:00:08. > :00:08.Good evening. news at 10 o'clock.
:00:09. > :00:10.Hospitals in Yorkshire are paying out more than ever
:00:11. > :00:13.on temporary health care staff, despite the introduction
:00:14. > :00:17.of a Government cap on how much they can spend.
:00:18. > :00:22.is spending three times the amount it was five years ago.
:00:23. > :00:28.Mealtime at Harrogate District Hospital, but is this kind of
:00:29. > :00:31.familiarity becoming a thing of the past?
:00:32. > :00:34.The trust which runs the hospital is one of many in the
:00:35. > :00:36.region to see an increase in spending
:00:37. > :00:40.Harrogate and District NHS trusts on increase in spending on
:00:41. > :00:44.agency staff of around 42% over five years.
:00:45. > :00:48.But even that was one of the smaller increases.
:00:49. > :00:50.Freedom of information requests submitted by the BBC
:00:51. > :00:53.show that some trusts have seen huge rises in temporary staff
:00:54. > :00:59.Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust has seen its spend
:01:00. > :01:05.on agency medical staff rise by 212% to more than ?19 million.
:01:06. > :01:07.The Mid Yorkshire trust, one of the region's biggest,
:01:08. > :01:12.has seen the total rise 235% to ?29 million.
:01:13. > :01:15.The NHS introduced caps in late 2015 not only the amount
:01:16. > :01:19.hospitals could spend on agency health care staff but also on the
:01:20. > :01:21.amount agencies were allowed to charge the NHS for
:01:22. > :01:26.A move welcomed by the Harrogate trust.
:01:27. > :01:28.We've got a real focus on recruitment of staff to
:01:29. > :01:31.make sure we're filling up our establishment and also we have
:01:32. > :01:34.less reliance on temporary and agency staff.
:01:35. > :01:37.But some think the cap is nothing more than a sticking plaster
:01:38. > :01:40.that doesn't address deeper problems within NHS staffing.
:01:41. > :01:45.They don't deal with the underlying issue, which is around the retention
:01:46. > :01:52.The only reason we have agency staff in the first place
:01:53. > :01:56.is because we don't have enough permanent staff.
:01:57. > :01:59.The NHS says agency spending has fallen in three quarters
:02:00. > :02:03.of hospital trusts and that that's saved ?600 million
:02:04. > :02:05.nationally, however as our research has shown, in Yorkshire
:02:06. > :02:11.the spending for many of temporary staff is still far too high.
:02:12. > :02:15.Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found
:02:16. > :02:19.Officers were called to the property in the Quarmby Road
:02:20. > :02:24.The house is sealed off but it's not known at this stage whether
:02:25. > :02:31.Today was the deadline to apply to be the new head of York Minster's
:02:32. > :02:33.bell tower following a row last year.
:02:34. > :02:35.Bosses at the Minster sacked the team of bell ringers
:02:36. > :02:39.after a disagreement about how to keep staff safe.
:02:40. > :02:42.The row meant the bells were silent over Christmas
:02:43. > :02:46.for the first time in 600 years.
:02:47. > :02:49.Relatives have launched a campaign to try to stop the closure
:02:50. > :02:52.of a council-run care home in Bradford.
:02:53. > :02:57.at the specialist Holme View dementia unit because the authority
:02:58. > :03:03.But hundreds have signed a petition to keep it open.
:03:04. > :03:10.A bitterly cold Bradford day, leaden skies and biting winds.
:03:11. > :03:13.Inside Holme View care home, it's warm and comfortable,
:03:14. > :03:16.but this specialist dementia unit could be closed down
:03:17. > :03:22.It's a frightening prospect for the families of those who use it.
:03:23. > :03:25.Here we've got a fine home, everybody's settled,
:03:26. > :03:30.If there's any thought of moving,
:03:31. > :03:33.which none of them really are aware of, I really don't know
:03:34. > :03:39.To even begin to think about what might happen if the
:03:40. > :03:43.likes of my cousin and some of the other residents,
:03:44. > :03:45.our loved ones, are moved from here, the consequences
:03:46. > :03:50.A petition against the closure has so far
:03:51. > :03:55.It was set up by relatives of people in the home
:03:56. > :03:59.who have also started an action group to fight the plans.
:04:00. > :04:03.It's people out there that have also got relatives
:04:04. > :04:06.with dementia that would possibly be looking for care.
:04:07. > :04:09.22 people currently call this place home with another ten using its
:04:10. > :04:14.services and it's been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
:04:15. > :04:15.But the issue isn't its performance,
:04:16. > :04:21.Bradford Councillor Val Slater told us today
:04:22. > :04:23.that when this home was originally constructed, building specification
:04:24. > :04:26.standards were quite different and that to
:04:27. > :04:30.upgrade it now would cost a lot of money and inconvenience.
:04:31. > :04:32.What will actually happen to Holme View care home
:04:33. > :04:40.in the future will be decided on in the summer.
:04:41. > :04:43.Gavin McDonnell's dream of joining twin brother Jamie as a world
:04:44. > :04:49.The Doncaster fighter lost on points to Mexican Rey Vargas
:04:50. > :04:53.in his bid to land the vacant WBC super-bantamweight title.
:04:54. > :04:56.Victory would have delivered Britain's first simultaneous
:04:57. > :05:00.twin world champions, with Jamie already in possession
:05:01. > :05:09.Jennifer Bartrum has the weather forecast.
:05:10. > :05:13.We keep a fairly brisk wind as we go through
:05:14. > :05:15.There will be a few showers around and
:05:16. > :05:19.some clear spells as well and under the clear skies, the temperatures
:05:20. > :05:22.will be dropping down to around three or 4 degrees to take us
:05:23. > :05:26.Quite a few showers in the forecast for Monday.
:05:27. > :05:28.Some of these are going to be quite heavy.
:05:29. > :05:31.Expect some hail, some thunder, and over higher ground they will be
:05:32. > :05:35.But in between the showers, there will be
:05:36. > :05:38.some brighter spells where we will see the sunshine coming through
:05:39. > :05:42.Temperatures up to around seven or 8 degrees.
:05:43. > :05:45.As we go through the rest of the week,
:05:46. > :05:50.Some further showers on Tuesday with highs of six Celsius.
:05:51. > :05:54.We'll have another update at 10:20pm.
:05:55. > :06:18.Good evening. The fifth named storm of the season has been affecting the
:06:19. > :06:21.west of the UK, and it was named Ewan by the Irish meteorological
:06:22. > :06:25.service because that is where the impact was expected, but it has been
:06:26. > :06:28.quite wet for some and the wettest weather is moving northwards across
:06:29. > :06:32.the North of Scotland and the stronger winds go with that. Strong
:06:33. > :06:36.winds pushing away towards the east with showers and then further
:06:37. > :06:39.showers behind overnight, and some of the showers will contain some
:06:40. > :06:44.wintry weather. It will be quite cold for the North and west of the
:06:45. > :06:45.UK, 2 degrees in