:00:14. > :00:20.New figures show the number of patients kept waiting
:00:21. > :00:22.in an ambulance outside Accident and Emergency Departments for more
:00:23. > :00:25.than an hour has quadrupled in the last two years.
:00:26. > :00:27.Labour says the figures are shocking, but the NHS says it's
:00:28. > :00:40.Dave has been looking at the numbers. It is supposed to take half
:00:41. > :00:43.an hour or less for patients to be transferred from an ambulance to the
:00:44. > :00:48.accident and emergency department but increasingly it is not
:00:49. > :00:52.happening. Two years ago there were almost 18,000 incidents of patients
:00:53. > :01:00.waiting half an hour or more before the transfer and by 201516 it had
:01:01. > :01:04.gone up to 30 9000. Two years ago many more patients waited over an
:01:05. > :01:10.hour an ambulance. By this year it had more than quadrupled to 15,000.
:01:11. > :01:16.The figures were obtained under a freedom of information request by
:01:17. > :01:19.the Labour Party. It has described the inflammation are shocking. It is
:01:20. > :01:24.simply not acceptable that people should be waiting in an ambulance
:01:25. > :01:28.for over an hour, waiting to get when A department. I am deeply
:01:29. > :01:31.concerned for the safety of patients and I think our viewers would not
:01:32. > :01:34.consider it a satisfactory way to proceed and would accept the
:01:35. > :01:47.government to take action. What is going wrong? Unison blames
:01:48. > :01:50.the extreme lack of funding across every part of the NHS. It says some
:01:51. > :01:51.A departments are overwhelmed. Cuts in social care lead to patients
:01:52. > :01:55.being discharged leads to back-ups. being discharged leads to back-ups.
:01:56. > :02:01.NHS England says the figures reflect increasing demand for ambulances and
:02:02. > :02:04.staff work hard to minimise delays. The Department of Health says
:02:05. > :02:08.hospital in ambulance trusts must work closely together to improve the
:02:09. > :02:09.situation and it says it has invested ?10 billion to improve NHS
:02:10. > :02:10.services. Earlier I spoke to Ged Blezard
:02:11. > :02:12.from the Ambulance Service and asked him why he thought
:02:13. > :02:22.the situation had got so critical. There is increasing demand on the
:02:23. > :02:27.NHS as a whole. Ambulance Services are getting increasing amounts of
:02:28. > :02:32.calls and the NHS is in increasing demand. Some issues are causing
:02:33. > :02:37.issues. The ambulances are getting calls from more poorly patients so
:02:38. > :02:39.we are taking more patients to A then we have done before and they
:02:40. > :02:45.need to be admitted to hospital which is causing some problems. That
:02:46. > :02:48.is a concern in itself is patients who are poorly waiting for more than
:02:49. > :02:55.an hour in the ambulance rather than going into a and D. Yes, but the
:02:56. > :03:00.patients are treated in clinical priority so the most poorly patients
:03:01. > :03:02.going to A as soon as possible and the others with minor injuries or
:03:03. > :03:05.conditions will experience some conditions will experience some
:03:06. > :03:10.delays but it doesn't happen all the time, it is just periods of high
:03:11. > :03:16.demand when the problem occurs. The numbers we are talking about have
:03:17. > :03:23.gone up drastically in the last two years, almost fourfold. It is an
:03:24. > :03:26.acceptable, isn't it? It is. The figures are not what we would like
:03:27. > :03:33.them to be and it is an example of the pressure of the whole NHS with
:03:34. > :03:37.demand and limited resources to respond. We accept that patients are
:03:38. > :03:41.being delayed and we want to do everything we can in our power to
:03:42. > :03:44.make the delay as minimal as possible and from an ambulance point
:03:45. > :03:47.of view we are putting on more resources and putting more
:03:48. > :03:52.paramedics on vehicles than we have ever done before to try and meet the
:03:53. > :03:55.demand. I am sure you don't want to see this happening any more than
:03:56. > :04:01.anyone else but what should be done to bring improve the situation? Some
:04:02. > :04:05.of the things we are doing is making sure there are more ambulance
:04:06. > :04:08.resources available for patients but more importantly we're looking at
:04:09. > :04:13.new models of care so it is not just patients bringing 999 and expecting
:04:14. > :04:18.an ambulance but we are hoping to give them advice and help over the
:04:19. > :04:21.telephone and treatment and advice over the phone and if we do tend to
:04:22. > :04:25.see patients we are hoping to treat them on the scene rather than take
:04:26. > :04:29.them to A so we are looking at ways in which we can minimise the
:04:30. > :04:31.amount of patients who go to the hospital so there is no queueing.
:04:32. > :04:32.Thank you very much indeed. Two people suffered head injuries
:04:33. > :04:36.when part of the new roof gave way at Manchester's Victoria Station
:04:37. > :04:41.following after heavy Gallons of water fell
:04:42. > :04:44.onto passengers on platforms below. An investigation is underway to try
:04:45. > :04:47.and establish why the roof, which cost millions
:04:48. > :04:48.of pounds, failed. The roof panel is believed to have
:04:49. > :04:52.failed shortly after four o'clock this afternoon,
:04:53. > :04:54.just as passenger numbers Gallons of rain water dropped down
:04:55. > :04:58.onto commuters below through what appears to be
:04:59. > :05:04.a rent in the material. Other panels could still
:05:05. > :05:14.be seen bowing under I was just at the ticket gate and
:05:15. > :05:18.then I heard a massive bang, a crash, and loads of water came
:05:19. > :05:25.tumbling down onto the train and people fell down and there was, from
:05:26. > :05:29.what I saw, there was a rush to get to my train and there was a lazy
:05:30. > :05:31.left on the floor who had been hit by either the water we saw or by
:05:32. > :05:31.roofing. It was only in October last
:05:32. > :05:34.year that the station re-opened, with the new roof,
:05:35. > :05:44.following a ?44 million ugrade. The futuristic new roof was the
:05:45. > :05:48.centrepiece of the ?44 million refurbishment of the station. It is
:05:49. > :05:52.built on the same material, polymer, that was used in the construction of
:05:53. > :05:56.the bio domes at the Eden Project in Cornwall. There are 400 panels in
:05:57. > :05:58.the new roof structure which is now being checked by inspectors to make
:05:59. > :05:59.sure there are no further issues. The investigation will want
:06:00. > :06:02.to establish how a brand-new roof The station is used by six million
:06:03. > :06:09.passengers every year. Parts remained taped off tonight
:06:10. > :06:11.but Northern Rail says all platforms are open and there's no
:06:12. > :06:19.disruption to services. A Detective Inspector
:06:20. > :06:21.in Cumbria has been demoted following investigations
:06:22. > :06:29.into the death of 13-month-old Poppi died in 2012,
:06:30. > :06:33.after being found at her home Cumbria Police was criticised
:06:34. > :06:39.for its investigation into her death and the matter was referred
:06:40. > :06:41.to Independent Police The inspector has now admitted gross
:06:42. > :06:44.incompetence and been Controversial plans to scrap free
:06:45. > :06:49.school buses for pupils across east More than 100 pupils turned out
:06:50. > :06:52.to Cheshire East Council's cabinet meeting today to protest
:06:53. > :06:54.against the changes, which their schools claim will mean
:06:55. > :06:56.children using dangerous Officials insist parents
:06:57. > :06:59.are responsible for Britain's skills shortage is so bad
:07:00. > :07:08.that a government report this week warns it could cause irretrievable
:07:09. > :07:10.damage to our economy. But an event in Manchester might
:07:11. > :07:13.just make a difference. 15,000 schoolchildren,
:07:14. > :07:14.their teachers and parents are expected at the National
:07:15. > :07:16.Apprenticeship Show. And it seems workplace training
:07:17. > :07:18.is becoming increasingly attractive, Daniel and Michael are learning how
:07:19. > :07:24.to service and repair equipment at a tool and plant hire
:07:25. > :07:36.company in Warrington. I have learned a lot to do with the
:07:37. > :07:41.machinery that we work on, hydraulic systems, pneumatic systems. I wanted
:07:42. > :07:44.to earn while I learn and you get your foot into the door of a company
:07:45. > :07:53.which would get the opportunity do so without learning the trade
:07:54. > :07:56.beforehand. These two were in two the third year of their scheme and
:07:57. > :07:57.today the company was out looking for new apprenticeships.
:07:58. > :08:00.Tony Walton is on the lookout for new recruits at Manchester's
:08:01. > :08:10.To get a lifting qualification to deal with something like that, they
:08:11. > :08:14.will never be out of a job and they can go and work on rigs oilfields
:08:15. > :08:17.rather they stayed with us but that rather they stayed with us but that
:08:18. > :08:18.is what they need to do and we will put them through all the
:08:19. > :08:19.qualifications. There's a broad range
:08:20. > :08:28.of schemes on offer. The government have a huge drive to
:08:29. > :08:32.make sure that 3 million new apprentices start in this term in
:08:33. > :08:35.office. There is a huge investment from employers going into employing
:08:36. > :08:39.apprentices and increasing the size of their schemes and the government
:08:40. > :08:43.has recently introduced into apprenticeship levy for large
:08:44. > :08:44.employers that mean it is in their financial interest to employ
:08:45. > :08:44.apprentices. There are as many girls as boys
:08:45. > :08:47.taking up apprenticeships and some evidence that the cost of a degree
:08:48. > :08:50.is making this an increasingly attractive alternative
:08:51. > :08:58.to university. Do you think people are being driven
:08:59. > :09:01.to apprenticeships -- apprenticeships because of the cost
:09:02. > :09:05.of going to university? I think so. I was thinking of going to
:09:06. > :09:05.university but now I am more interested in a apprenticeship.
:09:06. > :09:08.These young people could be the answer to our
:09:09. > :09:12.They're being encouraged to aim high.
:09:13. > :09:14.In the Championship Blackburn who are struggling at the bottom
:09:15. > :09:17.got their first win in four games with a 2-1 defeat of
:09:18. > :09:28.Wigan, who are also in the bottom three, drew at Leeds.
:09:29. > :09:34.For the results of today's results from League 1, you can get them all
:09:35. > :09:42.on our BBC sport website. Now let us have a look at the weather.
:09:43. > :09:46.So far autumn has been topsy-turvy and it started well but in the last
:09:47. > :09:50.few days things have gone downhill and that is autumn in style and
:09:51. > :09:53.rather unsettled. In the next few days things settle down a bit with
:09:54. > :09:58.dry conditions coming in and a lovely area of high pressure. We
:09:59. > :10:02.have continental air towards the weekend so things will be cooler but
:10:03. > :10:07.it will be dry and it should be fairly bright. Not so today, the
:10:08. > :10:09.line of rain came through the afternoon caused problems in
:10:10. > :10:12.Manchester City centre and you can see from the latest picture that
:10:13. > :10:17.showers are petering out and leaving the region. They won't just
:10:18. > :10:21.disappear and coastal areas such as Wirral and Cheshire it you may find
:10:22. > :10:29.a few more coming in in the next few hours. From here onwards the story
:10:30. > :10:31.is dry. Clearing parts temperatures chilly in rural areas. Towns and
:10:32. > :10:36.cities and the numbers aren't so bad. Tomorrow remnants of showers to
:10:37. > :10:41.start the day and they were last for long. The sun should stick with us
:10:42. > :10:46.all the way through. It is a very nice day. A few showers running down
:10:47. > :10:49.Pennine area spot for most of us it is virtually sunshine all through
:10:50. > :10:53.the day. The breezes coming from the North at about ten miles an hour so
:10:54. > :10:58.it will not feel warm. The numbers are brilliant. I leave you with the
:10:59. > :10:59.outlook for the next few days. The dry weather sticks with us. Good
:11:00. > :11:13.night. Good evening. As you've just seen
:11:14. > :11:17.from your local outlook, not a huge amount changes over the next few
:11:18. > :11:22.days. The weather patterns will be blocked again. What is driving that?
:11:23. > :11:25.It's a deep area of low pressure, the remnants of hurricane Nicole in
:11:26. > :11:29.the Atlantic. That's heading towards Greenland. Set to pile up the snow
:11:30. > :11:33.here, metres of it in the next few days. It's dragging a lot of warm
:11:34. > :11:37.air into the North Atlantic on the Eastern flank. What that does is
:11:38. > :11:41.build this, high pressure. That's not going to move a great deal over
:11:42. > :11:44.the next few days. To the east, low pressure in place. That means
:11:45. > :11:48.Eastern England always prone for further showers through the rest of
:11:49. > :11:52.this week. For the rest of the UK, largely dry, some sunny days, but
:11:53. > :11:53.also rather cool nights and a few misty