内容摘要："For me, it's about the people," she said. "I deeply care about my community and local people so I'm involved in so much in my local community."

"For me, it's about the people," she said. "I deeply care about my community and local people so I'm involved in so much in my local community."

Despite the recommended treatment time, Ms Preece had to wait for a bed at Worcester Royal, since the Alexandra does not have an orthopaedic department.Her daughter said that during this time, her mum was not eating or drinking and was left in agony, confined to a bed.

"She was perfectly healthy and walking her dogs in December, it's awful seeing her like this", she said.It was not until the BBC contacted the trust that, three hours later, Mrs Preece was finally moved from Redditch to Worcester Royal to undergo surgery.The hospital trust said its trauma services had been very busy, as was often the case at this time of year.

"Whilst everything possible is done to avoid cancelling or delaying operations, there may be occasions where operational pressures cause a delay", a spokesperson said.Ms Preece had herself worked for the NHS at Evesham Community Hospital for many years and even nursed her husband to save him going into a hospital, Ms Dix said.

"[But] the one time when she needed the NHS, the care was not there for her", she explained.

"I am feeling angry because you just presume you are safe and well cared for in a hospital, yet it was the complete opposite."And some opinion polls suggest Reform's march upwards in popularity may be easing.

Now this humdinger of a row with Rupert Lowe.Nigel Farage's parties have bounced back from spats like this one before.

The question this time is whether these are growing pains of a rapidly expanding and professionalising outfit or something more chronically limiting.To Nigel Farage's admirers, he is one of the politicians of his generation without which Reform and its predecessors would be nothing.