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Strike? What strike. The head teacher who says her school will

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stay open on Wednesday teachers or no teachers. Our core values are

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about keeping learning going, making sure students are learning,

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and supporting parents. How two Hello and welcome to Look

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East. Also tonight: Why the battle against obesity begins with

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toddlers. Chasing the North Sea dolphins,

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exclusive pictures from the Dogger Bank.

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And the priceless archive footage First tonight, the school promising

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to stay open next week however many of its teachers go on strike. The

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head teacher at the Ormiston Academy, on the outskirts of

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Norwich, says she will bring in any one she can to make sure the school

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stays open. The parents are said to be delighted. But there is a wider

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picture. The unions are against the government plan to reform public

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sector pensions. The coalition's see it as a battle for hearts and

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minds. Today the year sevens were having a

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Spanish lesson. On strike day they will have a range of activities.

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Part of their teachers will walk out, replaced by everyone from the

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former army personnel to the British Heart Foundation,

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organisations brought in to keep the school open. This school was a

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failing school and it has become a sponsored Academy. It is important

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to keep that stability here. head of his academies says that

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those are brought in on strike day will be safe to work with children.

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She denies that they are providing a child-minding service.

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Examination students will be focusing on examination work.

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Academy's teachers who an -- coup one of striking have been planning

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activities. The principal said it is the teacher's choice whether

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they strike. It gives our staff the right to make that choice and the

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freedom to make with the knowledge that there student's learning will

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not be interrupted. The Academy's beauty school will also continue.

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6th formers are expected to run its asylum. Local parents have mixed

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views. I am not sure whether it is the right thing or not. Whether

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they are volunteers or groups who are coming in, they will need to be

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checked properly. It strikes me as a babysitting service. I think they

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should stay open. I think they are there not to strike. The academy

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says it wants to port its students first and keep their parents happy.

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-- put its students first. Brandon Lewis, MP for Great

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Yarmouth is in Westminster and Hilary Bucky representative of the

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National Union of Teachers. disagree with the idea that it is

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not appropriate to strike. A lot of members of our union and other

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unions have voted for strike action. A huge number of public sector

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workers are striking across the country. When the coalition came to

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power they inherited a difficult financial situation and everybody

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knew that everybody would have to pay some price. The problem that

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the government has in relation to public sector pensions is that they

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have not made the case for saying that there is any need for our

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members to work longer, pay more and get less at the end of it. The

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teachers' pension scheme is financially viable and the

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government has not evaluated it. They have been asked repeatedly to

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evaluated. They have no evidence to show that the current scheme is not

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affordable. Brandon Lewis, you have not made a case and what you have

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the moment is perfectly viable. the moment the negotiation is

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ongoing. That is why it is so staggering that we have any strike

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action. The parents are right that it is very disruptive. The simple

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fact is that the new scheme that has been proposed is on the table

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for unions at the moment and ditties affair scheme. Low and

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middle earners could be better off. It seems a much fairer scheme.

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Rather than having a go at people like teachers, it wouldn't it be

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better to have a go at bankers? This is a proposal going across the

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whole of the public sector. We need to get public sector pensions

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structured properly. Lord Hutton's report is not asking people to work

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longer, it is a much fairer scheme for people particularly at the

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lower end who will no longer be paying for the high earners at the

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end of their career. Some of your people will be better off? Those

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figures are extremely misleading because you're not comparing like

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with like. What does not be mentioned is the fact that teachers

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will have to continue to work until they are 68 in order to achieve

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pensions at that level. That is eight years beyond the current

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retirement age and, quite frankly, teaching is such a stressful job, I

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would be very surprised if a most parents would want their children

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to be taught by a 68 year old teacher. Let me put that to Mr

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Lewis. You are being economical with the figures? The current

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system is that the highest earners to get these large pensions are

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being paid for by the taxpayer and the low earners in that profession.

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This is a much fairer scheme for the lower income earners. But we

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have to bear in mind, I think it is very unfair to say that older

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teachers have nothing to contribute. By have worked with teachers who

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are much older and have they have been a fantastic asset. Thank you.

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Our political correspondent is with us in the studio now. This is

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dividing opinion and feelings are running high. This could be the

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biggest dry for a generation. There is a lot at stake here. That is why

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it the government has been talking about how much it will cost the

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economy. The Prime Minister enthusiastically backed the MP for

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Corby who said that parents should be able to take their children to

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work on the strike day. There is a lot of pain to come in the public

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sector when it comes to spending cuts. This is the first big crunch

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point. Whoever public opinion is behind is very important. Will

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other schools follow the lead of Ormiston Academy? The government

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expects two-thirds of schools to be closed next Wednesday. There are a

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lot of academies in our region run by head teachers who have a fair

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degree of autonomy. If they want to bring in untrained staff for the

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day, they can. If most academies stay open next week, people in

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favour of creating more academies will use this as a positive point.

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Should we expect major disruption next week? It is looking that way.

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A lot more unions are on strike and trade union leaders are telling me

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that opinion is hardening. People want to protest about cuts in

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general, not just pensions. We are already being contacted by

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parents caught up in next week's strike. Tracey Molton From Norfolk

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says that she has two daughters, one must go to school on Wednesday

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and the other must stay at home. If you are affected by the strike, D

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Still to come, why the battle against adult obesity starts at

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nursery school. And have a look at these pictures.

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Some are great archive of Roger Moore filming a Octupussy near

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Peterborough. We will have more A man has been found guilty of

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causing a crash which left a taxi driver severely injured. The man

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had abandoned his band on the A47 in Norfolk in the early hours of

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January this year. -- he is a van. He arrived at court today to plead

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not guilty for drink-driving and at van -- abandoning his vehicle. A

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car ploughed into the back of that the Mercedes of France on this

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unlit stretch of the A47. This is all that is left of the car.

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life has been totally turned upside down. The person responsible has

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been able to carry on with his life. I have not been able to do anything.

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I have not been able to use the right hand side of my body. I have

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not been able to lift the cup of tea. If it had not been for my

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friends and family, I do not know how I would have survived.

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defendant admitted that he had been drinking. A police officer said

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that she saw the defendant staggering along the road and he

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smelt of alcohol. He was arrested after the policemen have found the

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vehicle's keys in his pocket. He was found guilty, banned from

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driving for 12 months and given a community order.

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And man has been describing his narrow escape when an explosion

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blew out a manhole cover in Peterborough. Daniel Madge was

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walking on books Street when the explosion was captured on CCTV. He

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said it was very frightening. An investigation is under way. I tried

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to act brave. It was terrifying. It was literally a few seconds.

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Luckily, my son was in school. He always walks a few paces ahead, if

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he had been there, it does not bear thinking about.

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Investigators say that catastrophic gearbox failure was to blame for a

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North Sea helicopter crash. Nolan Goble from Norfolk was there among

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16 men who died when the aircraft crashed.

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The son of a formal world speedway champion has been killed in an

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accident near his home in Suffolk. 18 year old Rhys Loram was hit by a

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van as he was walking in the village of Crowfield last night. He

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died later in hospital. He was the A teenage boy has taken Essex

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County Council to court in an attempt to get them to stop closing

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his care home. This is a David and Goliath style legal battle. One

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teenager taking on Essex County Council will stop he leads him one

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of the horns that is due to close all stop he told court how he had

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come to think of his fellow residents and staff at his family.

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He said losing that would make him very insecure and unhappy. The

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decision he is challenging was made by Essex County Council in June to

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close the care homes and replace the children into privately run

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homes instead. What does he say the council has

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done wrong? He says they acted unlawfully by not taking into

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account the residence. He says they were never asked their views on the

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key question whether the homes should close. The solicitors said

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the consultation was plot and that made the decision unlawful. The

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lawyer rejected that and said the whole plan was being driven by the

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considerations of the children's needs. Legal arguments will

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continue tomorrow, but we may not get a judgment until sometime next

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week. In football, a busy 24 hours at Ipswich. Three players have left.

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Shane O'Connor and Tamas Priskin have left on loan and Colin Healy

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was released. Richard Wright is back at the club for a third spell.

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He is now 34 and has played 300 games for them. He has a contract

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until the end of the season. He has been on the doorstep here for a

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while. He has close ties with Ipswich. He was delighted to sign.

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Staff in the X-ray department at a hospital in Norfolk Cup called off

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the planned work to rule. radiologist's have called off a ban.

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The government has postponed up- and- to increase the tolls on the

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Dartford crossing. -- postponed a ban. It was due to go up to two

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pounds 50 next year. There has been a lot of lobbying against the

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increase. A fortnight ago a research team set off from Suffolk.

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They were trying to find out more about the tortoise is that live in

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the North Sea. They have come back with footage. -- the dolphins and

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porpoises. This survey shone a light on the sea mammals of our

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coast. We were very fortunate with the weather which allowed us to see

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all the areas we were surveying. We saw lots of dolphins. Every half-

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an-hour at Dyffryn group would come in. -- a different group. It was a

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really exciting day. When it came to porpoises, the British sector of

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the North Sea appears to be a hot spot. We had 250 detections of

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porpoises through our acoustic equipment we have on the board.

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Only 13 sightings but this equipment allows us to see what

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happens underneath. Several European countries are creating

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special conservation areas. We are trying to understand which areas

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would be the best places for these. There is also a lot of construction.

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It is good to have extra information to understand how the

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animals used the area different times of the year. They hope to do

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another survey in the spring when the dolphins and porpoises are

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camera. -- calmer. The North Sea is a life. We had days when hundreds

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of words would swarm the board. We have a better idea about the hidden

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world that is the North Sea. Here is a frightening fact. At

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Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, 20 % of children will be clinically

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obese by the time they leave primary school. What can we do? One

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idea is to catch them young. Very young. In Wellingborough, that

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means toddlers. Corner is only three years old. When he is five,

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10 % of his classmates will be obese. When he leaves secondary-

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school that number will have doubled. -- Connor. Now his parents

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and him are getting top power to eat healthily. Is it difficult to

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get him to eat fruit and vegetables? Not with bananas. With

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mushrooms, he does not try them. For him to book mushrooms on his

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lap, that is quite amazing. This is the first time Wellingborough

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Borough Council has targeted pre- school children. Teaching their

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parents about portion sizes, sugar content, and the power to say no.

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refuse to go into bad shops now. For a couple of days it was

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difficult cause they had tantrums. With 9.7 % of children clinically

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obese, Wellingborough Borough Council's figures are by no means

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the worst in the east. 11 % of five year-olds in King's Lynn are obese.

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In Luton it is 14 %. That is a problem because all these children

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are likely to turn into obese adults. Type 2 diabetes is a big

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concern. Hypertension is a big concern. Those two are perhaps the

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biggest health risks. intervening had such an early age,

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the council believe they are giving children and their parents a choice.

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It is not a question of being dictatorial. We are not

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brainwashing these children and they will turn round in years' time

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and have checks and not carrots, but at least we can show them the

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options. It will be years before we can see whether courses like this

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are making a dent on rising obesity levels. Four years ago, Louise

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Jukes gave up her job and house in her wish to follow her dream. It

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was a dream to take part in the London Olympic Games. Now her

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gamble is about to pay our because Louise Jukes is part of the GB

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women's handball team. This week she has been getting a taste of

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Today has been a long time coming for Louise Jukes. She did not sleep

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last night thinking about it. Today, she played her Great Britain in the

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Olympic handball arena. It is a test event for London 2012 against

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the African champions Angola. Absolutely amazing. Getting the

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opportunity to show people what we have been working on. Give them a

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taste of handball. A lot of people had never seen it before so it was

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great to show them. I drink Coca- Cola. Louise joined the squat in

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2008. The team was based in Denmark in a handball boot camp. She played

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for a local club side and even had a Danish lessons. Into though none

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seven, there was an advert on television looking for players. --

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in 2007. I signed up. We all turned up and played handball for the

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first time ever. They tested her speed and strength. We went too

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world-class programme and moved everything to Denmark. It did not

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last long, the funding getting cut and the squad broken up. Louise

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continued her education with the Norwegian team. She was counting

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down to her dream. We have come together so well, we are moving in

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the same way, we are fitter and stronger and playing as a team.

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Great Britain beat Angola in the international and on Friday they

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face Austria up. They are getting a feel for their new home.

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That looks great. More than 150 Arrows have really seen the film

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footage is being made available online for the first time. It is

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costing �1 million, and involves the East Anglian Film Archive

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recording film from as far back as 1895, with film including George

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Bernard Shaw and Eric Morecambe. It will all be available at the click

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of a mouse. This is the East Anglian Film Archive in Norwich.

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Thousands of films and tapes are all carefully stored in huge

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refrigerated vaults. This is with a BBC East and Anglia Television

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Archive is stored, along with many private collections. Most of it

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really sees the light of day. Obviously with the digital age we

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want to unlock that and give the film to the people who care about

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it. It is their stories, their villages, their towns. Paid for by

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Heritage Lottery Fund and the University of East Anglia, 1,200

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titles have now been digitised and There is the opening in 1938 of

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pollutant municipally aerodrome. That is the days before EasyJet.

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Footage of a playwright George Bernard Shaw at home. This has

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become another Metcalf. The distinguished visitor is with a

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distinguished film screen star. There is lots of social history.

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Every conceivable subject from the 20th century is here in these

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shelves. You can dip into Look East archive to see how much the news

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agenda has changed. In 1970 we reported on this man and his lot of

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amateur radio. It is very interesting hearing all these

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people from all over the world. 1977, we were in colour for them is

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it a Eric Morecambe to Norfolk. -- the visit of Eric Morecambe.

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have improved the tone of the neighbourhood with your Rolls-Royce.

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Just because you lean on it does not mean it is years. Also on the

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website is a report from the set of Octopussy when the film that the

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Nene Valley railway near Peterborough. The website is easy

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to use but if computers are not your thing there is also a film

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show which will tour the regions soon. I am sure lots of you would

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soon. I am sure lots of you would recognise who was interviewing Eric

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Morecambe. After a bright and breezy day today, a bit of a change

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coming along tonight as we take a look at the pressure charts. There

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is a deep area of low-pressure getting away from the north. It is

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heading into night. There will be a little bit of rain tonight. Some

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uptight isobars. Turning quite breezy. Not a bad start tonight, it

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starts off drive. When we get to midnight we will seek bigger Clyde

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edging in from the West. The rain will feed further eastwards towards

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the morning. Some places may well stay dry all the way through.

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Temperatures will be about nine degrees. There will be a strong

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south-westerly wind. Moving into tomorrow we start off with cloud

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and rain in the east and that will clear a way to leave a lovely

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morning. Sunny spells will break through and it will be a pleasant

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morning for getting out and about. Temperatures are not too different.

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Still with the blustery south- westerly wind. The breeze will

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bring some patchy cloud in. If we are very unlucky there may be the

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odd isolated showers. The weekend is not looking bad at all. Saturday

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starts off under a ridge of high pressure. These fronts push their

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way through overnight. They will clear to the east to leave mainly

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dry conditions for Sunday. It will be a breezy weekend, temperatures

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around 11. Plenty of sunshine on Saturday. The early rain will give

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way and plenty of sunshine on Sunday. Monday will be pleasant.

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The temperature will pick up a little bit on Tuesday. As for the

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