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On Look East tonight: A woman is jailed for the torture

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of a three-year-old boy in one of the worst cases of child cruelty

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ever seen by the police. I think she deserve the sentence. That

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child is fortunate to have survived. Could this be the new home for the

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travellers from Dale Farm. It is just a few miles down the road.

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are against it. Everyone has a right to settle somewhere, but

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they're asking for another 60 plots. That is more than anywhere else.

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The Government makes its final decision on our coastguards with

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two stations closing for good. And beautiful Britten made in the

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Hello. A woman from Essex is starting a nine year jail sentence

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tonight for causing grievous bodily harm to a three-year-old boy. The

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boy was beaten, scratched and strangled. He had bite marks all

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over his body and his feet had been held under scalding hot running

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water. The woman, who was looking after the boy for a month,

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eventually phoned the paramedics for help because she was worried

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the boy was dead. Our Chief Reporter was in court and joins us

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now. This was one of the most sombre and

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shocking court hearings I have ever attended. 28-year-old Karen Victory

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admitted grievous bodily harm, two counts of actual bodily harm, and

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child cruelty. She was sobbing even before she got into the dock. She

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sobbed and shook uncontrollably throughout the hearing. She seemed

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to cover her ears as some of the most horrific details of her

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cruelty to this young boy were given. It happened while she was

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looking after the boy for over three weeks at her one-bedroom flat

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in this road in Witham. It was the address to which she finally called

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paramedics in February. She had been throttling the boy and was

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scared she had killed him. At first, she claimed her own daughter had

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been playing a game with him that involved tying a scarf around his

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neck. At first, the paramedics thought he was dead. But he was

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still breathing. They found bite marks on every part of his body.

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Scratches, cuts, serious bruises, and, as you said, the most dreadful

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injuries. Extreme burns to his feet which required skin grafts. Judge

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Anthony Goldstaub said fingernails had been dug into his skin. There

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were strangulation marks on his neck. He had screamed with pain

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when touched. The little boy said Karen had held him under the

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boiling water. I want my mum, he had said. The photographs of 40

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separate injures were harrowing, said the judge.

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The defence had plenty to say in mitigation?

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Sarah Vine, defending, said however horrifying the offences, whatever

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level of revulsion they cause, they were not and never were about

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sadism. They were an overspill of the most tragic variety of

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unmanaged and unaddressed emotions, fuelled by alcohol and drugs.

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Victory had lost her mother at 13. She had later gone into care. She

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had become involved with a very violent man. Over several years,

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she said he beat her and he beat her and he beat her. He battered

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any last shred of self-worth out of her. She dampened the pain with

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alcohol and drugs. It was an explanation, not an excuse. She

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said Victory insisted she loved the little boy. The judge said Victory

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had shown considerable remorse. But she'd had responsibility for the

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child in her care and had shown a shocking breach of trust. He

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sentenced her to nine years in prison and barred her for life from

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working with children. The police and Crown Prosecution Service say

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it is one of the worst cases of child cruelty they have ever

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witnessed. He was so traumatised that he was

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not even able to react to medical staff when he arrived at hospital.

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Totally scared of other human beings, so he physically turned

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away from medical staff initially. We had a situation grew this young

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child had lost more or less all faith in other human beings as a

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result of the incident with this lady. Tonight, the boy is in care.

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The Essex Safeguarding Children's Board says it has commissioned a

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serious case review in respect of the injuries caused to him by Karen

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Victory. She left the court as she arrived. In tears, mouthing the

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words, "I am so sorry." A planning inquiry began today to

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decide if travellers evicted from Dale Farm in Essex should be

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allowed to move onto a new site nearby. Basildon Council has

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already refused planning permission for 12 plots on land just a few

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miles from Dale Farm at Laindon. Today the travellers argued a

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further 50 temporary plots should be allowed there as well.

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Could this land become the next Dale Farm? It is owned by a

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government quango. Travellers say it was offered to Basildon council

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to meet their needs. In August, the council rejected a planning

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application by travellers to build 12 plots year. The reason is that

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studies have shown this site is home to several endangered species

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of birds and insects and reptiles. Today, an inquiry began. It will

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decide whether the travellers' needs outweigh the loss of open

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space and wildlife. These people from Dale Farm hanging on there. It

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is dire and they are living in difficult conditions. We're putting

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in a request to be allowed to develop 50 temporary sites to get

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out of the mud that Dale Farm has been to turned into. That is

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causing alarm here. Locals fear at the primary school might suffer the

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same fate as the school close to Dale Farm for all stop there are

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road safety concerns. The state of the India could be developed into a

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larger site and deal for. Whether the families end up a few miles

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away from Dale Farm will be down to the planning inquiry and ultimately

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the Secretary of State. A woman who has been a nurse for 29

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years told an inquest today she was horrified by the severity of bed

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sores on the back of an elderly patient. She said she could count

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on the fingers of one hand the number of times she had seen

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anything as severe. 74-year-old Anna Dunmore was a patient at the

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Old Vicarage Care Home at Littleport in Cambridgeshire. The

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details now from our reporter in Huntingdon.

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Well, nurses to give evidence today said these bedsores were grade for

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which has the worst type. They say they could have been prevented.

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They say the bed sores to DUP caused the death, but they

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contributed to it. When this picture was taken, Abed

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saw had he done deep into Anna Dunmore's back. Eight centimetres

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wide. This nurse told the coroner that she was horrified. In 29 years,

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she could count on one hand how many times she had seen pressure

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sores so severe. Anna Dunmore developed an abyss care home. She

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had dementia and Parkinson's. Her family have heard evidence the care

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home did not meet her needs. A district nurse said the pressure

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sores were so developed but had not been spotted. She should have been

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turned every two hours. For one period of nine days, she was not

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turned at all. One district nurse who could not be named said that --

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allegedly said that turning was not necessary. It took a fortnight for

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the county council to get permissions and arrange transport

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for a transfer to a house with greater supervision. The nurse said

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that the patient would have been in extreme pain.

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So, if Mrs Dunmore had been turned regularly, the sore would not have

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developed? Pressure sores are caused when

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blood cannot access part of the body when someone is in bed or in

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bed for a long period of time. In another care home, they look out

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for pressure sores when the Bay's people and turn them regularly. --

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when they bathe. Still to come on the programme:

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When will the fog clear? Jim Bacon is here with the weather.

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And Nikki Jenkins off to school to sample some pub grub.

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I am off to the pub to find out what is on the menu for school

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A man has been convicted of murder after stabbing a woman more than 50

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times when she answered her door. Howard Livings was found guilty at

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Chelmsford Crown Court of the murder of Tina Bennett on Easter

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Sunday in Braintree. Livings has never explained why he did it.

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Campaigners say they will carry on their fight to save two coastguard

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stations in the region. The Government has confirmed a decision

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to close them. The announcement about Great Yarmouth and Walton on

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the Naze was made in Parliament this afternoon.

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This is the coastguard station at Norfolk. Since 1791, boats have

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been launched from here to save people stuck at sea. Today, the way

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emergency calls will be handled in the future has changed. A decision

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was made to shut the coastguard stations in Great Yarmouth and at

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Walton and the knees in Essex. understand that the loss of some

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cause guard jobs and the closure of some centres will cause some

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distress. But the decisions announced today will deliver a

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modern network we need for the future, whilst reducing costs.

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Under new plans, all emergency calls will go through Southampton.

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The proposals have not gone down well. They face fierce opposition

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and fears about safety. Local knowledge saves lines -- saves

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lives and that is a fact. I think it is very important. My consort --

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my concern is that someone in Southampton is not aware of what is

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going on in this area. Around 50 jobs will be lost when the

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coastguard stations are eventually shut, which could happen within a

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couple of years. There has been another apparent

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release of e-mails from the University of East Anglia's

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Climatic Research Unit. More than 5,000 emails and other documents

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have appeared on a Russian server a week before the annual UN climate

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summit. Something similar happened in 2009 which triggered the

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climate-gate affair and accusations of fraud. These were later

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dismissed. A decision is expected soon on

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whether to prosecute Energy Secretary Chris Huhne over claims

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he tried to avoid a speeding penalty incurred on the M11 in

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Essex. The Director of Public Prosecutions said the only

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remaining issue was evidence held by a newspaper. Mr Huhne has denied

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claims he asked his then wife to take responsibility for a driving

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offence in 2003. A bright future for Britain's

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biggest container port was predicted today by a top official

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from China. Lee Shenglin, the Chinese Minister of Transport, was

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paying his first visit to Felixstowe. It's the main gateway

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into Britain for Chinese goods. Labour getting ready for someone

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very important at Felixstowe today. -- they were. This man is

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recognised as the most influential person in world shipping. He is the

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Chinese Minister for Transport. China get its goods to the UK end

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through it Felixstowe, so he wanted to visit the poor. TRANSLATION: The

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future development of the sport will be more prosperous and create

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more opportunities for the development of co-operation between

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China and the UK. Everyone knows the Chinese sell an awful lot of

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exports to us. But the donned by very many British goods and

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services in return. That is a problem. Last year, the East

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imported over �6 billion worth of goods from Asia. But we only

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exported just under �3 billion. lot of these containers go back to

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China, so that is a great opportunity for British companies

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to move into the Chinese markets. We have access to the biggest and

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most efficient ships moving to China. It is a great opportunity.

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The Chinese influence on Felixstowe was clear to see today.

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In the football tonight, Southend are at home to Preston in a first

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round replay in the FA Cup. The winner will be at home to Oldham.

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Southend are unbeaten in 14 games. Live coverage on BBC Essex.

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A decision is expected tonight on the future of the open air swimming

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pool in Ipswich. The Broomhill Lido, which is Grade 2 listed, has been

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closed since 2002. The Borough Council has five options, including

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demolition. Earlier this month, a full page advertisement in a local

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newspaper was taken our by campaigners in support of an option

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for the site taken over by a private operator.

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The final digital switchover in East Anglia begins today. Analogue

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TV signals are being turned off and the digital TV signal boosted to

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reach all of Norfolk and Suffolk. More than 75,000 viewers in digital

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blackspots will have Freeview channels for the first time.

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From tomorrow, all households in Norfolk and Suffolk will only be

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able to watch television if they have a deep -- digital receiver.

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few weeks ago, the signal for BBC Two went off. Tonight, the rest of

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the analogue channels will go off. All of the commercial channels will

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now come in at high power for the first time. It is the end of an era

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for Broadcasting's year. Just before midnight, 55 years of

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analogue TV will come to an end. TV signals are carried in fibre-optic

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cables along these pipes. They are amplified before being transmitted

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from a new transmission mast. Some people will get BBC free view

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channels for the first time. are eligible for help if you

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receive certain disability benefits, are registered blind or partially-

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sighted or are over the age of 75. It is not too late. We can convert

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one of Europe sets to digital for you. Most viewers will have to

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retune their televisions tomorrow. People who receive their pictures

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from a satellite system or a cable It's one of the region's biggest

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employers and it's in trouble. Thomas Cook saw a dramatic fall in

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it's share price today after a warning from the company that it

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needed more help from banks over its debt. Thomas Cook saw its

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shares fall by 73%. The company has suffered badly this year after

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political unrest in Egypt and Tunisia, and the recent floods in

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Thailand. Thomas Cook employs 19,000 people in the UK, 1,500 of

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those work at its headquarters in Peterborough. It has just over

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1,000 high street branches, about 130 of those are in our region.

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There have been suggestions from business experts that the company

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is considering closing 200 of them across the country Thomas Cook

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won't confirm that number. It is simply saying its reviewing all of

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its retail units, but remains confident about the future.

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Thomas Cook is a holiday company that has been around for 100 years.

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They have sent millions of customers overseas. We have

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excellent customer relations. I am confident that we will send

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millions of British people over seas next year.

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Earlier I spoke to Simon Calder who is an independent travel writer. I

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started by asking him, despite the company's optimism, whether we can

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expect job losses at Peterborough. I fear that we are going to see job

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losses at Peterborough. Very difficult to see any alternative.

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That is because, in future, and I believe there is a bright future

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for the strongest brand in travel, in future we will see that Thomas

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Cook is a much leaner, much more efficient organisation. There are

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great people at the headquarters in Peterborough. But unfortunately

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many of them run the wrong business. Thomas Cook has not quickly enough

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got out of the very bottom of the market two-star self-catering

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packages to the Med. Those sort of packages that your right to put

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together in two minutes on the in to net. What about the high street

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branches? Many of our high streets have Thomas Cook branches. 20 years

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ago, if you wanted a package holiday, you would want to put a

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holiday through a large tour operator. Those days have gone.

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There are so many consumer choices. The good thing is that Thomas Cook

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is still a going concern. Despite the many mistakes and misfortunes,

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it is still a profitable companies. It still has a place in the

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marketplace as mac it has. weather in the UK is not always

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perfect. We will always want to travel. A lot of us who have many

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happy memories of holidays with Thomas Cook will continue to grip

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with the strongest brand in Travels. Should those people who have

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already booked and paid for their summer holiday be worried about

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this news today? No, I can understand their concerns, however.

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People have got in touch with me saying that they have booked

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holidays for next year and they want to know with the money is safe.

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Your money is saved as it is ultimately underwritten by the UK

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government. It is extremely likely the holiday will go ahead as

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planned. It is a great time to be a traveller. Unless you work for

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Thomas Cook, in which case your future looks a little uncertain at

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the future, it is not a bad time to work in the travel business. Thank

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you. There are a few things essential to

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village life. And a school and a pub have got to be pretty high on

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the list. But they're under pressure. So what can we do? The

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village of Haynes in Bedfordshire is typical. But they could have

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found an answer. In the old days, kids were welcome

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in pubs but only in the car park. At this pub, they are very

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important customers. These schoolchildren. Forget Plowman,

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thinks schoolboy. The pub is now the school kitchen. It was hard for

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a couple of weeks as there are about 70 orders. We do most of the

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preparation the night before. We will just cook what they are having

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in the mornings. Once 12pm comes and we have served the school food,

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we carry on with the pub. Being a small school, we do not have a

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kitchen on site. Another school has always cooked our meals. When the

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contract ended in the summer, we were unable to afford the contract.

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They would have pushed the price of the meals up too high for our

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parents. At �2 per head, there is not a lot

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of profit. But there are other benefits. This is guaranteed income.

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The children liked the food, so the encourage their parents to come at

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the weekend. Demand has soared. From 10% to 60%. Their very nice. I

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like the puddings, especially rice pudding with jam. I need it most

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days. Sir is no better proof than clean plate.

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This region can lay claim to many great artists, from painters like

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Constable and Gainsborough to the composer Benjamin Britten. Britten

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was born in Suffolk and lived most of his life in Aldeburgh. Next year

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marks the centenary of his birth. And we can look forward to a big

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musical celebration. Today we got a These singers are performing one of

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Benjamin Britten's hems for St Cecilia. He was born in 1913. That

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is St Cecilia's Bay, the patron saint of music. Benjamin Britten's

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roots are firmly in East Anglia. He was inspired by the last kick.

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people have heard of some of his more famous works, but he wrote

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lots of music for ordinary people to sing. He said he wanted to be

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There is now a museum. This afternoon, the turf was cut for a

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new archive centre in the grounds. Benjamin Britten would have been

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delighted. He would have been bemused and wondering what this was

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Benjamin Britten died in all opera in the 1970s. -- in the old brass.

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Will we get rid of the fog? Yes, tomorrow. Stabbing sent a

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wonderful photograph. The fog cleared today, but it has left us

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with misty skies. Clear skies tonight, so it will be called. Mist

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patches possible. The main talking point for tonight is that with

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these clearing skies are edging in the temperatures will fall. Much

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colder than recent nights. There will be a widespread ground frost.

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Some misty low cloud for the Essex Court -- the Essex coast. There

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will be sunshine for most of the day. Dry with a southerly wind.

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Temperatures similar to today. Feeling a world apart because of

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the sunshine. By the end of the afternoon, we will see a little

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more thin and high cloud in the west of the region. The outlook is

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more interesting. Much more changeable. A front will come along

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later on Thursday. Brighter weather for a time on Saturday. Very cold

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air is coming all the way across the northern half of the Atlantic

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from Canada. Very strong winds soul colder weather and a touch of

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winter for the north of the country. It will bring our temperatures down

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in the south. Mainly dry weather for Wednesday and Thursday. Patchy

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rain first thing on Friday. On Saturday and Sunday, mainly dry by

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deed but some rain on Saturday night. It turns a lot colder. The

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