:00:00. > :00:08.Plans to restrict hip and knee replacements in Worcestershire
:00:09. > :00:13.to cut cost are described as "alarming".
:00:14. > :00:21.I'm very frustrated and I'm worried. I'm worried that they're going to
:00:22. > :00:23.leave me like this for a lot, lots longer.
:00:24. > :00:25.Hundreds of cannabis plants are found in an industrial-size
:00:26. > :00:42.The RSPB's big garden birdwatch starts this weekend.
:00:43. > :00:46.There are plans to restrict the number of hip and knee
:00:47. > :00:50.The proposal is that unless patients are in enough pain that it
:00:51. > :00:52.stops them sleeping, they won't be considered
:00:53. > :00:59.Our health correspondent Michele Paduano is in
:01:00. > :01:19.Well, this is an unusual situation because across the region people are
:01:20. > :01:23.having to make very difficult decisions and we already know that
:01:24. > :01:26.with a five-year NHS plan going forward there is talk of actually
:01:27. > :01:30.cutting planned operations back 20% but they have hit on what is going
:01:31. > :01:34.on here in Worcestershire. We have been today to see one lady, Susan
:01:35. > :01:39.Morris. She actually started trying to get onto a waiting list about a
:01:40. > :01:45.year ago in January and September because of a severe arthritis she
:01:46. > :01:48.got onto that waiting list for a knee operation but she doesn't know
:01:49. > :01:52.yet when that operation will take place and is clearly extremely
:01:53. > :02:00.distressed by the pain. They just don't seem to understand exactly
:02:01. > :02:04.what the patients go through. I'll go anywhere, I said I will go
:02:05. > :02:08.anywhere to have this operation, I don't even mind going up to Russell
:02:09. > :02:17.hall or somewhere like that, it's just as long as I can get it done. I
:02:18. > :02:22.can't afford to go private so I'm stuck. Well, I am joined now by the
:02:23. > :02:25.chairman of Bromsgrove clinical commissioning group and I had to ask
:02:26. > :02:28.you the question why are you changing the criteria, why are
:02:29. > :02:37.people going to have to suffer more pain before they can get these
:02:38. > :02:41.operations quiz green? The NHS only has a certain amount of money and I
:02:42. > :02:43.don't want patients in pain but we are clear that these are life
:02:44. > :02:49.changing operations and they should take place. We also very clear that
:02:50. > :02:53.in many cases actually if they could lose weight, perhaps we did use
:02:54. > :02:56.physiotherapy, and actually many patients don't need that surgery and
:02:57. > :03:01.I think that is probably the main thing. But you are rationing, aren't
:03:02. > :03:06.you? The Royal College of surgeons said there is no justification. The
:03:07. > :03:09.NHS is in a very, very difficult place at the moment, a certain
:03:10. > :03:12.amount of money can an ageing population, a good thing here in
:03:13. > :03:15.Worcestershire, but we only have a certain amount of money so we have
:03:16. > :03:19.to draw a line somewhere. So what we try to do with the money that we
:03:20. > :03:25.have, we have a statutory responsibility to make sure that the
:03:26. > :03:28.CCG comes in even, that actually we need to do that properly. The other
:03:29. > :03:31.night I thank you. There is going to be a lot of playing clearly for the
:03:32. > :03:36.people and the NHS in the years to come. That occurred a lot of pain.
:03:37. > :03:37.And we've been hearing from you today -
:03:38. > :03:41.if you have a comment on this story to share with us, good and bad,
:03:42. > :03:43.get in touch via Facebook, Twitter, or email.
:03:44. > :03:45.Police have uncovered a large cannabis factory in Staffordshire
:03:46. > :03:48.Our special correspondent Peter Wilson is at the
:03:49. > :03:57.Peter, how did they find out about this?
:03:58. > :04:05.Well, I am in a basement just below some fast food shops right in the
:04:06. > :04:09.centre of Burton upon Trent. And police have discovered more than 800
:04:10. > :04:14.cannabis plants and as is so often the case with these illegal cannabis
:04:15. > :04:18.factories, the smell is almost overpowering. With me now is Chief
:04:19. > :04:28.Inspector Rob Neeson. Rob, how did your officers discover the place? It
:04:29. > :04:37.is as simple as a member of the public calling us about some
:04:38. > :04:43.suspicious activity with a tractor. There was a tractor? Yes, it is
:04:44. > :04:48.incredible the length these people go to. As I have said they have
:04:49. > :04:52.discovered more than 800 and are going through forensics at the
:04:53. > :04:57.moment and they think the street value could be as much as ?400,000.
:04:58. > :05:01.Everywhere around here, and it bridges right the way around the
:05:02. > :05:06.corner you can see these garlic plants just hanging up here. That's
:05:07. > :05:08.not to mask the smell it in fact to keep bugs away but it certainly
:05:09. > :05:12.hasn't kept the police away. A 25-year-old man from Birmingham
:05:13. > :05:15.has appeared in court charged with murdering a man on a bus
:05:16. > :05:18.on Monday night. 36-year-old Leon Barrett-Hazle
:05:19. > :05:23.from Smethwick was stabbed and killed as he rode on the top
:05:24. > :05:27.deck of the 11A in Handsworth. Kieran Gillespie who lives
:05:28. > :05:29.in Handsworth appeared in court Events are being held
:05:30. > :05:36.across the West Midlands to mark There is a commemoration
:05:37. > :05:40.in Coventry this lunchtime Susi Bechhofer lives in Rugby
:05:41. > :05:48.and survived the holocaust when she and her twin
:05:49. > :05:51.were amongst 10,000 children But her mother, Rosa,
:05:52. > :05:54.was murdered in Auswitz. She says she hopes telling
:05:55. > :06:00.their story will help others. The RSPB's big garden birdwatch
:06:01. > :06:01.starts this weekend. The charity's asking us to record
:06:02. > :06:07.the birds that visit our gardens over the course of an hour,
:06:08. > :06:09.so they can work out which species are doing well,
:06:10. > :06:12.and which ones are struggling. So for some top garden bird-watching
:06:13. > :06:14.tips we sent Environment Correspondent David Gregory-Kumar
:06:15. > :06:16.to meet Springwatch star Kate MacRae, who took
:06:17. > :06:21.these amazing pictures... Last year in the RSPB's Big Garden
:06:22. > :06:32.Birdwatch half a million of us So let's get some tips
:06:33. > :06:37.for this weekend. What are your top tips
:06:38. > :06:40.for how to feed birds, how to get more birds
:06:41. > :06:44.into your garden? Well, I think you have
:06:45. > :06:47.to think of it a bit like a The more different kinds
:06:48. > :06:50.of food you can put out and different kinds of ways you can
:06:51. > :06:53.feed them, then the more different species you're going to
:06:54. > :06:56.attract because not all birds like the same food and not
:06:57. > :06:59.all like feeding in the same way. Kate has spotted over
:07:00. > :07:02.50 different bird species The Midlands gardenwatch top five:
:07:03. > :07:07.sparrow, blue tip, starling, blackbird and wood pigeon have
:07:08. > :07:10.all been caught by her cameras. But she records less
:07:11. > :07:12.common visitors, too, Well, one that is always
:07:13. > :07:19.really exciting to get is the woodpecker, and Great Spotted
:07:20. > :07:22.Woodpeckers were another species that have taken advantage
:07:23. > :07:25.of our changing in the way we feed. And this year the whole
:07:26. > :07:27.event has been extended by a day
:07:28. > :07:29.to cover the Monday as well as the weekend,
:07:30. > :07:30.and that means you don't
:07:31. > :07:33.have to do a whole hour in your garden,
:07:34. > :07:34.you could Garden Birdwatch is our largest
:07:35. > :07:39.citizen science experiment, providing vital information on how
:07:40. > :07:42.all our garden birds are doing. David Gregory-Kumar,
:07:43. > :07:46.BBC Midlands Today, Lichfield. And for more details on how
:07:47. > :07:50.to take part in the garden birdwatch, check out David's
:07:51. > :07:56.blog at bbc.co.uk/davidgregorykumar. Time for the weather
:07:57. > :07:59.now, with Rebecca. Will it be good weather
:08:00. > :08:03.for bird-watching? Still chilly in the centre
:08:04. > :08:05.of Birmingham this lunchtime, although the Chinese New Year
:08:06. > :08:08.celebrations are warming things up. For this weekend a change
:08:09. > :08:11.is on the way - bringing something a little milder,
:08:12. > :08:13.but I'm afraid we will see rain at times through
:08:14. > :08:15.the next couple of days. We've been very settled
:08:16. > :08:18.recently with high pressure controlling our weather -
:08:19. > :08:20.but gradually this weekend low pressure will take charge
:08:21. > :08:26.and with that we will see weather ahead of that cloud will thicken
:08:27. > :08:38.and it will be a wet afternoon - but that should introduce
:08:39. > :08:40.a different, milder airmass so temperatures climbing
:08:41. > :08:42.to six celsius today - With another cold front working
:08:43. > :08:46.in from the west overnight, there will be more rain to come,
:08:47. > :08:49.slowly moving in from the west, that will keep temperatures up
:08:50. > :08:52.to between three and five Celsius. Although it's a wet start
:08:53. > :08:56.to Saturday, that weather front will clear away and there will be
:08:57. > :08:59.sunny spells left behind, but showers will follow
:09:00. > :09:01.on through the afternoon. Temperatures up to eight Celsius,
:09:02. > :09:04.so feeling much different to how For sunday there is still some
:09:05. > :09:08.uncertainty as rain works its way across the south of the country -
:09:09. > :09:12.it could push a little further north or drop a little further south,
:09:13. > :09:15.but it does look like there will be I am off to touch a lion, apparently
:09:16. > :09:23.it is very good luck! Later, if you remember
:09:24. > :09:26.the music of Northern Soul, you're in for a treat
:09:27. > :09:28.in Midlands Today, The FA Cup fourth round,
:09:29. > :10:06.next weekend, across the BBC. It's incredible, the changes that
:10:07. > :10:08.have occurred in just 50 years. Oh, my goodness me,
:10:09. > :10:10.I don't like the look of that. The Robshaws are going back in
:10:11. > :10:12.time again... Feel a little bit
:10:13. > :10:17.overwhelmed at the moment. How people did this every day,
:10:18. > :10:19.I don't know. Calf's head. Leave the teeth
:10:20. > :10:24.out of it, won't you? It's incredible, the changes that
:10:25. > :10:29.have occurred in just 50 years.