:00:06. > :00:09.Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight:
:00:09. > :00:14.The nursery where a boy had his finger cut off in a door ordered to
:00:14. > :00:17.pay �75,000. The mother who says she was left
:00:17. > :00:27.for a day without food in blood- soaked sheets after a Caesarean
:00:27. > :00:33.
:00:33. > :00:38.birth.. It is -- it was not a good experience. It is sad to think back
:00:38. > :00:41.that the birth of your child is haunted by it bad memories.
:00:41. > :00:43.Claims the police were heavy handed when they seized computers in the
:00:44. > :00:53.UEA Climategate investigation. And a call to arms to cut the
:00:54. > :00:54.
:00:54. > :00:57.Christmas rubbish mountain. Hello. A children's nursery has
:00:57. > :01:07.been ordered to pay �75,000 after a 14-month-old boy had part of a
:01:07. > :01:10.finger amputated by a closing door. Just Learning Ltd admitted a breach
:01:10. > :01:13.of health and safety regulations at its nursery in Thorpe St Andrew
:01:13. > :01:17.near Norwich. The same company ran a nursery in Cambridgeshire where a
:01:17. > :01:20.10-month-old girl choked to death on a piece of apple five years ago.
:01:20. > :01:30.Today the judge said he could see a link between the two cases. Our
:01:30. > :01:31.
:01:31. > :01:38.reporter was in court. It was in 20th October 09 that the
:01:38. > :01:46.14th -- October, 2009 that the child trapped his finger in this
:01:46. > :01:53.door. He was taken to hospital but lost the tip of his finger. Today,
:01:54. > :01:59.the court heard that it now so they had protectors on $20, but nine did
:01:59. > :02:07.not have them. The judge said that every door should have been
:02:07. > :02:12.safeguarded. He find them �40,000 and told them to pay �30,000 of
:02:12. > :02:20.cost. We have always accepted there was an issue with this missing
:02:20. > :02:25.finger guard, so we accept the find that has been imposed. The company
:02:25. > :02:33.runs 13 nurseries across our region. It is easy to get finger guards
:02:33. > :02:37.right, isn't it? We cannot explain why that door did not have a finger
:02:37. > :02:45.guard in 2009. Since then, we have reviewed a were measures and we
:02:45. > :02:52.have more robust system has. I am confident that there are finger
:02:52. > :02:59.protectors on all of our doors. This is the device in question. At
:02:59. > :03:04.this nursery in Norwich, not part of the Just Learning Ltd grip, they
:03:04. > :03:07.say safety is that the number one priority. We have to think of
:03:07. > :03:12.everything we do for the children and whether it will keep them safe.
:03:12. > :03:22.At the same time, they cannot wrap them in cotton wool and protect him
:03:22. > :03:25.
:03:25. > :03:30.from ever thing. -- we cannot. 2006, a girl choked to death at
:03:30. > :03:34.this nursery. Later, they were given a fine for a poor risk
:03:34. > :03:39.assessment. The judge said there was a can to come -- a continuity
:03:39. > :03:43.between the cases. He said that they take their responsibilities
:03:43. > :03:47.seriously and the company have tonight assured parents that their
:03:47. > :03:49.nurseries are safe. The prosecution was brought by
:03:49. > :03:52.Broadland District Council. When I spoke to their health and safety
:03:52. > :04:02.officer, James Windsor, late this afternoon, I wanted a reaction to
:04:02. > :04:04.
:04:04. > :04:08.the verdict. We're pleased with the verdict. We
:04:08. > :04:14.think this amount of money reflects the severity of the offences that
:04:14. > :04:20.were committed on MOTs premises. occurs to me that it would be much
:04:20. > :04:25.better if people were taking a closer look at the facilities on
:04:25. > :04:28.offer before any children use the place? We agree with that. Health
:04:28. > :04:33.and safety is about preventing things from happening rather than
:04:33. > :04:36.dealing with them when they have happened. We would hope that all
:04:36. > :04:44.duty holders would make a proper assessment of their premises before
:04:44. > :04:50.the Open for trading so that injuries to children can be avoided.
:04:50. > :04:58.Is it time that you need a licence before you have children on the
:04:58. > :05:00.premise is? I don't think we would necessarily suggest that. There are
:05:00. > :05:05.requirements for Ofsted registration. But the judge pointed
:05:05. > :05:12.out this was an obvious risk that had been going on for just under 10
:05:12. > :05:17.years and should have been picked up by the duty holder who should be
:05:17. > :05:22.an expert in these areas. You were in the building a few days after
:05:23. > :05:28.the accident. What would you say about safety there? We went to
:05:28. > :05:32.investigate what had happened. As a result of that visit, we were
:05:32. > :05:38.required to serve notices on the company. Although they took
:05:38. > :05:43.measures on that specific door, they had not done so on other doors.
:05:43. > :05:47.We were concerned to find that despite this accident and that
:05:47. > :05:50.previous accident within the same chain, the company had still failed
:05:50. > :05:56.to take measures to ensure something like this could not
:05:56. > :05:59.happen again. Thank you very much. A schoolteacher who gave birth at
:05:59. > :06:02.Southend Hospital says she spent three days in blood-soaked sheets
:06:02. > :06:06.and wasn't fed for more than 24 hours. Elspeth Kirk says the
:06:06. > :06:13.maternity unit is understaffed and overstretched. The head of
:06:13. > :06:19.midwifery said she was sorry to hear of Mrs Kirk's experience.
:06:19. > :06:24.It Elspeth Kirk is relieved to be back home with her newborn daughter.
:06:24. > :06:29.Her stay at Southend Hospital was far from happy. Left lying in
:06:29. > :06:33.blood-soaked sheets without food. was hungry to begin with. Then I
:06:33. > :06:38.went past that point. I was so tired and exhausted that I gave up
:06:38. > :06:44.asking in the end. It was not a good experience. It is that when
:06:44. > :06:52.you think back that having your first child, the Labour was haunted
:06:52. > :06:57.by a not very nice memories, really. Elspeth Kirk is not criticising the
:06:57. > :07:01.nurses. She said the maternity unit is understaffed and the nurses are
:07:01. > :07:06.over work. She said two other women discharged themselves early because
:07:06. > :07:10.they could not call with the conditions. People were pressing
:07:10. > :07:16.their buzzer and waiting for 15 minutes for someone to come. The
:07:16. > :07:21.lady opposite me was in a lot of pain and discomfort. She was crying
:07:21. > :07:31.out. I was trying to feed my daughter. I put her down and went
:07:31. > :07:31.
:07:31. > :07:33.over to see if she was all right because she was in agony. That was
:07:33. > :07:43.after 10 minutes. They are overworked, overstretched and under
:07:43. > :07:49.
:07:49. > :07:53.Tim much pressure. They head of Elspeth Kirk is now looking forward
:07:53. > :07:59.to her first Christmas with her daughter. How pleased are you that
:07:59. > :08:04.you have a beautiful be be now? Very pleased. She is perfect.
:08:04. > :08:07.she says she would not have another child at Southend Hospital.
:08:07. > :08:10.It has emerged today that Ipswich Hospital has run out of beds for
:08:10. > :08:14.emergency admissions on more than 106 occasions since the beginning
:08:14. > :08:19.of September. The hospital says most of the so-called black alerts
:08:19. > :08:26.only lasted a short time. But with the worst of the winter weather
:08:26. > :08:32.still to come, how bad is it in our hospitals?
:08:32. > :08:36.It may have a new accident and emergency unit, but since sick --
:08:36. > :08:40.since September they have been on Black allowed over 100 times. That
:08:40. > :08:49.is when there are more patients waiting in a Andy then there are
:08:49. > :08:57.beds available. In the statistics were nine full days. Unions say the
:08:57. > :09:05.closure of two Wards has left no spare capacity. They are deleting a
:09:05. > :09:09.number of frontline posts. These posts are currently delivering key
:09:09. > :09:14.services to the patients in the hospital. At times, patients have
:09:14. > :09:19.been left on trollies. But the hospital's says the black alert
:09:20. > :09:26.system is designed to free up beds quickly. We want to get people off
:09:26. > :09:31.trollies as quickly as possible. It could risk them staying longer in
:09:31. > :09:36.hospital which they don't want and we don't want. So early in winter
:09:36. > :09:41.before any outbreak of flu or bad weather, are they alone? Gauging
:09:41. > :09:46.the true picture of our hospitals is different -- is difficult. They
:09:46. > :09:52.refer to different measures. This is what a handful told us.
:09:52. > :09:59.Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge ran out of beds on 37 days, mainly
:09:59. > :10:03.due to an outbreak of norovirus. In Northampton, it was five days.
:10:03. > :10:11.Three other hospitals said they have not run out of hospitals
:10:11. > :10:15.during this period. The number of black alerts the hospital has
:10:15. > :10:23.already had at this winter merely underlines the pressures that a
:10:23. > :10:26.hospital here faces. -- the hospital.
:10:26. > :10:30.Later in Look East, what all of us can do to recycle more at Christmas.
:10:30. > :10:35.And our reporter has been finding out what can be done with 100,000
:10:35. > :10:42.pieces of Lego. I used to love Lego as a child. In
:10:42. > :10:52.fact, I still do. But as have not made anything as good as this. You
:10:52. > :10:54.Two men who are being investigated as part of the so-called
:10:54. > :10:58.Climategate affair at the University of East Anglia have
:10:58. > :11:01.accused the police in Norfolk of being heavy handed. Two years ago,
:11:01. > :11:05.computers at the UEA were hacked into and hundreds of e-mails were
:11:05. > :11:13.leaked on the internet. The men say detectives are concentrating on the
:11:13. > :11:18.wrong people. It was a story which made the news
:11:18. > :11:24.around the world when it first broke in 2009. 1,000 e-mails from
:11:24. > :11:30.this unit were leaked and posted on wine. It was to try and discredit
:11:30. > :11:35.theories about man made local -- global warming. The scientists were
:11:35. > :11:45.clear of manipulating data, but no one has yet been arrested. Last
:11:45. > :11:53.
:11:53. > :11:58.week, one internet sceptic had his computer confiscated. I had to
:11:58. > :12:08.endure people looking on in this situation. It is quite upsetting to
:12:08. > :12:12.
:12:12. > :12:17.have contact with the police. And quite UN Irvine. Another online
:12:17. > :12:26.person was also contacted as part of the investigation for Allsop I
:12:26. > :12:29.am concerned that this information will be kept on file forever --
:12:29. > :12:37.investigation. I am concerned that this information will be kept on
:12:37. > :12:41.file forever. Myself and my wife were raised about this. We asked
:12:41. > :12:45.Norfolk police for an interview, but they declined, saying this was
:12:45. > :12:50.a complex international investigation. Because of that,
:12:50. > :12:55.they cannot publicise any details. The saviour reviewing all of the
:12:55. > :13:05.inquiry so far. Only then will we be able to make a decision on the
:13:05. > :13:05.
:13:05. > :13:08.A man who was arrested in connection with a fight, in which
:13:08. > :13:11.Nicky Hunt the goalkeeper for Billericay Town was injured, has
:13:11. > :13:15.been released on police bail. The fight took place outside the Sugar
:13:15. > :13:18.Hut nightclub in Brentwood last month.
:13:18. > :13:21.In the football last night, for the second time in four days, Norwich
:13:21. > :13:24.City were held to a draw after conceding a late goal. It finished
:13:24. > :13:27.2-2 at Wolves, which keeps Norwich in the top 10.
:13:27. > :13:37.Norwich and mind at Christmas, few are predicting that or the
:13:37. > :13:40.
:13:40. > :13:45.entertainment provided. -- Norwich are a 9th. They had a lead of 1-0
:13:45. > :13:51.at half-time. Wolves grew in confidence and snatched an
:13:51. > :13:59.equaliser eight minutes before half-time. In the second 45, some
:13:59. > :14:05.fortune for Wolves. Norwich made amends by taking the lead. Wolves
:14:05. > :14:10.had a swift response. A powerful header making it all square.
:14:10. > :14:17.Enthralling final stages, but Norwich will be thankful for the
:14:17. > :14:22.goalkeeping heroics. The final score 2-2 and a much needed point
:14:22. > :14:27.picked up away from home. We are not too concerned at the moment.
:14:27. > :14:33.The lads have done brilliantly, playing really well. And as I said
:14:33. > :14:37.two years ago, we are playing League 1 football. Norwich have
:14:37. > :14:46.lost 12 points from winning positions, but the course is strong
:14:46. > :14:49.in the run-up to three Games over the busy festive period.
:14:49. > :14:53.The police were called to a house in Suffolk this afternoon during a
:14:53. > :14:57.stand-off over a broken broadband connection. Contractors for BT keep
:14:57. > :15:01.digging a hole outside the house owned by Victor Edmunds. They then
:15:01. > :15:09.fill it in without fixing the line. Today they covered the hole with
:15:09. > :15:16.his van. I am fed up. These people dig a hole, then fillet end, always
:15:16. > :15:22.sending the wrong engineer. -- then fill it. They are sending telephone
:15:22. > :15:26.engineers, I want a broad band engineer.
:15:26. > :15:29.Officers persuaded Mr Edmunds to remove his van. BT have told us
:15:29. > :15:35.that it is a difficult fault to diagnose. They are urgently looking
:15:35. > :15:39.into the problem. What do you do with a giant turtle
:15:39. > :15:42.which will not eat? The answer is to take it to the vet for an X-ray.
:15:42. > :15:47.And that is what happened in Great Yarmouth today with George the
:15:47. > :15:51.giant sea turtle. Lifting George is not easy,
:15:51. > :15:55.weighing over six Stone. The problem is he has not eaten
:15:55. > :16:01.anything in over one month. Staff at the Sea Life Centre thinks he
:16:01. > :16:09.may have eaten something that is stuck. So a trip to the vet's. The
:16:09. > :16:14.only nearby police big enough with -- the only nearby place with an X
:16:14. > :16:20.ray machine big enough. The X-ray pet tortoises, but to have such a
:16:20. > :16:25.majestic creature has been excellent. Several X-rays later, no
:16:25. > :16:31.sign of a blockage. Now specialists ball have to decide whether George
:16:31. > :16:35.needs surgery. It is tough for the staff looking after him. We develop
:16:35. > :16:40.bonds with the creatures, especially ones we give names, like
:16:40. > :16:45.George. It was hard at times seeing him more stressed-out than normal.
:16:45. > :16:55.But it was quite rewarding to take it somewhere where we can get
:16:55. > :16:59.answers to why he is not eating and get him back on track. And next the
:16:59. > :17:05.challenge of high grating a turtle and stopping his shelf from drying
:17:05. > :17:15.out. -- Hyde rating. He was then confined to quarantined back at the
:17:15. > :17:20.
:17:20. > :17:24.Sea Life Centre. Staff hope he can You are watching Look East from the
:17:24. > :17:34.BBC. Coming up - the sports stars spreading some Christmas cheer for
:17:34. > :17:34.
:17:34. > :17:38.Over the next few days, we will produce a lot more waste and
:17:38. > :17:47.rubbish than normal. Christmas food, Christmas wrapping paper, Christmas
:17:47. > :17:51.packaging. It all has to go in the Just how big is the Christmas waste
:17:51. > :17:58.mountain? In Colchester last year, the council collected 50% more
:17:59. > :18:01.refuse in the fortnight after Christmas. A total of 2,150 tonnes.
:18:01. > :18:09.Across Suffolk, they will be putting an extra 1,500 tons of
:18:09. > :18:13.waste into landfill. And that costs �129 per tonne. Or �193,000. It is
:18:13. > :18:17.much cheaper to recycle than to dump the waste in the ground. In
:18:17. > :18:21.Suffolk, it costs �70 per tonne to send waste for recycling. That is
:18:21. > :18:31.nearly half the amount for landfill. That is one of the reasons that all
:18:31. > :18:31.
:18:31. > :18:36.local councils want us to recycle Christmas in this household, the
:18:36. > :18:42.tree lights twinkling and the children excited. They are
:18:42. > :18:47.enthusiastic about recycling. Very little goes to waste. Even the
:18:47. > :18:50.treat will be chopped up. All the cardboard coming with the
:18:51. > :18:56.children's presents can be recycled. The polystyrene can also go in
:18:56. > :19:06.there. Then we have food waste, the turkey bones, although goal in the
:19:06. > :19:11.green bin. Their waste is divided into different bins provided by
:19:11. > :19:19.Book Council. New introduced last year has saved the council about
:19:19. > :19:24.�0.5 million. Apart from food, what other waste will be generated? Last
:19:24. > :19:30.year in South Cambridgeshire, nearly 50% of waste was sent to
:19:30. > :19:36.landfill. This is a fraction of the family's waste. Where does it end
:19:36. > :19:43.up? It is at the recycling plant in Waterbeach, which is sorted here
:19:43. > :19:51.and at other places. Last January, we collected about 2,500 tons of
:19:51. > :19:58.material from and. -- from the green and blue rubbish bins. We are
:19:58. > :20:05.hoping for more this year. It costs a great deal of money to put waste
:20:05. > :20:10.into landfill. It will save the council an enormous amount of money.
:20:10. > :20:17.And also the country will save an enormous amount of resources and
:20:17. > :20:23.save us putting waste into landfill. Back in this household, they are
:20:23. > :20:32.rapping with paper suitable for recycling. They are keen for others
:20:32. > :20:36.to get the message. With their exploits on the field,
:20:36. > :20:39.sports stars are a big influence and inspiration for young people.
:20:39. > :20:44.At this time of year, many clubs try to give something back to their
:20:44. > :20:49.communities. Across the region, players have been going into local
:20:49. > :20:54.schools and hospitals in the build- up to Christmas.
:20:54. > :20:59.They are feared by Rugby teams around the world, but not scared to
:20:59. > :21:05.have some fun at their own expense. Northampton Saints visiting those
:21:05. > :21:10.ready for a party. We came back last year and we did such a good
:21:10. > :21:15.job, the whole team is back. You can see from the smiles on their
:21:15. > :21:22.faces that the children get a lot from it. You get that warm, fuzzy
:21:22. > :21:29.feeling giving something back. school in Northampton works with
:21:29. > :21:34.children with severe or profound learning difficulties. Who worked
:21:34. > :21:39.on the players' faces? A little girl called Madison. Her face is
:21:39. > :21:45.green, too, so I got her back. are remembering the important
:21:45. > :21:50.things, with the managers doubling up as you know who. They were
:21:50. > :21:55.visiting a hospice in Milton. It was difficult to know who was
:21:55. > :22:00.enjoying this Arts and Crafts session the most. They were
:22:00. > :22:04.concentrating on the job in hand. We know how important it is and
:22:04. > :22:09.what a fantastic job the people do here. It is nice to see it first
:22:09. > :22:16.hand and see what we are supporting. From what we have seen, it is a
:22:16. > :22:24.fantastic place. The more money the charity can get, the more of these
:22:24. > :22:29.sort of places we can have, which can only be good. And visited --
:22:29. > :22:34.and off to places in Ipswich as well. Very excited to be here, so
:22:34. > :22:39.they can enjoy the Christmas period. They are looking forward to seeing
:22:39. > :22:43.us during Christmas. We can put a smile on their face. When sporting
:22:43. > :22:48.heroes to shout presents, smiles and laughs are guaranteed. What
:22:48. > :22:52.tops it is when everyone can share the moment together.
:22:52. > :22:57.Well done to all the players. That is terrific.
:22:57. > :23:04.Some people like to make things at Christmas. Cards or cake or
:23:04. > :23:07.Christmas pudding. It is just something they like to do at this
:23:07. > :23:14.time of year. But some people like to be different. So if you like
:23:14. > :23:18.Lego and Doctor Who, this is for you. Let us go to Huntingdon.
:23:18. > :23:27.If the Good Time Lord was to leave his police box, he would not get
:23:27. > :23:35.the best of welcomes. There is one monster immune to Christmas fund.
:23:35. > :23:41.It is the Dalek. This one is unique. -- Christmas cheer. You can see why
:23:41. > :23:48.it is unique. This family for 18 years have constructed a supermodel
:23:48. > :23:53.made entirely of Lego. This is the 2011 edition. You are one of the
:23:53. > :23:59.chief building -- builders. How did this start? A about 18 years ago,
:23:59. > :24:05.some friends came around and we had no toys. We found at Lego
:24:05. > :24:12.collection upstairs and started building. We had all was built
:24:12. > :24:18.smaller ones. And they are getting bigger and bigger. Why a Dalek?
:24:18. > :24:24.Basically, we had run out of ideas. We were limited by eight fierce
:24:24. > :24:28.colours. We were struggling to get something going. -- Wee Willie
:24:28. > :24:33.edited by several colours. We thought this would be a good way of
:24:33. > :24:38.getting the children involved by involving Doctor Who. Catherine,
:24:39. > :24:44.you trodden have grown up doing this. R v still interested? Not so
:24:44. > :24:51.keen. The allies involved as they are growing older. They are hiding
:24:51. > :24:56.upstairs. When does this one get exterminated? We treated like a
:24:56. > :25:01.Christmas decoration and take it down on the 6th January. We have a
:25:01. > :25:07.party and have some friends over. This year, it will be an
:25:07. > :25:13.extermination party. I love it. There are over 100,000 pieces of
:25:13. > :25:21.Lego in this. I wanted to show you my created side. This is my version
:25:21. > :25:31.in Lego of the Look East presenters. What has happened to my head? It
:25:31. > :25:32.
:25:32. > :25:38.must be quite a job getting all It has been damp and drizzly. The
:25:38. > :25:43.problem has been a warm front taking a long time to clear. We had
:25:43. > :25:48.cloudy conditions. Still the potential for light rain or drizzle,
:25:48. > :25:57.particularly in the East. For most, it should be a dry night with clear
:25:57. > :26:00.intervals. It will be exceptionally mild. The winds will be generally
:26:00. > :26:07.alight West to south-westerly. First thing tomorrow morning, a lot
:26:07. > :26:13.of cloud a Lound -- around. That will thin and break to allow some
:26:13. > :26:19.brightness and maybe some sunshine. Exceptionally mild daytime
:26:19. > :26:23.temperatures. The winds light to moderate west to south-westerly. It
:26:23. > :26:29.stays dry this afternoon with further bright spells. But do not
:26:29. > :26:34.be surprised if you are stuck under cloud. It changes on Friday. The
:26:34. > :26:38.weather has a cold front sweeping across the country. That brings
:26:38. > :26:43.some rain and introduces some cooler air. Looking ahead to
:26:43. > :26:47.Christmas weekend, a ridge of high pressure builds, so the weather
:26:47. > :26:54.will be fine but she will notice some tightly-packed isobars for
:26:54. > :26:59.Christmas Day, so it will be fairly breezy. And the outlook could be
:26:59. > :27:05.fairly cloudy for tomorrow, staying mild, and into Friday for most of
:27:05. > :27:09.the day. Once the rain clears, it will start to feel chilly. And the
:27:09. > :27:13.overnight low temperatures. Friday- night looks chilly with the
:27:13. > :27:17.potential for ground frost. Into Christmas weekend, temperatures
:27:17. > :27:23.taking some time to recover on Saturday on a potentially chilly
:27:23. > :27:29.day. Mild conditions on Sunday with temperatures into double figures,