:00:08. > :00:16.Hello, good evening. The headlines from as this Monday night. Cancelled
:00:17. > :00:20.operations as our hospitals buckle under the winter pressures. We are
:00:21. > :00:25.up to 99% for which doesn't leave a lot of room for patients to come in.
:00:26. > :00:30.Tonight the call for all Humberside Police officers to be given Taser
:00:31. > :00:34.is, but campaigners say it is not right. I believe all front-line
:00:35. > :00:38.officers should have access to a Taser. This represents a fundamental
:00:39. > :00:42.change in the way that we are policed. And be unusable wintry
:00:43. > :00:49.spell of weather Jamie later with the updated forecast. -- join me
:00:50. > :00:51.later with the updated forecast. Dozens of operations have been
:00:52. > :00:53.postponed and hundreds of appointments cancelled
:00:54. > :01:01.after hospital bosses in Hull admitted they are
:01:02. > :01:03.running out of beds. Fewer than five emergency beds
:01:04. > :01:06.are unfilled in the whole of East Yorkshire where there's been
:01:07. > :01:09.a big rise in the number of very ill people are being
:01:10. > :01:11.admitted to hospital. It's a similar story in Lincolnshire
:01:12. > :01:13.where the ambulance service says When a new 24 bed ward was lifted
:01:14. > :01:20.into place at Hull Royal Infirmary it was promised extra beds
:01:21. > :01:23.would help to ease winter pressures. But, nearly two years since it
:01:24. > :01:25.opened, ambulances queue outside a hospital which continues
:01:26. > :01:28.to struggle to find This year we have had to cancel some
:01:29. > :01:37.operations and that's regretable. The doctors, nurses and other staff
:01:38. > :01:41.in the hospital have been working really,
:01:42. > :01:43.really hard to try and keep things going, but we have to look
:01:44. > :01:46.after our acutely unwell patients There are 416 emergency beds at Hull
:01:47. > :01:51.Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill. Almost all of them are
:01:52. > :01:53.being used right now. There are another 382 beds used
:01:54. > :01:59.by patients recovering from surgery, but 90% of these
:02:00. > :02:05.are full and that's why hospital bosses have had to postpone routine
:02:06. > :02:07.operations to free up beds and consultants for patients that
:02:08. > :02:11.need emergency care. And there's pressure too
:02:12. > :02:14.on services in Lincolnshire. The East Midlands Ambulance Service
:02:15. > :02:19.says it's been its busiest ever New Year and Union leaders say
:02:20. > :02:22.hospital staff are struggling. We did ask our members today what do
:02:23. > :02:27.they think would help the situation and do we need more nurses,
:02:28. > :02:32.and the response we got was we need more of everything,
:02:33. > :02:35.we need more of everything But this afternoon the Health
:02:36. > :02:42.Secretary told the House of Commons work is already underway to dissuade
:02:43. > :02:45.people from using A unnecessarily. NHS England and NHS Improvement
:02:46. > :02:49.will continue to explore ways to ensure that at least some
:02:50. > :02:53.of the patients who do not need to be in our A can be given good
:02:54. > :02:57.alternative options. And for the second time,
:02:58. > :02:59.one Lincolnshire MP has called for a radical change to the way
:03:00. > :03:04.the NHS is funded. I just wonder whether we don't need
:03:05. > :03:07.to start an honest discussion with the people about how
:03:08. > :03:09.we are going to devote more resources to health in this country,
:03:10. > :03:12.perhaps through social insurance models or even, God forbid,
:03:13. > :03:15.and I know people would agree with this, charging people who don't
:03:16. > :03:22.turn up for appointments. The Government says "distressed"
:03:23. > :03:24.health trusts will be able to take In busy hospitals like Hull such
:03:25. > :03:33.action has already been taken. Jill is outside the Hull
:03:34. > :03:36.Royal Infirmary tonight. What are health bosses
:03:37. > :03:50.telling people tonight? The trust which runs this hospital
:03:51. > :03:54.says it had to cancel around 60 operations last week in order to
:03:55. > :03:58.give its staff some breathing room so that they could cope with an
:03:59. > :04:03.influx of acutely unwell patients, and that decision, the trust said,
:04:04. > :04:07.was regrettable but it's only made in scenarios where it's deemed safe
:04:08. > :04:11.to postpone an operation. The message from the health trust here
:04:12. > :04:15.and echoed nationally by NHS England is that people who do become unwell
:04:16. > :04:23.should think very carefully about where they access health care and
:04:24. > :04:25.that people who come to hospitals like the one behind me and I'll
:04:26. > :04:26.should only be here if their condition is serious or
:04:27. > :04:29.life-threatening. The Humberside Police Federation
:04:30. > :04:31.is calling for all front line It's being claimed the use
:04:32. > :04:35.of Tasers, which use an electric shock to instantly immobilise
:04:36. > :04:37.an offender, is less The union which represents
:04:38. > :04:40.officers also claims they help keep their members
:04:41. > :04:44.and the public safe. A whole range of incidents,
:04:45. > :04:47.so from violent domestic incidents in the home to people out
:04:48. > :04:50.on the streets carrying weapons. We go out to protect
:04:51. > :05:02.the public every day, 24/7, so I am calling for the introduction
:05:03. > :05:05.of Tasers to all front-line officers to adequately protect themselves
:05:06. > :05:07.and members of the public from dealing with these
:05:08. > :05:16.sort of incidents. That what was the chairman of the
:05:17. > :05:20.Humberside Police Federation. Iain Gould is a solicitor
:05:21. > :05:22.who specialises in claims Tonight I asked him
:05:23. > :05:25.whether he agreed with the Humberside Police Federation
:05:26. > :05:27.that all officers should No, I think this represents
:05:28. > :05:31.a fundamental change in the way I don't think it's necessary
:05:32. > :05:35.and I think what we should be looking at is more officers
:05:36. > :05:38.on the beat rather than simply Why are you against something
:05:39. > :05:41.that the police themselves, themselves they will keep the public
:05:42. > :05:45.safe and keep the police safe. Well, I don't necessarily
:05:46. > :05:48.agree with that. I think that in my experience
:05:49. > :05:53.when an officer has a Taser gun it's I think that when an officer
:05:54. > :05:59.confront a situation he should be using first and foremost his
:06:00. > :06:03.best efforts to disarm If somebody is not doing anything
:06:04. > :06:09.wrong to prompt it than a Taser Maybe not, but unfortunately my
:06:10. > :06:20.experience there are too many times when a Taser has been deployed
:06:21. > :06:26.in inappropriate circumstances, causing unnecessary pain
:06:27. > :06:28.and discomfort to the individual concerned and I think in that
:06:29. > :06:31.situation that is only going to damage the reputation
:06:32. > :06:33.of the police and the confidence In many cases they are pulled
:06:34. > :06:38.and they are there as a deterrent, not necessarily fired,
:06:39. > :06:41.but as soon as they brought out You could argue that giving each
:06:42. > :06:45.and every officer a gun I just don't think it's necessary
:06:46. > :06:51.in this day and age. As I say, I think we live in a less
:06:52. > :06:55.violent society and our police force Don't say about more police officers
:06:56. > :07:00.because I except that you said that, Well, I don't have a problem
:07:01. > :07:07.with certain officers being deployed with Taser guns but they should be
:07:08. > :07:10.deployed to specially trained officers and in my experience
:07:11. > :07:13.there are too many officers out there who lack the proper
:07:14. > :07:19.temperament to carry such a weapon. That a criticism of
:07:20. > :07:21.the police, isn't it? It is a criticism of the police
:07:22. > :07:24.and it is a criticism of the training of those officers
:07:25. > :07:26.because unfortunately in my experience there are too many
:07:27. > :07:29.officers who seem to feel the use of the Taser is no different
:07:30. > :07:31.from laying your hands on an individual when in reality
:07:32. > :07:36.they are a dangerous weapon and that's recognised by the police
:07:37. > :07:40.and the IPCC themselves. Hull is the most popular
:07:41. > :07:50.tourist attraction in 340,000 people have visited Hull
:07:51. > :07:56.in the first week of it becoming City of Culture to see things
:07:57. > :07:59.like the giant wind turbine And the city and it's
:08:00. > :08:06.attractions are being talked The Norwegian people,
:08:07. > :08:10.when I mention Hull, they say very positive
:08:11. > :08:13.things about it. They know the colour of the T-shirts
:08:14. > :08:16.for the football team and they know about it being famous
:08:17. > :08:19.for its fishing as well, so in Norway people have been
:08:20. > :08:23.very positive about Hull One of Hull's biggest
:08:24. > :08:27.tourist attractions The Deep is looking for someone
:08:28. > :08:32.to look after the day-to-day Whoever takes over will
:08:33. > :08:42.get a ?100,000 salary. Hull City will play Fulham
:08:43. > :08:45.in the next round of the FA Cup. While Lincoln City could also
:08:46. > :08:48.face a Championship side The Imps got Brighton
:08:49. > :08:52.at Sincil Bank in tonight's draw. They still have to beat Ipswich
:08:53. > :08:55.though to get there after the two Obviously, Brighton,
:08:56. > :09:05.top of the championship. obviously we've got to get past
:09:06. > :09:11.a very good Ipswich team so we're not getting too carried away
:09:12. > :09:14.here but we enjoyed the draw. I think we'll be looking
:09:15. > :09:16.forward to playing Brighton if we can beat Ipswich,
:09:17. > :09:18.I think we'll fancy We were hoping for
:09:19. > :09:24.Manchester United or It's all right, could be
:09:25. > :09:27.better, we could have got an Arsenal or Man U way, that
:09:28. > :09:30.would've been nice, but, you know, we're just enjoy the
:09:31. > :09:41.ride at the minute. Let us get the forecast for Tuesday
:09:42. > :09:47.with the details from Paul. Good evening. A cold snap on the way
:09:48. > :09:51.the second half of the week. It will be windy with snow showers towards
:09:52. > :09:55.Thursday and Friday for some of us. This is what is happening. A broad
:09:56. > :09:59.westerly at the moment with the airflow coming down from the north
:10:00. > :10:04.or the north-west. It brings a scattering of sleet and snow showers
:10:05. > :10:09.are quite a few areas. It is mostly fine and we will have the odd shower
:10:10. > :10:13.coming in from the West. We will have the lowest temperatures tonight
:10:14. > :10:18.or three or 4 degrees. Tomorrow it is a fairly dry and bright morning
:10:19. > :10:22.with sunshine around and I suspect cloud may increase later in the day.
:10:23. > :10:28.It could be thick enough to produce some spots of rain but for most of
:10:29. > :10:33.us it is fine and we will have the top temperatures of eight. The main
:10:34. > :10:37.feature of the weather is the very strong west or south west wind.
:10:38. > :10:41.Wednesday doesn't look too bad but it is much colder on Thursday and
:10:42. > :10:45.Friday with a cold wind and sunshine and scattered sleet and snow
:10:46. > :10:49.showers. When you wake in the morning don't forget the BBC local
:10:50. > :10:54.radio stations are on the air. Don't forget Park Street Bridge in
:10:55. > :11:01.Hull is closed to traffic for the next three months which could cause
:11:02. > :11:02.you some problems in the morning. Radio Humberside will have all
:11:03. > :11:05.precipitation we get will be of a wintry nation and Thursday is one we
:11:06. > :11:07.have to watch out for. The wintry nation and Thursday is one we
:11:08. > :11:11.have to watch out for. The weekend outlook, it stays chilly with a
:11:12. > :11:12.northerly wind and possibly frosty nights. The national weather
:11:13. > :11:24.forecast now. Wet and windy weather across the
:11:25. > :11:28.western side of Scotland. Blood-pressure is in charge of the
:11:29. > :11:31.weather, lots of isobars and it remains windy overnight across
:11:32. > :11:35.northern and western parts of Scotland. It will blow a gale here.
:11:36. > :11:39.That is the north-west quadrant of the UK, that is where we expect most
:11:40. > :11:43.of the overnight rain. Within north-westerly breeze it is chilly
:11:44. > :11:47.and by the end of the night it is three or 4 degrees in major towns
:11:48. > :11:52.and cities, rural spots lower than that, and a risk of icy patches in
:11:53. > :11:56.some places. Across the eastern side of Scotland not much rain, more on
:11:57. > :12:01.the west, still breezy but not as windy as it is now. Northern Ireland
:12:02. > :12:06.will be fairly cloudy with some rain in the morning, not much in northern
:12:07. > :12:08.England but some in the Pennines, but for the it will be