17/02/2012 Look East - East

In Look East tonight: It's like being a baby, I'm

learning to walk again. I'm learning to pick things up. It's a

bit mundane, but you've got to do that, you've got to re-train your

body. The Essex footballer paralysed in a

brawl outside a night club makes his first moves on the road to

rehabilitation. His first interview coming up. Hello from Janine and me.

Also tonight: More mayhem at Southend pier this

time a trawler sails into the structure.

There is a boat in the pier. It has rammed the pier. And I thought to

myself, here we go again, how many boats are going to ram the pier?

Worries tonight for the handyman from Great Yarmouth, who vanished

48 hours ago. And it's Stevenage versus Spurs in

the Cup. Borough hoping to pull off Hello and welcome to the programme.

Southend Pier in Essex will be close this weekend after it was hit

by a trawler early this morning. Engineers have been that the peer

today to find out how bad the damage is. -- in tears had been at

the pier. But has not been a particularly

easy day for staff at the visitors' centre of Southend Pier, they have

spent all that telling visitors arriving to explore the attraction

that it remains closed. They will be doing that over the weekend. The

council has, in the past few hours, said that it will be next week at

the earliest until it reopens. All of this because of an incident

which happened at a quarter of a mile into the estuary.

While the weather played a role in some attractions being empty today,

others had a different reason. In the early hours of this morning, a

collision leaving several cast iron supports and bracing damage. In the

long run, this will not have a negative impact. These incidents to

opera, and frequently, and we have process is in place to get it right.

I am sure that the pier will attract more visitors as to make

improvements. Engineers had only just finished repairing damage from

a similar collision six months ago. They had no option but to close the

world's longest pleasure pier. have friends coming from Germany

for a long weekend, and then fought Hitler, the pier is closed. I am

disappointed, because I know this beer.

Some locals are talking that the structure could be hexed. I presume

that something went wrong, a mechanical failure or something on

the boat. It is quite an intense job and you must work at what

you're doing. Something must have went wrong.

The vessel involved now sits in Leigh-on-Sea, its owner declining

to speak on camera. It struck shall engineers are yet to assess how

badly damaged the peer is, and how long it will be shot for.

The local authority has said to me that they do not earn money from

the authority from the structure being open, indeed, it cost them

money to keep it open. But it is a centre. To their offer to to this.

Meanwhile, the Maritime Accident and Investigation Branch CBR aware

of the earlier incident, and are making initial inquiries.

The country which brought us Abba, Ikea, Volvo and the girl with the

dragon tattoo is about to inspire a big change in our education system.

The Swedes are promising Free Schools with a difference.

As you can imagine, it was a controversial decision when parents

in Brandon decided to bring in a Swedish company to help run in

their new school. From September, everyone at Breckland Free School

has been told to exit -- to expect big changes.

Our correspondent has been to Sweden to find out what they can

expect. Turn to page 78...

In Stockholm, a easier nine English class is underway. Most of the

students here are Swedish, but half of the teaching and learning is

done in English. I like face hockey. This is one of 17 schools run by i

e s, and they all have waiting list. There is a great team of teachers

which -- great team of teachers and a great friendly atmosphere between

the children and teachers. When it comes to exams, the students get

some of the best results in Sweden. The school teachers are also strong

on pastoral care, there are equipped games rooms and a full-

time counsellor. This will be the philosophy which

the company will take to support. We try and strife to teach young

individuals, of course that's the subject unimportant, but we look at

developing the all-round individual. Within this process, we do work

very diligently on the social interaction, teaching the students

in very early on good manners. ranges from seeing hollowed in the

corridors to learning to put your hand up in class. Parents and

pupils will have to sign a contract promising to be here. It is the

sort of thing that attracted parents from Brooklyn. They are

impressed by their attitude to education, which is about tough

love. It is about care for the individual pupil and also giving

them the aspiration that confidence to do as well as they can. At last

count, there were more than 700 Free Schools in Sweden, teaching

96,000 students. Free Schools are now an integral part in the

education system here, giving parents plenty of choice. It is

also generally accepted that thanks to Free Schools, education

standards have improved. There are still a lot of people who

are wary about Free Schools. The Swedes believe they can win them

over. There is more on education,

including a discussion about Free Schools in our sister programme,

the Sunday Politics, which is on Sunday at midday.

Still to come on the programme: Norwich and Stevenage but all in

search of a place in the quarter- finals of the FA Cup.

And I will be here to tell you if this piece of winter will be to a

The police in Great Yarmouth are becoming increasingly concerned for

the welfare of a handy man who has been missing for more than 48 hours.

The man, becomes a bit silly from Portugal, was last seen in a market

place on lunchtime on Wednesday. -- the man, who comes from Portugal.

He has lived with his partner and has two children. Today, and she

was up 80 the Facebook page, which she hopes will help find him know.

Maria knew something was wrong -- fine Nuno. I try to find him. I

went to the police and the hospital. This woman owns the Cafe in Great

Yarmouth. She stopped him on Wednesday morning. He was not the

happy person that I am used to seeing every day. He seemed a

little bet upset. He was last seen here in the market

place at half past one on Wednesday afternoon. The person who saw him

said he appeared lost. He has a medical condition which caused a

minor strokes. He had won in October and could not speak for a

month. His family fear something similar has happened this time.

think he has lost his memory. I think he could be anywhere but does

not know who he is. He is a handyman, who helps look

after a rented flat. Police are gradually searching those flats and

are asking anyone who may have seen him to call the none of urgency

number, one or one. -- 101. A man has been arrested in Poland

in connection with the murder of a jeweller in Bury St Edmunds. Pyotr

Melaniuk was arrested last night on an unrelated matter. The body of

Peter Davis was fence just over a month ago. Three men were found --

Peter Avis. There has been another twist in the case of a "Fast Eddie"

Maher. Police in America say the arrest happened because they

received a telephone call from his daughter of.

A quiet neighbourhood in his today, 4,000 miles away. Eddie Maher is

being held by detectives in Springfield after being on the run

for two decades. �1 million in cash went missing from a security van he

was driving out side of Lloyds Bank in Felixstowe. In a previous

interview, his son said he knew nothing about his father's past.

dad is one of the nicest guys you will need. He has only ever done

what is good for us. There is no way he would do this by choice. He

would not do it to do it. He does not commit crimes. He is the one

who gets me out of trouble. Detectives say that his wife,

Jessica, called police on her father more. She believed the

information that she received, and really wanted me to believe her

story. King told reporters in the US that he had no idea he was

English, but these women claimed to be former defence. He is getting

sympathy for people, and it is just not true. He knew. He told me that

his family was here illegally, which is true, and he told me that

it was because his father is an assassin. He told me that his dad

had robbed an armoured car in England, and fled to the United

States. It was a very unhealthy relationship. I started noticing

that he lied about everything. Eddie Maher will appear in court in

the US next week. He was declared bankrupt in 2010 with debts of more

than �19,000. Suffolk police say it could take months to expect him.

Rail passengers face delays this morning after a man was hit by a

train at Waterbeach. It affected services on the Norwich to

Cambridge line, emergency services were called just after 6am. The man

is thought to be 46 years old and from the local area. Bus

replacement services ran between Ely and King's Lynn.

Growing old and needn't be a barrier when it comes to lending

other people a helping hand. For example, take Lucy Norman who lives

in Suffolk. She is still working as a volunteer at the age of 97.

Were see Norman has been a volunteer for almost 50 years in

various guises, at last here has faced her own struggles with

loneliness but to continue role. She became a volunteer telephone

defender, with a charity Age UK support.

She makes regular calls to Dorothy, who is 81 and lives a few miles

away, to listen, to reassure. helping people and making people

feel better. I do not like people when they are sad if I can help

them. That is all I can say. I'd just like helping people. Experts

say that all the volunteers alike will receive offers so much.

They're often more reliable and committed and less transient than

younger people. They have more powers to give and possess very

skilled and life experience. The UK population is ageing, very much so,

and even more so in the east. I think he volunteering aspect is so

important to all charities, to keep going and to help however you can

to ensure these services are here when we need them, when we are all

there. You are 97 a, what is the secret of keeping active? I have

got a boyfriend called Will power. And so, will power comes to me

quite often. But I have to give him a push occasionally. She is a

special women and the charity hopes to story will encourage other older

This is Look East. Coming up: At the day the Queen came to open

Addenbrooke's Hospital. A science- fiction film based on the work of a

University of East Anglia lecturer has been shown at the Science

Museum in London. The film explores the new frontier of stem cell

research and the ethical dilemmas for the scientist. It grew from a

PhD thesis and tells the story of the potential consequences of the

work on family. It is said 33 years in the future, a work of fiction.

But the film, funded by the Wellcome Trust, explores the

frontiers of stem cell research. Rachel, a brilliant and arrogant

young scientist, explains to her granddaughter of its effects on the

family. I did something really, really stupid. I didn't think it

was, back then. I just wanted people to sit up and take notice.

We had run these procedures several times with my son but we had never

done it with humans before. -- with mice. I isolated stem cells from my

bone marrow. I reprogrammed them to become stone -- sperm cells and I

fertilised my own egg. I fertilised The film crew from a PhD thesis by

this woman. I think with all scientific research, you don't know

where it is going to lead. There is always an element of the unknown. I

think it is very important to be doing it with good intentions and

good motivation this, and try and four see as much as you can have

what is going to result. Much as I love science fiction, the scenario

in the film is preposterous. The idea that she could fertilise her

own eggs with her own sperm - this would be an incredibly bad idea in

terms of genetics. Each of us carries quite a lot of mutations

and if you put two together, you end up with very harmful defects.

The Catholic Church has strong views on stem cell research but it

draws a clear distinction. Embryonic stem cell research the

Catholic Church would be against, because it involves creating a

human embryo simply to use it to heart as the cells, in the process

of which you destroy that human embryo. This particular issue

involves the stem cells taken from an adult, which does not destroy

the adult, of course, so research using a done -- adults the stem

cells is treated differently. film is about sparking debate. As

the lead character puts it, if you are going to mess with the

fundamentals you had better be sure you are standing on solid ground.

The FA Cup takes centre stage this weekend. Norwich and Stevenage are

still in, but first some cricket news. Essex have described this as

a very sad day following been used their former bowler Mervyn

Westfield has been jailed for four months for taking corrupt payments.

He is the first English cricketer to be prosecuted for spot fixing.

It was claimed in sport -- in court that he was targeted by eight

Danish Kaneria, who set up the deal. What a time to be playing Tottenham.

That is what is in store for Stevenage this weekend. The Spurs

boss is being heavily tipped to take over the England job.

Stevenage have never made it this far, to round five, before.

Stevenage have become accustomed to making history - play-offs,

promotions, trapeze, they take it all in their stride. -- trophies.

It was business as usual preparing for Spurs, but the FA Cup was never

far from their minds. My time at Stevenage has been all about making

history. It is the first time the club has been in the 5th round and

you could not ask for better opposition. Spurs have won this

trophy eight times. Add to that two League titles, four League Cups,

and they are currently third in the Premier League. Few would give that

Stevenage a prayer. But in this competition, you never know.

Undoubtedly underdogs and rightly so, given the circumstances we find

ourselves in. There will be a tremendous amount of respect for

not just the team and the squad that Spurs will be bringing, but to

a fantastic manager and coaching One Harry Redknapp, that is the cry

from White Hart Lane. In three years, the manager has transformed

Tottenham. They are now genuine title contenders. For many, Harry

Redknapp is the only man to lead England. Spurs'' attractive brand

of the ball has won admirers all over. Against a club by follow and

started my career rat - what a fantastic day for the town of

Stevenage. The club is in rude health - successful on and off the

pitch. We are financially solvent and debt-free. We have invested

lots of money in the infrastructure and we have got a successful

football team. Do you rely upon income from the FA Cup? No, we

would always figure to get out of the FA Cup but we do not go crazy.

We are very careful about how we spend windfall money. It is another

memorable season. Can the players make it magical? It is 20 years

since a orach last played in the quarter-finals. -- Norwich. James

Baughan is back in the squad. He has been injured since September.

am expecting Norwich to win. It is not long since we were playing them

ourselves. We went back there and gave them a lift. It is a very good

side and this has a hard game for us. Away from the Cup, in the

championship, Ipswich are at four four wins in a row. Peterborough,

who have not played -- not won since Boxing Day, play Bristol City.

MK Dons are playing Oldham tomorrow and there has been some movement at

Colchester. Gavin Massey has gone back to Watford and the team have

signed Freddie Sears on loan from West Ham to replace him. No game

for Northampton but Southend are in action. They beat Gillingham on

Monday with some strong words from the manager having the desired

effect. Southend take on Crewe. Their away form is excellent

compared to their home form so it is going to be a difficult game.

They smacked us big time last year, so it is a dangerous team if you

give them opportunities to play. couple of rugby matches tomorrow.

Northampton play Sale. They lost narrowly last week. Bedford, who

are third in the championship, are away to Moseley. Let me introduce

you to the BBC Look East Olympic The games are just 161 days away.

The excitement is building with each passing second. You will be

seeing plenty more of this clock in the weeks to come. Meanwhile, all

eyes are on the velodrome in London for the cycling world Cup. Victoria

Pendleton is in the final of the I love that clock! They say a 50th

birthday is something to celebrate. Of course, personally, I wouldn't

know! But a team at Addenbrooke's Hospital certainly doesn't know. In

1962, the Queen performed the official ceremony. -- certainly

does know a. Today, the team at Addenbrooke's appealed for help to

make it a very special birthday. I should say a very warm welcome to

the New Addenbrooke's building, as it is still referred, despite being

the best part of half a century old! This is a world-famous

hospital. Most people have heard of it but not everyone realises just

how big it is. If I tell you that over 7,000 staff a ride him at work

every day and it is over 70 acres across, we get a rough idea. --

arrived here at work. There is the Queen, being greeted by a doctor

of... It was sunny. She wore a yellow dress. Filmed on this cine

camera, a doctor captured the moment the new hospital was born.

This that it has not been seen outside his family until today.

Everybody was very worked up that the Queen was going to visit. The

Queen was very impressed with what she saw. This wonderful film

captures the essence of a bygone era. A younger hospital, a younger

Queen, but it could be just a fraction of what is out there. In

the bowels of the building, in the hospital archives, there is a

record of everything that has happened in this hospital's 50 year

life, including the big day. There is the register the Queen signed

and the pain she signed up with. But they want more than just that -

they need your memories. We would like to hear from members of the

public, whether they were patient, a member of staff or just came to

see the Queen on the day. If you have got any photographs or video

clips or audio clips, anything that could help us to supply a memory

bank, we would love to hear from you. Those who have already been in

touch had a chance to swap memories today. She was slightly magical.

She was quite young, but older than me. She was just entrance in and

beautiful. My claim to fame was the be that I had the honour of

standing in for Her Majesty at the dress rehearsal. I was very

surprised that I was so tired after it, being about the same age as the

Queen. My respect for her went up enormously at how tiring these sort

of days must be. This is the room. This is where we are, just there.

The photo shows the Queen having a good look at your leg. What did she

say? She hopes that I would get it completely better. And is it

better? Yes, I got 90% of the use back. From the foundation stone

going into the first patients bedding down, it took three years.

Since then, the building work has not stopped. Can we say a very big

thank you to everyone in that film for sharing their memories? Now it

is your turn at home. As you heard, the hospital wants to hear from you

if you were here run that magical day. Alternatively, send your

pictures and footage to us at Look East and we will send it on to them

on your behalf. If you are wondering how might broke his leg,

he fell off his bike! I Love To Sheila being the Queen's stand-in.

I liked the man eating this week when the Queen was walking by!

were planning to bring you an interview with the Essex footballer

who has been recovering from serious injuries at Stoke

Mandeville Hospital, but we had some technical problems which got

in the way. We will hear from him on the programme on Monday. Our

Very mild weather at the moment. The cold front is coming along and

is presently to the north-west of Scotland. It will come a long

tomorrow. That will bring some rain. A cloudy and mild for the weekend.

Nothing particularly wet but the breeze and cloud will stop the

temperatures falling to below. A moderate to fresh south-westerly

wind picking up. I think it will start dry, but this set of fronts

will come through, bringing rain, followed by colder weather. It will

be a lot colder. A cloudy start to the day with the rain becoming more

extensive as the day progresses. The last band of rain will mark the

change to colder weather. It will brighten up but also turn a much

colder because these temperatures are way above average. They are

going to drop as the cold weather arrives. A touch of frost is likely

tomorrow evening and on Saturday night. For the outlook, we have a

problem to deal with - how long does winter last? Not very long.

The high pressure will give us a bright, cold day on Sunday. But by

Tuesday, it is mild south-westerly winds again, so it is just going to

be a brief return of the cold air. Saturday starts mild then turns

colder and brighter. Watch out for icy roads on Saturday night. It

will feel quite well on Sunday. That will bring the milder air back

again, and though we have some patchy rain towards the middle of

the week, we will bring in the milder weather again. Saturday and