02/11/2011

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:00:12. > :00:16.Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight...

:00:16. > :00:19.The chairman resigns at the troubled James Paget Hospital.

:00:19. > :00:22.Campaigners challenging a nuclear waste dump on their doorstep are

:00:22. > :00:25.made to wait for a High Court decision.

:00:25. > :00:32.Two travellers appear in court after the disturbances on Dale Farm

:00:32. > :00:42.eviction day. And we take you inside my hedgehog

:00:42. > :00:47.

:00:47. > :00:50.Hello. The mounting criticism of the James Paget Hospital in Norfolk

:00:50. > :00:56.has claimed its first casualty today with the resignation of the

:00:56. > :00:59.chairman John Hemming. It all started with elderly

:00:59. > :01:03.patients who told us they were robbed of their dignity and let

:01:04. > :01:10.down by the hospital. Next came inspectors from the health watchdog.

:01:10. > :01:13.They added their voice to the concerns not once, but twice. The

:01:13. > :01:16.pressure mounted when GPs in the area wrote an anonymous letter to

:01:16. > :01:19.the local MPs worried that standards were slipping. And then,

:01:19. > :01:23.last week at Westminster, one local MP called for the chairman to

:01:23. > :01:29.resign. This morning, he did just that. We will speak to him in a

:01:29. > :01:33.moment. Tonight at Westminster, local MPs

:01:33. > :01:37.have been meeting with the Care Quality Commission to find out how

:01:37. > :01:43.bad things are at the James Paget Hospital and what can be done. A

:01:43. > :01:49.hospital has been at the centre of a storm. The chairman felt his

:01:49. > :01:53.presence was a political hindrance, which is why he has gone. He has

:01:53. > :01:59.taken readership seeing the buck stops with him, taking apart full

:01:59. > :02:03.decision. What is important is the hospital moves things are forward

:02:03. > :02:08.so we see improvements. The Care Quality Commission has been worried

:02:08. > :02:12.about care, particularly with nutrition and dignity for elderly

:02:12. > :02:20.residents. But some people have said it has been blown out of

:02:20. > :02:24.proportion. Because an inspection found one concern over 14 things,

:02:24. > :02:29.we are asked to believe it is a disaster. I do not believe it is,

:02:29. > :02:34.this is an over-reaction. It is trying to pin the blame on the

:02:34. > :02:39.hospital to mask the fact it is trying to come to terms with �17

:02:39. > :02:45.million of cuts. A claim denied by the MP who called for Mr Hemmings

:02:45. > :02:52.to go off. This is to do with patients, not politics. I have

:02:52. > :02:56.received complaints, with concerns. A third report will be published.

:02:56. > :03:00.Everyone shows there -- everyone hopes there will be improvements.

:03:00. > :03:06.The drama moves back to Norfolk tomorrow when the Health Secretary

:03:06. > :03:12.visits. He said he will not tolerate a poor standards of care.

:03:12. > :03:20.The whole pack -- the hope is that things will improve fast.

:03:20. > :03:27.John Hemming is in the studio. What is your reaction? Are you angry?

:03:27. > :03:33.am beyond anger. I am just so upset. First of all, I feel I had to

:03:33. > :03:41.resign, because the pressure was on me. I seemed to be in the political

:03:41. > :03:48.storm and I think that it was fair to resign. Have you resign because

:03:48. > :03:53.of what was said last week? Did you have conversations with her? No. In

:03:53. > :03:58.the time she has been an MP, I spoke to a hard for a few minutes

:03:58. > :04:02.on a mobile phone. She has never been to food hospital despite

:04:02. > :04:08.invitations. It was not her comments that made me resign, but

:04:08. > :04:13.the fact that the whole issue of the quality of care got really

:04:13. > :04:22.escalated as a result of her comments in that anonymous letter.

:04:22. > :04:26.That later compared to hospital to care standards in Staffordshire,

:04:26. > :04:31.where Rover 400 people unfortunately died as a result of

:04:31. > :04:36.bad standards of care. -- where more than 400. I would not deny

:04:36. > :04:42.there were problems. We have done a lot of work and we are still doing

:04:42. > :04:46.a lot of work to put those right. am interested in who runs the

:04:46. > :04:54.hospital. You are chairman of the trust, not with day-to-day running

:04:54. > :05:00.of a hospital. Correct. So why are you going and the Chief Executive

:05:00. > :05:05.is staying? MPs are annoyed with me because I told them it would be all

:05:05. > :05:12.right after the first... But it is not all right. The Chief Executive

:05:12. > :05:15.is responsible, so why is she staying? We are in a great team

:05:15. > :05:19.putting the thing right. The Chief Executive is in the middle. There

:05:19. > :05:24.is a vast amount of work going on and a lot of changes and

:05:24. > :05:31.improvements. Should she be watching her back? Have you been

:05:31. > :05:37.protecting her? No, not at all. We have a system in place over the

:05:37. > :05:42.last month for six weeks, where all that is happening all the time is

:05:42. > :05:47.the way patients are fed, we have used governments to do that. Lots

:05:47. > :05:50.of information comes back about what has happened. That is picked

:05:50. > :05:59.up by the Chief Executive and the team leading this programme every

:05:59. > :06:04.day. I was told today by someone who knows a lot about the hospital

:06:04. > :06:08.that there was bullying from management down and shouted down,

:06:08. > :06:15.people who raised concerns were shouted down. Do you recognise

:06:15. > :06:21.that? No, not a told. If you did recognise that, what would you have

:06:21. > :06:26.done? I would not have stood on it. If anyone tells me anything of that

:06:26. > :06:32.nature, I would do something. Someone also described management

:06:32. > :06:39.as dictatorial. Would you agree? Partly. But that is the result of

:06:39. > :06:44.changes made. Recently, we organised a hospital so we have a

:06:44. > :06:48.director of nursing and a director of operations. We had one person

:06:48. > :06:52.doing nursing operations and transformation. That is to be a

:06:52. > :06:56.good job. We have the nursing director responsible for nursing

:06:56. > :07:04.quality. Have you resigned because you know the next report is going

:07:04. > :07:10.to be back? I have not. I resigned because I was in a position where I

:07:10. > :07:14.was highlighted and I am prepared to own up. Does its that knew that

:07:14. > :07:22.you will be remembered for the moment she stood down because

:07:22. > :07:26.patients lost dignity? -- does its sad new? I hope it does not. But I

:07:26. > :07:36.have received many letters from members of start -- from members of

:07:36. > :07:36.

:07:36. > :07:39.staff. Thank you. Campaigners fighting plans to dump

:07:39. > :07:42.nuclear waste near their village will have to wait until tomorrow to

:07:42. > :07:45.find out if their High Court challenge has been successful.

:07:45. > :07:47.Villagers at King's Cliffe in Northamptonshire raised the money

:07:47. > :07:50.themselves to bring the legal action after government gave

:07:50. > :07:55.planning permission. They say the waste would pose a serious health

:07:55. > :08:01.risk. We will stand in front of the court

:08:01. > :08:09.with the banners and placards. There are 23 of us up. About two

:08:09. > :08:13.days ago, there were three of us. I reckon we have picked up. A village

:08:13. > :08:20.mobilised for what could be the final battle to stop low level

:08:20. > :08:25.nuclear waste being dumped near their homes. No one wants it. It is

:08:25. > :08:31.imposed by Eric Pickles. We are quietly confident. We have won

:08:31. > :08:36.several battles along the way. battle centres around this site.

:08:36. > :08:44.The waste company says that waste from old power stations and

:08:44. > :08:50.hospitals is saved. Villagers do The campaign first began two years

:08:50. > :08:55.ago. Celebrations in March 2010 as plans were rejected. But there was

:08:55. > :08:59.an appeal and a public inquiry launched. Campaigners held

:08:59. > :09:09.referendums to prove the community was against plans. But in May this

:09:09. > :09:14.year, Eric Pickles allowed the People felt so angry. Government

:09:14. > :09:21.did not take notice. It made people feel very angry as though their

:09:21. > :09:26.voices did not count. Big Society and localism meant nothing.

:09:26. > :09:31.court today, lawyers have discussed technicalities of planning law. If

:09:31. > :09:35.it is found that is not followed properly, the company may not have

:09:36. > :09:41.permission to dump waste. Part of the process is to allow the public

:09:41. > :09:46.to ask difficult questions and allow the experts and regulatory

:09:46. > :09:50.community to allay fears of any of these emotive points. They have

:09:50. > :09:59.campaigned for years. But has evidences considered, it is now a

:09:59. > :10:02.few hours wait for the final decision.

:10:02. > :10:06.The night club where a party-goer was crushed to death in a stampede

:10:06. > :10:10.for the door has been closed down. Lava and Ignite in Northampton was

:10:10. > :10:13.part of the Luminar group, which went into administration last week.

:10:13. > :10:16.22-year-old Nabila Nanfuka died there a fortnight ago as clubbers

:10:16. > :10:20.rushed to get out. The administrators have also closed the

:10:20. > :10:24.Brasilia club in Bury St Edmunds. In total, 55 people will lose their

:10:24. > :10:26.jobs. Still to come... Two new

:10:26. > :10:32.helicopters for our biggest air ambulance service.

:10:32. > :10:36.And Nikki Jenkins, hot off the press, in Luton. Look East has

:10:36. > :10:40.exclusive access into this printing works and we will find out how this

:10:40. > :10:49.paper from King's Lynn is being turned into an express delivery.

:10:49. > :10:51.That is after more news from where you are.

:10:51. > :10:55.Two travellers have appeared in court in Southend following trouble

:10:55. > :11:00.during a eviction at Dale Farm. Bailiffs began clearing illegal

:11:00. > :11:04.pitches at the sight two weeks ago. An activist who took part in the

:11:04. > :11:08.protest was also in court. Among her supporters, Jonnie Marbles, the

:11:08. > :11:13.man who attacked Rupert Murdoch with a plate of shaving foam.

:11:13. > :11:18.A cigarette break during a long morning in court for this woman.

:11:18. > :11:25.She is accused of refusing to take- off a scar police say concealed

:11:25. > :11:34.identity. If her boyfriend's face looks familiar, it is because he

:11:34. > :11:40.recently did this to Rupert Murdoch. At court today, he staged another

:11:40. > :11:47.impromptu media stunt. One of them hiding under a blanket 1 -- whilst

:11:47. > :11:52.she left by a different route. More than 40 arrests were made during

:11:52. > :11:58.the eviction it earlier this month. Two travellers appeared in court

:11:58. > :12:04.today, the first so far. Michael Slattery was given an unconditional

:12:04. > :12:09.discharge for racial abuse. He was very distressed by the eviction and

:12:09. > :12:13.chaos and shouted racial abuse at the Biel in the heat of the moment

:12:13. > :12:19.and accepted that what he said what wrong. Also this morning, Patrick

:12:19. > :12:24.denied a charge of violent disorder. Meanwhile, back at Dale Farm, work

:12:24. > :12:34.continues. More than a handful of the illegal pitches have been

:12:34. > :12:35.

:12:35. > :12:38.The teenager killed in a crash yesterday has been named. Four

:12:38. > :12:45.other people were in the car which crashed into a lorry parked in a

:12:45. > :12:49.lay-by. Three-word EA's -- three of them were seriously injured. The

:12:49. > :12:54.youngest member of the government, Chloe Smith, has received an

:12:54. > :12:58.apology after she faced jibes about her age. It happened during her

:12:58. > :13:02.first appearance at the dispatch box. The comments came from Fiona

:13:02. > :13:10.MacTaggart of Labour, who now says she feels ashamed of patronising

:13:10. > :13:15.Harlow, Robert Halfon, has secured a parliamentary debate of are the

:13:15. > :13:19.tax on fuel. It comes after 100,000 people signed a petition. He

:13:19. > :13:23.believes the cost of fuel is damaging the economy. The debate is

:13:23. > :13:28.scheduled for later this month. Police had been given more time to

:13:28. > :13:36.question two men arrested after the seizure of cocaine with a street

:13:36. > :13:43.value of �10 million. It was found in an industrial estate. Two men

:13:44. > :13:47.are currently being questioned in Bury St Edmunds. They are both 56.

:13:47. > :13:56.They have been arrested after police raided a property on the

:13:56. > :14:00.Highbury Road. They found a haul worth up to �10 million. It is part

:14:00. > :14:06.of an operation focusing on the importing of Class A drugs. This is

:14:06. > :14:09.the reaction from the council. After a surprise, and I think I

:14:10. > :14:16.could say that for the rest of us can -- I could say that what the

:14:16. > :14:21.rest of the town. It is the biggest haul of drugs. It has taken

:14:21. > :14:24.everyone by surprise. These two men are being questioned on suspicion

:14:24. > :14:31.of the importing of cocaine as well as the possession of controlled

:14:32. > :14:37.drugs, with intent to supply. Today, police were granted more time to

:14:37. > :14:46.speak to them. They have been given an extra 30 years. This

:14:46. > :14:49.investigation is being led by Suffolk police. -- 30 hours.

:14:49. > :14:55.According to some but police this is the largest haul ever recorded

:14:55. > :15:00.in the county. -- Suffolk police. Police in Lowestoft are trying to

:15:00. > :15:03.find an armed robber who threatened a shopkeeper with a knife. It

:15:03. > :15:08.happened in St Peter's Street last night. The shopkeeper was slightly

:15:08. > :15:13.injured. The Millennium Library in Norwich is the most visited in

:15:13. > :15:20.Britain according to a new survey. The library had nearly one-and-a-

:15:20. > :15:25.half million visitors last year. They went about 1.2 million books.

:15:25. > :15:31.The survey was commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Public

:15:31. > :15:36.Finance and Accountancy. Many council staff in Norfolk are paid

:15:36. > :15:45.think -- are facing a pay cut that could night -- could amount to

:15:45. > :15:48.thousands of pounds. Pick up a amongst council staff are in the

:15:48. > :15:56.news these days. Reduced government funding means bosses are reviewing

:15:56. > :16:01.wage levels. The staff here have just had their pay docked by two %.

:16:01. > :16:05.At North Norfolk District Council about 100 people face wage cuts. It

:16:05. > :16:09.is nothing to do with government funding. The council is making sure

:16:09. > :16:17.the salaries are fear. They want to make sure men do not get paid more

:16:17. > :16:23.than woman for doing it same job. There are winners and losers. 100

:16:23. > :16:32.staff will get cuts, the rest will stay on the same money or get a

:16:32. > :16:40.small rise. 70 % of people have not been disadvantaged. 30 % have

:16:40. > :16:44.possibly lost through this process, but the council has saved money.

:16:44. > :16:50.The whole workforce will have their contracts terminated and then be

:16:50. > :16:54.issued with new ones. We are supporting more fairness. However,

:16:55. > :17:03.it needs to be balanced in numbers of winners and losers and our

:17:03. > :17:09.concern remains the Iraq too many losers. There are -- the review

:17:09. > :17:19.will also affect the council executive. It is not yet known if

:17:19. > :17:22.

:17:22. > :17:32.he will have a pay deduction. are watching Look East. Coming up,

:17:32. > :17:36.hedgehogs in four-star comfort. We know that fewer people were

:17:36. > :17:39.buying newspapers these days, but this region is still feeling the

:17:39. > :17:44.benefit of major investment from one of the biggest players. The

:17:44. > :17:50.Express Group decided to move its printing operation to Luton. The

:17:51. > :17:56.site is just off the M1, it has cost �56 million, and we have been

:17:56. > :18:03.for a look around. It used to be black and white, but modern day

:18:03. > :18:08.newspapers are technicolour. These German engineers presses will do

:18:08. > :18:15.the full colour in half the time. They claim it will be the most

:18:15. > :18:20.advanced operation in the world and the most operated. There is for

:18:20. > :18:28.machines. They can produce 90,000 newspapers per hour. -- four

:18:28. > :18:35.machines. With the four of them all operating at full speed, we can

:18:35. > :18:39.print one million copies in three hours. The paper is 100 % recycled.

:18:39. > :18:49.It comes from King's Lynn. Each row always more than one-and-a-half

:18:49. > :18:52.

:18:52. > :18:58.tons. -- each roll weighs. It will be printed and shipped out. This is

:18:58. > :19:05.the quiet room. It is to hear that editors can send front pages Mehdi

:19:05. > :19:08.-- ready to be converted. The changes will take just minutes

:19:08. > :19:18.before last editions, but the printers do not want journalists to

:19:18. > :19:23.know that. 60 of them are relocating but there will be

:19:23. > :19:29.another 30 jobs on offer. The editorial teams could follow.

:19:29. > :19:34.is a commitment to Luton for the next five years. The life-

:19:34. > :19:38.expectancy of these is no less than 25 years. We will not be going

:19:38. > :19:47.anywhere. It has taken less than a year to transform his Warehouse,

:19:47. > :19:53.and the press will roll in a month. It has cost more than �11,000 a day

:19:53. > :19:57.to run, and every penny comes from public donations. Today, the East

:19:57. > :20:00.Anglian Air Ambulance marked an important milestone. It signed a

:20:00. > :20:06.new contract for two new helicopters which will make it the

:20:06. > :20:10.most advanced the air ambulance fleet in the country. When Lewis

:20:11. > :20:17.started having a fit on a beach, the a air ambulance was no word to

:20:17. > :20:22.be seen, within minutes, he was on his way to the hospital. Who knows

:20:22. > :20:28.what would have happened? Maybe it is just the job, but to us we could

:20:28. > :20:32.not have done without it. Today, the East Anglian Air Ambulance

:20:32. > :20:39.announced a new contract for seven years. It will bring them to back

:20:39. > :20:46.new helicopters. -- two new helicopters. Once these aircraft

:20:46. > :20:49.are in use, we will have the most up-to-date fleet in the UK. Today

:20:50. > :20:57.we followed one of their existing air ambulance is in the skies above

:20:57. > :21:03.Cambridgeshire. On average they are called on five times a day. The air

:21:03. > :21:08.ambulance has just landed next to this motor way. There is a road

:21:08. > :21:14.accident. Acar had come off the road and back away the driver

:21:14. > :21:18.escaped with minor injuries. Having a doctor on board means the

:21:18. > :21:26.emergency room comes to the patient. We can do open chest surgery at the

:21:26. > :21:32.roadside. Within nine minutes of getting a call, we could be at the

:21:32. > :21:37.roadside providing open chest surgery to a patient. Such a

:21:37. > :21:41.service is not cheap, operating every day costs �4 million a year,

:21:41. > :21:47.all of it from public donations. All the NHS provides is the

:21:47. > :21:53.paramedic. Should the Government be paying? I would agree, but we live

:21:53. > :21:59.in a world that is far from ideal. We have an ambition that doctors

:21:59. > :22:06.will be provided for us. The Government will be very reluctant

:22:06. > :22:10.to pick up the cost of running these hugely expensive helicopters.

:22:10. > :22:15.Dependence on public generosity is precarious, but this has generated

:22:15. > :22:23.a loyal following of benefactors, some who have first-hand experience

:22:23. > :22:30.of the service it provides. At this time of year, hedgehogs are looking

:22:30. > :22:33.for places to hibernate. They might choose a woodpile or some leaves.

:22:33. > :22:39.If you are lighting a bonfire this weekend, just make sure there are

:22:39. > :22:46.none in your bonfire. For some, things get even better, a hedgehog

:22:46. > :22:54.hotel which everything -- with everything that they could wish for.

:22:54. > :23:04.This hotel is just off the road back 47. It is a four-star hotel. -

:23:04. > :23:06.

:23:06. > :23:14.- A 47. The clients are well looked after, including the hedgehogs.

:23:14. > :23:19.This is the Hedgehog hotel. This is where they are, here is one.

:23:19. > :23:27.owner has run the people would tell for 20 years, and her friend moved

:23:27. > :23:36.away from their hedgehog rescue. The rest is history. This is four-

:23:36. > :23:45.star accommodation. We hope so. We provide what we can, or goat's milk,

:23:45. > :23:49.worms, that is what we can do. These little chaps will be looked

:23:49. > :23:56.after right through the winter. Jenny released six hedgehogs into

:23:56. > :24:05.the wild in September and as far as she knows they are fine. Do they

:24:05. > :24:13.like apples? Yes. We also give them carrots or turnips. They also like

:24:13. > :24:18.worms. They are like sweeties for them. Ivies that happiest hedgehogs

:24:19. > :24:28.in England? Perhaps. They have a beautiful view. Jenny has become

:24:28. > :24:38.very attached. In many ways, the hedgehogs are ideal hotel guests.

:24:38. > :24:43.

:24:43. > :24:52.They never pay the bill, but then There they were having a nice sweep

:24:52. > :24:57.-- nice sleep. That little one was very snug. It was a beautiful

:24:57. > :25:02.morning this morning. It has been gorgeous. We are moving into a more

:25:02. > :25:06.unsettled spell of weather. During the course of today we have had a

:25:06. > :25:13.cold front moving across the country, bringing a band of rain.

:25:13. > :25:17.You will notice the eyes are buyers are tightly-packed together. -- the

:25:18. > :25:21.isobars. If you look at the satellite chart, you can see the

:25:21. > :25:28.edge of that band of rain quite clearly. It will become more light

:25:28. > :25:35.by the time it reaches us. It is nudging into the west of the region.

:25:35. > :25:45.It will track not words. There will be some heavier bursts in some

:25:45. > :25:45.

:25:45. > :25:51.areas. Overnight, they will stay really mild. In terms of wind, it

:25:51. > :25:55.will be a moderate south-east. The wind will not die down at all. Into

:25:55. > :26:01.tomorrow, that weather front is right across us. You can see it

:26:01. > :26:09.marked on the chart. The other thing you will know it is there

:26:09. > :26:13.will be a breezy day, and if you follow this around, the salt will,

:26:13. > :26:23.-- this year will come up from France. It will be really cloudy

:26:23. > :26:23.

:26:23. > :26:33.tomorrow. Might get away with the dry start. Do not be surprised if

:26:33. > :26:36.

:26:36. > :26:41.you get a heavier bursts of rain. It will Staveley miles. 17 Celsius.

:26:41. > :26:46.The the wind will be moderate. Through the afternoon, further

:26:46. > :26:53.spells of rain. That is where we could see some heavy bursts into

:26:53. > :27:00.the evening time. It will stay much like this through the weekend.

:27:00. > :27:05.Having said that, Friday looks dry. There is the chance of showers.

:27:05. > :27:14.This area of low pressure will move up from the south. The outlook is

:27:14. > :27:21.pretty unsettled but for Friday there will be more brightness. In

:27:21. > :27:28.the weekend we expected to be fairly cloudy. It will get cooler