:00:00. > :00:00.people over the age of 65 are getting married these days.
:00:00. > :00:10.The headlines tonight: After hospitals lose more
:00:11. > :00:12.than a hundred patient referrals, it's revealed health bosses tried
:00:13. > :00:31.They had been aware of some of these problems since June 2016 and clearly
:00:32. > :00:31.that is too long a period of time or patience to be unaware of this
:00:32. > :00:32.issue. Kyle Edmund is threatened with rape
:00:33. > :00:48.and murder on Facebook, The threats were utterly vile but
:00:49. > :00:53.sadly all too common in this day and age. They are often made by gamblers
:00:54. > :00:58.who have lost money on the outcome of a match. And after today's
:00:59. > :01:01.lovely, sunny conditions, we're looking at some changes. I will be
:01:02. > :01:03.back later in the programme for the forecast for the rest of the week
:01:04. > :01:16.and the weekend as well. It's emerged today that NHS
:01:17. > :01:30.bosses who run Grimsby, Scunthorpe and Goole Hospitals knew
:01:31. > :01:32.for months about missing patient referrals, but only
:01:33. > :01:34.finally admitted it to the public when they were forced
:01:35. > :01:37.to by a local council. The mistake has meant more
:01:38. > :01:39.than 100 people waiting to see a consultant -
:01:40. > :01:42.some for cancer - were never And today the trust which runs
:01:43. > :01:45.the hospitals acknowledged Health Correspondent,
:01:46. > :01:47.Vicky Johnson, reports. When Alison's dad David had problems
:01:48. > :01:50.with his eye, he was referred by his optician
:01:51. > :01:52.is an urgent case to That was last April and he has
:01:53. > :01:55.still heard nothing. Yesterday the pain was
:01:56. > :01:58.so bad that Allison taken They said yesterday
:01:59. > :02:06.that it was an ulcer behind his He is a poorly man and he has had
:02:07. > :02:18.to go into hospital, which has His referral is one of several that
:02:19. > :02:23.have gone missing since North Lincolnshire adopted
:02:24. > :02:27.a new system last year. The chairman was invited
:02:28. > :02:29.to the scrutiny committee this This is not happening in every
:02:30. > :02:39.single trust in the country, is it? Two of those cases were cancer
:02:40. > :02:41.queries and they are in Patients are overseen
:02:42. > :02:52.by the GP or dentist or If more specialist care is needed
:02:53. > :02:56.they are referred to a The hospital is then
:02:57. > :02:58.supposed to get in touch with the patient and give them
:02:59. > :03:02.an appointment and take over the That's where the problem
:03:03. > :03:04.has happened. The details of at least 100
:03:05. > :03:07.patients have been lost and Health bosses were first
:03:08. > :03:10.alerted to the problem last May when this surgery realised more
:03:11. > :03:13.than 50 of the patients had not been Managers have chosen
:03:14. > :03:22.not to alert other It sounds like it has been more
:03:23. > :03:29.about saving face than protecting I am sorry and we have apologised
:03:30. > :03:33.to the public that this It genuinely hasn't
:03:34. > :03:37.been about saving face and it has been
:03:38. > :03:40.about being trying to get a definitive answer
:03:41. > :03:46.to a difficult problem and ensure
:03:47. > :04:03.patients who were not registered They should not have to be dragged
:04:04. > :04:05.in front of a panel to admit that there is an issue.
:04:06. > :04:07.The trust deals with around 90,000 patient referrals per
:04:08. > :04:19.As Allison packs her dad's hospital bag
:04:20. > :04:21.it has emerged that at least another 50 patients
:04:22. > :04:23.hospital's helpline about their missed referrals.
:04:24. > :04:26.Today the extraordinary details of how this NHS mistake became
:04:27. > :04:29.It took a legal move by the North Linolnshire Council
:04:30. > :04:32.Health Scrutiny Committee to force the hospital trust to go public
:04:33. > :04:36.with the information which they'd kept private for months.
:04:37. > :04:41.Councillor Holly Mumby-Croft leads that Scrutiny Committee.
:04:42. > :04:43.She told me how she asked the hospitals to make a public
:04:44. > :04:54.I was made aware several days before the 6th of
:04:55. > :04:57.I was fully briefed at that point and my
:04:58. > :05:00.media release would happen on the 6th of March.
:05:01. > :05:03.When that didn't happen, I began immediately to ask
:05:04. > :05:06.I then took the decision on the Wednesday, that
:05:07. > :05:08.would be two days after that, to invoke
:05:09. > :05:09.legislation to require the
:05:10. > :05:11.chief executive of the Northern Lincs and Goole Hospital
:05:12. > :05:15.Trust and chief officer of the clinical commissioning group
:05:16. > :05:22.sufficiently concerned that this needs to be discussed and patients
:05:23. > :05:25.needed to be represented and that important questions need to be
:05:26. > :05:28.asked of these people and that that needed to be in a public
:05:29. > :05:40.Were it not for you forcing their arm then maybe they wouldn't have
:05:41. > :05:45.I am not in a position to comment on when or if
:05:46. > :05:47.the trust would have made this public.
:05:48. > :05:50.But clearly we as a health scrutiny panel took this very
:05:51. > :05:52.seriously, we took it seriously enough that for the first time we
:05:53. > :05:57.invoked the legislation and required their attendance.
:05:58. > :05:59.If a trust knows about something like this so serious
:06:00. > :06:01.possibly going back a year and they don't
:06:02. > :06:02.do anything about it until you
:06:03. > :06:04.as a whistle-blower forced their hand,
:06:05. > :06:05.what trust can people have in
:06:06. > :06:12.Clearly people's trust and concern will be damaged at this
:06:13. > :06:29.If there are any developments on that story, we will let you know.
:06:30. > :06:32.Hull has been given ?5 million of extra charity money
:06:33. > :06:36.Cancer Research Yorkshire has targeted the city as it has a higher
:06:37. > :06:37.than average death rate from the disease.
:06:38. > :06:40.The funding will help diagnose cancer earlier.
:06:41. > :06:43.The Government has been challenged over the case of an East Yorkshire
:06:44. > :06:45.farmer facing a ?30,000 pound legal bill.
:06:46. > :06:47.Kenneth Hugill was recently found not guilty of grievous bodily
:06:48. > :06:49.harm at Hull Crown Court after shooting a trespasser
:06:50. > :06:59.Mr Hugill's case was today raised in the House of Lords.
:07:00. > :07:05.How can we reconcile the presumption of innocence and an acquittal with
:07:06. > :07:07.the fact that claiming legal costs incurred to maintain innocence is no
:07:08. > :07:09.longer normally possible? Responding for the Government,
:07:10. > :07:12.Lord Keen said Mr Hugill had been eligible for legal aid,
:07:13. > :07:22.but declined it. Had he accepted the offer of legal
:07:23. > :07:25.aid, he would have been required to make a relatively modest
:07:26. > :07:30.contribution. He would have been able to recover that contribution
:07:31. > :07:33.upon being acquitted. However, the individual inquest decided not to
:07:34. > :07:38.accept the offer of legal aid instead instructed lawyers privately
:07:39. > :07:42.and in no circumstances he was not eligible for recovery of costs. Of
:07:43. > :07:48.course, all of these matters will be subject to the review, which is to
:07:49. > :07:50.be completed by April 20 18. Those exchanges in the House of Lords.
:07:51. > :07:53.The East Yorkshire tennis player Kyle Edmund has revealed he's been
:07:54. > :07:59.threatened with murder and rape in messages on social media.
:08:00. > :08:01.The 46th ranked player in the world, who is from Beverley,
:08:02. > :08:03.highlighted the posts on his Facebook page
:08:04. > :08:05.after being knocked out of a tournament in California.
:08:06. > :08:07.This report from Sarah Walton has some disturbing language.
:08:08. > :08:10.Kyle Edmund is seen as one of tennis's up and coming stars.
:08:11. > :08:13.But world number two Novak Djokovic proved to be too much
:08:14. > :08:16.for him at the weekend, and he was knocked out
:08:17. > :08:20.But in the hours that followed his defeat,
:08:21. > :08:24.Kyle says he received abusive messages on Facebook.
:08:25. > :08:26.The posts include threats of violent murder and rape
:08:27. > :08:31.as well as derogatory remarks about his appearance.
:08:32. > :08:34.And commentators say other British players have been
:08:35. > :08:39.The threats made against Kyle Edmund were utterly vile but sadly all too
:08:40. > :08:43.They are often made by gamblers who have lost money
:08:44. > :08:47.Johanna Konta has spoken about it in the past,
:08:48. > :08:57.She has talked about the death threats she has received
:08:58. > :08:59.and the threats made against her own family.
:09:00. > :09:02.Sadly, for women, it's often far worse than it is for men,
:09:03. > :09:04.as was the case here with Kyle Edmund.
:09:05. > :09:06.Many threats contain a hint of sexual violence.
:09:07. > :09:08.Even Wimbledon winner Andy Murray has described abuse he received
:09:09. > :09:11.online as vile and no longer uses Twitter on a regular basis.
:09:12. > :09:13.The Lawn Tennis Association, the sport's governing body
:09:14. > :09:16."Professional players are responsible for reporting acts
:09:17. > :09:18.of online bullying to the respective social media outlets.
:09:19. > :09:21.But online threats are illegal and those targeted can
:09:22. > :09:29.The Crown Prosecution Service recognises is a very serious
:09:30. > :09:34.Last year severe penalties were increased.
:09:35. > :09:36.The maximum sentence has gone up and is
:09:37. > :09:46.Over the last year so there has been a tenfold
:09:47. > :09:50.increase of police prosecuting exactly the of abuse.
:09:51. > :09:53.Kyle told Look North this morning that he won't comment any further
:09:54. > :09:55.as he has no time to spend on negative issues.
:09:56. > :09:57.He's now focusing on his next tournament in Miami
:09:58. > :10:08.Now the weather forecast with Keeley Donovan.
:10:09. > :10:15.Hello there. Good evening. It was glorious today. Temperatures reach
:10:16. > :10:19.16 Celsius across many parts. Although we have seen a little bit
:10:20. > :10:23.of most developed in some spots. A fine night, a dry night with clear
:10:24. > :10:28.spells, although that could be more cloud later in the night as
:10:29. > :10:32.temperatures fall back to 7-8dC. For tomorrow, the best of the sunshine
:10:33. > :10:36.will be in the morning. Not quite as nice overall tomorrow. We will see
:10:37. > :10:43.cloud increasing, the breeze picking up and it will not be as mild as it
:10:44. > :10:46.has been but it will stay dry. The remote not affect us until after
:10:47. > :10:48.dark and even when it does it will be light and patchy. We live in
:10:49. > :10:52.Celsius. A windy day on Friday with the risk of rain through the
:10:53. > :10:57.afternoon. And I'm settled for the weekend. And that is it from us.
:10:58. > :11:02.Thank you for watching tonight. We are back tomorrow. Goodbye.
:11:03. > :11:06.been. The outlook, rain around, if it stays dry I will be surprised.
:11:07. > :11:20.Here is Nick with the national headlines.
:11:21. > :11:26.For large parts of Wales and England there was blue sky and warmth.
:11:27. > :11:36.Warmest day of the year, a clumsy way of saying the UK had the highest
:11:37. > :11:41.temperature of the year so far. There have been big contrasts. Some
:11:42. > :11:43.of that misty, murky weather to the south-west is advancing across other
:11:44. > :11:47.parts of England and Wales through the night. Ahead of that, where we
:11:48. > :11:54.have clear spells, central and eastern England there could be fog
:11:55. > :11:55.patches developing, outbreaks of rain to north-west Scotland feeding