:00:00. > :00:13.Good Evening. for the news where you are.
:00:14. > :00:17.Long shifts without breaks, faulty equipment and patients'
:00:18. > :00:19.lives put at risk - just some of the claims made
:00:20. > :00:23.by whistleblowers from the North West ambulance service.
:00:24. > :00:26.The claims come days after the Care Quality Commission
:00:27. > :00:33.People's lives are in danger, something needs to be done.
:00:34. > :00:35.We need more staff, we just need help.
:00:36. > :00:38.They work on the front line and their profession,
:00:39. > :00:43.These ambulance staff have put their jobs
:00:44. > :00:49.You've got paramedics and you've got emergency medical technicians, EMTs.
:00:50. > :00:52.They aren't trained to do exactly what a paramedic can do.
:00:53. > :00:54.If they are sent out paramedics are promised,
:00:55. > :00:58.but nine times out of ten there's not enough staff.
:00:59. > :01:02.EMTs are left with the families screaming at them to do things.
:01:03. > :01:09.The CQC found that between December 2015 and made 2016 there were over
:01:10. > :01:12.two and a half thousand incidents where front line
:01:13. > :01:16.staff waited over one hour for paramedic back-up.
:01:17. > :01:18.These whistle-blowers say its equipment as well as staffing
:01:19. > :01:25.You're stealing things from other vehicles that are parked up.
:01:26. > :01:28.Some doors don't even open from the outside.
:01:29. > :01:32.So if there's an accident you wouldn't be able to get out.
:01:33. > :01:34.These men say they've complained to managers
:01:35. > :01:39.They say they and the public desperately need protection,
:01:40. > :01:43.that speaking out is the last resort to make that happen.
:01:44. > :01:45.In a statement the North West Ambulance Service blamed more
:01:46. > :01:48.call outs and pressure on the NHS for delays.
:01:49. > :01:51.It says equipment problems have been addressed and it's working hard
:01:52. > :01:58.It's hoped a ?3million refurbishment of Middlesbrough's railway station
:01:59. > :02:01.will help the town attract jobs and investment.
:02:02. > :02:05.Improved transport links are central to the council's
:02:06. > :02:19.Inside the station buckets are carefully positioned to catch
:02:20. > :02:25.Now the roof is to be fixed and the crumbling
:02:26. > :02:29.Network Rail's going to invest ?2.7 million over the next year,
:02:30. > :02:31.year and a half to completely replace the roof.
:02:32. > :02:34.A grade two listed building, so we need a specialist
:02:35. > :02:38.But that's in place and we're looking forward to getting started
:02:39. > :02:40.and restoring the station roof to give Middlesbrough
:02:41. > :02:45.1.3 million passengers use Middlesbrough's Railway
:02:46. > :02:50.And the improvments are seen as an essential part of the local
:02:51. > :02:53.council's business plan to regenerate the town,
:02:54. > :02:58.We've got officers coming to the centre of the town
:02:59. > :03:04.The area around the station is vitally important as well.
:03:05. > :03:07.Some of it is already refurbished, and some of it is in the process
:03:08. > :03:11.We have offered grants to people to try and kick start
:03:12. > :03:15.Stuart Whincup, BBC Look North, Middlesborough.
:03:16. > :03:16.Celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
:03:17. > :03:19.was in Newcastle today to launch his campaign to beat
:03:20. > :03:24.He wants the city to commit to losing 100,000lb
:03:25. > :03:31.I think it will give me the extra momentum to lose weight and get
:03:32. > :03:39.Newcastle certainly has an advantage in that we've still got the same
:03:40. > :03:42.problems as other areas of the country, but we've got
:03:43. > :03:45.People can encourage each other to make a difference
:03:46. > :03:49.I felt like getting fit again, really.
:03:50. > :03:53.It might help give me a bit of a push.
:03:54. > :03:57.Onto football now and in the Premier League Middlesbrough
:03:58. > :04:00.lost 1-nil to visitors West Ham and Sunderland also
:04:01. > :04:15.Newcastle are back at the top of the championship after beating rather
:04:16. > :04:19.for e-mail at St James's Park. Carlisle drew one and all with
:04:20. > :04:21.Accrington and Hartlepool last two to Stevenage.
:04:22. > :04:24.Time to take a look at the weather now with Owain Wyn Evans.
:04:25. > :04:26.Lovely spells of sunshine across Cumbria today.
:04:27. > :04:30.Overnight it's cloudy, drizzle drifting up to the north.
:04:31. > :04:33.Maybe turning to a bit of sleet or snow on high ground.
:04:34. > :04:36.You can see my map is turning blue, temperatures below freezing around
:04:37. > :04:41.We could see some mist and fog tomorrow morning as well as frost.
:04:42. > :04:45.A dry, settled day to come, gaps being punched into those clouds,
:04:46. > :04:49.some sunny spells overhead with highs of four or five Celsius,
:04:50. > :04:51.high-pressure sticks around over the next few
:04:52. > :05:03.That's it from us. You can catch all the political news tomorrow at 11am.
:05:04. > :05:19.Goodbye. Good evening. It does not get
:05:20. > :05:23.warmer. If you check the UK as a whole, it has been one of the
:05:24. > :05:28.coldest days so far. The hard frost to come in areas where it stays
:05:29. > :05:33.clear, parts of East Anglia, the south-east, fog across Scotland, at
:05:34. > :05:36.West, a change, showers and parts of Wales and England, some snow on high
:05:37. > :05:42.ground as well. Meanwhile, down under through the early hours, Andy
:05:43. > :05:53.Murray will be getting ready for his next match in the Australian