11/07/2011 Look East - East

Hello. Welcome to the start of a new week on Look East. The

headlines tonight: Drama in the sky, as these vintage aircraft collide

in midair. Both pilots survive. Crisis at the care homes, with the

collapse of Southern Cross, residents are promised they won't

be made homeless. We hope to continue to look after them and

keep them safe and not to disturb them, it's really important that

old people are looked after and not upset by something like this.

who almost cut his head off with a chain saw, says thank you to the

people who saved his life. And when Harry met Bernie, it's

Harry mania as the Prince joins the Hello. The pilot of a vintage

aircraft walked away with just a broken arm, after two classic

planes collided in midair during a flying display. The drama happened

just after 5pm yesterday, after Duxford, during the popular Flying

Legends event. The classic American plane and another plane clipped

wings. The muss tang crashed to the ground. Let's go live to Duxford

now. We're just a couple of miles south-west of the airfield. This is

the field where the North American Mustang, certainly most of it,

actually ended up, after crashing to the ground. Looking at the

wreckage, you'd be hard pressed to identify the aircraft. The

collision, with a Douglas Sky Raider came close to the end of a

highly successful show. The final mass fly past yesterday,

28 Flying Legends together, watched 28 Flying Legends together, watched

by a crowd 14,000 strong. Minutes later, three historic US aircraft

were performing their last manoeuvres together. This, the

build up to the midair collision, the tail of the Mustang, strikes

the wing of a sky raider. You can see the broken wing falling to

earth. You could see the wing from earth. You could see the wing from

the sky raider was floating down. It looks like cardboard. Because we

were stood there, it was close it a waste recycling plant. We thought

it was blowing up from there. Then it was obvious that tt was the wing.

This picture shows that the pilot of the sky raider pulled out a dive

and keep it in the air, bringing it successfully in to land. Wing tip's

gone. He's lost his wing tip. afternoon a team from the air

accident investigation branch was examining the wreckage of the

Mustang. Emergency crews attended. Both pilots were treated by

paramedics for relatively minor injuries. Earlier, photographed by

Phillip Tyler, a Fokker Drreidecker ended up on its nose on landing.

The pilot unharmed. There are heaveny tombs governing fire,

safety and air traffic procedures. Every pilot has an individual hand

book. The museum says safety is paramount and it's launched its own

investigation. We are aware that the Air Accident Investigation

Branch can take some time to conclude that investigation, so the

museum is undertaking its own internal review to conclude whether

some changes need to be made to our flying requirements at air shows.

The 28,000 people at the weekend's displays witnessed what was by all

accounts, a spectacular show. The best news of all, that the pilots

of these stricken planes were able to walk away.

The museum says that internal investigation shows anything should

be done to change procedures, that will be done in time for the next

flying display in September. In the meantime, we're expecting this

wreckage and other wreckage in fields around here, to be removed

early tomorrow morning. Thanks to everyone who sent us

pictures of that incident. We're always interested in photographs or

video of news events. E-mail us : The future of 60 care homes across

the region is in doubt tonight after collapse of Southern Cross.

The company has been forced to close. There are hopes many of the

sites can be taken over by new owners. News of the collapse sent

shock waves through care homes run by Southern Cross in our region.

The company says it plans to transfer some of the homes to the

landlord -- landlords it's been unable to pay rent to. Suffolk and

Bedfordshire are the least affected with just three care homes each.

Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire are also affected. But it's Norfolk

and Essex with almost 40 care homes between them that will be hardest

hit. Eilene Leach's younger sister Elsie,

who suffers from dementia, lives in a Southern Cross home in Norfolk.

She can't praise the standard of care enough. But she's concerned

for her sister's future, following today's announcement. I was very

shocked and I thought, well, how's it going to affect her? How will it

affect me? Which I know it will affect me a great deal, because

wondering where she'll go or how she'll end up. She's my only sister.

We have no other relatives, you see. This afternoon Gordon Cameron was

visiting his 91-year-old mother at this Southern Cross home. It's

disconcerting to everybody who has family or friends in care.

Presumably it will sort itself out and somebody will take over, like

most places do. Closure was already on the cards for Southern Cross in

March, so the news it is so close comes to no surprise to this

employee. We knew it was happening. We knew they wouldn't last long.

The jobs are safe. That's all we need to know. The residents, their

homes, nothing's going to change. The GMB Union represents staff

working in the homes. We're advising them that there should be

a transfer to a new employer. It depends upon the profile of the new

employer as what they may be like. That impacts the residents as well.

Essex County Council, as with all local authorities, has a duty to

provide elderly care. Like a number of councils in this region, it had

already prepared contingency plans. It's really important that old

people are looked after and not upset by something like this. So

that's what we're working towards. Southern Cross says it hopes the

period of uncertainty will draw to a close. The Department of Health

has promised residents like Elsie Leach will not find themselves

homeless, which will be of great relief to both her and her sister.

The euro MP for the east of England joins us now from Brussels. Doesn't

this come down to something that the Labour Government did allowing

them to change their business model and sell off the homes and then

rent them back? Well, it was the directors of Southern Cross who

chose to do that in 2006 and press reports suggest that they made in

excess of �13 million of personal fortunes by doing so. That was

before the share price collapsed and what we've seen since. That's

why I called for a Financial Services Authority inquiry. I hope

that despite the closure of the company today, those that were

responsible, if they were responsible, if there were misdeeds,

will still be brought to account. I have to say, the idea that we

should be talking party politics about this, when the relatives

you've just spoken to and people that I've spoken to in the home, in

Thetford for example, just a week ago, frantic about their futures,

staff that were coming in in the morning and the first thing they

did was to check the share price of the company, not how the residents

wu -- were, this is a very worrying day indeed. What are you hoping

will happen now? Well, though I hear those assurances about the

homes staying open, Southern Cross gave us the assurance that all the

problems were in the past, that everything would be OK in the

future. They then said they would come to an agreement with landlords

to cut rents, that never happened. Then they said that 250 homes would

be sold off, but the rest of safe. So the assurances they're giving

today about homeles staying open, aren't good enough for severely

disabled, elderly people, many of whom suffer dementia and the

relatives you've interviewed tonight. I say the Government

should intervene much the Government, that has cut �600

million of social care this year and brought Southern Cross and

other care homes to the brink of this crisis, they must take

responsibility to provide a guarantee that our 47 homes across

the east of tkphraen will stay open and they should directly oversee

the transition to new providers. That's the only guarantee that will

be good enough for 3,000 elderly and disabled people in care homes

across our region tonight. Thank you very much for being with us.

A memorial service is taking place in Northampton this evening for the

four members of a family murdered in their home. Relatives of the

Ding family arrived today from tkhiena and the United States it

attend the service at Kingsthorpe Baptist church. Ten weeks after

killings, the main suspect is still being sought by detectives.

Yes, this service has been going on for over half an hour. Around 200

people are in the church behind me. This is the order of service here.

It is a service to celebrate the lives of the Ding family. If you

look at these pictures that we filmed earlier on, you can see

people arriving, either wearing yellow or carrying yellow flowers

and that's because yellow is the favourite colour of the Ding

daughters. Now this is a night really for the community, for the

neighbours who knew the family, and for friends who went to school with

the daughters. I spoke to the reverend taking the service this

evening and asked him how difficult it was given the way the Ding

family were killed. It is difficult because you're mourning the loss of

a complete family. That's an exceptional circumstance. I've led

memorial services for one member of a family, but to find ourselves

hosting, as we are tonight, a memorial service for a complete

family, brings its own dynamics as well. Those of you following this

story will know the prime suspect is still at large. I have spoken to

detectives today who say they're looking for a needle in a hay stack,

but anybody who has any information, as usual, is urged to come forward.

Later, the man who nearly cut his head off with a chain saw. And he

lived to the tell the tale. And the highlights of this weekend's

British Grand Prix, including a surprise appearance by Prince Harry.

A Thatcher from Suffolk has lost his business after a fire in a barn

used for storage. Terry Mansell believes the fire at Lower Raydon

near Hadleigh, could be have been caused by squirrels biting through

cables. Terry Mansell has been a Thatcher

for more than 30 years, a joiner by trade he learned the skills when he

took on this cottage for renovation. Now the business has gone. Today he

was surveying what's left of the barn, which sits across the road

with fellow Thatcher and friend John Banks. All your tools? Yeah,

they are all gone. Wooden ladders? No, everything, just nothing. As

well as tools and ladders, a van, a thousand bales of relics are

destroyed. At least I won't have a lot of people on me back, I have a

good excuse. Can't get there. Can't do it. You must be sad. I am, but

the house is already thaws the main thing. Nobody was injured. That's

the main thing. I suppose I needed a clear out any way. He first

realised the barn was alight when a neighbour banged on his door. Bit

time fire crew as riefd the building was engulfed. The fire

started on this side of the work shop. They think scirls were to

blame. They think they got in around here and then you can see

the cables running across here. They think they gnawed their way

through the wires. I've had them in the house. They bite through the

wood work. If there's any wiring, they tend to attack it. He says

he's indebted to the fire cruise, friends and neighbours, who've been

rallying round. A man from Ipswich has been jailed

for 20 months for a hit-and-run in which an elyerl woman lost a leg.

She was walking in Bury St Edmunds in January. The driver ran off, but

was caught by passers-by. The judge called it an atrocious case.

Health managers have told a man from Norwich that they won't pay

for a heart procedure, which could save his life, despite recommending

the treatment. NHS Norfolk told Norman Sandell it's unable to pay

for it. For Norman Sandell every day life

is a struggle. Two years ago, he was told by a specialist that he

had a leaky heart vofl. The cardiologist in London confirmed

that 95% of his lung was blocked. can't have a bath, I only have a

wash and it takes me 40 minutes. I tend to spray under the tongue,

then I have trouble going down the stairs and getting up again. This

is it. This Is My Life. In November he was told of a procedure which

could reduce the amount of fluid leaking from the heart, the

mitraclip. It could in theory improve his quality of life. After

four months of dlaibraigs, NHS Norfolk decided not to grant the

money. He's getting weaker all the time. He's out of breath most of

the time now. It's obvious he's going to get a lot worse very

quickly. The longer they're waiting to do this, the worse he's going to

to do this, the worse he's going to get. In a statement NHS Norfolk

For Norman Sandell it's a waiting game. He's now appealed to NHS

Norfolk to review his case and is waiting for a response. In football,

Ipswich Town have signed Lee Bowyer on a free transfer. He's 34 years

old and has played more than 600 games at a number of clubs,

including Leeds, Newcastle and West Ham. He signed the contract for one

year. He joins Michael Chopra, Nathan Ellington and Ivar

Ingimarsson. Ed Sheeran is back in this region and riding high in the

charts with his single The A Team. His UK tour has brought him to

Norwich. He spoke to our entertainment reporter.

# Lights gone, days end, struggling pay rent

# Long nights, strange men # They say, she's in the class The

A Team. He's taking the music scene by storm, currently number three in

the UK top 40 singles charts and recently headlining the BBC

introducing stage at Glastonbury. And tonight, 700 fans are heading

to the water front in Norwich to see Suffolk star Ed Sheeran. It's

been a fantastic summer and doing stages like Glastonbury and

festivals is all good. I've been looking forward to this and coming

back and playing the home town. It should be great. Ed's making

history. He's the first artist in the water front's 17 year history

to perform three sell out consecutive nights here. I don't

really know if it is making history. I'm sure if the Arctic monkeys

wanted to they could come and sell it out. At the moment it's you.

You're making your mark here? very happy to be the first person

in 17 years to play here three times and sell it out. It's a good

figure. Back in January, Ed signed a six album deal with Atlantic

Records. So what can we expect from the new stuff? The album is out

September 12th. It's just kind of like it's exactly what I wanted to

make, which is good and it's just a collection of my favourite songs

that I've written. For Ed, it doesn't stop here. He's got gigs in

London, Jersey, Suffolk and South Wales to squeeze in by September.

Then, he'll focus on the release of his debut album, something his fans

A tree surgeon, who had a terrible accident with a chain saw, has

today paid a visit to the medical team who saved his life. Tom

Connelly severed arteries in his neck and arm and almost bled to

death. The medical team sent to save him

used a technique usually used to treat injuries in Afghanistan. If

you are just about to eat, you might want to wait for a while,

while Mr Connelly remembers his brush with death.

Tom Connelly is 21. He'll see 22 because of them. The last time they

saw Tom he had almost severed his neck and arm and lost half his

blood. Horrific injuries from one of these. The tree surgeon working

near Wisbech high above the ground, Tom fell. Got most of the way

through the job, was finishing. Must have been 50 feet high, when I

slipped and rolled into my own saw unfortunately. I severed most of

the major blood vessels in my neck, including the jugular vein. We were

alerted this a young man had injured himself very seriously with

a chain saw. He was still in a tree. He was far away. We flew on the

police helicopter. We got there very quickly. When we got there,

there was a young man with a very large wound to the left side of his

neck with blood spurting out of it. So we sedated him and made him

comfortable and then packed the wound with this gauze that's used

in Afghanistan to treat combat wounds. Within minutes he'd been

flown to Addenbrooke's in Cambridge. First aid from Tom's work mates

kept him alive. We thought he was going to die on this guy's lawn,

but bit by bit we pulled it out of the bag. You know, everybody

concerned seeing somebody lose that amount of blood, you know you don't

have long to live. I was asking whether I was going to die. Whether

I would see my family. Tom will have scars for the rest of his life,

along with immeasurable gratitude for the men who saved him.

Remarkable story. Prince Harry was at Silverstone yesterday for the

British Grand Prix. The weather was better for him than for me on

Friday. Over the three days, 300,000 people went to watch.

In the big race the Milton Keynes team Red Bull took second and third

spot with Spain's Fernando Alonso They were lining up for position

well before the race. Formula One royalty ready to receive Prince

Harry, Silverstone's guest of honour for the big race. Still in

demand though, Hamilton and co while other sporting names arrived.

I'm a petrol head and you know, 20 minutes from my front door,

Silverstone. I've taken a week off. It's fantastic. Prince Harry was

being looked after by Red Bull, the red hot favourites. The former

winner was backing the oldest team in red. Don't discount Ferrari and

Alonso. They got within one tenth in qualifying. Despite concerns

about the pit lane view of the big teams, the building was debuted.

The building was designed for team one to be at race control end.

Everyone out there seems to be very happy. With the race approaching,

the pace increased. From Bernie to the champion. Sebastien Vettel

ready to take his place on a soggy grid and quicker than his team-mate

Mark Webber on poll. The rain was making the race entertaining.

Hamilton misjudged but then passed Alonso. But then a wheel not put on

properly during Jenson Button's pit stop. Fernando Alonso had

effectively won the race, his first of the season. The only thing we

can do is try to win every race we go and be very aggressive every

race, every start will be at the maximum. Red Bull's second and

third places were overshadowed by the team order. I'm gutted for

Jenson. He could have got a position as well. Gutted for him

today. Shame about Jenson's nuts coming off. What more can we say?

The planning starts for next year's Grand Prix here. Organisers will

have a job on their hands to get as many people back here. 300,000 fans

turned up, which is a record for Silverstone.

Some sad news now. Former BBC golf commentator Alex Hay has died this

morning at the age of 78. He passed away peacefully at home after a

short battle with cancer. He was the managing director of Woburn

golf club until the late 90s. A short time ago I spoke to his

fellow commentator and friend Peter Alice. A good friend, and companion.

I worked for many years on the BBC with golf commentaries. I watched

his professional career as a golf professional, when he went from the

golf course, various clubs he was at, during his professional career,

looking after members. Ending up at Woburn, where he became the

managing director. And he made the club really. It was going nowhere

until Alex took it over. Through good common sense, he made it, or

helped to make it, with some wonderful staff that he employed,

made it into the great golfing venue it is to this day. His sense

of humour, sense of fun, his skill as an artist. He was a very good

pencil line drawer. He took up painting the ten or 15 years. He

was just an extraordinary man. He said to me not long before he died,

when he discovered he had pancreatic cancer and was not going

to have treatment, because he knew it was a pretty hopeless situation.

He said "Peter, I'm 78 years of age. I've been around the world four or

five times. I've never paid for a ticket. I've met glorious people,

all sorts of people. I've had wonderful life and memories are

better than dreams." I'll never forget it. He told me once that he

was the straight back to your jokes. Well, I'm not too sure that was

right. He had plenty of jokes. He did a lot of after-dinner speaking

where he was, I was the butt of many of his jokes. There was a song

at the time, living next door to ails, which he converted into part

of his speech. He ended up saying who the hell is this Alyss. You'll

miss up as we build up to the Open this week? Hugely missed. I enjoyed

working with him. He and the BBC parted company perhaps a little too

soon. He was a delight to work with, a true professional and a lovely

fella. Thank you very much.

Tribute from Peter Alyss. When the sun came out today, it was

really hot. I was at my daughter's really hot. I was at my daughter's

Sportsday. It has been a warm and sunny day. We started with clear

sky as cross much of East Anglia. As temperatures built through the

afternoon, there was a bubbling up the cloud that. Produced isolated

showers. For this evening though, sunny spells to end the day. The

cloud breaking and thinning just the chance of an isolated shower,

but not expected to amount to much. We could get the odd mist patch

forming towards dawn. Temperatures down to 11 Celsius, which is 52

gairn height at the lowest. The winds becoming more north-easterly,

generally light in strength. So for tomorrow, it's this area of low

pressure we've just got to keep an eye on. It's here over the

continent. It's going to mean that the south will have a slightly

different day to the north of the region for tomorrow, having said

that. It is a day with bright spells and mainly dry. There is

just the chance of a spot or two of rain. You'll see how we start the

day with clear skies, a little bit more cloud developing through the

day and particularly look at this area of rain, it should just miss

us, but it might creep intoess.. It becomes more cloudy here. Further

north, the sunshine could turn a bit hazy with high level cloud.

Temperatures at their highest up to 21 Celsius, which is 70 Fahrenheit.

And a bringer -- brisker wind tomorrow. Around the coastline 18

Celsius here, perhaps on the beach itself not beyond 16 degrees.

Through the afternoon, it's still a bit cloudy at times. We still have

the risk of rain to the south. Here's the next five days: Staying

fine and settled through the week, temperatures up to 22 Celsius.