0:00:06 > 0:00:07Good evening.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09It's claimed an independent inquiry should be held
0:00:09 > 0:00:13into how a business set up by Buckinghamshire County Council
0:00:13 > 0:00:15to run adult social services lost millions of pounds -
0:00:15 > 0:00:19and was criticised for the quality of its care.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Healthwatch Buckinghamshire wants answers as to how it was run -
0:00:21 > 0:00:24and how vulnerable people were affected.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28Brennan Nicholls has this exclusive report.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Damning report after damning report - Buckinghamshire Care was supposed
0:00:31 > 0:00:33to look after some of the most vulnerable members of the community.
0:00:33 > 0:00:39The company was set up by Bucks County Council back in 2013.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42It had an ?8 million a year contract to run
0:00:42 > 0:00:46services cross the county - in people's homes, a network
0:00:46 > 0:00:49of community centres, a farm near Milton Keynes
0:00:49 > 0:00:52and a respite care home in Beaconsfield.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Its managing director was paid ?140,000 a year.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58The Council said the firm would save taxpayers more
0:00:58 > 0:01:00than ?2 million over five years.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02It didn't.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04The financial accounts of Buckinghamshire Care makes
0:01:04 > 0:01:06pretty grim reading.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Over the last three years the business has lost
0:01:08 > 0:01:12just under ?2.5 million.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14What makes even worse reading, though, is this
0:01:14 > 0:01:15from the Care Quality Commission.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17A report into Seeleys Respite Care in Beaconsfield,
0:01:17 > 0:01:21which was rated as "inadequate".
0:01:21 > 0:01:22And the combination of these two means that
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Buckinghamshire County Council pulled the plug on the business
0:01:25 > 0:01:27and brought it back in-house.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31It's now trying to learn the mistakes of what is contained here.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34When we began to identify that things weren't going right,
0:01:34 > 0:01:37both in terms of finances and the quality of care,
0:01:37 > 0:01:41at that point the governance had to be ramped up and began to take
0:01:41 > 0:01:44a much closer interest.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47But it was really only when the report on Seeleys came out
0:01:47 > 0:01:50that the full extent of the failings became clear.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54The Council took decisive and quick action which was
0:01:54 > 0:01:56recognised by the CQC.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Not everyone though is convinced by the Council's approach.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Healthwatch Buckinghamshire want's more, much more.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05The public don't know what's going on.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07They just think it was just another care home contract
0:02:07 > 0:02:09that was withdrawn.
0:02:09 > 0:02:14They don't realise that it was wholly owned by the County Council.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16The County Council has now taken full control
0:02:16 > 0:02:18of Buckinghamshire Care's services once again.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22It believes all services are running well.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24The council says it will work with Healthwatch Buckinghamshire
0:02:24 > 0:02:30to reflect their concerns.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Around 200 workers have lost their jobs at the Manor Formula
0:02:33 > 0:02:37One team in Banbury - after the firm ceased trading today.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42The firm was placed in administration earlier this month -
0:02:42 > 0:02:44with the hope a new buyer could be found.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Staff were sent home this morning.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Manor began in 2010 as Virgin Racing - backed by Sir Richard Branson.
0:02:49 > 0:02:54The team was later renamed Marussia and became Manor in 2014.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56A man's died after a two-car crash near Banbury.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59It happened in Cropredy on Tuesday morning.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01No arrests have been made.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Police are appealing for witnesses.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Services have been held to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09In Oxford there was a ceremony at the town hall, marking
0:03:09 > 0:03:12the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15John Fieldsend, who now lives in Thame, remembers Hitler coming
0:03:15 > 0:03:18to his home town in 1935.
0:03:18 > 0:03:28Zoe Curtis reports.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31People of all faiths gathered at Oxford Town Hall
0:03:31 > 0:03:34for Holocaust Memorial Day.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37It has been more than 70 years since the genocide which claimed
0:03:37 > 0:03:41more than six million Jewish lives.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44John Fieldsend witnessed this first hand.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46As a young Jewish boy living in Germany he heard
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Adolf Hitler address a rally.
0:03:50 > 0:03:56I can still remember that voice...
0:03:56 > 0:04:01That memory.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04It's firmly locked in the back of my head as I can't
0:04:04 > 0:04:06find the off switch.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08John now lives in Thame.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11During the Second World War he and his brother fled to Britain
0:04:11 > 0:04:13from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17But their parents were taken to Auschwitz.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21John still has the final letter they sent him.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24"We want to say farewell to you who were our dearest
0:04:24 > 0:04:27"possession in the world.
0:04:27 > 0:04:32"And only for a short time were we able to keep you.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36"Don't forget us and be good.
0:04:36 > 0:04:45"I too thank all the good people who have accepted you so nobly."
0:04:45 > 0:04:50Today photographs from the Holocaust went on display at the Town Hall.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Victims of genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda and Bosnia were also
0:04:53 > 0:04:57remembered, along with those still being subjected
0:04:57 > 0:05:04to racism and intolerance.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06The actor and activist Russell Brand has been talking
0:05:06 > 0:05:10about his experience of growing up with mental health problems.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13He was in Aylesbury launching Buckinghamshire Recovery College.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16It wants people who've experienced difficulties in their past to mentor
0:05:16 > 0:05:18those in need of help.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Matt Graveling reports.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25"We can't help everyone but everyone can help someone."
0:05:25 > 0:05:28A famous saying which encapsulates the ethos of a brand-new institution
0:05:29 > 0:05:32launched in Aylesbury this morning.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Buckinghamshire Recovery College holds classes for people
0:05:35 > 0:05:36struggling with mental health.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39And at today's event one man who has openly struggled
0:05:39 > 0:05:43with his was keen to lend his voice.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Mental health is nothing if not a disease of perspective.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48It is a different perspective to what is required.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51I think it is impossible for a person to attain that
0:05:51 > 0:05:52perspective in solitude, that they require support
0:05:52 > 0:05:57and community from people that understand it.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58The idea here is simple.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Health professionals work alongside tutors who have
0:06:00 > 0:06:04had their own personal battles with mental health.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08They then share their experiences to help others overcome the issue.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11The college took on its first students in September and now have
0:06:11 > 0:06:14nearly 200 people enrolled in workshops and courses
0:06:14 > 0:06:18all tailored to improve their well-being.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21I'm now working in supporting people in mental health who need that
0:06:21 > 0:06:24support and understanding.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28And for me my passion is creativity and it has helped me get back
0:06:28 > 0:06:30on the road to recovery.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Today's event was the start of what the college hope will be
0:06:33 > 0:06:36a long, successful journey, helping thousands of people overcome
0:06:36 > 0:06:43mental health one by one.
0:06:43 > 0:06:44That's it from us.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45The weather forecast is next.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46Goodnight.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47Hello, good evening.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Today was a bit of a change from recent days.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Milder conditions and the arrival of some rain.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53And that rain will stay with us overnight tonight
0:06:53 > 0:06:56with the possibility of hill fog where we have a lot
0:06:56 > 0:06:57of low cloud in places.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Temperatures tonight will fall away to around three or four Celsius.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02The rain will be with us first thing tomorrow morning.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05It's a slow improving picture, the rain slowly clearing its way
0:07:06 > 0:07:08north and eastwards.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Once it does we will see some bright and sunny spells
0:07:11 > 0:07:12through the afternoon.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15But still the risk of the odd isolated heavy shower.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Temperatures tomorrow reaching a high of seven or eight Celsius.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20A good deal of cloud around and outbreaks of rain
0:07:20 > 0:07:22through the course of the day.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Brightening up through the afternoon.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Sunday is a day of rain.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30Rain also on Monday, but now here's your national forecast.