17/02/2017 Look East

In the programme tonight: takeover offer for Unilever.

A report describes services for children with special

educational needs in Suffolk as "weak".

Some family say they have been driven to crisis point. There is no

compassion or empathy, they is certainly not any agency to me the

children's needs. A mother's last-ditch appeal in needing help to

find her missing son. Hours before a reward is withdrawn. A cold Case

review team is big cuts to budgets mean killers may be getting away

with murder. And later, we will show you one of the wonders of the east.

These Brent geese. We will tell you why they love Essex.

Services for children with special educational needs

in Suffolk have been described as "weak" by inspectors.

The criticism comes in a report by the Care Quality

feedback from parents which "overwhelmingly

reflects dissatisfaction, frustration and confusion".

It says too many children and parents

feel they are driven to "crisis point".

Suffolk County Council and commissioning groups say

"transforming these services is a priority".

after this from our health reporter Nikki Fox.

Two families from Lowestoft, both have sons diagnosed with autism,

both say they have been let down by a lack of support.

19-year-old McAuley Page is studying IT at

college and hopes to go to university.

But he needs help in classes and transport because he's

His mum's taking the council to a tribunal to

I fought for MacAuley ever since he was little, and

for him to be able to go to university and achieve what he wants

to do and his potential, to me, that's why I'm a mum.

You must be quite proud of what you achieved.

When I was younger, my predicted grades were

Getting distinctions and stuff shocked me

can actually do what I want to when I'm older, and hopefully

that leads to a better life and stuff.

In the report, the poor quality of some post-16 provisions

It still actually quite early days in terms of the

special occasional needs and disability rubles.

than ours and we wish we were in a better

position, but it gives up as

an opportunity to learn from them and take that forward.

because he has a big grin and a smile.

Abseiling, he is really nervous about doing that.

Support is also a problem for school age children with autism.

Ten-year-old Samuel goes to a specialist school

an hour away in Norfolk, but he was in crisis in mainstream

He would spend a huge amount of time under

the table crying and towards the end of his time

at mainstream school, he

was trying to leave the building with a view to killing himself.

Which was very difficult for us, for the staff.

Samuel is now settled, but McCauley still needs

The number of young people not in employment or education doubles

McCauley wants to be a computer game designer.

A short time ago, I spoke to Councillor Gordon Jones,

the Cabinet Member for Children's Services,

He said changes have been made in Suffolk are sometimes changes take

time. Some of our staff are that it's

cricket to the new plan than the old statements. Some of them have taken

longer. That is life. We have increased the training. We have

brought more people... Taken more people on and that's why we've been

managing to act up and now we will need to make sure that the quality

is consistent. When you hair that an eight-year-old boy felt so

disillusioned that he contemplated taking his own life, how do you

react to that. I'm disappointed. I then wanted my specific cases

because I didn't think that is fair. Of course I take that seriously. We

will... Working with the parent care network and individuals, I have

stayed in, following the report this morning, to a number of parents and

I and Eugenie and in the next week or so. If we are judged by how we

treat the weakest in society, your council is not doing very well, is

it? I think you need to take a much wider view of that. I would remind

you that in our inspection for children's services, which take

place when a report out in February of last year, we were judged as

dues, which puts us in the top 25% of local authorities in the country.

-- good. Do we have more to do for production of the health and care

plans? Yes. We will do is there as well all but when you begin

something like this, do you believe you the right people running the

department? We have changed the leadership of the Department in the

last couple of months. I think we do have the right leadership and we do

have the right commitments. When you say you have changed the people

running the Department NUR couple of months, is that because they were

not doing the proper job for? We recognise that we needed stronger

leadership and that has been put in place before the inspection. One

other thing if there's any report is that these services are disjointed

and readers have not helped that you account. Presumably that means you.

We have held them to account. There have been changes. That's why there

was a change in leadership recently and the changes in the number of

staff. Thank you very much. Not at all. Good evening.

The mother of Corrie Mckeague says whoever is withholding information

has fewer than 24 hours to come forward

The airman from RAF Honington in Suffolk

went missing after a night out in Bury St Edmunds last September.

Nicola Urquhart has offered ?50,000 for information that

Could this be where the search for Corrie McKeague ends?

His mother clings to the hope he is alive but

braced for the news that his remains may lie within this landfill site

The fear that Corrie perhaps climbed or was

forced into a commercial dustbin behind these jobs in Bury.

The contents were taken away by a lorry

The 23-year-old was last caught on CCTV after

Five months on, posters are still displayed in almost every shop

A lot of our client actually knew of him.

And went to clubs with him and drinking with him.

We still get people commenting on it, so that

makes me think it's worth giving it up.

We still get people speculating and certainly still has people

Nicola Urqhart, who has led the public search for her son, then

If no one offers information that leads to his

return, a ?50,000 reward will be withdrawn by 5pm tomorrow evening.

Around 3300 people across Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex have been reported

as missing since Corrie McKeague disappeared.

Police say that, as of today, 40 of them still haven't been

Nine in Suffolk, 11 in Norfolk and 20 in Essex.

We have actually noticed that there seems to be a

particularly vulnerable group of young adult men who go missing

They unfortunately don't make it home

safely and invariably, it can be a traffic accident

or suicide that has made a did not make it home safely.

The vast majority of people who go missing

are found within hours or

For many of them, they are the reason why they go missing.

Troubled family history, mental health or

That is why the disappearance of Corrie McKeague is

For him, it appears to be completely out of character and

for this market town, completely out of the ordinary.

Cory's mother is determined to keep her ongoing

The focus now is on this landfill, 13 miles

Police hope to start their search within a fortnight.

Alex Dunlop, BBC Look East, Bury St Edmunds.

Earlier this afternoon, I spoke to Nicola Urquhart,

and asked her why she was planning to withdraw the award tomorrow.

The police have decided that they will start

searching the landfill, which words can describe how pleased

I am that they are actually doing this massive bit of work.

But because there is a very good chance that Corrie's

actually going to be there, I am hoping

that, by withdrawing the

reward at 5pm tomorrow, if somebody knows how

Corrie ended up there, they've only got until

tomorrow to phone up and claim that reward or it's gone.

It's not just finding Corrie, I want to

find out how he got there and who put him there.

You said there is a very good chance that Corrie is there.

Corrie's phone has pinged at Barton Mills within one

minute and a half of the bin lorry arriving there.

That is the one piece of evidence the police have

been with his phone and that he has ended up at the landfill.

The police said very early on any investigation

that they had changed that being that had

done the same route as

Are there other bins that were checked that

you think could be a clue to what happened?

The other two bins had been picked up on Monday morning and they have

That is why the police are now thinking,

is there a possibility that Corrie McKeague's phone,

by whatever means, as done either in the night but that

Corrie McKeague has ended up, again for

whatever reason, in one of the

About for five weeks ago, they did get all three bins

and they have taken away and done checks on them, however a

substantial amount of time has passed and unfortunately it came

Do you feel in your heart that you long and agonising

I think we've still possibly got another at least two, maybe three

months of the police carrying out this line of enquiry.

This is really difficult just now because I know

what they are looking for, but all I can do is to keep hoping

Corrie is still out there, but I do realise that it is so slim

have been found on a beach in Norfolk.

They were discovered on Holme Beach by the Hunstanton

A controlled explosion in the sea was carried out by bomb disposal

One person is still unaccounted for after a house fire

The emergency services were called just before midday.

The police are investigating reports that cannabis may have been

We're looking ahead to the weather and the sport this weekend.

And thousands of Brent geese who winter on the region's

lakes and reservoirs prepare to continue their epic migration

Across our region, police budgets are under intense pressure

There's a warning today the result could be killers

One of the founder members of a cold case

says the cutbacks mean most of the money is going

and that means unsolved murders from years ago

this report from Kim Riley contains flash photography.

After 30 years with Essex Police, this man became an investigator for

a new Time review cream. -- crime review team. The cold case team

finally helping her killer to justice more than 25 years on. We

did not know how it was going to end. We had people like neighbours,

shopkeepers who knew her from the 1978 and they always of the best and

try to help. But I don't think they thought we had much chance. She was

such a dignified woman as well, well liked. To be beaten up and building

an alleyway just like rubbish was a terrible thing. When we arrested

Wayne Doherty, he was 49. He was convicted at 50 and he has life

imprisonment, so hopefully we will live long enough to serve a long and

unhappy life. Ray has written a book about his time at the court case

team. He fears the impact and the slashing of police budgets. I think

there are people getting away with murder. The resources are probably

more likely to be used now for ongoing investigations. The murder

that happened yesterday as the priority. One of the casualties will

be a reduction in cold case work. In a basement, Essex Police say:

The killer of Essex student Dinah make nickel, Peter Chauvin, was

brought to justice AVI video. -- Tobin. He hopes other killers fear

that more unusual. Sport now and with news

of this weekend's fixtures, plus a new anti-racism campaign

at Cambridge United. Yes, for over 20 years,

the Kick It Out campaign has been at the forefront of tackling racism

and discrimination It's made a difference

but there's still plenty to do. Cambridge United have

decided to start it young and today launched a new initiative

with primary schools At times, you can do it by yourself,

what football's 18 game, so you need everyone working together and this

will happen. I think it's very important that everyone's equal in

football because if you not, you cannot have a fair game. If there is

no fair game, it's not a game at all. Wise words from 11-year-old

Alice. -- Dallas. Everyone grab a piece of the message. As far as Eno,

the way Cambridge United does is very unusual. We are committed to

this campaign, we want this to succeed and is very important to us

that we get an anti-discrimination message. When you are just this age,

discrimination is just a big word but Cambridge are trying to educate

children of the different types of discrimination and how to deal with

it when faced with it. It's about fighting against this nation and

racism. If it happened on the pitch, it is not fair on other people.

Education is at the core of everything we do. They take it out

campaign started many years ago, every single club in the football

league hosts a dedicated match every season. Cambridge are going the

extra mile as part of their campaign. Each visiting 20 primary

schools in the area to spread the message. I was supporting the

campaign but what I love about this is mainly power football to people

and seeing how infused children are. I think they can get the message. --

enthused. Just shows you all proud by complaining. Who will is the

legal game and is doing its bit to take out racism and discrimination.

Same with football... -- there's back. -- staying.

In the Championship tomorrow, despite a creditable draw

at leaders Newcastle, Norwich lost ground

They're four points off the play-offs heading to Burton.

At Ipswich, definite signs of progress.

Town have claimed five points from their last three games

with draws against high-flying Reading and Brighton,

Now, another top-six side as Leeds visit

Let's hope it is not such a big loss, someone comes in and it's

a challenge to someone else to score goals and play as well as Tom

has done because he's been outstanding and it's such a big loss

We will also miss the Derby with Norwich.

Peterborough go in search of an eighth away win

Only the division's top two have won more on the road.

Grant McCann's side have struggled with consistency since the turn

of the year but they're only three points off the play-offs.

We are in a good position but we need to capitalise on it now.

Everyone says we're three points off but teams of their

are in good form and Millwall especially, so it'll be a big

Fourth in the table and potentially a trip to Wembley

Tomorrow though, a true test of their promotion

who they beat at home back in September.

It's the business end. 15 games to go and whatever happened we've years

to this point, it does not matter. We have to make sure the next 15

games we play pretty football and wind, get more points than the other

teams around us. Another busy week at

Franklin's Gardens with Northampton's Chief Executive

announcing his retirement. On the pitch, Saints travel

to in-form Newcastle desperate for points

to make the play-offs. They've got some real threats in

their team you are scoring points. They concede points as well. You can

never predict the weather conditions. We know how much they

have improved we need to give a good account of ourselves.

it's been a memorable day for Northampton

receiving her MBE at Buckingham Palace.

The 15-year-old won the BBC Young Sports Personality

of the Year after claiming gold at the Paralympics.

Today, she said she tried not to be nervous,

adding it was "amazing and quite surreal".

On Monday, a reality check, back to the books studying for her GCSEs.

There's a taste of what's to come this weekend.

For more in depth previews, check out the website.

And you can follow your team on your local BBC radio station.

Thank you very much. Ellie is amazing, isn't she? To get an MBE at

15. you will know there are some

breathtaking things One of the great sights

is hundreds of Brent Geese during their short stay

here on their way to the Arctic. It's estimated a third

of the world's Brent geese population spends the winter

in this region. It won't be long now

before they leave. Before they go, Mike Liggins

has been to see them Near Colchester, this is the Essex

wildlife trust nature reserve. My guide for the morning is Kieran

Alexandre. We are here to see the dark bellied Brent geese who are

about to fly back to Siberia for the summer. Although they are a little

hard to sport. It has been a bit quiet? They are slightly elusive,

would you say? Yes, they can be at times. Quite pedestrian. Quite a

loss of habitat around us, they can be elusive. They come to Essex

because they love the River Estes. They feed on mainly eelgrass, which

grows in abundance there. Having spent the winter in Essex, they will

soon embark on an FA journey back to Siberia to breed. Sobbing are to

rest, take CDs and 12 weeks to compete the 2500 mile journey. --

epic. -- the Brent geese. We may not seen any today, but then this

happens. If you look, you can see the guide is currently out. Hold on.

Look. There they go. Fantastic. That is a great side, isn't it? We reckon

there is probably about five hundred or 600 in the area at the moment.

They can be elusive but if you're and wait, you'll get wonderful views

and a wonderful experience we are getting now. It is the noise. That

evocative noise. Fantastic. Getting louder. Why are they going down

there? To feed. You can see the Jets of the graph and that kind of thing,

enable their head up. En masse, the do make a wonderful site and

immoral, the Essex wildlife trust is organising a Brent Goose Bay with

talk, walk and advice at Northampton and finger in Wick. -- day. If you

have a photograph, it on twitter and use the hashtag Brent Goose Day. Why

not go out and try and what the geese tomorrow before they leave?

Light of the day, you might have to be patient but if you are lucky, you

my DVDs before they leave Essex for Siberia. -- might see the geese.

What a beautiful sight. Great film-making. When they started to

take off buying the camera, it was focusing on one thing and then

immediately move. Well done to Martin Giles, our cameraman, because

that was breathtaking camerawork. And to the wall. Will they be in

short zoom? You may be. Yes, quite a shock on Monday as

temperatures rise. It was cloudy start the day for many of us today

but as the day went on, we will see some more anyway of whole building.

Some useful blues guys at Blackley on the novel Norfolk coast and very

sent Edmonds having its fair share of blues guys as well. When I spend

you at this time I see, it was struggling in many places to get

above freezing. For many of us, the temperature today is around nine or

10 degrees higher. Doctor Bridger was well Celsius. And then I

tonight, we will probably see a little light rain and drizzle in

places. For many of us, a dry night and a largely cloudy one. We will

not see many breaks but we will see some full developing, too. Nothing

less than 4-5 C. April three night with mainly light salad to

south-westerly winds. The mark a high pressure in charge. This

weather front fees from this and thought around for a while. Might

take a while to clear with light winds and a cloudy start to the day

but the Rangers on, we will see some whole building and sunshine come

through. Average is around 10-11 C. Many other getting the best of the

sunshine and a degree is a liar. Light to moderate south-westerly

winds. We finished the day fine and dry with painfully some of some

sunshine before the day is done. That Saturday. Sunday we will have

this battlefront but it's way out to the west and we will have this

little repro bringing in mild air. Again, on Sunday, a cloudy start but

we will see some sunny intervals and still the sunshine. Cambridge is

again after an 11 Celsius when we got the crowd. -- temperatures. Up

to 14 Celsius. That is Sunday. A cloudy start again and themselves on

developing. 14 Celsius very happy crowd. Where we have the sunshine

coming through and Susie may be in her shorts, we will see 16 Celsius,

63 Fahrenheit. Very mild for the time of year. There's shorts may be

back in the drawer again because the average will come down AQ degrees. A

a lot of cloud around, outbreak of light rain and drizzle for some of

us. That is castle but looking forward to that.

In your shorts. Sun lounge. Have a good weekend. Goodbye.