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clearing centre in Essex sttdents pick and choose, rather than

scramble for places. I know people who have not got the grades they

wanted, but still got into their first choice. It is open all hours

at Southend Hospital as vishting times are extended. Mixing food and

fun, the number of children getting free meals from the food bank saws.

And Louis Smith is getting down with the gymnast of the future. The Vice

Chancellor of one of our le`ding universities has warned the system

is facing turbulent time to more students being offered a pl`ce.

Students across Essex, Suffolk in Norfolk have been finding ott their

results today. This year have been referred to as a buyers market as

thousands of extra places are available. We will hear frol the

Professor of the UEA later. First, from the clearing centre at Anglia

Ruskin University. Hi. A nice celebratory atmosphere here. There

are 70 staff and students hdre handling more than 2000 calls. Here

is one undergraduate. A lot of the students offering nervous. H came to

Anglia Ruskin through clearhng so I can understand what they ard going

through and reassure them that everything will be fine. Th`nk you.

Spare a thought for those poor A`level students at the unknown end

of the form `` phone. It's ` day when teenagers cancelling onto each

other, scream at each other and send the mobile network into meltdown.

More than 600 pupils here rdceived their academic signposts for the

next few years. Here, a 99% pass rate. I got B and C and B. H want to

study ocean science at Plymouth I got D, D. My grades are little

consolation to the Gloria, but she and many like her could go hnto the

clearing scheme. The score went against the national grain with

A`level results better than last year. We are hearing that there are

a number of places availabld. This year, more than previously. I am

delighted as headteacher for them. They can get a chance to get

university. I know people who have not got the grades they wanted, but

he still got into their first choice because there are more people

applying for more spaces. Bd they ancient or modern, what is striking

is that our universities ard now considered the only option by so

many school leavers. Can I `sk you, how many of you hope to get

university? The hands up all of you! That show of hands were as Katie who

won, then rejected a place to take on an apprenticeship. Do yot think

there is more pressure on students to go to university? Yes, it is go

to university or fail. You go to college and then people say, go to

UCAS, go to university. Havd they ever said apprenticeships are an

option? No. Many people herd will go on to do a degree. Businessds hope

that many people will do an apprenticeship instead. This is the

deputy vice Chancellor here. A lot of universities are giving

incentives like tablets and gym membership. You offering ?1200 of

pouches. Is that desperation? `` vouchers. No. We want to give

something back and help the students with costs of learning resotrces. We

feel that by giving vouchers that will be a good way of helping them

to succeed. It's a buyers m`rket, isn't it. Students pick and choose

for different reasons. I don't the incentives have a huge impact. If we

are keen to attract students, we have a large number of studdnts to

recruit this September. There is a big gap between those on

apprenticeship schemes last year compared to those going to

university. Doesn't that worry you? I think different students will want

to do different things. Apprenticeships due to some people,

university works very well for many people. `` apprenticeships suit many

people. This afternoon I spoke to the Vice Chancellor who is retiring

from the UEA at the end of this month. Did he agree that it was a

buyers market? I think that one must acknowledge,

also, that there are disappointments,

a good many, in terms of thd grades that they have got, but the general

position is, as you describdd. Students find it easier to get to

the university of their chohce. For universities,

that makes everything less predictable and there is a great

deal of turbulence in the sdctor. Some universities are taking

the opportunity of a far more liberal regimd to grow

their numbers very fast. I think, at the cost of the

experience of the early cohorts but that means they are drawing students

away, who some other university was Where you get rapid expansion,

somewhere you're going to gdt We heard, in Alex's report,

all those young people saying they The government wants more and more

young people to go to university. Is it right

for the universities that it should I think that if it's afford`ble and

affordable at a quality that really matches what higher education means,

and it is inherently not a cheap thing, then the principle that

everybody who could benefit from it should be able, in Britain,

to go to university is great. I think, certainly, there shouldn't

be a herd instinct where evdry young person thinks, I must go,

just because everybody is going Some people want to be much

more hands on, at once. In our own national debate,

we must be very conscious that there are other countries, often rapidly

developing countries, South Korea comes to mind, where the proportion

of young people going is 70$. If we want, in a generation,

to be culturally and economically top of the pack,

we need to be very highly educated. During your ten year time

at the UEA, there has been ` lot Now they are saying that thdy might

not actually have enough sttdents be paying tuition fees to make

the government in pocket. But I think the current fear is that

there is scarcely any gain to the public exchequer

from having moved from a rotghly Of course, it is placing a great

burden on young people gradtating. I think one must bear in mind that

it is very important for yotng people to feel the full weight of

what they are doing, so thex could be a gain, where a student knows

that it is costing them and they are going to work jolly well hard

to get the most out of it. That is an upside that is

sometimes overlooked. One of the other things that I know

you have argued very strongly for is not to stop foreign students

to be able to come and studx here. The decision still has

not been made on that. What impact do you think th`t

will have on the universitids? British universities have bden

traditionally more successftl than any in the world in attracthng

international students. The effect

of that has been incrementally stimulating to the quality

of the education of we offer. Some

of our science programmes would not And of course, it is

a huge foreign currency earner. Moreover,

if you ask why does Britain punch Tears one of the three key reasons

its huge openness to intern`tional students. This government's

deplorable discouragement to students, you know two thirds of

international Ph.D. Students say we think this government does not

welcome us. Every other country is yearning for well`qualified

students. I pray we will soon see the Home Office passing to hand to

more enlightened than those currently in control. Thank you A

hospital in Essex has becomd the first in this region to throw out

traditional visiting hours of a trial period Southend University

Hospital will be open longer in the hope relatives and friends will get

more involved in patient care. This man has an S. He was admittdd to

hospital on Monday, suffering from pneumonia. His parents have seen him

this morning, only because of the new visiting times. If you feel

tired, your friends know. They will work out that you were not feeling

good and they will leave yot. We can arrange our affairs to fit hn. I

think it's wonderful. It is a good idea. I think it helps the car

parking. For several years, their hospital has had set of vishting

times between 2:30pm and 4:30pm and then 6pm to 8pm. Now it has a number

of wards experimenting with different visiting times, to see the

effect on staff, patients and visitors. Unlike this hospital,

others including Colchester prefer set visiting times. That wax,

mealtimes are not disturbed, and patient can rest. We will bd doing a

lot of surveys, asking patidnts if it stopped been having a rest, or if

they could compensate at other times. We would also be askhng our

staff, doctors and nurses, how they found it. This matron is chdcking on

a patient. I think it's nicd to see patients or their relatives because

it put a smile on their facd. We have someone with the team he was

here since 8am. That has got to be a good thing. When patients fdel

supported and anxiety levels are lower, they recover faster. That is

important. There is also a lot of evidence that relatives want more

access to the staff on the wards, to find out what is going on. Hf the

two`month striders excess four, other hospitals could changd their

visiting hours `` trial is successful. The head of the troubled

Colchester Hospital is to rdmain for another year. It was put into

special measures because of the way cancer patients were being treated.

Last month, the health watchdog said the leadership was inadequate. The

new chief executive will st`y in post until September next ydar. She

was appointed three months `go on an interim basis. A former headmaster

in his 80s has been charged with 14 sex offences against pupils more

than 30 years ago. David Tuohy, who now lives in Oxford, was he`dmaster

at the Eccles School in Norfolk He has already pleaded not guilty to a

series of sexual assault ag`inst a pupil 40 years ago. The number of

pupils who get free meals from food banks in Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk

has more than doubled over the last year, it is up from 6001 ye`r ago to

more than 50,000, now. They try something new in the holidaxs. The

art of beat boxing is not something we normally associate with ` food

bank. Today it is just one of the activities on offer at this

community Centre in Norwich. Most of the children who come here get free

meals in term time. When schools are closed, providing hot to nutritional

meals everyday folk the six`week holiday is a struggle to sole

parents. It gives me a little bit extra money to perhaps take them

out. To occupy the mini holhdays. If we didn't have this lunch club, we

wouldn't have this bit extr` to do anything. It's a new steam launch by

Norwich food bank. It's the only one in the area doing this. For some

parents, it saves and ?20 a week. We have churches providing voltnteers,

community centres which are the venue and also schools. We have

parent to support advisor to work in schools and can identify thd

families who will benefit. We also have places like supermarkets giving

bread and food. We have produced allotment holders and lots of

different activity providers. This helps to provide some of thd stigma

associated with food banks. It will provide meals the 200 children

across five venues in Norwich this summer. Their aim is to each club to

be sustainable, and available for local families as long as they need

it. Does it come: The epic journey in memory of the hundreds and

thousands of horses and mulds killed in the First World War. And back

home from the Commonwealth Games, Lewis Smith is keen to help find the

stars of the future. This wdek we have been having a look at the life

sciences industry. It is ond of our major success stories growing at 10%

per year. People in the indtstry know that the only way to btild the

Indus tree `` industry is to invest in research and start`up businesses.

In his final report, which Bond has been to a company in Cambridge owned

by AstraZeneca. This is the corner of the campus and that is their main

building. The view from the top of the laboratory. Like a passdnger

liner, it looks on the down on the biomedical campus. This is where

AstraZeneca will build its global HQ and research Centre. Employdd and

the molecular level of how living things work are studied herd. Some

things turn out without a lot of planning turn out to be verx

useful. DNA sequencing was pursued because it was interesting, but also

the ability to sequence the human genomics has had many ramifhcations

at a useful. Research here leads to the creation of biotech start`ups.

25 years ago one such was C`mbridge antibody technology, which became

very successful. So much so, it was bought by AstraZeneca and rdmained

made union. ``. Now, it devdlops therapies using antibodies. Soon it

will move to this campus. Wd are a science led organisation. Wd see

fantastic benefits in being embedded in the science committee th`t the

community in Cambridge. It hs really exciting. The company that was borne

out of this laboratory becale very successful and was acquired by

AstraZeneca is now moving hdre, next to the organisation which created

it. It's parent company is giving the laboratory ?6 million to fund

further research, which in turn will lead to more start`ups. It hs an

example of how wealth creatdd within the bioscience cluster is constantly

being resected aided. I think AstraZeneca appreciates what we have

given them in the past and appreciates we are moving ndxt to

them. These are not drag discovery projects, please is blue skx B

search will stop `` grant. . Of course, AstraZeneca has recdntly

been on the end of a takeovdr approach from Pfizer. It be`t them

off. The knowledge held within this new company is one of the things

that Pfizer would dearly like he `` like to get its hands on. This

proves the science industry is really first class. Now, yot might

think he had enough on his plate, starring in a Tumble, but Louis

Smith has been doing more work. He was back at his home gym helping to

coach the next generation of gymnasts. He is one of the lost

recognisable faces in sport, a young man who made gymnastics rock and

roll. His success and profile has created a pipeline of youngsters who

want to be the next 3`macro Smith. At his club in Huntingdon, he was

helping them do that. Any knowledge and fun, I think that is thd key

thing. When you are a kid in sport, it is important to enjoy wh`t you

are doing. Louis came out of retirement to win gold and bronze in

Glasgow. He said the break with the best thing he had ever did, because

he has fallen back in love with gymnastics. I love training and

being in the gym. To me, it is not so serious now, I can enjoy it for

what is. I am really enjoying it and looking forward to what I c`n next

year. He may be back in the gym but he is not of the telly. He hs on

this programme at the weekend. Where celebrities do gymnastics stop

today's coaching was part of a London 2012 idea called Join In

Research shows that 70% of clubs are short of volunteers. I have had

volunteers from the start, helping the coach will stop sometimds they

can be overshadowed by everxthing else going on. Really, they are the

ones doing the work. Every world`class athlete start at a grass

roots club. Today shows that success isn't just getting something out of

sport, it is also about putting something back in. It should be an

exciting night at the athletic Championships in Turin. We have a

number of athletes competing. In some are in action right now Sharman

is right back in form and this year found great consistency. He recently

won silver at the Commonwealth Games. He won with a new personal

best time and is targeting ` gold medal here in Turin. I am not the

only guy running quick in Etrope. We have the world leader here. They

also have the runs medallists here. But we all get together and scrabble

it out, I can't wait. Jody Williams looked highly impressive in the heat

this morning. She is due on the track any second in Z?rich. She had

an incredible 151 race unbe`ten streak as a junior and is looking

ready to win her senior major championship title. Earlier, just

jot qualified for the final of the 800 metres `` Jess Judd. It is her

first competition since the Commonwealth Games. She admhtted it

would be tough to pick hersdlf up after finishing fourth, just outside

the medals. Tonight to Goldhe Sayers is in action in the javelin. She

finished seventh in the Commonwealth. Qualifying proved easy

yesterday. Over 58 metres whth her first throw. The 32`year`old is

rebuilding her career after two years that were wrecked by hnjury.

She is the captain of the British team.

It was a huge honour and prhvilege, you know.

That's what everyone says, but it really was.

To be back in the team is a massive prhvilege.

And I, at points, thought it would never happdn.

To say it is an added bonus is a bit of an understatement.

I know my speed of release hs two metres per second quicker than it

I just need to hit the right angles and the right

Good luck! This evening, thd women's javelin is that 7:40pm.

Tomorrow, Greg Rutherford from Milton Keynes will get his first

keep double quick taste the track in Z?rich. He is in the long jtmp

qualifying, looking to add ` European title to his collection of

medals. Anybody who has read the book or seen the film warhorse will

know about the role of horsds during the First World War. 1 millhon

horses went to war, but onlx 62 000 came home. They died from

exhaustion, the lips and disease. Now I'm military historian from

Essex is guiding horses and mules along the old Western front to

commemorate their contributhon and raise money for charity.

Resting up in a field in Essex ready for a gruellhng,

but historic journey along World War I's Western front.

They are ready to rock and roll and go over there

and try to emulate what the horses and mules did 100 years ago.

We are going to use period equipment and tack.

It is going to be quite hot because they are wearing First World

War equipment and uniforms, which are made out of two layers of wool.

The route from the sea, starting at Nieuport in Belgium

125 miles along the old front line, into France to the River Solme,

A dying horse with a handler in its arms,

One of the loveliest memori`ls on the Western Front, in my ophnion.

And strong animals like this, were needed

because they could carry amlo and medical supplies to the trenches.

More than half a million mules and horses were killed.

Their suffering amidst the lud and noise was unimaginable.

As well as the Royal British Legion, on the trek is the animal charity,

It had animal hospitals in France during World War I.

Obviously, heavy shellfire doesn't choose between man and beast when

The mud is as bad for a horse as it is a human.

I do solemnly swear that we shall be together again.

Warhorse, the story of how the conflict couldn't separ`te

a farm hand from his beloved animal, has now moved millions.

It's highlighted the pain animals suffered.

This painting, commissioned by Blue Cross during

At any moment, you could lose a horse or a mule from underneath

Or, if an officer came along and said, OK, we need that `nimal

You have to say goodbye to ht, probably never to be seen again

But the suffering of the anhmals will be remembered when the horses

we have had some torrential downpours across the region today.

These pictures are taken in Cambridge showing some very heavy

rain. We have had reports of thunder and lightning and localised flooding

and hail. Not the best condhtions. It has been tied into this weather

front, heading southwards. Looking at the radar, you can see the extent

of those showers right across the region. Not many places havd

escaped. There were some very heavy downpours. They are heading

eastwards bit slow moving whth a light wind. Expect further showers

through this evening and for the first part of the night. Thdy do

gradually clear eastwards. Lany of us will end the night on a drying

note. The winds could blow hn some showers across northern offdr from

the North Sea into the earlx hours of the more than morning `` morning.

Temperatures around 14 degrdes. Tomorrow, the weather front heads

away to the south`east and xou can see a ridge of high pressurd

starting to build. This means a better forecaster tomorrow. It

should stay dry, but there will be some showers around. Lighter, and

more isolated. That doesn't mean we might not see the odd shoppdr one,

but many places will stay dry through the day `` sharper one. It

will tend to turn cloudy in the afternoon which will make things

feel cool. Anywhere between 18 Celsius and 20 Celsius as a high. In

the afternoon, the chance of an isolated shower, but lots of places

stay dry. Looking ahead, it starts well, on Saturday some fine and dry

weather. On Sunday, some showers return. The low pressure makes its

presence felt again. Make the most Saturday, that looks like the best

day. The showers return on Sunday, and they start of next week, it a

little unsettled. Temperatures stay on the cool side and there light

even be a single figure temperature overnight. 1008 millibars, 29.7

inches. Is that the end of summer? Let's hope not! You can't complain,

it's been great. That is all matter night. Have a good evening, good