02/03/2017 Look East

The world leading research centre we have the writer

The world leading research centre being built in Norwich looking at

food and its impact on health. The headteacher who says he is prepared

to resign over the government's new funding formula. I will either have

to leave all they will have to get rid of me. And wet and windy weather

on the way. I will have the details later.

First tonight, the multi-million pound hub for food

It's being built at the Norwich Research Park and today

marked an important stage in its construction.

It's set to strengthen the life sciences triangle we have

The sector is worth some ?10 billion a year

to the whole region's economy and employs 18,000

people, working for some 780 companies.

from the Norfolk MP and former minister for life sciences,

but first, Debbie Tubby reports on today's developments.

It is hoped this will be a world leading hub.

300 scientists, 100 hospital staff researching food, diet,

health and treating patients under one roof.

It is a vision now turning into a reality.

It is a year into its build, a year before it opens its doors.

Bringing it all together in one place at one time,

it's nice in terms of the timing of it, it's at the right

place at the right time to deliver the right science.

It will be run by the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital,

carrying out 40,000 endoscopies a year, looking at the digestive

system, screening the bowel, discovering the early

We are trying to bring the research and the clinical staff that

are involved in medical procedures closer together, but it is also

They will be able to see and understand that it is not just

They are understanding there is research taking place

in an institute that will one day hopefully lead to new treatments.

The facility will be twice the size of the existing one at the Norfolk

Seriously ill patients will still be admitted here,

but outpatients could help with research at the

That ability to take routine biopsies while patients

are undergoing their diagnostic tests, if they can be sent to do

that in an ethical way, we can build up tissue banks

with huge amounts of clinical data for study and to understand

scientific advances at that interaction point.

It is not until you come into this new building that you realise how

Over there is the University of East Anglia's medical research

centre, then you've got the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital and just

The Quadram Institute hopes it will be recognised globally for its

research and expertise, discovering new foods and treatments.

Earlier, I spoke to the Norfolk MP and former life sciences minister

George Freeman and asked him how significant the Quadram Insitute is.

It is a great day for Norfolk and Norwich. Our cluster here with the

John Innis, Sainsbury laboratory, Norfolk and Norwich is becoming

recognised globally as a centre for excellence. Post Brexit we will have

to be exporting internationally. The to be exporting internationally. The

crops of tomorrow, the food, the medicines and the technologies to

allow the developing world to develop sustainably and Norwich is

leading in that globally. You yourself as life sciences Minister

said that you were concerned about the impact of Brexit. Are you saying

those concerns no longer you have? I was concerned and of course Brexit

comes with challengers which the Prime Minister has set about

tackling, but it does come with opportunities. On balance I felt it

was a challenge to far given everything else, but we must seize

those opportunities and the important message is we are home to

some great science, that will mean we will be home to some great

companies. You paint a positive picture but there will be plenty of

people working in the buildings you have been to today and across the

region in our life sciences sector that are concerned post Brexit, the

funding will not be there and potentially the expertise will be

difficult to get. We have to difficult to get. We have to

negotiate a package that works but I am confident that my sector, the

rest of Europe respects our intellectual ball leadership, our

universities. We will not put less money in and I think you will find

we will continue to be a powerhouse of research, working with our

European neighbours. Science is collaborative. European scientists

club rate with Americans and other scientists around the world. This is

a very exciting day for Norwich and for Norfolk.

A court has been told there were systemic failures

at a residential home before a 16-year-old boy drowned on a trip

Umar Balogun died on a visit to Bawsey Pitts in July 2013.

Castle Homes Ltd, based in Kettering, admitted breaching

The police forces in Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk have

all been rated as good by an independent watchdog.

The Inspectorate of Constabulary says Norfolk Police is outstanding

at preventing crime, tackling anti-social behaviour

the force in Essex needs to work on how it protects the vulnerable

Essex's Chief Constable arriving at the BBC for

Stephen Kavanagh welcomed a report that had just been published

by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.

All of those officers and staff who have just come off night duty,

who are going home to bed, they should stop and have a little

smile to themselves, because it is all their hard work

that has been recognised in this report.

The HMRC rated Essex Police is good at preventing crime,

tackling anti-social behaviour and keeping people safe,

but it said the force requires improvement in how it protects those

who are vulnerable from harm and supports victims.

I never want to see requires improvement, but the officers

and staff are complemented in this report about the substantial

changes they have made that still require embedding,

but the enormous investment that my officers and staff have made

in changing the way that they deal with the vulnerable.

In Norfolk the Chief Constable paid tribute to his staff after the HMRC

said the county's force is outstanding at preventing crime.

It places us as one of the best performing forces in the country

and real credit has to go to the men and women of the Norfolk

It gathers 27 different agencies, including the police in one room

so people's problems can be addressed quickly before they reach

Back in Essex a PC and PCSO work on the beat.

The force's policing was praised but maintaining the performance

will be tricky with more cuts on the way.

The head teacher who featured in the Educating Essex series has

told Look East his school will be one of the big loosers

under the government's new funding formula.

Vic Goddard says he'd rather resign than be forced to sack staff.

Passmore's Academy in Harlow is one of nearly 1,000 schools in the East

Vic is a busy man, a man who could put himself

He is facing a cut of ?750,000 and he could lose up to 20 teachers.

I have let them know that for that year I will draw the plan up on how

they can save that money, but I will not implement it.

There will be a difficult choice for me and them in the fact that

I will either have to leave or they will have to get rid of me,

There were always going to be winners and losers as a result

Around 11,000 schools are set to benefit with 9,000 losing out.

Across the country there have been protests and at least one

According to the government, funding is at an all-time high,

but bills are going up so in real terms, schools are feeling poorer.

Under the changes, all schools will be given a lump sum but take

Passmore was the school that entertained audiences in educating

Essex but if the budget cuts bite, how much longer will this

headteacher be educating pupils? The Department for Education said school

funding for schools in Essex would go up by ?20 million if the new

funding formula is implemented. More Sunday on Sunday Politics. Now the

with Alex. We have some wet weather on the way

tomorrow and it will last into the weekend. This evening is currently

drive but we have this system spreading rain across many counties

tonight, but under clear skies it will get quite chilly. Temperatures

down to two or three Celsius but cloud starting to encroach on

Southern counties by the end of the night and possibly with some rain

will interpret Chiswell left. Rain spreading in across all areas

tomorrow. Some of this could be on the heavy side. It will start to

clear from Southern counties in the afternoon. Temperatures on the mild

side. Nine or 10 Celsius our expected high. The National weather

but here is the outlook and it will be a rather wet and windy weekend.

Rain spreading in on Saturday.