in a moment, we will speak to phil mackie, who“s at a hospital in cheltenham for us, but first let's plymouth. what is the situation where you are? in hospitals across this region, we have some of the worst ambulance response times worst ambulance hand over delays, and there are days when you will see dozens of ambulances queueing up, but today, despite the industrial action, there has been half a dozen, a handful of ambulances parked up. we have seen military personnel helping out with crewing. i have been speaking to relatives and patience, i spoke to one person whose mother had a stroke this morning, they called for an ambulance and it arrived within 20 minutes. he told me that he was very pleased with the response and that he did support the industrial action, and he was glad his mother was able to get the service she needed. i talked to a patient who had come in because she had been sent up to the emergency department from the minor injuries unit, and she also told me that she was supportive of the strike. things seem relatively normal, i have had a look at the waiting times, ar

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i work with a group locally here in cheltenham, i volunteer with them and try to sort of move, help those of working. and they are broadly very, very supportive. and i find it interesting that where we haven't connected this announcement from the government is to the multinationals, and so i think we could go further. we just heard in your report we do have a real obsession with plastics, but it's hard to get away from it. i'm a dad of young children — it's really hard. when you go, and i'm sure you know, as well, you go on your shop to your local supermarket — whichever one it might be — and it is really, really tough to shop as plastic free as we would all like. you say it doesn't go as far as you would like it to go. what more would you like to see done? well, ithink, you know, talking with a local cafe or a local shop, you know, in the local area, that's good and they do need to do that. we also need the big supermarkets to come on board and i think we also need to be looking at the plastics—producing industry, so we need to go and talk to the petrochemical industry to talk about redu

ahoy senor�*s trainer lucinda russell says the horse will run in the cheltenham gold cup after winningd national winner noble yeats, who finished fourth and third respectively. it was a poignant day for russell after her father peter, who part—owned ahoy senor, passed away last monday on his 64th wedding anniversary. anthony yarde says he's focused on upsetting the odds, and dethroning the light heavyweight champion artur beterbiev this evening. the 31—year—old from east london is a big underdog against the wbo, wbc and ibf belt holder — who has 18 knockouts in 18 fights. it's a huge test at wembley arena. ade adedoyin has more. just to warn you, there's some flash photography coming up. 100%, fireworks, explosions and pure entertainment. to win a world title at this stage would mean the world, it would mean everything. it's notjust the world title, it's three world titles. it's the unification of the whole light heavyweight division. three of the major belts in one go. at the same venue that i started my professional boxing career, amazing. there's the difference between thinking some

the cheltenham service was one of more than 1,000 rural routes that were cut in the last year.pass i can't use because i can't get on a bus. they've now reduced fares to two quid, to encourage everyone to get on the bus. so what do they do? they stop the services. where's the sense in that? rural doesn't always mean small. 3,000 people live here. yes, we are supposed to be getting out of our cars and using public transport more. that's not an option now. we can't function without public transport. subsidies are being cut and more services face the chop from april. today, bus industry bosses were in front of mps. we've seen some reductions in rural bus mileage. there is no doubt about it, the pandemic has sort of given is a really tough time. the government should set out now a clear path forward for sustainable funding for the bus industry, along with the bus operators. that should take place now, because services will be cancelled very shortly if they don't. in cirencester, we found the remains of the rural railway network. there hasn't been a train through here for 60 years.

i work with a group locally here in cheltenham. move into a less plasticised way of working and they're broadly very, very supportive and i find they're broadly very, very supportive and ifind it they're broadly very, very supportive and i find it interesting that where we haven't connected this announcement from the government is to the multinationals and so i think we could go further. we've just heard that in your report we do have a real obsession with plastics but it's hard to get away from it. i'm a dad of young children. it's really hard. when you go, i know she knows well, you go in your shop to your local supermarket, whichever one it might be, and it is really, really tough to shop as plastic free as we would like. when might you say it doesn't go as far as you would like it to go. what would you like to see done? talking with a local cafe in the local shop and that is good and they do need to do that. we also need the big supermarkets to come abroad and we also need to look at the plastic producing industry in the plasti

at this food pantry in cheltenham, it costs £3.50 for two big bags of shopping.ke, shreddies and some sprouts. so me and my dog were eating dry shreddies and sprouts. but somebody brought me round a christmas lunch. but things got even worse. on boxing day, the money ran out on his electricity card. he was without power for ten days. i borrowed a flask off a neighbour and got hot water, just things like that. i mean, i pretty muchjust hunkered down and just lost quite a bit of weight. will this be the first time you've got food in the house? since pre—christmas, yeah. so, what did you do for ten days without a cooker? i just ate rubbish. what did you eat? chocolate, dry cereal, dry vegetables, cold mushy peas. samantha has five children. she budgeted for christmas, but now can't afford uniform for her children. because they've grown, i've got to buy my son a new schooljumper, because he's grown out of it. yeah, it's been really, really hard. what are you finding the hardest out of all of it? the fighting for my family. like food, a warm place. so... what differen

ahoy senor secured a poignant cotswold chase win for lucinda russell on cheltenham festival trials dayafterwards, russell said she was really going to miss not phoning her dad on the way home. that ——14—year—old vladislav gradinari's run at the snooker shoot out is over the moldovan teenager who lives in leeds became the youngest player to win a televised ranking event in the first round. despite having lost, he took his turn at the table to huge cheers from the crowd at morningside arena in leicester. only 14 years old! i am sure at tottenham he would be forgotten. incredible! at that age with everybody watching. and an individual sport as well, they know — nowhere to hide, no team to hide behind. and it is the australian open men's singles final later this morning, novak djokovic < content title in melbourne and a 22nd grand slam which will bring him a level with rafael nadal which will be a joint record in the men's game. think about the problems last year, couldn't play the tournament, in australia, had his controversies in court welcome his father photographed with supporters of v

that is going to kick off hard after cheltenham.elax covid restrictions in early december covid cases soared to 70. all shanghai's residents are now infected, reaching pangas warned western nafions reaching pangas warned western nations that if they start to impose restrictions on air passengers from china, it will take counter measures . i think take counter measures. i think it's take counter measures. i think wsfime take counter measures. i think it's time to call that bluffs . it's time to call that bluffs. and you, assistant editor and host of the chinese podcast for the spectator , will join me to the spectator, will join me to discuss a exactly this later will talking as well to a transgender religious studies teacher . yep who will be teacher. yep who will be discussing he is working to bndge discussing he is working to bridge relations between the lgbt community and the religious community. lots to talk about that. namely whether or not transition should be taught to kids. and as always, we'll bring you the stories that matte

that is going to kick off hard after cheltenham.elax covid restrictions in early december covid cases soared to 70. all shanghai's residents are now infected, reaching pangas warned western nafions reaching pangas warned western nations that if they start to impose restrictions on air passengers from china, it will take counter measures . i think take counter measures. i think it's take counter measures. i think wsfime take counter measures. i think it's time to call that bluffs . it's time to call that bluffs. and you, assistant editor and host of the chinese podcast for the spectator , will join me to the spectator, will join me to discuss a exactly this later will talking as well to a transgender religious studies teacher . yep who will be teacher. yep who will be discussing he is working to bndge discussing he is working to bridge relations between the lgbt community and the religious community. lots to talk about that. namely whether or not transition should be taught to kids. and as always, we'll bring you the stories that matte

the cheltenham service was one of more than 1,000 rural routes that were cut in the last year.ced fares to two quid, to encourage everyone to get on the bus. so what do they do? they stop the services. where's the sense in that? rural doesn't always mean small. 3,000 people live here. subsidies are being cut and more services face the chop from april. today, bus industry bosses were in front of mps. we've seen some reductions in rural bus mileage. there is no doubt about it, the pandemic has sort of given is a really tough time. the government should set out now a clear path forward for sustainable funding for the bus industry, along with the bus operators. that should take place now, because services will be cancelled very shortly if they don't. in cirencester, we found the remains of the rural railway network. there hasn't been a train through here for 60 years. and the committee says two thirds of towns in the south—west and the north—east of england are without a railway station. there is a campaign to reopen this line, but then where would everyone park? devon's dartmoor l

gc, not so in the security service and to an extent hq, the communications intercept centre in cheltenhamt the top of the list and i recently had a very interesting conversation with the former head of cia and head of nsa in general hayden. and i mean, he basically agreed , he said china, basically agreed, he said china, china, china . basically agreed, he said china, china, china. right. in the medium to longer term . and medium to longer term. and that's been articulated here nationally in the uk in quite an emphatic fashion. and has that been heightened by china's circling of taiwan, or is that just a general? circling of taiwan, or is that just a general ? they have the just a general? they have the technology at their fingertips with which to use against us. i think it's more fundamental than that. you know, if you look at the 20th party congress, if you look at the results of that, if you look at the document tation, i mean, china is set on a road to attempt to dominate globally, but 21 and 49, you know, in halfway through this century . so halfway through this century. so the idea

to a head to head debate and actually put this to the you couldn't do it made bit so i come from cheltenhamly selling out . you're currently selling out. yeah i know what you're saying i'll just go and say oh dirty jokes but i couldn't stop me so do you know what they say? the house of commons they sit to sword lamps of power i do have to get a bigger sword of the. yes, i've often thought sometimes you know the other night in southend i hundred people stood up and saluted each other in the place down. i think i could be their mp and it'd be nice to get the votes to say, jim, we want you to do it. but then you've got to get up in the morning and wash everything morning and wash and everything and go to the house and go to work, go to the house and go to work, go to the house and actually hang around those horrible westminster. i horrible women in westminster. i know mess. funny know all that mess. mp funny people, you know who they can be. you boy, that's something. oh no , i could never have. we're oh no, i could never have. we're better in show business than have you . read something the w

to a head to head debate and actually put this to the you couldn't do it made bit so i come from cheltenhamly selling out . you're currently selling out. yeah i know what you're saying i'll just go and say oh dirty jokes but i couldn't stop me so do you know what they say? the house of commons they sit to sword lamps of power i do have to get a bigger sword of the. yes, i've often thought sometimes you know the other night in southend i hundred people stood up and saluted each other in the place down. i think i could be their mp and it'd be nice to get the votes to say, jim, we want you to do it. but then you've got to get up in the morning and wash and everything and go to the house and go to work, go to the house and go to work, go to the house and actually hang around those horrible westminster. horrible women in westminster. i know mess. funny know all that mess. mp funny people, you know who they can be. you boy, that's something. oh no , i could never have. we're oh no, i could never have. we're better in show business than have you . read something the way have you. read something th

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