04/11/2011 Look East - East

In the programme tonight: Hopes of a breakthrough in the Julie Ward

murder case, 23 years after she was killed in Kenya.

Hello and welcome to Look East. Also tonight: The chief executive

of a troubled hospital, defending its record on staff shortages.

recognise that it can be challenging. We have a challenge to

maintain our staffing and to work hard on recruitment.

The Roots Hall miracle - where did it all go so right at Southend? And,

as Bonfire Night approaches, the First tonight, renewed hopes of a

breakthrough in the hunt for the killer of Julie Ward. -- A nurse at

the troubled James Paget Hospital in Gorleston has told Look East it

doesn't have enough staff. The woman, who didn't want to be

identified, also said the staff have too much paperwork to deal

with and that patients were being put at risk.

This is an isolation ward where the patients could not speak highly

enough of the hospital. This nurse is much less compliant --

complementary. Her words are spoken by an actor. Patients are being put

at risk and nothing is being done about it. My main concern is

patient safety and they are not being put first.

The hospital's Chief Executive told me they do have enough staff but

getting the right staff in the right place at the right time is a

challenge. Have you got enough staff? At certain times that is

challenging. In principle we have, but I am being honest, we are

always looking to recruit and we welcome staff coming here.

Sometimes it is very difficult. The matrons will do a risk assessment

on staff and we move staff end. This is the new acting chairman who

takes over from the old one who resigned earlier this week. We have

a difficulty, we accept that. We will put it right and this hospital

will return to the excellent care that all patients have the right to

expect. They have treated me top class. How can you criticise it?

In defence of the James Paget Hospital, another nursed told us:

Opinion at a hospital is clearly divided. I wrote to BBC Look East

because nothing ever happens or get done. Every other nurse will tell

you the same thing - it is a lack of staff. The James Paget Hospital

is now waiting for a third report from the Care Quality Commission

that is due in the next three weeks. Thanks to those of you who got in

touch on that story, including many on Facebook. Here is a flavour.

Linda Jones said, "I witnessed an elderly gentleman being given a

bottle to go to the toilet. The curtains weren't even pulled around

him. Despite constantly ringing the bell, there were no staff available.

Most were in the staffroom celebrating someone's birthday."

Anne Child next: "I have had lots of treatment at the hospital and

have never had anything but good to say. My elderly parents moved here

a year ago and are amazed that the wonderful treatment they have had."

Chris Baker commented on yesterday's visit by the Health

Secretary: "Well done, JPH. You made that look good for the cameras.

I've just got back from visiting my dad. I saw only two nurses on Ward

1. When the MPs were there, they were overstaffed." And finally Paul

Wood: "I received great treatment there. This whole story smacks of

MPs turning the issue of health into a political football. When

will they start treating the subject in a non-political way?"

Thanks, as always, for your comments.

The Education Secretary has visited the region today to talk about the

challenges faced by village schools. The so-called Regional Schools

Summit was held at Methwold Community School in Norfolk, a

school which now caters for everything from reception children

to degree students. Our chief reporter, Kim Riley, has spent the

day there. The reception class in what was the primary school in this

village. From this September, the children here are part of a larger

family. Just two years ago the school had been on the verge of

dying with school rolls and standards slipping and difficulty

finding a head teacher. Now it is all change. Denise Walker is now

head of this school and another nearby, both of which have been

merged. This school offers learning to everyone from the age of four to

104. If I am pleased we have so many visitors this afternoon

because I want to show what can be done if you want to be innovative

and pioneering, or work with different partners, such as the

universities we work with and the primary schools, and we have

created it ourselves rather than waiting for someone else to do it

for us. The school is piloting degree courses to keep it at the

heart of the community. Finance is obviously a big issue for anyone

going to university. Here, the costs are about a third of a

regular university. It is important to try to get into the world of

work as soon as possible. Doing a degree here allows you to have a

full-time job as well. I think it is a good idea because it gives

people round here more of an opportunity to do what they want to

and more options as well. They are not limited.

What is striking about a success that I had seen in Norfolk is that

the head teacher is at the heart of the successful school. If you have

a head teacher who is passionate and enthusiastic, knows their local

community, is trusted by parents and has a clear vision, there is no

limit to what can be achieved. Mr Grove said there should be more

awareness of the problems of life in rural areas. This school is

rising to the challenge. And you can hear a full interview with Mr

Gove, recorded down the road from Methwold at Thetford Academy on the

Politics Show this Sunday at noon. Later in the programme we meet the

England cricketer Graeme Swann. And more bang for your buck - the art

of fireworks in the science lab. A mother who has kept her teenage

daughter out of school for eight months says she is prepared to go

to jail. Pam Allen from Colchester says she is taking a stand after

her daughter was wrongly accused of truancy and was put in an isolation

unit. While her classmates at studied for

their GCSEs, this girl was sitting at home. In March she failed to

turn up for school. She said she was unwell but the school did not

believe her. Her punishment? A day in the isolation unit. She was

falsely accused, she had no right of recourse. That Stansted basic

human justice that any child -- that stands to basic human justice.

They chose not a believer. It is affecting my GCSEs, which I cannot

take any more because I have missed out on the course work. For we

tried to talk to the school but no- one was available. Essex county

council says it never comments on individual cases but they did make

this point: Every parent is legally required to ensure that their

children undergo suitable full-time education. It is critical that all

schools have a well-formed absence policy and that students know that,

if they are not in school, there will be consequences. We would

expect parents to support the school in reinforcing the message

that at -- that attendance is crucial. The school has at --

indicated that she can go back as long as she does that day in the

isolation unit. In my opinion she has been victimised. Why should she

be punished for something she is not guilty of? Not compromise, no

backing down and, until a solution is found, this girl's education

will suffer. Basildon council will have to wait until Monday to see if

it can get a High Court injunction to stop travellers moving back on

to the vacated site at Dale Farm. The council's been asked to provide

more evidence of its concerns. Nearly all the legal plots have now

been cleared. The disgraced Conservative peer

Lord Hanningfield may be suspended from the House of Lords for nine

months. The former leader of Essex County Council is now out of prison

after serving a sentence for fiddling his parliamentary expenses.

Two men have appeared in court following the discovery of

Suffolk's biggest-ever haul of drugs. Leaving the magistrates'

court today, this man is accused of conspiring to supply a quantity of

cocaine. Another man from London faces the same charge. Police

discovered the cocaine in Brandon on Tuesday. It was found in an

industrial unit in Highbury roared. The two men appeared separately

before magistrates. Each was in court for just a few minutes,

confirming their name, address and age. No plea was entered at this

stage but the they were told that this case was a very serious nature

and could only be dealt with by the Crown Court in Ipswich. No

applications for bail were made. Both men were remanded in custody

until their next court appearance. That will take place at the Crown

Court in Ipswich on 15th November. The highway services in Suffolk

could be run by a private company as the county council tries to save

money. It would include services like roadworks and winter gritting.

The Conservative-run county council says the change could save �4

million a year. The long-running row over the use

of the Lotus name in Formula One is finally over. Both teams have

agreed to change their names. From next year, Team Lotus, based at

Hingham in Norfolk, will be called Caterham. Renault, who are

currently sponsored by the Lotus car company, will become known as

Lotus. On to sport now, and all of our football teams play tomorrow.

Here's Tom. And an intriguing battle in the

Premier League tomorrow between these two. Norwich, managed by Paul

Lambert, who travel to Alex McLeish's Aston Villa. Just to

refresh your memory, here is how the table's shaping up. At the top,

big spenders Man City, followed by Man Utd, Newcastle, Chelsea and

Spurs. Then below you will find the Canaries in eighth, and tomorrow's

opponents, Villa, in ninth. So this is a key game. Norwich go into it

after drawing 3-3 with Blackburn. The manager's expected to pick the

same side for the seventh match running.

Ipswich's six-match unbeaten run in the Championship has come to an

abrupt end. Back-to-back defeats, including last week's 4-1 loss at

Millwall, mean Town are desperately needing a win at home to Doncaster

tomorrow. They have injury problems, but Michael Chopra, who has been

receiving treatment for a gambling addiction, is likely to play.

In League One, Colchester are at Tranmere. They go into the game

after a 4-2 win. They have signed Swansea striker Casey Thomas on an

emergency loan until January. He is available to make his debut

tomorrow. Now, what a roller-coaster it's

been for Southend in recent seasons. But under this man, Paul Sturrock,

they're currently staging a dramatic revival. They are top of

League Two, unbeaten in two months. Only last year, they were close to

going out of business. Every reason to stand back and

admire. Southend, top of the leak, unbeaten in 10, their best start to

a season in 21 years. How come? attitude is right. A simple formula.

What a turnaround! The manager arrived 16 months ago to find a

club in chaos, close to administration, in and out of the

High Court for winding up hearings. They had just been relegated, the

squad in tatters. I got five letters of resignation so I had

four players registered. It was a challenge, it was something that I

really enjoyed. In the end, I am happy that we stayed up last year

and we are competitive now. The club is going in the right

direction. Last Saturday's win at Macclesfield

send them to the top. Oxford are tomorrow's visitors. It has been a

great few months. We are top of the league. Paul is very good.

In contrast, progress on the new stadium has been laboured. It is

dogged by delays, not helped by the economy. Construction is now due to

begin in the New Year. How important is this new stadium to

secure the future of Southend United? It is vital. It still needs

around �800,000 put in this season. That will continue.

It is a complex project which is slowly coming together. With the

team already looking the finished article, the future is looking

bright. As always, for more sport, go to the website. You can follow

your team tomorrow on your local BBC radio station. There's Norwich

highlights on Match Of The Day at 10:30pm and you can see the rest of

our teams' goals on the Football League Show straight after. We will,

of course, have a full round-up in our Sunday teatime bulletin. The

website address is bbc.co.uk/sport where you can also read more about

Team Lotus's name change in Formula Next tonight, the programme of arts

events which has been announced to run alongside the Olympics next

summer. -- Now the latest on the murder of Julie Ward 23 years ago.

Despite the huge amount of time and effort devoted to the case, it has

not yet been sought. Here is Amelia Reynolds with the details of this

long-running case. Julie Ward was in Kenya to take

while white photographs put up is the pride that as a careful,

charming and cautious person, her trip ended in tragedy. Her father

found her burnt remains near a tree a week after she had gone missing.

To begin with, the authorities claimed she had been killed by wild

animals. Others said she could have committed suicide or could have

been hit by lightning. A British pathologist showed that her body

had been dismembered with a machete, doused in petrol and set alight.

From the start, her father has been committed to finding her daughter's

killers. He has been too keen yup 100 times. -- he has been to Kenya.

No-one has ever been connected. Now there is a new war. A team of

British detective landed in Nairobi last night, armed with new forensic

techniques. They will be taking fingerprints and DNA samples. Could

this be the breakthrough that John Ward has been hoping for for the

last 23 years? John Ward is at his home now. Would

you consider this a breakthrough? cannot really say that, no. I

consider it just some progress on another line of inquiry, of which

there are already several under way. You have been out to Kenya in

recent weeks. Is there new information or is it just a case of

using new technology to look at all Although we did not find precisely

what we were looking for, we did find some items, which I cannot

tell you about, but we did find some, and that has been sufficient

to warrant a Scotland Yard ticking AGAIN. They left last Thursday

morning and arrived last night. I was there two days earlier and, as

they arrived, I came on. You have had to fight very hard over the

years for this case to be continued. Are you satisfied with the

attention it is getting from the police both here and in Kenya?

There is certainly a new breeze blowing through Kenya. In the old

days, the police were intent on sweeping the moder under the carpet

and have now held up their hands to doing that. There is a new breed

there now and I do get welcomed. It is a very different atmosphere.

wish you all the best. We hope for good news. I do for joining us. --

thank you. Next, the programme of arts events

programmed to run alongside the Olympics next summer. Among the

event, acrobats performing in cathedrals, and orchestra made up

from young people across the world, and art installations on the beach.

Stuart Maisner has this round-up. 21-year-old Sam has an Olympic

dream. He hopes to be chosen to perform on this Suffolk stage as

part of an orchestra made up of young people from around the world.

To be part of a group from different parts of the world,

making one thing together and performing and doing what we like,

I would be so happy to be part of it. Musicians have always been an

international group of people. To be able to bring them to such a

special environment, to allow them to interact with local young people,

to meet local young musicians and work together, it is very much a

microcosm of the Olympic idea itself. To be able to do that in

Suffolk is fantastic. Elsewhere, these award-winning

Australian acrobats will be performing in Norwich Cathedral and

other locations across the East. There will be dozens of events

across the region in 2012. Highlights include large-scale

pyrotechnics in Chelmsford, Brazilian carnival in Luton, new

high-profile theatre productions in Northampton. It gives us an

opportunity to showcase our exceptional organisations and

talent, but it also brings into a national, world-class artists to

our sure so. The London 22 off Festival runs

from June till September. Full details of events near you are on

the BBC Olympic website. It's been quite a week for cricket,

with three members of the Pakistan team jailed for deliberately

bowling no-balls during a test match at Lords last year. One of

the England players that day was Northampton-born Graeme Swann. And

today he was back in his home town with a new autobiography. James

Burridge met him there. It is only fitting for Graeme Swann

to be back in Northampton today. This is where he started his

journey many years ago. Great to see you, first of all, but what a

week it has been for cricket. Many say that the game has lost some

innocence this week in light of what happened to the Pakistan

players. What you think? It has been shocking, really. When

cricketers are being put in prison it is a serious matter. We did not

have any idea that it was going on. It was shocking and it still is.

There is no bad blood between the two teams and it should be a good

CDs in a few months' time. You have to tell it as you see it.

Some people have upset by a few controversial statements. Now you

have had time to discuss things, are the players have the? Shehzad

Tanweer schools of thought - you can either write about things while

you're playing or when you have finished. -- there are two schools

of thought. What next? Will you spend time with

the family? I hear you have a new child. Yes! I am going to try to

get to know my son. He is nine months old. It should be good fun.

Tomorrow night is Bonfire Night, of course. Some of us will have our

own displays, many more will go to public ones. As the night sky

lights up, there will be plenty of ooohs and aaahs, but how exactly do

fireworks work? Mike Cartwright asked an expert. Looking up, there

will be plenty of this. But how do fireworks do what they do? Who

better than a chemistry professor to tell us? This is gunpowder. Look

what happens if I set fire to it in the open. This is one gram of

gunpowder on a sheet. There is no bang, no explosion. This is exactly

the same amount of gunpowder, but this time it has been put into at

cardboard tube that has been wrapped up. Let us see what happens.

When it started to burn, the pressure built up and that

accelerated the rate of chemical reaction, which led to the

explosion. And colour. This chemical burns red.

What about the rest? For Orange, we use calcium, for yellow used sodium,

for green we used barium, or blue we use copper. And to get that

purple, you use copper and strontium. This is a crackle *.

Each of these little specks will crackle when I liked them. -- Light.

We thought there was going to be a bang. But there was not. Is it

This evening it is mainly dry but we did have a lot of rain overnight.

There has been over an inch of rain in places. Today's reign was quite

heavy. There was some sunshine and a few isolated showers by late

afternoon. Not much going on through the evening. There may be

some mist and fog patches by the end of the night. Take care on the

roads. There will be some rain around to more, particularly during

the day. -- tomorrow. Everyone wants to know whether it will rain

in the evening. The rain looks like it will become lighter and more

patchy through the evening. There may be a little drizzle left in the