18/07/2013 Look East - East

rules that baby Frank may have survived if he had been cared for

properly by the hospital. They should receive the protection and

care that they are entitled to expect when they go into hospital to

deliver a baby. With people still swimming in this tissue is quietly

two days after two people don't, we shall you beneath the water.

Ofsted slams Norfolk County Council for not supporting its schools.

And the primary school art prodigy whose earnings have topped �1.1

million. First tonight: The death of a baby

during a botched forceps delivery. A coroner says Frank Gamble might have

survived if he had been given the appropriate care. He died at

Colchester Hospital after the forceps fractured his skull. His

family are now considering legal action against the health trust.

Tracy and John Gamble leaving the hearing. The coroner said that if he

had lived, their son would have been much loved. Frank Gamble died from a

brain leak. His skull was fractured during a botched delivery at

Colchester Hospital. An independent expert told the hearing that either

excessive force or protect it had been used. He said the family had

not received the standard of care they had deserved. The consultant

who performed the delivery is now on restricted duties. He told an

earlier hearing he had made hundreds of forceps deliveries before this

one and had never failed. He made three attempts to use the forceps.

That is a's hearing, he said that after the first failed attempt he

should have opted for a Caesarean family's legal representative made a

statement on their behalf, saying that they were disappointed that the

coroner was not even more critical. That day last year will haunt John

and Tracey and their family for the rest of their lives. They are

disappointed in the verdict, but hope that lessons will be learned

from their personal tragedy so that no other family has two experienced

the devastation they have endured. The hospital pass on its

condolences, and said it had learned as much as it possibly could from

bank Gamble's death. Meanwhile, his family are considering legal action

against the health trust. Ofsted has told Norfolk County

Council it needs to do more to support its schools. The report

released this afternoon says the council's "arrangements for

supporting school improvement are ineffective" and it needs to "do

more to challenge underperforming schools." So how did we get to this

point? Simon Newton reports. There have been concerns about

schools in Norfolk for several years, with inspectors worried that

the county's education system is slipping behind the rest of the

nation, especially in maths and English. Achievement levels are not

as good as they should be, and people think that because it is a

nice and pretty part of the world it should do well, it is not. In March,

Ofsted launched many inspections, visiting 28 Norfolk schools in one

week. The results were not good, with three out of five bowling

short. Six schools ended up in special measures. The former

director of children's services found herself under pressure.

have the aim of getting to national average, in terms of the number of

schools that are judged to be either good or outstanding by 2015. But she

did not last that long. Nine MPs demanded she resigned, and within

weeks, she was gone. In June, Ofsted arrived in Norfolk again, this time

to assess whether the local authority itself was doing enough.

Today we found out that there was improvement, but that the council

needs to get tough with failing schools.

Councillor Mick castle is the Cabinet member for schools at

Norfolk County Council. Late this afternoon, I asked him if he was

disappointed that the recovery plan that they have put in place did not

get a better reception. The basic idea of better and excellent schools

helping schools that are in need of improvement is not a bad one, but we

obviously have to do more than just that. The improvement board has only

just been set up, so actually, it is reasonably on fear to commend when

they did with their authority, because it was so soon after the

completion of the plan. Everyday is important to someone who is an

education in Norfolk. A few months is vital. And a couple of years is

absolutely. Surely Ofsted are to come in and inspect US soon as they

want to? Yes, if it has got a purpose. And I think what I would be

looking to do now is to treat this as just a moment, because we have to

concentrate on delivering the plan, and contemplating having a

succession of inspections does not help. You have had this report for

some time. Is that what the former director of children's services

stood down? Because she knew this was coming, and you knew this was

coming? No. There is not a link with her. I think, in many respects, she

was unfairly treated by the media and by some of our Norfolk MPs. The

fact is that we have got an inadequate situation with regards to

standards in many of our schools, and we need to address it. We have

certainly got an issue with safeguarding. We need to improve

strategies. We are not going to just leave the schools in the lurch. We

need to make sure that we have the services from the County Council to

enable governors of schools and headteachers to get the kind of

expert advice and guidance that they need, and the resources that they

need. Where are these resources going to come from? The council is

having to make cuts. I will tell you after we've done our budget, but to

be honest, the Government is asking a very exacting job as councillors.

182,000,003 years is a colossal sum. So, will you give me a reassurance

that things will be good in three years? And would love to see some

improvement by then. If there is not, I will have to fall on my

sword. I got elected to do this job and any to do it. I need to do it.

Thank you. The owners of a former sand quarry

in Norfolk, where two people drowned, have been in safety talks

this afternoon. The bodies of a 41-year-old man from King's Lynn,

and a 16-year-old boy from Ely, were pulled from Bawsey Pits near King's

Lynn on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Norfolk Fire Service Dive unit is

keen to get its own message across. They showed us exactly what has

beneath the water. The Norfolk Fire service is

releasing these photos in the hope that it will save lives. This diver

is emerging from the water just after finding the body of the 16

your old. You can see that the weight of it will cause you

problems. Most of the plant matter was removed before he came out. He

had to be cut free. You are really restricted in movement. The

entanglement is everywhere. If you're swimming and panicking,

things were very rapidly spiral out of control. Today, people continue

to swim despite two drownings at Bawsey Pits on the same day. The

16-year-old was the same distance away from the short-lived as the

swimmers were when he got into difficulty. With signs already

banning swimming, the owners held meetings with police today to see

its safety could be improved. They spoke for the first time delay since

the tragedy. Our sympathies and thoughts go out to the two families

and their friends who were involved in this. We have no powers to stop

people from going into waters. It is as simple as that. We need to come

up with a better solution. This footage was filmed at the Norfolk

Abroad. It is typical of our waterways, which are simple on the

surface but treacherous beneath. you cut yourself away, because we

find in the Broads there is a lot of fishing wire, we need all this

stuff. Allen hopes that if one life is safe to this message today, it

will be worth it. You know, you're not going to make it out. Today,

flowers have been laid in memory of the 16-year-old and the 40-year-old

who died. The final words, "rest in peace, both of you."

A company's been ordered to pay almost �200,000 after a girl drowned

at a swimming pool in Essex. Seven year old Michelle Jellard died at

the Blackwater Leisure Centre in Maldon five years ago. The firm

which ran the pool, Leisure Connection, admitted failing to

cooler weekend ahead. And the primary school art prodigy

whose earnings have talked �1.1 million.

We're expecting confirmation tomorrow that a second runway at

Stansted Airport is technically possible, but that the owners have

no plans to build one in the forseeable future. The owners of the

airport will be giving evidence to a Government commission which is

looking at the whole issue of air capacity in the South East. But

while some people want to see extra runways in our region, the airports

themselves appear to be quite happy with what they've got.

The issue of a second runway at Stansted has been living up the

agenda lately. There is no capacity crisis at the moment, but many in

the industry say that in 15 or 20 years time, there will be a sausage.

This week, two important players that Stansted in the foreground.

They say there should be a second runway at Stansted. This man would

like to see as many as four. I think the benefits would be enormous. We

are talking about 375,000 jobs, and an addition to the UK economy of

millions of pounds. But Stansted is not keen on the idea. Tomorrow, its

new owners will submit their plans to the commission. I am told that

they will say they could have another runway, but are not planning

on it. Instead, they will point out that the existing runway has the

existing capacity to take up to 45 million people at the moment. Means

well, another airport in the region told the commission today that it

too has space to expand. We have not put in any submission saying we

would like a bigger runway or anything. At Southend, in the 1980s

and before, the runway was much, much busier. We are making the best

use of it. Any final decision is still a long way off. The region's

airports are prepared to play their part, but the extra runways are a

step too far. Andrew is here now. Why is Stansted

so reluctant? I think they would build it if they were told to, but

they are not going to campaign for it. First of all, they have new

owners, and they want to concentrate on growing the business that they

have got. Also, they see things from a Northern perspective. They do not

believe southern expansion is to be all and end all. The airport got its

hands badly burned last time around. It invested billions of

pounds drawing up runway plans that would then abandoned. And what about

the other airport in our region? Luton airport has submitted a

request to extend its runway. The other one, near the coast, is that

Boris Johnson is going off the idea of putting it off the coast of

Southend and wants to predict in Kent.

A Police and Crime Commissioner in this region is warning that his

force to "juggling with higher risks" as officers try to hold the

front line and protect the public. Olly Martins was speaking on the day

a report came out on how police forces are have coped with cuts in

spending. Olly Martins says in his force, police officers are having to

work through breaks and rest days are being cancelled as they struggle

to cope. Life on the front-line has never

been easy, but police say they are increasingly under pressure from

cuts. In Bedfordshire, the challenges are tough. Luton is a

hotspot. This force has done well to become efficient and effective. But

it says Bedfordshire has literally nothing left to give when it faces

the next round of cuts. There is no doubt that we will be juggling with

higher risks and that is a place that I do not want to go. I do not

think the Government should be allowing us to go there. We will be

doing everything we can to protect them. We are protecting the public

of Bedfordshire. What if you cannot do what you want to do? We will be

speaking to politicians, the commission will be speaking to the

Home Secretary. The report says, in contrast, Northamptonshire police

have struggled to do well. They did not have a clear sense of direction.

Performance was poor. We accept the report and we have moved on. Our

performance is significantly better. Any organisation needs to be

honest about anything that can be improved. The report notes that

Hertfordshire police no longer collaborate with Cambridge and

Bedfordshire. Essex Police are delivering comprehensive change and

improving. Norfolk has the top place for feeling safe. If forces are

going to continue to have their funding reduced into the next

spending period, which is after March 2015, the whole of the service

must come together to look at a better way of distributing those

cuts. Back in Bedfordshire, it has been revealed that police ambers are

so tight that officers are skipping breaks and rest days are being

cancelled. With nothing much left to cut, cuts to the front-line are

unlikely. -- likely. And now to the story of Keiron

Williamson, the boy who is so good at art that he has made millions of

pounds from his paintings. He had its first exhibition at the age of

seven. Tomorrow, another exhibition opens at a local gallery. His family

and Keiron Williamson are there now. Kieran, let's begin with you. How

has your painting changed over the it's got a lot better. And I've got

a lot more understanding for the landscape. The ones behind you look

great. Thank you.Kieran, when people talk about your paintings,

they also talk about money. Is that a good thing as far as you are

concerned? It is... All right if the money does not overtake the of the

paintings. Michelle, let's talked to you about this money then. We get

lots of young people who make money for they are still at school and

then they get annoyed with how their parents handle it. Have you thought

about that? We had to join a very steep learning curve from the

beginning of his career where we were advised from, advised by a

group of solicitors on how we have to handle Kieran's money, so we were

quite fortunate in that we took the right path at the beginning and made

the investments that we save for the future. What is your biggest fear?

That he would perhaps be exploited at a later stage? Yes. He is

protected by British legislation as a child, so the decisions that we

make on his behalf at this moment in time will have future consequences.

So, everything that we do is overseen by a team of solicitors

that specialise in this legislation and also an accountant that has that

speciality as well. Keith, we are just looking at some lovely

pictures. You must be immensely proud. We are so proud of him. He

works very hard at what he does and if he is not paid, he will still be

sketching. He still has a childhood. He still plays football and go

cycling and he loved swimming. He is just a normal boy. How easy is it to

achieve that balance between painting and success and, as you

say, doing things that other young boys are doing? Well, we only sell

paintings... There is no pressure on him to paint. We only sell them when

they are there. People have weeks on end when he will paint, and then he

will not paint for a while. Kieran, just tell me, what do your friends

think of all of this? Well, when we were filming in the Park the other

night, or are they still filming that? But when the got back, he

didn't really -- but when they returned, they did not really talk

about it. They were more worried about the football. Did they know

you were a millionaire? I do not know. They will today! But you still

enjoy doing it, still enjoy painting? Yes, I love it.And you

will carry on? Yes, definitely.Just tell us when people can come and see

the pictures at this gallery. Tomorrow. Listen, thank you. You

want to say something else? Nine o'clock tomorrow. Get the plug-in.

You are learning all of the tricks! We hope it goes very well for you. I

wish I had saved the painting that you did when you came into the Look

East studio all of those years ago. Wonderful to talk to you.

The hot weather has left many of us looking for ways to cool down, but

the number of open air swimming pools or lidos has halved in our

region over the past 13 years. Now there are just seven, spread across

Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex and Suffolk. Most of the lidos were

built in 80 or 90 years ago, in the 20s and 30s. In their heyday, they

were popular places to meet member of the opposite sex. The Beccles

Lido in Suffolk reopened three years ago. Mike Liggins has spent the day

A great July morning, and at 7:30am, the early risers are at the gate.

They are all laughing at me! This woman arrives in her dressing gown,

to the amusement of her friends. The swimmers pay �40 per summer and

post, every morning. Brenda can remember when the Lido opened in

1959. We went around the pool in a swimsuit. I came third in a race.

The Lido 's oldest customer is payment. He is 91 and as 12 length

six days a week, but not on Sunday. By 11am, the sun is out. The Lido's

youngest customer, three-month-old Tabatha, is enjoying herself. There

owned and run by the council, but local people wanted it to stay open.

They bought it for �1, raised money, and no attendance figures are going

through the roof. Much of the work is done by this woman. You know, it

is a continuous sort of cajoling and advertising thing, saying that

people can be part of it, that it is their swimming pool. Fundraising

pays for the nice to have things, like the giant inflatable. Up to

eight and a half thousand people per week will visit during the holidays.

This Lido appears to have it sorted, but it does take a lot of hard work.

When the sun shines, the hard work is worth it.

There is something about the Lido that you do not get indoors, is

there not? Apart from the smell. I love the smell. Also, you are

everyone's favourite person at the everyone's favourite person at the

moment. Hello. The high pressure is still very well

established. A north-easterly breeze has helped temperatures back a

little bit. It is just 17 degrees in some places. But there is sunshine

everywhere now. There was a misty staff are some of us, especially

across Norfolk this morning. That ended with fine sunshine and warm

this evening. So, clear spells start our evening, and it is likely to

stay warm mist in the West. Temperatures will stay in the mid

teens. Across the eastern half, will start to see some low cloud and some

mist forming. It will little further inland. Across the eastern half it

will be cooler, a low of 12 or 13 degrees, making it a bit more of a

comfortable night. So, into tomorrow, we are off to a bright

start. It should burn back to the coast, and then we will see long

spells of warm sunshine. Temperature wise, we are still looking in the

high 20s across the western half, with the eastern half slightly

cooler and with a north-easterly breeze that will freshen through the

day. That will make it a little cooler around the coast. But we end

the day with plenty of sunshine. Looking ahead, the high pressure is

shifting slightly, and the significance of this is more of an

easterly flow, and that will cool things down a bit. It will also

bring us rather a lot of cloud. So, to start our weekend, it could be

quite cloudy, especially across the eastern half. But do not despair,

because that does not mean it will stay cloudy for all of Saturday. If

you live in the western half, I think you will see my sunshine. It

could stay quite cloudy for much of Essex to the morning. Into Sunday, a

better chance of seeing sunshine, still some early mist and

tragically, temperatures hotting up a bit. The humidity is expected to

rise next week. With the humidity, it does increase the risk of some

thunderstorms, so we could start to see some heavy downpours into next

week. Looking at our overnight temperatures, we do see it is a

little cooler overnight and a little more comfortable. And then is that

humidity rises, it means that fairly sticky night. We have a barometer

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