:00:00. > :00:48.soon. That is all from the BBC News at Six, goodbye from me. On
:00:49. > :00:54.The power of the written word. How one stranger's letters are judging
:00:55. > :01:02.the lives of people around the world. There has been a springlike
:01:03. > :01:04.filter today, and with more sunny spells on the way tomorrow, you
:01:05. > :01:09.would be forgiven for thinking things are on the up. But the wintry
:01:10. > :01:26.weather is backed by the end of the week.
:01:27. > :01:29.Good evening. The Mid`Staffordshire NHS Trust will be dissolved `
:01:30. > :01:33.Stafford and Cannock hospitals will now be run by other trusts. The end
:01:34. > :01:36.comes following concerns over the standard of care and financial
:01:37. > :01:40.problems at the Mid Staffs Trust. In April 2012, the Trust revealed it
:01:41. > :01:43.had a deficit of ?16.5 million. A year later, the trust was declared
:01:44. > :01:46.insolvent, and administrators were appointed to look at its future.
:01:47. > :01:52.Last December, the Trust Special Administrators recommended
:01:53. > :01:54.downgrading services. But today it was announced that Stafford could
:01:55. > :01:57.still retain consultant`led maternity services ` if an NHS
:01:58. > :01:59.England review finds it's feasible. Our health correspondent Michele
:02:00. > :02:03.Paduano reports. At the moment premature babies under
:02:04. > :02:10.34 weeks have to be born in Stoke on Trent. Then was three lbs. Eight
:02:11. > :02:15.oz.. His parents praised Stafford Hospital's maternity unit. We have
:02:16. > :02:25.not got a bad word to say about them. All the negative press, we
:02:26. > :02:31.cannot do anything but praise them. They are also gearing up to open 12
:02:32. > :02:37.more beds at Stafford, but then Prime Minister `` the Prime Minister
:02:38. > :02:44.dropped a bomb cell. What is being proposed are steps to make sure that
:02:45. > :02:47.A continues at Stafford Hospital. And make sure that we can continue
:02:48. > :02:52.with consultant led maternity services.
:02:53. > :02:57.For protesters gathered opposite Stafford Hospital was a cautious
:02:58. > :03:02.welcome. It is talking about the future. I think we need to wait and
:03:03. > :03:13.see what happens. If it does happen, absolutely great. The devil is in
:03:14. > :03:17.the detail. We have now got the statement, we will work with it to
:03:18. > :03:21.make sure we have a debate and discussion about whether or not
:03:22. > :03:27.obstetric labour maternity is possible, but it may not be.
:03:28. > :03:33.Cannock hospital will still be taken over by Wolverhampton hospitals.
:03:34. > :03:38.There was no reprieve for children's services.
:03:39. > :03:42.23 years of working on the children's Ward, it is heartbreaking
:03:43. > :03:46.to think there will no longer be a paediatric ward at Stafford. There
:03:47. > :03:50.have been two demonstrations, the largest 50,000, and there is no
:03:51. > :03:54.doubt the majority at Stafford still want all the services.
:03:55. > :04:01.I have had experience at all the departments, so I would like it to
:04:02. > :04:06.stay as it is. It is not good. The fact it is going to be passed over
:04:07. > :04:12.to new ownership almost, so quite disappointed really.
:04:13. > :04:20.It is not yet clear what the announcement on maternity really
:04:21. > :04:22.means. What is clear is that campaigners `` politicians get
:04:23. > :04:28.nervous around hospitals. Today marks the end of an
:04:29. > :04:32.organisation so inextricably linked with bad care, but not the end of
:04:33. > :04:35.the Stafford story. Let's talk now to the Conservative
:04:36. > :04:39.MP for Stafford, Jeremy Lefroy, who's in Westminster for us. Mr
:04:40. > :04:43.Lefroy ` do you not feel that on the day that such a significant decision
:04:44. > :04:45.has been made by the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt and the
:04:46. > :04:52.Department of Health, that their refusal to be interviewed about this
:04:53. > :04:57.decision is unacceptable? I cannot speak for them, but I am
:04:58. > :05:02.being interviewed here because I think it is an extremely important
:05:03. > :05:06.day for Stafford. We heard the announcement by the Prime Minister,
:05:07. > :05:13.which I welcomed, because in my view and in the view of those who support
:05:14. > :05:19.Stafford Hospital, alongside the children's paediatric services are
:05:20. > :05:23.absolutely vital. I had feared that all that would happen would be a
:05:24. > :05:27.rubber`stamping of the proposals which were not acceptable. Will you
:05:28. > :05:31.be speaking to Mr Hunt about this? I have spoken to him already on
:05:32. > :05:36.several occasions in the last few days, but the key now is to continue
:05:37. > :05:39.to make the case for these consultant led maternity services,
:05:40. > :05:46.with the other services that paediatric services, that go
:05:47. > :05:52.alongside them. We have been given are of hope on this. One year ago we
:05:53. > :05:54.were faced with a downgrade with removal of acute services, or
:05:55. > :06:01.maternity services and many others. Those have not by and large gone.
:06:02. > :06:05.90% or more of patients currently treated at Stafford and Cannock will
:06:06. > :06:08.continue to be treated there, but this consultant led maternity issue
:06:09. > :06:16.is extremely important. We have more than 2000 babies born per year, they
:06:17. > :06:19.have been given excellent service, continue to begin an excellent
:06:20. > :06:22.service there, and it is vital that this service remains available to
:06:23. > :06:28.the people of Stafford and further afield. Campaigners say they will
:06:29. > :06:33.keep fighting for services at Stafford. Is it time for them to
:06:34. > :06:37.move on? The Prime Minister has said he wants to see as far as possible
:06:38. > :06:41.consultant led services, so this is the case we have got to make. I
:06:42. > :06:45.don't think it is time to move on, I think it is time to say the trust is
:06:46. > :06:50.dissolved, Stafford and Stoke will work together in what I am hope will
:06:51. > :06:53.`` I hope will become an excellent University Hospital trust. But we
:06:54. > :06:56.have to fight for those consultant led services.
:06:57. > :07:00.Coming up later in the programme: We're at Shropshire's first ever
:07:01. > :07:05.house swap, as people look to move up and down the property ladder.
:07:06. > :07:08.A campaign has been launched to educate parents about the need for
:07:09. > :07:16.children to use booster seats in cars. The idea came from a West
:07:17. > :07:19.Midlands firefighter who says he's met a shockingly high number of
:07:20. > :07:22.pupils who claim they don't even wear seat belts. The latest
:07:23. > :07:26.Government figures show that 56 child passengers were killed in the
:07:27. > :07:33.UK in 2012, a 4% increase on the previous year. And nearly 11,000
:07:34. > :07:39.more were injured. Ben Godfrey reports. Hands up anyone who has
:07:40. > :07:47.ridden in a car without putting a seat belt on. It is not a good
:07:48. > :07:53.reaction, but no surprise to West Midlands firefighter Jeremy Lefroy,
:07:54. > :07:56.Ash Mike pence a macro, who wants pupil `` Darran Gough, who wants
:07:57. > :08:03.pupils to educate their parents about road safety. A colleague's son
:08:04. > :08:09.was killed in a crash because he put the belt under his arm.
:08:10. > :08:12.Darren believes `` Darran believes if these children can walk through
:08:13. > :08:18.this hole in a cut`out Range Rover without ducking, they should still
:08:19. > :08:21.be using a child or booster seat. If you didn't have one, you could be
:08:22. > :08:28.in serious consequences and you could die, but if you have got a
:08:29. > :08:30.belt, you have better chances of surviving.
:08:31. > :08:34.Children under 1.35m tall or younger than 12 are required by law to sit
:08:35. > :08:41.in a booster seat. So are parents listening? The oldest one's 12 but
:08:42. > :08:45.he is nearly as tall as me so it can be a bit conflicting, but generally
:08:46. > :08:49.I think they should have booster seats. In our car we have the child
:08:50. > :08:53.seats and also seat belts. Here at MIRA near Nuneaton, Tony
:08:54. > :08:56.Payne has the job of preparing test dummies for crashes. Take a
:08:57. > :09:03.six`year`old child, this is how it shouldn't be done. We buckle him up
:09:04. > :09:07.there. Because he is sitting lower than the seat, this belt is
:09:08. > :09:14.automatically riding up across his abdomen. It is now lying across his
:09:15. > :09:16.neck and face. There are other potential injuries to those areas as
:09:17. > :09:19.well. The impact of a crash can be
:09:20. > :09:24.devastating ` car seats do save lives.
:09:25. > :09:28.All child seats today are fitted with a system which attaches the car
:09:29. > :09:33.seat rigidly to the car itself. You also have side impact bars for
:09:34. > :09:37.safety. But this seat is only really safe if the driver is following the
:09:38. > :09:40.instructions carefully. The campaign is all about pester
:09:41. > :09:51.power ` can children convince their parents to do more to protect them
:09:52. > :09:54.on our roads? A mother, her lover and his wife have all been sentenced
:09:55. > :09:59.for conspiring to cover up the death of a commentary toddler who died
:10:00. > :10:06.from head injuries. Police say they have been shocked at the way adults
:10:07. > :10:09.threaten to cover up the events. The three`year`old was captured on CCTV
:10:10. > :10:19.in November 2011, minutes before paramedics work call. `` before
:10:20. > :10:23.paramedics were called. Members of the Unite union have been
:10:24. > :10:25.protesting over plans to hand over the running of Nuneaton's George
:10:26. > :10:29.Eliot Hospital to the private sector. Two companies and an NHS
:10:30. > :10:36.Trust are currently bidding to take on the role. The hospital has a
:10:37. > :10:38.history of high death rates, but has substantially improved over the last
:10:39. > :10:41.year. A thousand tenants in Shropshire
:10:42. > :10:44.have been invited to swap their homes with each other. People deemed
:10:45. > :10:48.to be living in under occupied or overcrowded homes came together to
:10:49. > :10:56.see if it would be beneficial to move into each other's properties.
:10:57. > :10:59.It's seen as a way of helping householders to avoid paying the
:11:00. > :11:01.bedroom tax and reduce a shortage of social housing. Here's Bob
:11:02. > :11:05.Hockenhull. There are 15,000 properties are available to rent in
:11:06. > :11:09.Shropshire Council's area, but many tenants feel they are not living in
:11:10. > :11:13.the right accommodation. Elizabeth spent a year is trying to
:11:14. > :11:18.get off and estate she did not like in Oswestry. Now she has finally got
:11:19. > :11:24.a two`bedroom real property for her son and herself. I had been in tears
:11:25. > :11:29.egging them to move me, but their hands were tied. The structure of
:11:30. > :11:32.the system meant you had to have so many qualifying positions to be able
:11:33. > :11:36.to move. Tenants like Elizabeth living in
:11:37. > :11:41.properties too big or too small met at this event. It is a kind of speed
:11:42. > :11:46.dating, where they are hoping to be matched up with somebody else's
:11:47. > :11:53.home. We want to put people in touch with, I have an three`bedroom house,
:11:54. > :11:56.if you are looking for it and I have something `` you have something I am
:11:57. > :12:03.looking for, we will swap. The Johnsons have outgrown their
:12:04. > :12:06.house and want something smaller. If people are struggling with one
:12:07. > :12:12.bedroom or two`bedroom, probably they could do with an upgrade. We
:12:13. > :12:17.are prepared to downsize. There was no shortage of potential
:12:18. > :12:21.swap partners wanted to upgrade their properties. It is very, very
:12:22. > :12:27.small, and the boys' bedrooms are quite small for the two of them.
:12:28. > :12:32.Swapping houses could be a good way for some people to avoid the
:12:33. > :12:40.so`called bedroom tax. If they have got one extra bedroom, they face a
:12:41. > :12:43.14% cut in housing benefit, and with two extra bedrooms it is a 25%
:12:44. > :12:51.reduction. The house swap event moves to Bridgnorth tomorrow.
:12:52. > :12:53.This is our top story tonight. The final verdict ` the Government
:12:54. > :12:58.announces it's to dissolve the Mid`Staffordshire NHS Trust for
:12:59. > :13:02.being financially unsustainable. Your detailed weather forecast to
:13:03. > :13:04.come shortly from Beccy ` also in tonight's programme: The next
:13:05. > :13:06.generation of Winter Olympics hopefuls, perhaps?
:13:07. > :13:11.We meet the youngsters competing in a skating contest inspired by this
:13:12. > :13:14.year's Games. And the power of the written word `
:13:15. > :13:21.how one stranger's letters are helping to boost the morale of
:13:22. > :13:24.people worldwide. Manufacturing in the Midlands
:13:25. > :13:30.suffered more than anywhere else in recent years when many firms
:13:31. > :13:49.relocated overseas. Tens of thousands of jobs disappeared in
:13:50. > :13:55.this region. It will be a very different sort of
:13:56. > :13:59.programme. To illustrate the ministers of manufacturing, we have
:14:00. > :14:03.gathered together over 100 different objects made here in the Midlands.
:14:04. > :14:08.What happens in our region is predicted to have a major impact on
:14:09. > :14:13.the national economic recovery. But it is not just about motors, we also
:14:14. > :14:19.make flooring, food and even food all seats. Tomorrow evening we will
:14:20. > :14:24.be talking to industry leaders and a master brewer. `` football seats.
:14:25. > :14:29.If you want to find out more about what is made in the Midlands Today,
:14:30. > :14:38.join Nick Allen and me at half past six tomorrow. `` Nick when.
:14:39. > :14:42.`` Nick Owen. As part of our First World War
:14:43. > :14:46.commemorations, the BBC has teamed up with the Imperial War Museums to
:14:47. > :14:49.tell the story of the War at Home. Today we focus on one of the most
:14:50. > :14:53.heartbreaking stories of the Home Front. Scenes of horror unfolded as
:14:54. > :14:56.a group of children, many of whom had relatives fighting on the front,
:14:57. > :14:58.took to the stage for a fundraising show. Cath Mackie takes up the
:14:59. > :15:02.story. It's April 1916. For the last 20
:15:03. > :15:05.months, the world has been at war. In Hereford, a group of children
:15:06. > :15:08.whose fathers and brothers are fighting stage a fund raising show
:15:09. > :15:18.at the Garrick Theatre to send presents to the front. They decided
:15:19. > :15:24.to stage a winter wonderland, and what a grand event it was. There
:15:25. > :15:33.were ice maidens, Eskimos and they were all dressed in little cotton
:15:34. > :15:37.wool costumes. But the laughter and applause soon died out, as a
:15:38. > :15:42.nightmare unfolded on stage. The laughter stopped. The curtains came
:15:43. > :15:46.down and there was a shout of fire from somebody at the back. Bender
:15:47. > :15:53.was a piercing shriek from one of the little girls, `` then there was.
:15:54. > :15:58.The flames had caught fire from her costume onto those of the other
:15:59. > :16:07.children. The theatre had actually staged a real`life drama of horrific
:16:08. > :16:10.proportions. Six girls died on stage in front of
:16:11. > :16:18.their families and friends. They were aged from five to 13. Two more
:16:19. > :16:21.girls later died in hospital. There's a heartbreaking account here
:16:22. > :16:24.of the children's clothes going up in flames, and it says, "so
:16:25. > :16:28.unexpected, so sudden and so awful was the outbreak, that older people
:16:29. > :16:31.were temporarily paralysed as by a hideous nightmare." It's just awful.
:16:32. > :16:35.And yet it's a story that's largely forgotten. The only visible reminder
:16:36. > :16:39.is a plaque on the side of a car park where the theatre once stood.
:16:40. > :16:43.But there are calls for those forgotten children are to be
:16:44. > :16:51.remembered. Dance teacher Rebecca White is planning a performance in
:16:52. > :16:55.their memory. That legacy still stands through now, we do lots of
:16:56. > :17:01.performances for charities and four soldiers. It is devastating that
:17:02. > :17:10.children died in front of their families. `` and four soldiers.
:17:11. > :17:14.Where do we think the graves might be? Probably in the far corner.
:17:15. > :17:19.Thousands lined the streets for the girls' funerals, but sadly we could
:17:20. > :17:25.not find their graves. Their whereabouts on the street, much like
:17:26. > :17:28.the cause of the fire. The inquiry found no fault at the theatre. There
:17:29. > :17:32.had been claimed that somebody had seen a man a cigarette burn, but
:17:33. > :17:36.this was never substantiated. One can only imagine the despair
:17:37. > :17:44.with which the news was greeted by the Herefordshire men caught up in
:17:45. > :17:47.the fighting. `` had seen a man throw a cigarette down.
:17:48. > :17:51.The horror of War had reached home ` and claimed eight more victims.
:17:52. > :17:55.And you can read more about the First World War and how it changed
:17:56. > :18:01.the lives of people left at home on our website, that's bbc.co.uk/ww1.
:18:02. > :18:04.The Bromsgrove cyclist Jess Varnish will attempt to wipe out memories of
:18:05. > :18:08.her Olympic disappointment by winning a world title in Colombia
:18:09. > :18:14.tonight. Varnish and team`mate Victoria Pendleton were disqualified
:18:15. > :18:22.from the sprint at the 2012 Games. A back injury has severely disrupted
:18:23. > :18:27.her career since. But Varnish returns to the event with new
:18:28. > :18:31.partner Becky James this evening. It is hard not to compare yourself to
:18:32. > :18:36.other people, but you have to go out there and race against these girls
:18:37. > :18:40.every day and every competition, you have to beat them, and every scalp
:18:41. > :18:45.you take is good. This year has gone well, but obviously the world
:18:46. > :18:51.Championships is the one you want. I want my own brain by just Mac I want
:18:52. > :18:55.my own rainbow jersey `` I want my own rainbow jersey.
:18:56. > :18:58.Thirty years ago, Torvill and Dean won gold at the Winter Olympics in
:18:59. > :19:01.Sarajevo. Their brilliant Bolero inspired a generation to get their
:19:02. > :19:05.skates on and have a go for themselves. This week at the Telford
:19:06. > :19:08.Ice Rink, that passion is still very much alive for 300 youngsters, as
:19:09. > :19:15.Ian Winter reports. It is day one of competition, and
:19:16. > :19:18.everything has to be perfect. The skaters warm and supple, and is all
:19:19. > :19:25.important lucky charms simply bursting with good fortune. `` those
:19:26. > :19:29.all important lucky charms. Young skaters are superstitious and
:19:30. > :19:32.always on the look out for that extra special something to give them
:19:33. > :19:36.the edge. What is the most difficult thing you
:19:37. > :19:47.have done? My most difficult thing was a leap, I have to jump a
:19:48. > :19:50.full`time, but I never get round. No point in choosing something too
:19:51. > :19:56.difficult if they cannot do it. This time last week Liz was judging the
:19:57. > :20:00.Olympic figure skaters in Sochi. This week she is in Telford to cast
:20:01. > :20:05.an eye over the next generation of young talent. It is nice to get back
:20:06. > :20:11.to normality, Sochi was wonderful but with `` I like to see the
:20:12. > :20:17.youngsters. I like to see where that progression will be towards the top.
:20:18. > :20:21.It won four medals in Sochi but none in figure skating. Perhaps over the
:20:22. > :20:25.next couple of days in Telford there is a future Olympic champion waiting
:20:26. > :20:34.in the wings. `` Britain won four medals.
:20:35. > :20:37.Over the next couple of days, 300 young skaters from all over the
:20:38. > :20:41.country will be showing off their talent. All sharing the same dream
:20:42. > :20:48.that one day they will be sweeping up the ice.
:20:49. > :20:51.`` sweeping up the floral tributes on the ice.
:20:52. > :20:55.A year ago Jodie Ann Bickley came close to committing suicide, but
:20:56. > :20:59.then an idea to open up her e`mail inbox to the world saved her. Our
:21:00. > :21:01.arts reporter Satnam Rana been to meet the 25`year`old performance
:21:02. > :21:03.poet, who's become a letter writer to strangers.
:21:04. > :21:23.This is Jodie Ann Bickley's 1,580th letter to a stranger. You have come
:21:24. > :21:28.so far. Look back down the mountain at how far you have become.
:21:29. > :21:35.The journey to her letter writing project began in 2011. She was
:21:36. > :21:39.performing slam poetry at Camp Bestival on the Isle of Wight. On
:21:40. > :21:43.her trip, she was bitten by a tick. She caught encephalitis, a brain
:21:44. > :21:46.infection which led to a stroke. She was then diagnosed with chronic
:21:47. > :21:56.fatigue syndrome ` ME ` and she suffers with regular fits. Last year
:21:57. > :21:59.she hit an all`time low. If I am feeling like this, there will be
:22:00. > :22:04.some other people but are feeling like they are at the bottom of the
:22:05. > :22:09.abyss, and they are trying to get out. I thought if I can help some
:22:10. > :22:14.other people get out, then it will give me a bit of a reason.
:22:15. > :22:16.So she set up a website, onemillionlovelyletters.com,
:22:17. > :22:20.inviting people to nominate a friend who would like to receive a letter a
:22:21. > :22:25.from her. Within three months of setting up
:22:26. > :22:31.the website this time last year, she had received 50,000 views from 150
:22:32. > :22:34.countries. And a request for 750 letters.
:22:35. > :22:38.Amongst them, Phil Maguire, a postgraduate student from
:22:39. > :22:44.Huddersfield in Yorkshire. I was very demotivated and down, and since
:22:45. > :22:47.I got but let it started a whole thought process about what I really
:22:48. > :22:55.want to be doing, and it helps me put in motion what I needed to do to
:22:56. > :22:59.be where I am today, which is a good place.
:23:00. > :23:05.And this appreciation is echoed on Jodi's walls, adorned with thank you
:23:06. > :23:09.notes. Some of them are featured in her debut memoir One Million Lovely
:23:10. > :23:17.Letters. But with 1,500 requests for letters in her inbox, the writing
:23:18. > :23:22.will continue. There is no weakness in asking for a little help. The
:23:23. > :23:28.storm clouds are a lot more bearable when we have someone to walk in them
:23:29. > :23:33.with. I hope I can get to write to more people across the world.
:23:34. > :23:37.I just want to be able to help as many people as I can, and hopefully
:23:38. > :23:43.do it for ever, which would be lovely.
:23:44. > :23:53.We wish her good luck with her letter writing.
:23:54. > :23:57.It has been very springlike today. Normal service is resumed tonight, a
:23:58. > :24:01.wet and windy night to come, but it looks better tomorrow. Some good
:24:02. > :24:07.spells of sunshine to come through the morning, but more in the way of
:24:08. > :24:13.showers through the afternoon. Tonight we have got a clear, dry end
:24:14. > :24:17.to the day but temperatures are going to fall away under those
:24:18. > :24:21.skies, but cloud starts to build ahead of this next band of rain
:24:22. > :24:25.which is working its way through. Five to ten millimetres of rainfall
:24:26. > :24:30.was a ball. It will clear away eventually as we head into tomorrow
:24:31. > :24:35.morning, but temperatures are not going to fall away too far. We start
:24:36. > :24:40.tomorrow with that rain clearing away eventually. Some good spells of
:24:41. > :24:43.sunshine to come, a pleasant start of the day. A breezy day than we
:24:44. > :24:47.have seen today, but then we see showers filling in through the
:24:48. > :24:53.afternoon. At times they will be quite blustery, but temperatures
:24:54. > :24:57.ranging between eight and 10 Celsius. But it is too good to last
:24:58. > :25:01.because as we had through tomorrow evening those showers continuing to
:25:02. > :25:04.push through ahead of the next weather system. A deep area of low
:25:05. > :25:12.pressure once again. Some heavy rain to come at times, it could be a
:25:13. > :25:16.touch wintry bats well particularly over high ground. `` a touch wintry
:25:17. > :25:23.as well. Friday morning, the Met Office has issued an early weather
:25:24. > :25:27.warning. Of higher ground they will be more like snow, but on lower
:25:28. > :25:36.levels like sleep. `` over higher ground. `` on lower levels it will
:25:37. > :25:39.be more like sleep. `` sleet.
:25:40. > :25:42.Let's go back to our top story tonight, the news that the
:25:43. > :25:42.Mid`Staffordshire NHS Trust will be dissolved.
:25:43. > :25:44.`` sleet. Let's go back to our Our health
:25:45. > :25:47.correspondent Michele Paduano has spent the day in the town gathering
:25:48. > :25:51.reaction. So Michele, does this decision today really draw a line in
:25:52. > :26:02.the sand for the hospitals, and what happens next?
:26:03. > :26:08.This is certainly the end of the Mid`Staffordshire trust, which has
:26:09. > :26:13.become synonymous with bad care around the world. People would know
:26:14. > :26:17.Stafford everywhere and know that it had this relationship with poor
:26:18. > :26:20.care, but the process goes on. From today they will have to divide up
:26:21. > :26:26.hospital between Stoke on Trent and Wolverhampton hospitals. That
:26:27. > :26:31.process may take until as early as July, maybe as late as October. We
:26:32. > :26:36.don't know. Is it the end of the campaign? Now, the Secretary of
:26:37. > :26:39.State for health and the Prime Minister today through the
:26:40. > :26:42.campaigners a crumb, a line of hope that they might be able to get
:26:43. > :26:47.consultant led services back here. And today the Care Quality
:26:48. > :26:52.Commission are again looking at elderly care, so it is the end of an
:26:53. > :26:55.era, but sadly not the end of the tunnel for this hospital.
:26:56. > :26:59.That was the Midlands Today. I'll be back at ten o'clock, where I'll be
:27:00. > :27:03.looking at what the future holds for Stafford Hospital and the impact it
:27:04. > :27:05.will have on people living there. Have a great evening. Goodbye.