actually be safer. All these babies were cared
:00:33. > :00:39.for at Boston's Pilgrim Hospital. But, in future, mums who are risk
:00:40. > :00:44.of having a difficult birth could he stopped
:00:45. > :00:46.from having their babies in Boston and told to drive the 35 miles
:00:47. > :00:51.to Lincoln to give birth instead. That is because plans leaked
:00:52. > :00:56.to the BBC and later confirmed show that key maternity services
:00:57. > :01:00.could be centralised. That means that women
:01:01. > :01:05.with complicated pregnancies and premature babies will have
:01:06. > :01:08.to drive around one hour # We wish you a merry
:01:09. > :01:14.Christmas # ... The children at this party
:01:15. > :01:17.where all cared for by the neonatal This is Naomi,
:01:18. > :01:22.she is two and a half. She was born very suddenly and early
:01:23. > :01:29.at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston. My daughter was born floppy
:01:30. > :01:31.and blue, not breathing. Without that, she would not have
:01:32. > :01:40.even survived the birth. Like Naomi, Elliott and Erin
:01:41. > :01:43.were also born at Pilgrim Hospital. And for their parents,
:01:44. > :01:45.having care nearby was vital. When these decided they were going
:01:46. > :01:48.to come into the world, And that 15 minutes to get from one
:01:49. > :01:55.side of town to the other was as much as I really wanted
:01:56. > :01:58.to cope with, never mind having to try and get in the car
:01:59. > :02:01.and travel all the way This isn't about us wanting to keep
:02:02. > :02:05.it at our convenience. This is about us wanting to keep it
:02:06. > :02:08.because it is our local hospital. And it's not just used
:02:09. > :02:10.by the people of Boston. It's used by mums in Spalding,
:02:11. > :02:14.in Skegness, maybe even in Louth, in all these little
:02:15. > :02:15.towns and villages. Last week, county councillors voted
:02:16. > :02:18.against the health plans, which could also see
:02:19. > :02:22.Grantham's A closed. What we are doing at the moment,
:02:23. > :02:26.we are making our services safe If we don't do that and make
:02:27. > :02:31.changes that are required, I'm concerned we may not be able
:02:32. > :02:34.to run these services into the next ten, 15 years
:02:35. > :02:37.as safely as we should. Well, health managers say
:02:38. > :02:41.that their services are safe now but they cannot guarantee that
:02:42. > :02:43.will be the case They say that Lincolnshire's
:02:44. > :02:53.hospitals are struggling to attract the number of staff needed
:02:54. > :02:55.for their maternity departments. But, at the moment, a final
:02:56. > :02:57.decision has not been made. And bosses say that will not happen
:02:58. > :03:00.until the public has been Lincolnshire County Council has
:03:01. > :03:08.become the latest group I spoke to leader Martin Hill
:03:09. > :03:13.and asked him why the council was taking a view when it
:03:14. > :03:17.couldn't change anything. Well, yes, first of all,
:03:18. > :03:21.there aren't cuts, actually. The Government, to be fair,
:03:22. > :03:23.is putting more money in. But the issue we have got is that
:03:24. > :03:27.some of the proposals which have come out of this recent document
:03:28. > :03:29.involve unwelcome changes to both One paediatrician at Lincoln County
:03:30. > :03:37.has said that not making changes to the service puts babies at risk
:03:38. > :03:39.because of a lack of And the NHS in Lincolnshire
:03:40. > :03:45.could have an almost ?200 million But you have to remember
:03:46. > :03:51.the geography of Lincolnshire. So the issues, if you start looking
:03:52. > :04:02.and maternity services in Boston, for example, you have got to make
:04:03. > :04:05.sure that where there is a sudden problem, say,
:04:06. > :04:10.somewhere near Boston, they are going to be able to get
:04:11. > :04:13.to the right place very quickly. With the greatest of respect,
:04:14. > :04:16.you are the leader of the council. So, won't people be saying,
:04:17. > :04:21.why is he involved? We have a duty to represent
:04:22. > :04:24.and stand up for the This is sort of a pre-consultation
:04:25. > :04:28.document and we are quite clear that although there are some things
:04:29. > :04:30.we welcome in this document, there are many things
:04:31. > :04:32.which we would find unacceptable We have to stand up
:04:33. > :04:36.for their view as well. I mean, the parents think,
:04:37. > :04:38.as we have heard today, that the cuts at the maternity unit
:04:39. > :04:41.put mums and babies at risk. Do you agree with that?
:04:42. > :04:44.Well, there are two proposals. One is better, and I think you have
:04:45. > :04:52.to get to the position where babies are born safely but also,
:04:53. > :04:55.if there is a sudden emergency, that They say that they have not
:04:56. > :04:59.made a final decision. What would be your
:05:00. > :05:01.message to them tonight? Well, I think there are some
:05:02. > :05:03.proposals we would find unacceptable, particularly
:05:04. > :05:05.at Grantham and Boston hospitals and some of the other issues around
:05:06. > :05:07.the smaller hospitals. So we would say, think again,
:05:08. > :05:10.and then I think there can be support for some
:05:11. > :05:12.of the other proposals. Councillor Hill, very
:05:13. > :05:30.good to talk to you. We will continue to fall that story
:05:31. > :05:30.on the programme. -- follow that story.
:05:31. > :05:32.The Government has defended transferring prisoners involved
:05:33. > :05:36.Tensions were said to be high at the jail in Hull.
:05:37. > :05:38.Today in Westmimster, local MPs pressed for answers.
:05:39. > :05:41.Sarah, why were the prisoners transferred to Hull?
:05:42. > :05:44.They had to be moved from Birmingham because of the damage done
:05:45. > :05:48.during that riot on Friday - there need to be repairs.
:05:49. > :05:51.15 were moved to Hull and some were involved in two
:05:52. > :05:57.So in the Commons today, Hull MP Karl Turner told
:05:58. > :06:00.the Justice Secretary that prison officers had told him
:06:01. > :06:05.What can she do to assure the public and those prison officers
:06:06. > :06:14.I thank the honourable gentleman for his question.
:06:15. > :06:18.I have discussed this specific issue of Hull with the head
:06:19. > :06:27.They were dealt with and that issue is being dealt with across the full
:06:28. > :06:33.Have there been problems at any other prisons?
:06:34. > :06:35.There was also a disturbance yesterday at Cardiff Prison
:06:36. > :06:51.Hull North MP Diana Johnson asked if it had been right to move them,
:06:52. > :06:53.but the Justice Secretary said in this case it
:06:54. > :06:57.That is being very carefully managed by the prison service,
:06:58. > :06:59.who are experienced in dealing with those issues.
:07:00. > :07:01.There were incidents that were dealt with at HMP Hull.
:07:02. > :07:03.We are dealing with some very difficult individuals,
:07:04. > :07:05.but that is being very closely looked at.
:07:06. > :07:08.The Government's said there are now daily meetings with senior prison
:07:09. > :07:11.officials across the country keeping an eye out for potential violence.
:07:12. > :07:16.Obese people and smokers in Hull and East Yorkshire could be forced
:07:17. > :07:19.to wait for some operations on the NHS if they don't
:07:20. > :07:26.The idea is designed to cut costs and reduce pressure on services
:07:27. > :07:35.Margaret has had a lifelong struggle with her weight,
:07:36. > :07:46.She's concerned that delaying operations for obese people
:07:47. > :07:55.If someone is in a lot of pain and they are overweight...
:07:56. > :08:02.If I had to wait for six months to try and lose weight,
:08:03. > :08:06.I would not have been able to lose weight in that six months.
:08:07. > :08:12.These plans would affect people who need a non-emergency operation -
:08:13. > :08:16.Those with a body mass index of 35 and above would be
:08:17. > :08:27.Meanwhile, their operation would be postponed for six months.
:08:28. > :08:30.Health managers said it would have real benefits because the outcomes
:08:31. > :08:34.But money is a factor, too, with the NHS in this area
:08:35. > :08:38.having to save hundreds of millions of pounds.
:08:39. > :08:41.The idea's not new - a similar scheme in the Vale of York
:08:42. > :08:45.And criticisms remain, with some branding it unfair.
:08:46. > :08:49.We would feel that they should be assessed on an individual basis.
:08:50. > :08:52.I am sure we would all agree that stopping smoking
:08:53. > :08:56.The CCG rightfully has an interest in that.
:08:57. > :08:59.But to use it as a blanket ban to stop patients seeing a surgeon,
:09:00. > :09:03.The East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group told us
:09:04. > :09:06.it's looking at a number of measures to improve the health and wellbeing
:09:07. > :09:08.of patients and address the financial challenges it faces.
:09:09. > :09:10.A debate remains as to whether delaying treatment
:09:11. > :09:25.Not surprisingly, a lot of e-mails and texts on this story. Perhaps
:09:26. > :09:27.some of those tomorrow night at half past six. Now for the forecast with
:09:28. > :09:28.Paul. Well, it looks as though it will be
:09:29. > :09:33.quite quiet tomorrow. Brightening up with some nice
:09:34. > :09:35.sunshine, but a big change It is certainly going to be a very
:09:36. > :09:43.windy Christmas weekend to come. A little bit of patchy
:09:44. > :09:46.rain in places. A few breaks filtering up
:09:47. > :09:50.from the south, perhaps, Lowest temperatures
:09:51. > :09:53.around four or five. For tomorrow, a cloudy,
:09:54. > :09:55.possibly damp start. One or two spots of rain but it
:09:56. > :09:59.will soon become dry and we will see a lot of breaks filtering up
:10:00. > :10:02.from the south on a freshening Plenty of sunshine
:10:03. > :10:04.tomorrow afternoon. Sunshine and scattered
:10:05. > :10:07.showers on Wednesday. A nice day on Thursday, with wind
:10:08. > :10:18.and rain by the end of Friday. That is it from us tonight. Thank
:10:19. > :10:22.you for watching. Just a reminder that we will be here in the morning
:10:23. > :10:28.on BBC One with summaries from Look North from 6:25 a.m.. I will be back
:10:29. > :10:30.tomorrow night at half past six with Chudley's -- with Chudley's Look
:10:31. > :10:33.North. Join me The rest of the weekend, some rain
:10:34. > :10:41.around, windy, but with dry and bright spells.
:10:42. > :10:47.Heavy weather is brewing, it will not reach us just yet. It will take
:10:48. > :10:52.a good few days before the stormy weather reaches us. At the moment,
:10:53. > :10:56.it's just potential, nothing is certain, but it will be different to
:10:57. > :11:01.what we've had over the last few weeks, it's been so calm. We have a
:11:02. > :11:07.jet stream raging out of North America making a beeline for the UK.
:11:08. > :11:12.It has peaked at jet level height, blowing in excess of 200 mph, and it
:11:13. > :11:17.might whip up to max storms we are watching. Friday had coming close to
:11:18. > :11:18.northern Britain, and then another one on