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In Look East tonight, failing pupils and losing money.

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The Academy trust behind nine Northamptonshire schools pulls out.

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The museums and universities worried over future links with Europe.

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And a cold start to the day tomorrow. They will have all the

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details later. They took on nine

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academies in our region, overseeing the education

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of thousands of pupils. But following a damning financial

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review, the Education Fellowship Trust has handed control

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of the schools back It is the first time an academies

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trust has failed on this scale. Equals x + 24, because it was

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the number, plus 24. At the academy in Wellingborough,

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classes teaching today But for this school,

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and eight others in Northants, All given up and soon to be

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taken away from their People are talking about

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changes that will be made. Ther is absolutely no

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changes being made here. We have got fantastic staff,

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very supportive parents, brilliant Nothing will change.

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We will just carry on as normal. Maths here adds up, but the trust's

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finances were unsustainable. In the report, some expenditure

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irregular or improper. ?1,000 being spent on 350

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designer Christmas cards. ?630 going on 60 corporate umbrellas

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and ?20,000 being spent When it came to recruitment,

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the report found family members were being employed

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without interview. The communications director's

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job was unadvertised, coming with a ?70,000

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salary and benefits. Founded just five years ago,

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the Education Fellowship Trust has already been the subject

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of two reports into their They say they requested

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the transfer of their academies because of the financial constraints

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on the education sector. They say they want to ensure

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a smooth and timely transfer that minimises the impact on pupils,

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staff and parents. At one of its primary schools,

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this from parents tonight. If really comes down

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to resources and capability. If they have the capability to run

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the school efficiently, It does not really matter

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who is is running the school, as long they do it well.

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That is the important thing. It is a bit worrying,

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as a parent, to make sure the children get the

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funding they should get. Unions say the trust should have

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been monitored more closely. What is particularly worrying is the

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Department for Education did not get a grip on this trust

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and actually prevent them, or put in, some sort of

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external mechanism, to control the way in

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which they were spending money. The problem to solve now -

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finding a new trust, following the failure

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of the Education Fellowship. Expanding the academy system

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has been a key policy Earlier, I asked Wellingborough MP

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Peter Bone, if this situation proves If you look across

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the piece, academies are outperforming local

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authority schools. So, they are actually improving

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education for children. What has gone wrong in this instance

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is that I think we put in an academy which does not have a real

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connection with the area. What we should be encouraging is

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smaller, local academies to expand. A report three years ago found

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lots of financial irregularities. In 2016, things had

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not improved much, bit it was the trust themselves that

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went to the Department and asked for their funding to be withdrawn.

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The department did not go to them. They are not being properly

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scrutinised, are they? I really do not think

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you can claim that. All schools are very

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heavily scrutinised, All schools are very

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heavily scrutinised, Whether the schools

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were handed back by the trust or whether the government forced

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that to happen, clearly, it was not going to be

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tolerated any longer. But it has been three years

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since we learnt of the financial problems, so why has it taken

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so long for government If this had been a local

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authority school, the exact same process would have

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been followed, except, you cannot get rid of a local

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authority, whereas, in this case, you can get rid of an academy

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and replace it with another. Will there be better scutiny

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of the way any new academy All schools, whether local authority

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or academy of free schools, are all inspected by Ofsted

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to the same rigorous standard. We see schools being put

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into special measures all the time. In this case, the academy was just

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not improving enough. I just want the best education

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for the people here and I think I just want the best education

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for the people here and I think So, I regard it as positive news.

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Here are not negative news. A couple from Northampton have been

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found guilty of 84 charges relating to sex and drugs

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offences against children. Joan Taylor, who is 43,

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and 47-year-old Nicholas Taylor Stuart Ratcliffe has

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been following the case This investigation was the largest

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of its kind ever carried out by Northamptonshire Police.

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For ten years, Nicholas Taylor and his wife Joan committed the most

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Between 1996 and 2006, mostly at their home in Briar Hill,

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children were given Class A drugs, after which they were assaulted,

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sexually abused and, in some cases, raped.

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Today, they were convicted of 84 charges against ten children.

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Speaking outside court, Northamptonshire Police said they

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were pleased with the convictions and that Nicholas Taylor had shown

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There was nothing nice about him. Throughout the entire time of this

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investigation and every engagement we had with him,

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he was aggressive and violent. He was just a deplorable individual.

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And he demonstrated that behaviour to his victims

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Clearly dominating them and abusing them - sexually,

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physically and in every possible way - for his own gratification.

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So, I am delighted with what has been said today.

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At the same time he was abusing children and supplying them with

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drugs, he was presenting himself as a reformed criminal.

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After an earlier prison sentence for burglary and drug offences,

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he regularly gave interviews with the local media

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about his new so-called crime-free life.

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and, perhaps, most surprisingly, he was also a guest speaker

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at Northamptonshire Police headquarters, where, ironically,

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he spoke about about ways to reduce crime.

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For the last ten years, the European Research Council has

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given millions of pounds of funding for studies across our region.

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And not just for scientific projects - the arts and humanities

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Now there are fears Brexit could leave a significant funding gap.

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Treasures from India here at this new exhibition

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at the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

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With objects from around the world on display,

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it requires collaboration with experts from abroad and also

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A recent grant from the European Research

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Council for a similar project here was for more than ?1.6 million.

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European research funds have been really crucial, in enabling us to

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embark on ambitious, comparative projects.

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It would leave a huge hole if researchers here cannot access

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This is one of eight Cambridgeshire university museums,

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They are also used for teaching and supported by academic research.

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Over the past three years, Cambridge University has offered the

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highly successful Polish studies course mixing language and culture.

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The enthusiasm for the language and the culture and it has led to great

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Modern language experience also work with experience abroad and relying

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on the European funding. The structure is whether employees these

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are dope the future. Collaboration will undoubtedly continue, but there

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is no one uncertainty about the future.

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Northamptonshire Police has asked the Crown Prosecution Service

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to consider charges over General Election expenses in

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The Conservative MP Michael Ellis has not responded.

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In total, 12 forces have sent files to the CPS,

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relating to Conservative candidates' expenses incurred

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It comes after complaints about the way Conservative

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"battle bus" visits to constituencies had been recorded

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Northamptonshire Police says this is a "live inquiry"

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That is all from the late news team here at Look East.

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We will leave you with Alex and the weather.

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Good evening. E colder start to the day tomorrow. It will bring some

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rain, but then clear sky falling. Overnight temperatures for- five

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Celsius. This is the pressure pattern pushing from the North West.

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The wind will pick up during the course of the day. A bright start,

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but rather chilly. The chance of some rain coming the north the

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region. High temperatures of around 9-10dC. The National weather coming

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up, but no here is the outlook. A wet start to the weekend. Steam

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roller double figures. Through the weekend

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there will be rain around, most occurring overnight.

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Good evening, quite a range of whether an offer earlier today in

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the north and north-west of the UK quite a lot of showers around,

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lively ones, little bit of sunshine in between. The best of the sunshine

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to be found at the other end of the country towards the south-east in

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Kent, lovely picture here from one of our weather watchers. A range of

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temperatures, too. 17 degrees for a few, on the other side of the

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weather front, only seven or 8 degrees. Showers in the north and

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west. The fresh air will win out over tonight coming in behind the

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cold front, which isn't bringing much rain but it will bring some,

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clearing

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