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Organisation to pick up the pieces. there s a lady who lives locally, her son is severely disabled. she was trying to get transport for him to go to hospital. she tried to phone patient transport services, couldn t get through on the phone and phoned me in tears saying, what do i do? last month i spoke to a whistle blower from nhs patient transport services who revealed hundreds of calls to their helpline were being abandoned due to long waits. hi, maggie, it s sue. are you ready? in a statement, the nhs patient transport service says it s sorry to anyone affected by delays and says it s working on an improvement plan with all other nhs organisations involved across the south west. june and her husband, martin hull, will be taking their first holiday in five years in september. unless they get more volunteers like les, they re really worried about some of the most vulnerable patients being able to get to hospital. matthew hill, bbc south today. ....
A station which is fit for the future. so two and three carriage trains running now. but in the future those could well expand to up to six carriages and beyond, with automatic closing doors really enabling us to provide a level of service to suit demand as it is. green park started out as a site for business, but it s now a sizable spill over from reading itself. these are the latest of more than 1179 homes being built here. it s all part of the explanation why this will be one of a handful of new stations open this year. joe campbell. bbc south today. now it s time for a look at the weather with sabrina lee hello there. a fairly quiet weather day. ....
From westminster. an asylum seeker from afghanistan has been sentenced to 29 years for murdering a bournemouth man in an argument over an e scooter. a man was found guilty at salisbury crown court on monday of stabbing 21 year old tom roberts in march last year. a court heard he d previously shot dead two people in serbia. from bbc south today, michele cross was outside the court. the court here had heard how this man had arrived in december 2019. he claims he was 14 at the time and treated as a child needing care, attending schools in bournemouth and foster carers who have described him as volatile with everyone. the jury was shown footage of an altercation between the defendant and someone else moments before the incident backin else moments before the incident back in march last year as well as a photo he had posted of a knife on ....
Jo kent, bbc south today, amesbury. in tennis, norfolk teenager ben bartram makes his grand slam debut tomorrow at the australian open. the 17 year old is the country s highest ranked junior wheelchair tennis player. but he s now playing in the senior ranks, and could face his hero, and training partner in norwich, alfie hewett. bartram told our sports reporter tom williams how tennis saved him from a bad place growing up. he has come a long way. he s now reached the top. ben bartram is in australia for the biggest match of his life, his grand slam debut. there was the confirmation i was in, i was just over the moon, i was so happy. it was a phone call. i just shouted it. i was at home, i said, i m in! i mean, i m absolutely buzzing for it, i can t wait to get out there and start playing. ben s enjoyed a stellar junior career, winning last year s boys us open. he has already won six senior titles too, earning him a wild card in melbourne. he has a rare genetic disorder that affects b ....