28/03/2012 Look East - East

In Look East: This woman died seven hours after being discharged from

Milton Keynes hospital. Now more consultants are being recruited.

Hello from Susie and me. Also tonight: Petrol stations see

massive queues but they say it's not time to panic.

The mystery of maths. Why we need more students who will study it

longer. And, I am in the Olympic stadium in

Barcelona with the Essex athlete Sally Gunnell reliving golden

Olympic memories. First tonight, the death of a woman

just seven hours after she was discharged from hospital.

Tina Bilen, who was 52, had a ruptured aorta. Now a report into

her death has called for more accident and emergency consultants

at Milton Keynes Hospital. At an inquest today the coroner recorded

a narrative verdict. # When there's no getting over...

Born in Basildon, Tina and her husband travelled the world

entertaining before finally coming back to be with family in Milton

Keynes. She was a very fun-loving girl. Bubbly, amazing, a beautiful

singer. We haven't got no closure, they're saying about this won't

happen to anyone else, but why didn't they give my daughter a

chance? They never did. Late on Tuesday evening last November Tina

suddenly collapsed and was taken to A&E. She was sent home at 1.00am.

Around 9.00am the next morning she was found unresponsive, rushed back

to hospital. She was declared dead a few hours later.

Here on the left the junior locum doctor who discharged here. Because

the ECGs didn't change he thought they were normal for her, he failed

to recognise her neck pain as a symptom of her underlying heart

problem. Tina had suffered a tear in a major artery to her heart,over

night blood had leaked out around it, literally preventing it beating.

A consultant in charge was never called. He says he doubts he could

have saved her. In my experience in Milton Keynes, last nine years or

so, I have seen about three or four, so it's fairly rare. Even if you

had gone off to a unit to have fairly complex surgery, her chances

of survival was not actually - not a long, 30% mortalality rate even

with surgery for this this condition. As clinical director the

doctor's own report into what happened calls for more consultants

and for all high risk patients to be signed off by a consultant

before they can be discharged from A&E.

The hospital says it's accepted the findings. There is another post

being advertised, consultant, at the moment, with the aim we will go

to ten consultants which will give 18-20-hour cover each day, seven

days a week. For the family the appointments come too late. They

say she was denied her chance no matter how slim.

The threat of a strike by tanker drivers has led to growing concern

over fuel supplies in this region. The message from the industry is

clear - there is no need to panic buy. But there is evidence the

message is being ignored, with queues and shortages at some

filling stations. Our chief reporter Kim Riley is at a petrol

station near Norwich airport. I am actually at Drayton, and this

independent station here is particularly busy tonight, people

queuing up. I guess this region of all regions really is utterly

dependent on road travel, there isn't the infrastructure to keep us

off the roads. We have to travel by car or bus to live our daily lives

and the very thought of a petrol shortage has been enough to push up

demand for unleaded by 45% yesterday according to independent

retailers and for diesel by over 20%. That was enough to run some

petrol stations dry. At this Esso station in Norfolk bus

brisk today, -- business brisk today. Yesterday they ran out of

fuel altogether. Customers this lunchtime told me they certainly

weren't panic-buying. I have actually come here to get petrol

for my mower, to be honest! If people keep it, take it steady, we

should be fine. I fill up once a week and this is my day, I thought

I would carry on as normal. I am only here because I want some.

are not going to fill the tank? I just got �20, it should last the

week. You are not panic buying today? No, no. If everybody do that,

everybody will lose out, I think. People not to use it, two of them

now filling up tanks. That don't help people, filling up the gallon

cans, stupid. At Morrisons supermarket in independence long

queues were snaking back from the petrol station, with mixed messages

coming from Government spokesman lots of people keen to top up their

tanks. At the much smaller service station outside independence they

were checking levels in their underground tanks. Demand at the

pumps has been up on normal. It's been busier than usual. People are

filling up as opposed to putting usual five or ten pounds in. We are

running low, but we have a delivery today, so that isn't kasing niqab

great problems at the problem -- isn't causing us any great problems

at the problem. I don't expect that they will end

up being action, but if there is action then the rules are that

Unite would have to notify us and give us a minimum of seven days'

notice and in that period of time I think there will be emergency

procedures brought in to ensure that fuel flows and the country

isn't stopped. Back at the Washbrook service station a tanker

arrives to replenish stocks. Talks may yet avert a strike, but there

is nervousness with the Easter holidays looming the pumps could

run dry. Back here at Drayton let's talk to

Andrew Lawrence, regional chairman of RMI petrol. You operate a number

of garages here, what's the sort of messages coming back about the

state of the fuel supplies? state at the moment is that we are

extremely busy. The deliveries are just about coping with this supply,

but obviously if the more the panic happens, the more problems we are

going to get in running out of stock. You told me about one you

have problems. Sheringham, we have had a lot of volume through there

the last couple of days. A tanker isn't due until Friday. Therefore,

I am afraid tomorrow we are going to run dry. You have had clear

evidence of panic buying, you have seen it? Yes, indeed. We are

running up, certainly over 45% on unleaded and diesel is over 25%.

This is constituting a problem with our supply. We have a pattern of

delivering and obviously if we are increasing the volume prior to

these deliveries, obviously we are going to be running short between

that period. Very briefly, your advice to people, motorists? Don't

panic. There is plenty of supply, if everyone works with a

responsible attitude towards the filling of their cars. Keep calm.

Keep calm. That's the advice. We shall have to see if that's what

happens. Back to you. If you are likely to be affected by

the fuel strike, we would like to hear from you. You can get in touch

via phone, e-mail, Facebook or Twitter.

Still to come tonight: An Olympic gold medallist goes back to the

scene of her greatest triumph and Jonathan Park with an pike hopeful

of the future. I am with one of the country's most

exciting equestrian talents and the secret to her success is Austin

Powers. Find out more after the news where you live.

Four men have been jailed for a total of 15 years for conning two

elderly people out of most of their life savings. The man and woman

from Essex handed over almost �160,000 for work on their homes,

which should have cost a fraction of the price. Alex Dunlop joins us

live from Essex. Well, both victims are described as

elderly. They're housebound and they're vulnerable and that's why

they were targeted. Christopher Barns was the main beneficiary from

this deception and fraud and Daniel Tutor, among six men to be

sentenced today. Seven years ago they approached the first victim, a

man in his 70s and demanded thousands of pounds to cut his

hedge. That was work he didn't ask to be done. He was described as a

man by his neighbour as a prime candidate to be conned. He came to

dread the arrival of the men's vans and that he was too infirm to even

get to the door to inspect the work, if any was done. Over five years he

handed over �113,000 to Barns and Tutor and it was established in

court they overcharged by 94%. The second victim was a woman who is

now in her 90s, just to give you an example, she was charged �15,000

just to have a small path laid. Over seven months she handed over

cheques totalling �43,000. Very few friends and family that are

immediately available to them to help them. They're very vulnerable.

The fact that people have preyed on these people over a long period of

time persistently, well, it's des pickible is the -- despicable.

defendants seemed relaxed during the hearing. The judge told them

that they had taken advantage of these two people. He said they had

fleeced them and when one was sucked dry they moved on to the

next. Barnes was sentenced to five years and nine months, his assets

seized. Tudor sentenced to four and Logan. Two others were given

suspended sentences. Nearly 1,000 jobs are under threat

after a food supply company went into administration. DBC

Foodservice, which has a base in Newmarket, is a privately owned

company. It sells leading brands and its own range of products and

has 12 centres across the UK. A man who was working 60 feet up a

church tower in the centre of Ipswich has been hit in the back of

the head by an air rifle pellet. It happened at St Mary Le Tower Church

earlier this afternoon. Dan Appleby, who was treated in hospital, says

the pellet went 4cm into his head. A court in Poland has withdrawn an

arrest warrant on a single mother from Thetford. Natalia Gorchovska

was facing extradition over a minor drugs offence in Poland six years

ago. She is now waiting for final

confirmation from British police. The turkey producer Bernard

Matthews has announced a big investment in Norfolk and Suffolk.

It will safeguard more than 2,000 jobs. Last year, the company made a

loss after the cost of turkey feed rose by 50%. It's now back in

profit. It's been a rocky road for Bernard

Matthews, five years ago an outbreak of birdflu at its factory

knocked sales for six. In the aftermath jobs had to be cut across

the operation. Then two years ago Bernard Matthews, the company

founder, died. More recently, the price of Turkey feed has risen by

50%. One reason why the company made a loss last year. But under

new manager director Rob Meres, Bernard Matthews is now in profit.

Turkey consumption is rising and new investment is to be made in

Norfolk and Suffolk. We just announced plans for �3 million of

investment here at our facilities. We also have planned investment for

another �4 million subject to planning, at our facilities in

Holden and that with our ongoing levels of investment is �10million

increase versus prior years. That investment will safeguard more than

2000 jobs at farms and processing plants in the region. And while the

company is still having to pay dearly for its animal feed, there

is a a silver lining for local farmers. The group buys nearly all

its wheat from local growers. MPs from Norfolk, Suffolk and

Cambridgeshire met the Prime Minister last night to push for

better road and rail links. They want improvements to the A14 and

the A47. They told David Cameron it would help unlock the economic

potential of the region. The former Norwich City football

director, seen here on the right, who used to run the Great Yarmouth

Pleasure Beach, has died. Jimmy Jones, who was 73, died in hospital

last night. He was awarded the MBE for services to sport in 2009. He

also invested heavily in Norwich City when he was a director and

vice-chairman between 1985 and 1995. In Football, in the Championship

Ipswich finally played their game with Middlesbrough last night. The

game was abandoned earlier this year when the pitch became frozen.

Second half sublooked taeupbg rows for Boro.

When Thomas was brought down in the box leadbeter stepped up to take

the penalty but the power was matched by the goalie. Within five

minutes Boro went in front. Leadbeter was keen to make amends.

This This stunning strike earned Ipswich a draw to go 15th.

In league one after five draws on the bounce it looked like

Colchester might take all three points. Thefrp in front after 11

minutes. But the saddlers hit back Through the second half the hosts

sealed their win, inflicting Colchester's first defeat in ten.

3-1 it finished. Coming up: Back to Barcelona with

Sally Gunnell. Nice and sunny in Barcelona.

Now how good are you at maths? Most of us aren't good enough, according

to the Norfolk MP Elizabeth Truss. That's why she's calling for

changes to the way the subject is taught in our schools.

Here's a problem to try. It's a quadratic equation from a GCSE exam.

Here it is: What is the value of X? And here's

a clue - there are two answers. We'll let you know if you're right

in a moment, but first this from Mike Liggins.

All right, today we are doing an investigation into the wing span

and the height of a human. This teacher is teaching a year ten

GCSE maths class at Thetford. The school recently advised forever a

maths teacher but the application wasn't up to standard, so the

school went abroad to Canada. your wing span is larger than your

height, then what are you going to be classified as? A monkey. You are

going to be a monkey. There is a shortage of maths teachers across

the country. That's only part of a complex equation. What I see a lot

of in Norfolk is employers who are appeals for engineering looking for

those with that ability. There is a strong need for it in the jobs

market. At Thetford there was a good deal of measuring and

recording. And it did look like fun. It's good, because with maths it's

always one answer you have to work towards. I like that because you

know what what you have to get to. I like maths because it's fun. I am

good with numbers. I want to be an accountant. If we are not great at

maths what's the answer? Schools being given the inventive to make

that happen. We should give a premium for students studying maths

to the school to enable them to afford to recruit new maths

teachers. From friends of mine who I studied with, quite a few went

into safety type jobs or accountancy, and so we need to get

more people to come and enthuse our students. Back with year ten the

results of the measuring confirmed that none of the students are

monkeys. Indeed, all of them are humans. What's more, all of them

quite like maths and are thinking of going on to study the subject at

A-level. And the answer so that equation? X

can be four or minus three. We put the full workings on our Facebook

page. Although they do it differently these days to the way I

remember! There's been lots of scribbling in

the newsroom this afternoon, lots of sums, some right, most wrong!

All the talk at the moment is about London 2012, which is 121 days away.

But for some of our young athletes the focus is four years ahead to

2016. Alex Hardwick is 21 years old, she lives in Essex and has just

been named as Young Pprofessional of the Year in the sport of

dressage. She's one of our big hopes for Rio. Jonathan Park has

Its origins are on the battlefield when horse and rider needed to be

at one or they didn't come home. These days dressage is an Olympic

sport where victory matters but your life doesn't depend on it.

try to blank everything else out and concentrate on the moment. You

are dealing with another living, breathing thinking creature, so you

can prepare as much as possible and imagine every possible situation,

but you have to do it in the moment. You can put him into halt. When

London's over we will all be talking about Rio and Alex could be

one of the names on everyone's lips. Training at home with mum Sally,

also her coach. When was the first time you put Alex on a horse?

first time on a horse was when she was about four months old on the

path behind you and the pony tried to buck her off and luckily her

father played rugby for the first team and he managed to catch her.

He didn't speak to me for about six hours after but Alex chuckled.

Alex's been named Young Professional of the Year, the man

in her life is called Casper. He is everything a girl would want.

call him my chunky monkey. He is a true gentleman. He was a guy you

would want to date him, he would open car doors and buy you flowers.

Never expect you to go Dutch or anything like that, you know. But

no, he is a typically nice guy and he is more than willing to do the

work. Next year is a big year for Alex because she moves up to senior

competition but you know what, she's not scared of anyone, and nor

is Casper. When it comes to competitions

they've got a secret weapon, it's the Austin Powers theme tune. Cue

mum. MUSIC. We have gone for light foot

tapping, happy music. It fits him so well. He dances along to it.

It's really happy. I thought, got to have that one.

Coming up for Alex and Casper, the European Championships in

Switzerland. Dressage has never been so groovy.

Long way away, four years. We will be following her progress. In the

distance. Hard work for them. The ultimate goal for any athlete is to

win an Olympic Gold medal. One person who knows exactly how that

feels and what it really means is Essex athlete Sally Gunnell. Sally

won a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles 20 years ago in Barcelona.

Yesterday she went been back to stadium with our Olympic reporter,

Shaun Peel. This time they go. Hemmings very

slowly away. Sally Gunnell has gone quickly... She had been training

for this for 12 years. 53 seconds later in the Olympic stadium in

Barcelona Sally Gunnell was a gold medal winner, and a national

heroine, a career and life defining moment in time. Sally can't

remember too much about what happened here 20 years ago, it's

all a bit of a blur, which is why she's back in Barcelona to fill in

# This used to be my playground # This used to be my childhood

It had to be done, forget the Barcelona tourist trail, the only

place Sally really wanted to see was the Olympic stadium. And even

though her memory was a little sketchy before, it soon came back.

It's weird. It's really weird coming back. Very strange. I

actually don't remember any of the race. There was one little key

point on the 8th hurdle behind us, a trigger point, if I was up there

I knew I would win. That's the only part of the race. I don't remember

the gun going but I really remember the lap of honour and trying to

take everything in. It was like - I couldn't take everything in. I was

on such a high. Sally is the only woman who's managed to hold the

European, world, Commonwealth and Olympic 400 metre hurdles titles at

the same time. But it's the Olympic one she holds dearest. My whole

life it just changed overnight, I crossed that line and that was it.

It changed to a whole new life and a very exciting life. I have done -

I I wouldn't be standing here, 20 years later, I wouldn't be doing

this and that! And how lucky I have been.

She's long since retired but is still as fit as a fiddle and given

half a chance to turn the clock back what wouldn't she give to hit

that kind of high again, but in a London Games just a few hurdles

from home. Everyone days do I ever miss it and I have always said no,

been there, done that. But seeing everybody preparing now and seeing

them getting in shape and little moments, there is part of me for

the first time wished I could be in that stadium.

# Wishing you were here with me. # It's great. A moment changes your

life and you can't remember a thing about it. Just a blur. At least she

has the pictures. Last night lots of you phoned to

say the Union flag being waved by the easyJet boss Carolyn McCall was

upside down. And, of course, you are right. The broader diagonal

white stripe should be at the top, on the side nearest the flagpole.

What we would say is it wasn't our flag, it wasn't our flagpole and we

were not waving it! That's fair, isn't it? Don't blame

us is what you are saying. It's been another day of summery

conditions, take a look at these temperatures. Across the region

from Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, a number of locations

getting above 20C. Our winner today though was Milledenhall.

Of course it's all down to a huge area of high pressure that's

stretching across us out towards Europe at the moment, bringing this

fine weather. If we look at our satellite image you will see clear

skies above us. The reminder that it's still March, of course, will

be it will get quite chilly tonight. We could see mist patches forming

in one or two spots. It looks as though most places will hover just

above freezing. But it could be in one or two places we get down to

freezing itself. A widespread ground frost expected with those

values. In terms of the winds they stay light and they'll be west to

north-westerly in direction. A fairly chilly start to tomorrow.

Early mist to clear but it should soon warm up as the sunshine gets

going. It looks like another fine, warm sunny day. At times that

sunshine perhaps turning hazy as we get high level cloud moving in.

Still well above average. You will notice with that breeze around the

coast perhaps a high of 13C. Just slightly cooler, but again still

above average. Through the afternoon it could just turn cloudy

in parts of north Norfolk. Looking ahead, a little change on the way.

That's to do with the positioning of our high pressure. It moves

towards the Atlantic to the west. Sets up a northerly flow and it

will bring with it some cooler conditions. But I must stress,

still above average. Two more days of fine, warm weather. Friday it

will turn increasingly cloudy. So, some parts of the region in the

north and east particularly, could find you are a bit cloudy. Into

Saturday, a shower symbol there, but don't get too excited, we are

not out of the drought. Mostly dry, an odd chance of light rain. Cooler