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Hello and welcome to Look East. That is all

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Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight, on the day

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the Government says the academy programme is transforming our

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The we think it has helped primary schools to make the switch.

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The we think it has helped schools look differently at some of the

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challenges they face. primary schools to make the switch.

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A phone scam here nets fraudsters ?300,000 in just four months.

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A man came to the door and they handed the money over.

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?300,000 in just four months. Why campaigners think this

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unique collection deserves national recognition.

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the best in the country. This is delicious.

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The Government claimed today that its academy programme was proving

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transformational for the education system.

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It released new figures which show a higher number of academy schools

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have retained an outstanding OFSTED rating compared to local authority

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The announcement came on the day the new Schools Commissioner

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visited Essex to encourage more primary schools to make the switch.

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This afternoon I spoke to the Schools Commissioner Frank Green

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Some of the 400 children here get a two of the new wildlife garden this

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afternoon. Rated good by Ofsted, governors have no wish for it to

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become an academy. Our children are wonderful and leave skills smiling

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everyday and the teachers do an amazing job. We do not see it

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becoming an academy would improve this in any way at the moment. At a

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conference in Colchester, the schools Commissioner was seeking to

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get more schools to go down the Academy wrote. We do not think it is

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a panacea, a silver bullet. We think it has helped schools look

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differently at some of the challenges they face. This is the

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headteacher of a local primary also recently rated good by Ofsted. We

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work closely with the local cluster of schools and at the moment we are

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achieving exactly what we want to achieve as an independent school. I

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am here today to find out what is on offer and whether it would benefit

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us. Every this week, the principle of a state boarding school rated

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outstanding says he regretted the decision to become an academy. We

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have more control from the centre rather from the local authority and

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as a result we are discouraged from being innovative. Given some of the

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high`profile cases we have experienced recently with feeling

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academies and the consequences for pupils and parents, it is an

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experiment which the government should now stop. That is advice that

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the Education Secretary is happy to ignore. He wants to see 5000

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academies across the country by the next general election citing

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evidence that is driving up standards. Back at Heathrow and is

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primary the government say they may eventually decided to his right to

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become an academy. They are not convinced that time is now. `` the

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governor. This afternoon I spoke to

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the Schools Commissioner Frank Green and asked him why he thought

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the figures showed that academies were more successful than local

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authority schools. He said it was because

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of the process schools had to go They are reflecting in more detail

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on some of those things in day`to`day life that we often take

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for granted. They are often stopping and doing more a reflection of which

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does not mean you are not running a good school if you're with the local

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authority but the point is when you become an academy you tend to

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reflect on every part of the organisation rather than only those

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issues for most in because the Academy process requires

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you to review everything you do as a school and why. But the government

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says it is such a positive step while the principle of Wyndham

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College says it was mis`sold to him. It has control no centrally rather

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than the local authority and it is not actually better. My response

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would be that the other's oversight from the centre but only as much

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control as you need it to be because you are finding control of your own

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decisions and are still irresponsible. Some headteachers are

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worried that local authority schools are missing out on funding because

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money is being pumped into the academy system. What would you say

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to that? I disagree. They are there some money going in because it costs

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to convert and for the review process and that is additional

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funding coming out of the Department that would not have been spent on

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education in any case if the system was not there. Do you have concerns

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about there being a two tier system where the academies are getting all

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the focus and praise. I do not. I do not have any significant concerns. I

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actually think the challenge there is taken up by schools wanting to

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become academies because they want to demonstrate they can do as well.

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It is about creating a new system but also we are partway through a

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process likely to go on for a number of years until a significant

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majority become academies. Thank you very much.

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Direct elections are to be held to choose the people who oversee

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the running of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads.

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The Government says the move is long overdue and it'll make the Broads

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The move was announced in the Queen's Speech this morning.

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Our political correspondent Andrew Sinclair told me what was behind it.

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The inclusion of this bill in the Queen's Speech has taken a lot of

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people by surprise but the idea of improving accountability has been

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talked about for the last three or four years. It is better than's

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largest protected wetland and has been overseen by the Broads

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authority which has a big say in environmental matters but none of

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their members are directly linked, either members of neighbouring

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councils are appointed by the environment Secretary. The

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government says there is a democratic deficit and a need for

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accountability. That has been a lot of

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representation on the Broads authority. We feel that it is too

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institutionalised and does not represent the wide range of interest

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groups in the Broads and that is the local communities and tradesmen and

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environmentalists and others. So

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when will these elections be held? It is likely to be another few years

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and we are likely to want to run a pilot scheme. The expectations as

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these elections will not be party political but local people standing

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in a private capacity. They make an interesting point, who will be

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electing? Only around 6000 people live in the area but thousands

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Leverett said and visit and will presumably want some input.

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Police in Norfolk are investigating a spate of malicious letters.

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Around 15 notes have been sent to homes in the Holt area over

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They're anonymous and written by hand.

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This one reads, "the longer you leave it the sooner you will

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Officers are appealing for anyone who's received one to contact them.

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Essex Police have been using new powers which allow them to remove

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potentially abusive partners from their homes.

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The Domestic Violence Protection Notice can be issued even

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if there isn't enough evidence to charge someone with an offence.

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Four have been served locally since they came into action this month.

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The force has been criticised in the past over the deaths of women

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These include Maria Stubbings, Jeanette Goodwin and Christine

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Officers now also wear body worn video cameras

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It's taken 50 years to create and is said to be unlike anything

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else in this country. Campaigners say a collection

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of tall`bearded iris plants based at North Walsham in Norfolk is

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so special it should get national recognition to ensure it's

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They have been described as the preserved.

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They have been described as the colourful candelabra of flowers.

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Even on a day like today they are stunningly beautiful. This

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herbaceous perennial was named after the geek Goddess thought to be

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God's messenger. The name also means rainbow. The collection was created

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by a man who spent 50 years mixing plants to create perfection. Has Sun

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has taken the job on. For his father the priority was style and structure

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with colour secondarily but in today's industry it is all

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different. There is pressure for new varieties to be

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and that can mean new colour coordination is. He believes that as

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taste changed, his father's pioneering work which showed him

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when he asked of warts was largely forgotten, but in this garden there

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is a unique gene pool in which he feels deserves a much higher

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recognition. Second to none. We had on his own. All 12 medal winners are

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in this collection. How do they feared in the rain? Are tolerant? If

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you look at them over here they have stood up remarkably well, much

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better than I have! We can look at it in the rain. Highly resilient

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then the years and something which they believe must be protected for

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the future. A task force set up to tackle

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a phone scam in our region says in the first four months of this year

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nearly 900 people were targeted. but still ?313,000 was stolen

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from victims here. The work of the task force is being

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featured on the BBCs Watchdog programme tonight.

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She is a highly regarded mathematician and the mother of Tim

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Berners`Lee who created the World Wide Web. She had a phone call from

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someone she believed was the police. They told me they had arrested two

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young men who had a clone of my credit card. They told me to link

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the number on the back of my card. The man was not from the police but

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was a professional con artist. hung up and immediately picked it up

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again to make the cold. The fraudsters were still on the line.

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The fact is they have an open phone line and even if you fallen the

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emergency services you would not connect to that. You're convinced

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you're phoning a legitimate number. The scammers told her to withdraw

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thousands of pounds from the bank and a career would pick it up from

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her home because she talking to the genuine fraud

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department, and so she it into the bag. I handed the bag

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over. It was only later it dawned on her that she might have been conned

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and when she called the police they confirm that. I felt very foolish,

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dreadful. I felt I had been stupid. Police are still investigating the

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case and estimate many different gangs are involved in the scams.

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programme tonight. This afternoon I spoke to

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Detective Inspector Danny Lawrence who you

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He leads the task force targeting the fraudsters

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Those that commit this type of but they operate across the region.

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Those that commit this type of offence are very convincing and have

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been doing this for a long time and one example only recent series of

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warrants we executed, there was a book on how to speak with

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confidence. They work out what they insurance managers and former police

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officers, and do not feel embarrassed. How

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much success are you having? many distinct groups of individuals

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we have identified and conducted activity against. We have seized

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property and cash and valuables. One gentleman gave over ?30,000 in cash

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and it was only after the third occasion he thought something was

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not right and came to the police. What are the banking industry

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actually doing? In that particular case you would have thought there

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was alarm bells are ringing at the bank? We have spoken to staff and

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told them to remain vigilant about people who they believe may be in

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the midst of this crime occurring. We have had people in us that they

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have kept one of the customers in the bag because they felt it was

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part of this scam and indeed it was, have been very positive and

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supporting. they are just so many things to

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think about and worry about, what would be your main message? The key

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message is that the bank and the police will never ask you to hand

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cards or anything else to any courier company or anybody on the

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doorstep. They will never ask you for a pen number over the phone or

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to go to the bank to West brought anything. If you realise it is a

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scam, use another fallen and contact the local

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but they operate across the region. If you've been affected

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by a scam and have a story to tell we'd love to hear from you.

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You can contact Facebook or Twitter

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and please don't forget to leave a number so we can call you back.

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This year we've been looking World War and tonight the story

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of how broke out, it became Britain's first

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rest home for wounded soldiers. gardens crafted by capability Brown.

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Wrest Park is one of the code and use of English Heritage. At the

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outbreak of war it was owned by Lord Lucas. He saw what was happening and

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gave Wrest Park to convalescence home but there was a

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catch. They had to be ordinarily sold yours and not officers.

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quite an idealist and a liberal intellectual and he

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his duty to do so. He wanted to help the common man and

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his family have so much wealth. This seemed like a

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rather than sitting empty. The soldiers could not believe their

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surroundings, it was luxury, but as more and more wounded were taken in,

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it was apparent that Wrest Park would have to become a military

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hospital. Today it is quiet but it would have been bustling with

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nurses, doctors, lots of things going on. The hospital was run by

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his sister who kept a diary detailing every day at Wrest Park,

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including the happier times soldiers spent recovering. Ordinarily men

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treated as the Royals. The soldiers in the photograph were sitting right

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here, in the library which was back then a war. There was 200 beds and

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there around 1600 soldiers treated here in total. Two years into the

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war it was hit by fire and never reopen but those who stayed here

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always described Wrest Park as best. rest home for wounded soldiers.

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Some of Europe's leading senior golfers are at Stoke

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by Nayland over the next five days with the PGA Seniors Championship

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A number of former Ryder Cup

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in the field with nearly a quarter of

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Today it's the Pro`am and following

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of Paralympic sport, the tournament is doing its best to

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Thank you. We have done Tom Williams is at the

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Thank you. We have done well today dodging most of the showers with the

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seniors and celebrities impressing the crowds and showcasing their

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talents. There is a nine`year`old from

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Bishops Stortford who lost his leg to cancer. An elite teenage swimmer

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who turned to grams six years ago. He is now aiming to become a

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professional. So what sort of opportunities are?

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Off the back of London and the Paralympics, I think it has opened

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everybody's eyes to what some people can do. If it gets more people

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interested in disabled golf and knowing we can play as well as

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others. In the build`up to the PGA seniors championship, is left, Carl

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Mason and defending champion Paul Wessel Ling took part in the

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challenge. Anyone can play with anyone and with the handicap system,

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you can play against the best in the world. It is wonderful to see that

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today and try it on one leg. This 13`year`old struggles with autism

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but golf has helped him deal with life challenges. It has got me more

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social because can be awkward not to talk to somebody and you have to

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socialise. What was it like playing with the professionals? Nerve

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wracking. I could not talk. It is hoped disabled golf will become a

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Paralympic sport in years to come. Familiar faces have gathered with

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star is holding the game ahead of the seniors championship. You got a

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glimpse of him in the film and he joins me now. Fantastic work going

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on to promote disabled golf. Disabled players can be so inspiring

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and had a good fortune to play with a man with one leg who played better

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than many pro`s. The course is in great shape and we're looking

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forward to a good championship. There's free coaching for disabled

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golfers in this week call and in fact for youngsters of all ages and

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abilities. There was a time when school dinners

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meant spam fritters, Now the standard of cooking is

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so high there is a national This year the title goes to

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a school cook from Bedfordshire, whose Spanish themed dinner wowed

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judges of all ages. Anna Todd has been to meet her

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and her food savvy customers. An extra lunch an hour before

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lunchtime. What a great job for these schoolkids. The food was very

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nice, I would have more. It was very juicy and not right. Really soft and

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enjoyable. It was so nice. Plating up, Tanya Watkin, recently named the

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best new school chef in the country. Judges liked her Spanish menu.

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She is a floating chef who works in schools across Beds. She had just an

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hour and they have to create a two course menu that was nutritious,

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balanced and ?1 60. She has entered the competition six times. In 2012

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she forgot to put sugar in the muffins and in 2013 and

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pan a court heard that not set. There was almost a sponge disaster

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this year. `` pannacotta. I had to get more ingredients and work very

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hard to make it in the time but it was all good in the end. Competitors

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cooked all morning and then waited. It was a nightmare. I was over the

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moon. The proof of heritability is... In the pudding. Demolished by

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schoolchildren in seconds. `` have ability.

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We heard they managed to dodge most of the showers.

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Many parts of the region had dry weather. Here is the radar picture

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and you can see a lot of rain this morning with much of it towards the

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north`west. This is currently over Wales is working its

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way back towards us. downhill through the second half of

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the evening. Lords tomorrow morning, gradually

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clearing towards the end of tonight. The weapons are also picking up with

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moderate westerlys. Tomorrow will be a bit of a slow start thanks to this

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easier of low pressure. Things will improve with time through the course

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of the day saw a bit of a cloudy and upstart to day. Gradually clearing

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with brighter weather from the south`west. And improving picture.

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Quite breezy with a moderate westerly. 18 and up to 19 Celsius.

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The Antiques road show is coming to Northampton tomorrow. Through

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tomorrow night, clear skies and light winds mean it will be chilly

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but into Friday, very warm and humid coming up from the south. Lots of

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sunshine around and quite warm but on Saturday this weather front

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destabilises the humidity and we could get some thunderstorms

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developing through Saturday. Not a lot of detail but the risk of some

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heavy downpours. High pressure builds from the south on Sunday and

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it will be less humid late in the weekend. Very war on a Friday night

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with the risk of That's all from us, have good

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evening. When the first travellers crossed

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America, they were faced with this -

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