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In Look East tonight: An inquest hears how this woman died in a care

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home from pneumonia and bedsores. Hello and welcome to Look East.

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Also tonight: The need for more mortgages and more homes. How to

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kick start the housing market. A foggy journey to work for

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thousands: what can we expect tomorrow?

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And out of the wilderness... The Darkness.

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First tonight, claims that an elderly lady died from her bedsores

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after being neglected by staff in a care home. The family of Ana

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Dunmore claim that she was mistreated at the Old Vicarage home

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in Littleport. An inquest into her death opened today in Huntingdon.

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Away at Ana Dunmore was 74. She had dementia. It has found that she

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needed help eating and washing. The home said they could meet her needs.

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In the coming months, her condition worsened. The family want to know

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if they care also worsened. This photograph was taken pains -- days

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before she died. She had been moved from this care home. The inquest

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was told she had become immobile, static, spending most of her time

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in a chair. In June 2009, district nurses noticed pressure sores. She

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had to be turned at least every two hours. But this is what the records

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of the care home show. On 15th June, 2009, she was turned once in the

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evening. The next time was in the morning. From 18th June to the 27th,

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nine days, she was not turned at all. The man on the left was the

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assistant manager. When asked how this happened, he said he could not

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explain it. He said the management was responsible for monitoring. Ask

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why one member of staff only turn - - sometimes turned her instead of

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two, he said maybe only one man had signed the chart. Her transfer to a

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place of specialist care was delayed caused by its transport

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costs and different medical assessments.

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The Care Quality Commission have had concerns about this care home

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in the past. This inquest is about finding the facts. The family knew

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that she was coming to the end of for life. They knew she could not

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have been rehabilitated. They're trying to find out if her care was

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good enough in her final days. Plans for the government to

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underwrite mortgages for first-time buyers have been welcomed by

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charities and councils in the region. It comes as new figures

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reveal that the average deposit for a house here is more than twice the

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salary of most young people. Here's our Political Correspondent.

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In the last 24 hours, we've had two very interesting surveys. The first

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from the charity Shelter reveals that there are more than 15,000

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homeless people in the Eastern counties. That figure's almost

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doubled in the last two years. Meanwhile another survey has found

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that the average salary of person in their 20s here in the East is

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just under �15,000. The average deposit for a new home in the East,

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20%, is nearly �32,000. To save for a deposit over five years a young

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person would have to save �532 a month. Which would account for

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nearly all of their disposable income. That's why this initiative

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could make a big difference. Because there are thousands of

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people in the region like this couple from Stevenage. They both

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work full-time. They are trapped in private rented accommodation, which

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keeps increasing for. We are unable to buy because we pay so much money

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each month. We don't have a disposable income. We don't have

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the luxury of having money aside so we could build-up a deposit large

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enough to secure a property. There is still some house building going

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on. But in many places it has stalled due to lack of demand. That

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is why those who give approval to planning schemes have high hopes

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for the initiative today. 5,000 planning permissions have been

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granted in the region, but nothing is being built. They're ready to go.

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If this policy can increase demand, there is no reason why builders can

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start building. MPs say that housing is the one region --

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housing is the one issue that dominates the weekend surgeries.

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have been pushing the Government for a long time to recognise that

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housing is iconic and if we're not careful we will have a hold

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generation of people who rent houses. One in a home gives you a

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stake in your country. Labour have given a guarded welcome to the

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initiative. But they say the money on offer is far less than was put

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up by the last government. And, given the uncertainty of the

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economy, there is no guarantee that people will want to buy our home,

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even if it is being made a little easier for them.

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A few years ago, the old regional assembly estimated that our region

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would need another 784,000 homes over the next 20 years. This

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initiative will not ensure they're all built, but it might go a little

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way to helping. Scientists in Cambridge have begun

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collecting DNA from cancer patients as part of a ground breaking

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research project. Over two years,9,000 patients will have

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their DNA sampled. Their aim, more targeted treatment in the future.

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For months, this woman has been coming to Adam Briggs Hospital for

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chemotherapy. Diagnosed with ovarian cancer in April, she has

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almost finished her treatment. Now she is offering her DNA for

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research. I just want to help somebody else. I have been helped

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from past research. Extracting tumours cells in this laboratory,

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scientists believe it could revolutionise the way we treat

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cancer. Currently they look at issue structure before deciding

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treatment. On the left it is healthy. On the right, cancerous.

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By analysing DNA, scientists will be able to discover the significant

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faults with cells. By gathering the DNA of thousands of patients,

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scientists hope to get a point where it just a simple genetic test

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will identify the correct form of treatment. If they come with a

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particular cancer, we will be able to analyse the abdomen up -- the

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abnormalities that her present. On the basis of that, we can choose to

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medicines that will specifically help them. At present, we have

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medicines that help a large number of people, but not others. This

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could provide the beginnings of truly personalised cancer care.

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Later in the programme: Marsh Farm in Luton. A housing estate given

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�50 million in grants over ten The Government has been accused of

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double standards, by helping pay for the renovation of former MOD

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homes, while leaving nearby army houses in disrepair. The MP for the

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garrison town of Colchester says service families are being let down.

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The Ministry of Defence says it is spending millions on upgrading army

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accommodation. After 21 years as a soldier, this

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man has learned to take the rough with this move. His army house has

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been home to his family of five for two years. I don't think the house

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has been updated since the 1940s. But everything works, so no major

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complaints. I knocked on the doors of around a dozen soldiers. The

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kitchens were very outdated. But they say that for the reduced rent

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they are paying, things could be a lot worse. That said, many homes

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still owned by the MoD are in serious need of a make-over. Just

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yards away, former army houses have been rebuilt and rented out.

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Government has spent millions of pounds up grading and improving

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them. If the Government can do it on one side of the road, surely

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they should find the money on other side of the road for the families

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of other brave soldiers. The MoD says it is spending money on

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improvements. Why are the houses on one side so much nicer? The total

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build coast -- the total build cost is �20 million. The rent on the

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side is almost three times that of the army houses. It is a brand new

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property pitch we have never had before. The MoD says it will spend

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more on housing for service personnel when funds are available.

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When that will be is anyone's guess. The Bishop of Norwich has

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criticised government plans to cut the amount of benefit a family can

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receive. Graham James is one of 18 bishops to sign an open letter

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asking for the idea to be reconsidered.

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Opening a school. Part of the regular duties of a bishop. For the

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Bishop of Norwich, it does not end there. He is trying to stop

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government cutting benefits for families. It is easy for those of

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us who were employed to characterise those who are

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unemployed as if they are feckless. We are not all feckless by any

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manner of means. Many people are desperate for work and are finding

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it difficult to find a job. So far, his Commons haven't made much

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impact in Parliament for. Many people watching this programme will

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be earning �20,000, to ask them to pay tax for people to take home

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�30,000 and benefits, I think that is wrong and we must change it for.

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At this school, families were divided. There has to be a cap.

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Otherwise it will go on and on. There are jobs out there to be

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found. I think people take advantage. Some decide not to go to

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a work. Some people cannot work. It should be done fairly. Bishops hope

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this open letter will help Government think again. For now, it

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seems cuts to benefits are inevitable.

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Two young women are still in hospital with serious injuries

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following a crash on the A47. The accident happened at North

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Burlingham at the start of the month. One of the women is in

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Addenbrooke's Hospital with head injuries. The other is at the

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Norfolk and Norwich with a broken Football now, and Southend's

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unbeaten run continues. But there was disappointment for the rest of

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our teams. Here's Kate Riley. Thank you. Good evening. The

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Norwich manager, Paul Lambert, says his side will learn lessons after

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losing 2-1at home to Arsenal. The Canaries went ahead through this

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effort by Steve Morison. Defender Russell Martin was kept busy -

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making several impressive blocks off the line. But ultimately it was

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his mistake which lead to Robin Van Persie's second goal.

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Ipswich Town's celebrations were short lived. A 3-2 defeat to

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Nottingham Forest means it's four losses on the bounce for Town. With

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the emergency loan deadline looming - Paul Jewell isn't ruling out new

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faces at Portman Road. Ipswich Town's manager has admitted his

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side switched off after losing in the dying moments to Nottingham

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Forest at the weekend. Things started positively, though. Danny

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Collins put them ahead. That was soon cancelled out. Robbie thinly

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got the first equaliser for the hosts that afternoon. -- Finlay.

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Forest levelled the score with just win the match in the 91st minute.

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Were have to learn from our mistakes. We give teams and it in

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it where they should not be an in. We will try something clever and

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fancy and we are not going to win. 2-1 away from home, we have got to

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see the game out. Saturday's result leaves Town of four points above

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In League One, the MK Dons boss has led to the defence of the court has

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to United manager. They lost 5-1 on Saturday and Robinson was

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bewildered by how sections of the supporters expressed their

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displeasure with the result. He told the BBC that some disgraceful

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things were chanted at the Essex club's manager.

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Southend remain in tremendous form. They are now 14 games unbeaten and

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their last defeat came back in early September. Saturday's fine

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display ended with a 3-2 win away from Dagenham -- away at Dagenham.

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Off the pitch, the Norwich City TV executive, David McNally, has

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confirmed by a Twitter about one of his players has been racially

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abused. Racist weeds have been received by this player. Mr McNally

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says the club have reported this to the police. That is all your sport.

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There is more on the BBC website. Southend host Preston in their FA

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Cup first-round replay and there is coverage of that game on BBC Essex

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You're watching Look East from the BBC. Coming up: The return of The

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A �750,000 sale of council land on one of the region's most notorious

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housing estates ...is being investigated over claims that it

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breached funding regulations. In total �50 million has been spent on

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the Marsh Farm estate. But, as our sister programme Inside Out has

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discovered, it seems the residents have precious little to show for it.

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Nuthall in Luton, one of the most deprived areas in the UK, blighted

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by memories of rioting in the 90s. -- March farm. Bat lifeline came

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unearth form of cash. �50 million, to be exact. It paid over 10 years,

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it was regeneration money from the government. �18.2 billion scheme

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designed to lift 39 areas like this one out of deprivation and create a

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lasting legacy. This minister has lived on the estate for over a

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decade. He remembers what it was like being told the area was

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getting millions of pounds of money. A tremendous amount of excitement,

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because it was such a large sum. People were so excited and when

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they could see what was proposed, it was, for this area,

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revolutionary. By the 10 years of funding came to an end earlier this

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year and there is only a half-empty community building, the council run

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children's Centre, and a scruffy piece of development land to show

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for the spend. The BBC also discovered Luton Borough Council,

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who are accountable for the spending in Luton, broke catnip new

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Deal spending rules -- New Deal spending rules in disposing of this

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piece of land. Which organisation is responsible for making sure

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every penny of the �50 million was wisely spent? Luton Borough Council.

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The very same organisation that broke government funding rules.

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Because regeneration grants need to be funding solid regeneration

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contracts, not be referred to under the scrubby piece of land. They did

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not want to be interviewed but they I am very disappointed because a

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lot of people tried hard to improve it. But they got nowhere and the

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people just accepted the attitude. It doesn't matter who is in power,

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what they vote for, what they propose. You will get what you're

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given am delighted. -- and like it. And you can see more on that story

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on Inside Out, tonight at 7.30pm on BBC One. Do you remember The

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Darkness, the heavy-rock band from Lowestoft who stormed to the top of

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the charts almost a decade ago? Five years ago, lead singer Justin

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Hawkins left the band after having drug and alcohol problems. But now

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The Darkness are back on tour and playing to packed venues.

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The Corn Exchange in Cambridge, where The Darkness fans queue

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around the block delighted to see them back. They just have a laugh.

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Good music. The risen and energy on stage. It is just pure power, in-

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your-face. I look forward to seeing Brought up in Lowestoft, the

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Hawking's brother's friends the band, Dan and Justin, now with four

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tattoos and a moustache. Judging by last night's big, they have not

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lost it. It feels like the last time we played Abbey's size venues,

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which is my favourite time. Everyone was really excited.

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fact they are selling out makes them really exciting shows. Really

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packed audiences. We first report on the band in 2003, when they had

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hit records and went on to win awards. But by 2006, Justin was

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having some very rock-and-roll problems with drugs and alcohol. He

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went into rehab and now the band is back and making a third album.

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emphasis on this album is just too really... Not have any fun. Not to

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have too much fun, but not to have Say what you like about the band,

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but they don't take themselves too seriously. This is down and just in

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on the new album. A basically, painting the Sistine Chapel, which

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we have been commissioned to do by our hearts. I don't think

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Michelangelo was hammered every day when he went into work. He would

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have fallen off his ladder and the job would never have got done.

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Darkness play a sold-out gig in Norwich later this week and another

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in July. The new album will be out in the spring, just so long as

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nobody has too much fun. There's no doubt what the main

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weather story was this weekend - fog. It descended on many parts of

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the region, leading to delays and cancellations at some of our

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airports. Much of the region was shrouded early this morning. And

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driving conditions on many roads were hazardous. So why is it

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happening? Alex Dolan has this report. It is becoming something of

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a familiar pattern. We are waking up in the mornings to misty,

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perhaps body, conditions. We get to mid-morning and it is starting to

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lift and burn off. But should we be surprised? It is the season of

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mists, after all. The words of John Keats, whose poem about autumn was

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written almost two centuries at all. -- ago. Last year, after a mild

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start to November, temperatures plummeted. We were suddenly plunged

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into midwinter and the freezing conditions lingered for weeks.

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Early this morning, those autumn mists are enveloped much of the

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region. This was the scene on the A47 near Norwich and this, the A12

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near an Essex town. So, how does fog form? It starts with air

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containing a high quantity of moisture. At night, the ground

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cools, becoming colder than the air around it. The air reaches what

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scientists call the tune point. Bat is the temperature at which it

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converts from gas to liquid. With still conditions, little or no wind,

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cloud has created at ground level, which we call fog. Pure and a Marks

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centres this view of a foggy morning. -- a duet cent bus. Maybe

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it is reassuring that for now, at least, the traditional for --

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pattern of the seasons has been restored.

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That makes will be double pictures, but annoying driving. A very

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exciting evening for us because Julia is back!

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Hello. It has been a very long time. How is your little son? He is a

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very dear rolled and chattering away. He watched me at lunch time

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and recognised me on the TV. Hopefully he is on his way to bed

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It is lovely to be back, although it was a very foggy day across the

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region. The clouds thinned and broke up in some parts to allow

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some of them Bethan -- sunshine through. I wanted to showed you the

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latest radar picture. We have these showers in the South West. Over the

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next few hours, the further west you are, take a more likely what to

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see a shower. But they will be pretty well scattered and not for

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everybody. Once they have gone, a dry night everywhere. The mistiness

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and the fog is reforming. But we are not expecting the fog to be

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quite as extensive and widespread as last night. Temperatures between

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five and seven degrees Celsius but have -- but if we see the cloud

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break, they could drop and that could lead to a bit of ground frost.

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We have got this week weather front pushing in from the West tomorrow,

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but it is a very weak affair so it will not produce much in the way of

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rain. Tomorrow morning, the mist and fog should clear a bit more

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readily than this morning and for most of us, a dry start of the day.

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Further east, you are more likely to see brightness coming through it

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if you are lucky. Slowly, the brain making inroads from the north-west.

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-- the rain. Temperatures between 11 and 13 Celsius - that is the

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load to mid-50s Fahrenheit. -- low. The rain during the afternoon and

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tomorrow evening will slowly pushed eastwards but as it does, it is

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likely to break up so for many of us, it will be a dry afternoon and

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evening. This rain will really not amount to very much and certainly

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not for everybody. I have put some rain on there but that does not

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mean everyone will get some. Wednesday and Thursday, high

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pressure built in from the South West and I think we will have two

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dry days. 8 chilly starter Wednesday. -- a year chilly start

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to or Wednesday. A dry day on Saturday. As for the overnight lows,

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I should flag up Tuesday, Friday and Saturday nights, where we could

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And before we go, a huge thank you to everyone who donated money to

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Children in Need this year. As ever, thousands of you did amazing things

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to raise money. This is one of our favourite moments - when Hayley

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Green from Bedford conquered her morbid fear of spiders by holding a

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tarantula. And you also posted some great photos on our Facebook page.

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There are plenty more online - just visit facebook.com/bbclookeast. The

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