22/03/2017 Look East


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Hello and welcome to the Look East late news.

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Later than usual following today's terror attack.

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teachers tell ministers their sums don't add

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Royalty at the home of racing as Camilla comes

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And rain lingering this evening and overnight.

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Good evening, I'm Tom Williams.

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Head teachers in this region have expressed their

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"grave concerns" over Government plans for school funding.

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At the moment, the Government

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distributes the money through County Councils

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That money is then given to schools using a funding formula.

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It's based on the number of pupils, their age,

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and things like special educational needs.

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But now, the Government wants to introduce

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Every pupil would get a basic amount, rising each year.

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The Department for Education says there will be winners and losers,

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but the proposals are proving controversial.

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Who was the most powerful orator? Is it Brutus, or is it Mark Anthony?

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While year seven pupils at Taverham High in Norfolk

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it's a real-life drama, grappling with their school budgets.

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The bills they have to pay are going up faster

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than funding, and that means real terms cuts of 8% per pupil

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The Government says a new funding formula for schools mean many

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The executive head of the school in knowledge is unconvinced.

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Grant cuts, staffing costs and inflation means

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he will have to slash ?500,000 from his ?7 million budget by 2020.

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I'm going to try and make every single saving I can.

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Ultimately, we are here to provide the very best for children.

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However, the pressures are going to make that really

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Today, heads from across the region sent an open

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This is really an issue about per student funding.

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There is not enough to be able to run the courses now,

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and that is going to be made worse by a national funding formula,

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unless more money is put in to make it happen properly.

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But there is an apparent contradiction.

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On the one hand, you have teachers across the region saying

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they are facing a real terms funding cut, but on the other hand

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you have a Government which says that spening on schools

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We are spending more money on National Insurance Contributions,

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more on pensions, we have got to pay an apprenticeship level.

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They are not going into additional resources for children.

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While some schools will see a budget rise, this one

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in Essex will lose out. It could lose up to 20 teachers.

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And the head says he will quit before he forces them to.

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I will either have to leave because they have asked me to do

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something I am not willing to do, or they will have to get rid of me.

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Public consultation over the new funding

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Few issues are as political as this one.

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And, say teachers, the futures of millions

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You briefly saw Brian Conway in that report.

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He's the Executive Head teacher of Notre Dame High School in Norwich.

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I asked him for his reaction to the Government's

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It was necessary to have a fair funding conservation

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because there has been any qualities in school funding across the country

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The problem is that the results of the consultation don't look good

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in the wider picture of school funding.

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The are saying that, by 2019, 2020, there will be an 8%

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reduction in the funding that is available to schools.

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So you have this national funding formula which is trying to do some

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good, but it is on top of lots of other challenges

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Because the Government are saying they are putting more money

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in while you're saying, actually, you are going

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It is because the funding pressures come from different sources.

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There is increased costs that schools have to pay for teachers due

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to National Insurance contributions and pension contributions,

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at the same time there is lots of grants that have been

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The Department for Education said schools bending

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The Department for Education said schools spending

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But the system for distributing that money was unfair and outdated.

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So something needs to be done, doesn't it?

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It is true that the money has gone up.

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But also the pupils have gone up as well.

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If you look at your basic maths, yes, there is more money,

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So what you have got is the amount of money per pupil is being reduced.

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Can you quantify how children's education could suffer?

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I think that my school is probably going to have to make savings

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And a further ?200,000 the year after that.

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But that could mean cuts in subjects, it could mean

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that there is cuts in IT, for example.

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Maybe looking at some buildings that I will try and not

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And I am trying to protect teaching in front of the children.

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That is going to be really, really tough.

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So you can't guarantee that children's education won't suffer?

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I would love to be able to give that county,

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but in terms of looking at the funding and thinking,

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I think there is going to be really tough decisions going forward.

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More now on the tragic events at Westminster this afternoon,

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in which four people were killed and at least 20 injured

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The region's police forces are on high alert, with some

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Katherine Nash has the details. She joins me now.

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Essex Police have released a statement, starting by passing

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thoughts and prayers to the entire force as well as those injured and

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killed in the terrorist attack at Westminster, one of those who was a

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serving officer. Until further notice, there will be an increased

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police presence in Essex. This includes a armed officer. What about

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security at our airports? Stanstead airport say they have increased

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patrols inside and outside. It is operating on a heightened level of

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security. That is not just because of today's attack, that is something

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it does as a regular event anyway. Police are saying not to be alarmed,

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and Julie contacting them if they have any concerns about suspicious

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activity. 999 or 101. Winter night provision for rough

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sleepers in Southend ends this week. During the winter months,

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20 extra emergency beds are provided Southend Council say the extra beds

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have been used by more than 140 but many return to

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sleeping on the streets. I would say about 25 of them

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will go back on the street. And as I say, the people

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in the winter night shelters feel They are trying to get them to be

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integrated into society, but there are a group of them that

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really don't want to be part of society at the moment.

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They want to sleep rough. It is their life

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choice, if you like. The Duchess of Cornwall

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has unveiled a statue of The statue marks the home

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of racing's 350th anniversary. The monarch, who was

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known as Old Rowley, was largely responsible

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for establishing racing in the town. The Duchess began the day meeting

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local school children, With a gentle stroke,

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the Duchess meets a chameleon at Newmarket Academy's

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animal welfare centre. Reading is important

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because you wouldn't be able Earlier, she heard pupils taking

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part in a literacy activity. Meeting the Duchess was really cool

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because I've never met In the Forge, she learnt

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about the school's close links And there was time

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for some cookery, too. She was friendly, she was keen

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to talk to the students, And to me, actually,

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because I was a bit nervous as well. Then, in torrential rain,

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it was onto the Rowley Mile. Where the Duchess unveiled

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a statue of King Charles II. Commissioned to mark the home

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of horse racing's 350th anniversary. Racing as we know it

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wouldn't have started - And of course the amazing thing

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is that the town plate where we were celebrating 350 years

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of last year, he actually won one of the first few

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runnings of that race. It is amazing to think of a monarch

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actually riding his own horse In the warm, out of the rain,

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there was time to meet the great She asked if I had some nice

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horses for the Queen. I feel, in March,

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you should say yes! And as a parting gift,

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we gave her a copy of the 350th commemorative edition of Newmarket

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Monopoly. It was an exciting day

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for Newmarket, a town that owes much That's how the region's

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looking tonight. The Norwich striker Steven Naismith

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scored in the 1-1 draw with Canada for Scotland.

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Quite cloudy across the region. Still outbreaks of rain possible.

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Gradually clearing to the West. The rest of the night largely dry with

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clear spells. Chilly in places down to around four or five Celsius with

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a light to moderate north-easterly wind. That will be a feature through

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tomorrow. The weather system that brought the rain is being pushed

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away. We start the day tomorrow with some cloud around, but also that

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cards that intervene and rape. Good spells of spring sunshine through

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the day. But all is -- the clouds will start to clear and break. The

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national weather is coming up. decent day. Saturday could be a much

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better day, with some sunshine. It certainly was a pretty wet day

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across parts of the country, lots of downpours around. This is a picture

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from Kent, not particularly nice. We still have some rain on the way for

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tonight. Tomorrow morning, some of that when we'll be lingering, but

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there is sunshine on the way later tomorrow. This is the rain bearing

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cloud for today. You can see the front sweeping northwards across the

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country. Still some heavy rain around the northern areas. To the

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south of the rain band, it is relatively mild compared to

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Scotland, where it could be as low as minus eight Celsius, but that is

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the exception. Early on Thursday morning, there will be rain around,

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but any of that cloud and rain will quickly be pushed to the south and

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west of the UK. Here, spots of rain are likely through the morning and

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afternoon. But by the

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