:00:00. > :00:11.In tonight's programme... so it's goodbye from me.
:00:12. > :00:20.Back home just days after a pioneering liver
:00:21. > :00:22.Could these new advanced techniques help to
:00:23. > :00:29.Patients suffer less. They do much better.
:00:30. > :00:31.They suffer less complications. They go home much quicker.
:00:32. > :00:34.The lottery of bird flu - some restrictions are eased for poultry
:00:35. > :00:36.farmers whilst others continue to face strict guidelines
:00:37. > :00:41.We're in Bermuda as they get ready to host the America's Cup UPSOF
:00:42. > :00:43.And I'm in Southsea for a love tale with a difference.
:00:44. > :00:45.About Rodney the shark who is going to travel
:00:46. > :01:03.December was the worst month for A and E units in England
:01:04. > :01:12.since the four-hour waiting target was introduced thirteen years ago.
:01:13. > :01:17.Latest figures show only 86 per cent of patients were admitted,
:01:18. > :01:22.transferred or discharged within that time
:01:23. > :01:25.and there's suggestions it was even worse in January.
:01:26. > :01:27.This evening on South Today, we're looking at what the NHS
:01:28. > :01:30.is doing to tackle what's been described as a crisis.
:01:31. > :01:32.A new way of doing liver operations that helps patients
:01:33. > :01:34.recover more quickly, and frees up hospital beds
:01:35. > :01:39.Today nearly a hundred specialists from around the world
:01:40. > :01:44.And as our health correspondent David Fenton reports -
:01:45. > :01:45.patients are already seeing the benefit.
:01:46. > :01:47.Georgina Westwood had 60% of her liver removed
:01:48. > :01:53.This is her just after she woke up from the 11 hour operation
:01:54. > :01:57.I was told that they only ever do the liver with open surgery
:01:58. > :02:01.but I was fortunate that I entered a trial which resulted in me
:02:02. > :02:08.randomly being picked out for laparoscopic surgery.
:02:09. > :02:13.That means keyhole surgery and it worked.
:02:14. > :02:17.36 hours after the operation, Georgina left hospital.
:02:18. > :02:22.Within a fortnight, she was looking after her granddaughter Maisie.
:02:23. > :02:28.For my family, for myself and for the NHS.
:02:29. > :02:32.Keyhole surgery is used for all sorts of procedures.
:02:33. > :02:55.Most hospitals prefer open surgery for very big liver operations.
:02:56. > :03:03.But today nearly 100 specialists from all over the world
:03:04. > :03:05.at Southampton General where new keyhole techniques
:03:06. > :03:10.Southampton has a unique position in that in this type of surgery,
:03:11. > :03:13.so they have a lot of input and innovation into the procedure
:03:14. > :03:15.among the European countries, as well.
:03:16. > :03:17.Well, it's quite challenging but people are progressing and that's
:03:18. > :03:20.why we have the conference over here to encourage people to get
:03:21. > :03:27.Now the surgeon behind many of those innovations says more NHS
:03:28. > :03:33.Our patients suffer less, they do much better,
:03:34. > :03:37.they have less complications, they go home much quicker.
:03:38. > :03:40.And I think that patients across all the UK should
:03:41. > :03:44.have the possibility to have the same treatment
:03:45. > :03:47.that we do in Southampton, instead of travelling down
:03:48. > :03:54.Not everyone can have this type of surgery but,
:03:55. > :03:57.three weeks on from her operation, Georgina's recovering well.
:03:58. > :04:06.In Berkshire they're hoping prevention will be the cure to some
:04:07. > :04:10.Trips and falls are one of the main reasons that older
:04:11. > :04:12.people are hospitalised, so at a community centre
:04:13. > :04:14.in Bracknell they're educating pensioners on the best way to stay
:04:15. > :04:17.safe, as well as assessing those most at risk.
:04:18. > :04:24.They say the NHS is from cradle to the grave and, in Bracknell,
:04:25. > :04:31.in Berkshire, the focus is very much on all age groups.
:04:32. > :04:34.It's best foot forward at the weekly Falls Free for Life programme
:04:35. > :04:42.at the leisure centre, as the name suggests,
:04:43. > :04:45.it's all about helping people avoid those nasty slips and trips that can
:04:46. > :04:47.cost them not only their health but their independence.
:04:48. > :04:49.Fell in the garden, hanging the washing out.
:04:50. > :04:54.Yes. It was very scary.
:04:55. > :04:57.The whole objective of what we're trying to do is to keep
:04:58. > :04:59.people out of hospital, keep people happy, keep people
:05:00. > :05:01.engaged in their own home and community for longer.
:05:02. > :05:04.It is estimated that falls cost the NHS about ?2 billion per year
:05:05. > :05:06.but, here in Bracknell, they're not only concerned
:05:07. > :05:09.with prevention when it comes to the physical care of the elderly,
:05:10. > :05:18.they're also concerned with the mental health of the young.
:05:19. > :05:21.At this primary school a new lesson is on the timetable.
:05:22. > :05:34.This week, leading children's charity Place To Be has said nearly
:05:35. > :05:36.two thirds of children worry all the time about
:05:37. > :05:39.Normally if you're feeling down it affects everything.
:05:40. > :05:41.So it would affect your work as well.
:05:42. > :05:44.All the time across our country, issue such as self harm, anxiety,
:05:45. > :05:52.So, what we know from evidence is if we start the
:05:53. > :05:55.conversation early we can get them to seek help when they need to.
:05:56. > :06:03.So, not matter what age you are in Bracknell,
:06:04. > :06:05.the message is for the NHS and the people it serves,
:06:06. > :06:15.Our health correspondent, David Fenton is here with me now,
:06:16. > :06:28.To innovative ideas, a positive approach.
:06:29. > :06:30.We talk a lot about the NHS when things go wrong -
:06:31. > :06:33.A problems, operations cancelled, not enough beds - but there is also
:06:34. > :06:37.a lot that goes on behind the scenes to try and solve those problems.
:06:38. > :06:39.That can be quite a high-tech sophisticated solution -
:06:40. > :06:42.like surgeons using new keyhole techniques - or it can be a simple
:06:43. > :06:45.thing like teaching people how not to fall over and hurt themselves.
:06:46. > :06:48.They all usually have this in common - either keeping people out
:06:49. > :06:50.of hospital in the first place, or getting them home
:06:51. > :06:55.So Georgina liver patient went home day and a half after her op -
:06:56. > :06:59.So that bed is then free for maybe five or six more patients.
:07:00. > :07:01.Tomorrow those specialists we saw in Southampton drawing up
:07:02. > :07:03.new guidelines mean more hospitals can do that.
:07:04. > :07:11.A trial continued in Winchester today of a teenage father accused
:07:12. > :07:12.of murdering his six week old daughter.
:07:13. > :07:14.Joshua Martin, who now lives in Alton, denies
:07:15. > :07:18.Today the baby's mother told the court she was afraid
:07:19. > :07:22.She said Martin had been controlling during their relationship and made
:07:23. > :07:24.violent threats when she tried to leave him.
:07:25. > :07:33.There's a new case of Female Genital Mutilation or FGM
:07:34. > :07:36.as it is known every 90 minutes in the UK.
:07:37. > :07:39.That's according to the charity, Plan International UK.
:07:40. > :07:43.It found that between April 2015 and March last year -
:07:44. > :07:46.there were almost nine thousand times where women went
:07:47. > :07:49.to the hospital or their GP with an FGM related concern.
:07:50. > :07:53.That's the equivalent of one every hour,
:07:54. > :07:56.It has been illegal to carry out FGM in the UK since 1985,
:07:57. > :08:00.but there has not been a single successful prosecution.
:08:01. > :08:05.Reading has been identified as an area where there is a high
:08:06. > :08:12.and now the town is to get the first centre of its kind
:08:13. > :08:15.The Rose Centre will bring together professionals to work
:08:16. > :08:16.with communities where FGM is widely practiced,
:08:17. > :08:34.I was at an age of 45 years old when my grandparents started speaking to
:08:35. > :08:38.me about being cut. Jennifer comes from an influential east African
:08:39. > :08:44.family but she only avoided female genital mutilation by running away
:08:45. > :08:50.from home. The cutting tradition still casts a long shadow over her
:08:51. > :08:55.and her mother. She says that her life has been ruined by me not
:08:56. > :09:01.getting cut. She says she has received death threats, people have
:09:02. > :09:05.tried to stow her car. People from her community. Sometimes she would
:09:06. > :09:12.go back home to her family in the village and nobody would speak to
:09:13. > :09:21.her. In 2014, Reading was declared one of 11 hotspots for FGM. More
:09:22. > :09:30.than 40 cases have been uncovered in the town. Research suggests that the
:09:31. > :09:34.actual figure is far higher. The row centre is the first of its kind
:09:35. > :09:40.bringing together professionals and those groups where the practice
:09:41. > :09:46.continues. The ultimate aim is to end FGM and community engagement is
:09:47. > :09:52.the way forward. Jennifer now worries for her daughter as both mum
:09:53. > :09:58.and dad are under pressure from her wider family. I can try and make
:09:59. > :10:03.sure that my daughter doesn't go through this but if the father is
:10:04. > :10:07.not with me, what stops him from coming home one day and I find he is
:10:08. > :10:13.on the next plane home with my daughter. There is nothing I can do.
:10:14. > :10:16.Large parts of the South have been identified as being at higher risk
:10:17. > :10:19.for bird flu under new guidelines published by the Government today.
:10:20. > :10:22.Restrictions on keeping poultry and other birds outside have been
:10:23. > :10:25.in place since before Christmas after a number of cases of Avian flu
:10:26. > :10:28.But farming leaders say the introduction of new "higher risk
:10:29. > :10:30.areas" will mean free-range producers face major threats
:10:31. > :10:43.It's been a tough few months for poultry farmers. Flocks have been
:10:44. > :10:50.cooped up since December. In an effort to halt the spread of bird
:10:51. > :10:54.flu by stopping contact with wild birds carrying the virus. From the
:10:55. > :11:06.end of this month, flocks in low risk areas will be allowed outside
:11:07. > :11:15.is with certain safeguards. It could mean that farms in high-risk areas
:11:16. > :11:19.could lose a free range safeguards. We sell directly to the consumer and
:11:20. > :11:26.we have a fantastic customer base who will be very supportive if we
:11:27. > :11:30.have to rename our eggs as barn eggs. It's a lot more expensive to
:11:31. > :11:37.run a free range poultry farm then it is for rearing Boban X. The NFU
:11:38. > :11:43.says it will be a tough time for producers in high-risk areas. We are
:11:44. > :11:59.very concerned about poultry farmers in high-risk areas. The outlook is
:12:00. > :12:03.serious. We will be able to carry on our status as free range. The
:12:04. > :12:10.chickens will be allowed out which is great news for them. One of the
:12:11. > :12:15.eight confirmed cases of the flu in the UK was here at Abbotsbury indoor
:12:16. > :12:19.set. All of the high-risk areas are on the coast or near inland lakes
:12:20. > :12:29.and rivers Wye wildfowl have in large number. We've seen low
:12:30. > :12:40.outbreaks in the areas that we have the proposing but still heightened
:12:41. > :12:50.risk. The new regulations come into force on March one.
:12:51. > :12:52.A reward is being offered to trace an iPod -
:12:53. > :12:54.stolen from the daughter of firefighter Alan Bannon -
:12:55. > :12:58.It once belonged to the 38-year-old - who was killed tackling a fire
:12:59. > :13:02.The Fire Brigade Union is offering a thousand pounds for the safe
:13:03. > :13:06.His daughter Abi who is now 11 years old -
:13:07. > :13:15.had kept the ipod which contained all her father's favourite songs.
:13:16. > :13:20.Say with us for the weather forcast.
:13:21. > :13:28.After yesterday's political row over leaked texts Government ministers
:13:29. > :13:31.have been insisting that Surrey County Council has not been
:13:32. > :13:33.given a special deal to keep council tax low.
:13:34. > :13:36.However, under questioning by Labour, The Leader of the House
:13:37. > :13:40.of Commons did admit Surrey has asked to join a pilot scheme
:13:41. > :13:44.to retain business rates a year earlier than other councils.
:13:45. > :13:47.If there is no special deal for Surrey, why did
:13:48. > :13:50.the Prime Minister simply not confirm this?
:13:51. > :13:53.I, and other honourable members, want a memorandum of understanding
:13:54. > :13:56.to secure our libraries and social care.
:13:57. > :14:03.Surrey County Council has asked if it can participate in one
:14:04. > :14:07.of the pilot project is for the proposed 100%
:14:08. > :14:15.As any other local council will be free to apply, there is no
:14:16. > :14:33.I'm sure we'll be hearing more of that in future. Now, all the sport.
:14:34. > :14:36.We are going to hear from the chairman of Bournemouth. Is he
:14:37. > :14:44.despondent at the moment given the poor recent run. Far from it. It has
:14:45. > :14:50.been a tricky spell. They have had injuries, suspensions, didn't manage
:14:51. > :14:52.to make signings but they are just looking over their shoulder.
:14:53. > :14:55.It's probably the most trying spell of the fledgling Premier League
:14:56. > :14:57.life of AFC Bournemouth, and their manager Eddie Howe.
:14:58. > :14:59.Slipping down the table, the Cherries are battling
:15:00. > :15:04.A lack of new signings in January didn't exactly rouse the mood.
:15:05. > :15:06.South Today has spoken exclusively to Bournemouth chairman Jeff Mostyn,
:15:07. > :15:09.as the club try to get the ball rolling back in
:15:10. > :15:19.In a debut season in, arguably, the world's toughest league,
:15:20. > :15:21.any team would be given time to settle in.
:15:22. > :15:31.Second time around, with tens of millions
:15:32. > :15:33.of pounds spent, the expectations at Bournemouth
:15:34. > :15:38.It's been a very difficult and stressful January
:15:39. > :15:42.You know, the performances have been disappointing, to say the least.
:15:43. > :15:46.There's always a concern when you're not winning games.
:15:47. > :15:49.It was not for the lack of trying, right up until
:15:50. > :15:54.11 o'clock, on transfer deadline day, occasionally you have to spend
:15:55. > :15:58.a little bit more than you budgeted for and we were always willing to do
:15:59. > :16:00.that with the players that we wanted to bring in.
:16:01. > :16:07.Some of the values were just crazy, as they always are
:16:08. > :16:13.It's the worst market to deal in and, as Eddie has said,
:16:14. > :16:16.publicly, it's in the public domain, it was probably the worst window
:16:17. > :16:26.There's no sense that if you haven't got
:16:27. > :16:29.recruitment department have failed in their duty.
:16:30. > :16:41.We are more concerned than we were before Christmas.
:16:42. > :16:44.Our goal has always been to retain our position
:16:45. > :16:49.Would we be having this conversation now if we
:16:50. > :16:53.haven't reached the dizzy heights of the top half of the table,
:16:54. > :16:55.or would people have been satisfied that we
:16:56. > :17:08.We still haven't identified an ideal sight but we have
:17:09. > :17:10.identified three sites that have potential.
:17:11. > :17:13.So, it's a very slow moving project but we're in talks
:17:14. > :17:26.practically with the Council on a daily basis.
:17:27. > :17:31.Eddie is our manager and he will continue to be our manager
:17:32. > :17:35.We have an incredible relationship and you
:17:36. > :17:38.will never get a person who is more level-headed.
:17:39. > :17:41.He's more determined than ever ensure that this football
:17:42. > :17:53.club retains its position at the very top level of football.
:17:54. > :17:58.More of that interview on our Facebook page and on the BBC sport
:17:59. > :18:01.website. Now for the last of our
:18:02. > :18:03.features from Bermuda. Tony Husband has been three and half
:18:04. > :18:06.thousand miles across the globe to visit the island that will stage
:18:07. > :18:09.the America's Cup this summer. Sir Ben Ainslie's Land Rover BAR
:18:10. > :18:12.will hope to become the first British team to win the trophy,
:18:13. > :18:15.that was first contested Tonight Tony finds out how
:18:16. > :18:19.the island is preparing and what conditions the sailors
:18:20. > :18:34.will face. Bermuda is Britain's oldest colony
:18:35. > :18:47.so it is fitting that Ben Ainslie is hoping to bring the Americas cup
:18:48. > :18:54.home from these waters. Bermuda is 21.6 square miles. The population is
:18:55. > :19:04.60 4000. Bermuda shorts borrowed from the British military. Though
:19:05. > :19:10.neither was settled in 1609. It is the proverbial picture postcard
:19:11. > :19:15.island. Britain's largest naval dockyard outside the UK was once
:19:16. > :19:22.here. The America's Cup is big news for traders. It's is an absolute
:19:23. > :19:29.need for Bermuda, a tremendous boost to our economic benefit and it's a
:19:30. > :19:32.lot of fun. Memorabilia fills the rails across the stores in the
:19:33. > :19:37.island. What today they think about the America's Cup? Just the
:19:38. > :19:44.publicity alone is ideal for the island. On the one hand, I'm rooting
:19:45. > :19:49.for Oracle because they've been here a while and are established in the
:19:50. > :19:52.community. If they were to win the cup, they would stay which would be
:19:53. > :20:03.good for the island. Generally, people are for BA are and Oracle on
:20:04. > :20:06.the island. It is there that the boats competing for the America's
:20:07. > :20:17.Cup will race off this summer. It forms a perfect the theatre. It's a
:20:18. > :20:22.tricky place to sail. It's perfect for the flat water where we will be
:20:23. > :20:27.racing but it is very landlocked so the wind is shifting. Thankfully,
:20:28. > :20:33.I've got a bit of experience having sailed here a lot over the years but
:20:34. > :20:37.we've got Giles Scott, our tactician on the boat who decides where we
:20:38. > :20:42.will go on the course and you couldn't ask for anyone more
:20:43. > :20:50.talented than Giles, having come out of Rio with a gold medal. Between
:20:51. > :21:00.them, they have five gold medals. To have tactical racecourses brilliant
:21:01. > :21:05.for our team. For the island of Bermuda, they are hoping that
:21:06. > :21:10.staging the America's Cup is a major moment in history of their tourism
:21:11. > :21:17.industry. The speed and lifestyle that comes with the America's Cup
:21:18. > :21:21.ratings is right in our comfort zone for who we think we are going to be
:21:22. > :21:26.going forward. Transport, infrastructure, everything you can
:21:27. > :21:33.imagine, it's been a very delicate strategic project to get the balance
:21:34. > :21:38.right. With the team Oracle being the home team, we will be cheering
:21:39. > :21:41.loudest for them but the second team we are cheering for his Land Rover
:21:42. > :21:49.BA are. We are partly British and we have a special place in the heart
:21:50. > :21:53.for the British. Six Nations will begin qualifying here in May. Only
:21:54. > :21:59.one will be left standing by the end of June. For this island in the
:22:00. > :22:05.summer the number one aim is for everyone to have fun along the way.
:22:06. > :22:08.One of the figureheads of British Sailing has announced
:22:09. > :22:11.that he's to retire from his role later this year.
:22:12. > :22:14.John Derbyshire OBE is to stand down as the Royal Yachting
:22:15. > :22:20.Derbyshire's departure will follow that of Olympic
:22:21. > :22:22.manager Stephen Park, who is also leaving this spring
:22:23. > :22:38.A couple of things to deal with. Tony didn't get his legs out. Note
:22:39. > :22:48.Bermuda shorts. And he didn't bring as anything back. Not even a bag of
:22:49. > :22:51.sweets. I gave him a cold to go with so I didn't anything to come back.
:22:52. > :22:54.We're just a few days away from Valentine's day -
:22:55. > :22:56.and there's one couple who'll be spending February the 14th together,
:22:57. > :22:59.that's despite the fact they haven't met yet!
:23:00. > :23:06.We're talking about a pair of sharks.
:23:07. > :23:09.Rodney the zebra shark is being transported
:23:10. > :23:12.from his current home at the Blue Reef Aquarium
:23:13. > :23:14.in Southsea to a larger tank in Cheshire but luckily Rodney
:23:15. > :23:17.won't be lonely when he gets there The plan is to
:23:18. > :23:32.For a shark it's not easy making friends, there's always the
:23:33. > :23:37.temptation to eat them. Four Rodney it's even harder. He has no mate but
:23:38. > :23:49.now love is in the air, or rather the water. This lovely lady is dotty
:23:50. > :23:58.and hopefully for Rodney by nature as well as name. We are giving him
:23:59. > :24:03.to an aquarium and we raised her as a little baby so it was always going
:24:04. > :24:07.to be the case that they would meet. We have our fingers crossed that it
:24:08. > :24:14.is going to be successful. This is Rodney as a baby, strikingly
:24:15. > :24:18.different markings giving this PC is name of the zebra shark. He is
:24:19. > :24:24.currently getting extra rations to give him energy for the journey
:24:25. > :24:30.north. He will travel up to Cheshire on Monday, in time for Valentine's
:24:31. > :24:35.Day on Tuesday. He is going to stay up in Cheshire, hopefully for many
:24:36. > :24:44.happy years ahead. Hopefully for this pair of sharks, it will be love
:24:45. > :24:52.at first bite. A lot of expectation there. Frightening. They should be
:24:53. > :24:58.more laid-back. Too much pressure. Onto the weather. Wrap up warm is
:24:59. > :25:04.the answer. You will need all the layers. This wind from the east is
:25:05. > :25:05.going to make it feel bitterly cold. Let's look at your lovely weather
:25:06. > :25:09.pictures. Shazz Hooper captured
:25:10. > :25:11.the cloudy skies over the River Frome in Wareham Nick
:25:12. > :25:13.Keown photographed the cloudy skies And Sarah Dawson took this picture
:25:14. > :25:28.of starling murmuration at Studland. You can see all of our pictures on
:25:29. > :25:34.the Facebook page. Tonight, we expect wintry flurries or even a
:25:35. > :25:40.dusting of snow. More likely for Eastern counties. Elsewhere, mainly
:25:41. > :25:46.dry, Frost can't be ruled out. In towns and cities temperatures will
:25:47. > :25:51.fall to freezing. So, a cold and frosty start tomorrow. Wintry
:25:52. > :25:55.showers will continue. With a strengthening east to north-easterly
:25:56. > :25:59.wind, further showers will roll in from the North Sea. Temperatures
:26:00. > :26:06.will reach a high of four Celsius but with wind chill it will feel a
:26:07. > :26:09.lot colder. Wind coming in from the north-east staying with us through
:26:10. > :26:14.tomorrow night and there will be further wintry showers. More
:26:15. > :26:21.frequent during the early hours of Saturday morning. More likely
:26:22. > :26:25.further east. Temperatures down to freezing and possibly -2 in the
:26:26. > :26:32.countryside. Saturday is another cold day with that wind chill. Still
:26:33. > :26:37.the risk of wintry showers brought in on this north-easterly wind.
:26:38. > :26:43.Showers will drift westward with the strengthening wind. Limiting the
:26:44. > :26:49.brightness for the next few days. Possibly one or two spells tomorrow
:26:50. > :26:55.afternoon. For the next few days, some wintry showers at times and it
:26:56. > :27:04.will feel colder. It will be stronger than recent days,
:27:05. > :27:13.temperatures starting to climb with the start of next week. Temperatures
:27:14. > :27:18.made next week to rise into double figures in some places. With high
:27:19. > :27:31.pressure not far away it should stay mainly settled. I love the optimism.
:27:32. > :27:35.It's still very cold. Spare a thought for the headteacher sleeping
:27:36. > :27:41.in a tent behind his school. We will find out tomorrow why he is doing
:27:42. > :27:46.it. That's it for tomorrow. This evening bulletins later.