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Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight:

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The nursery where a boy had his finger cut off in a door ordered to

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pay �75,000. The mother who says she was left

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for a day without food in blood- soaked sheets after a Caesarean

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birth.. It is -- it was not a good experience. It is sad to think back

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that the birth of your child is haunted by it bad memories.

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Claims the police were heavy handed when they seized computers in the

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UEA Climategate investigation. And a call to arms to cut the

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Christmas rubbish mountain. Hello. A children's nursery has

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been ordered to pay �75,000 after a 14-month-old boy had part of a

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finger amputated by a closing door. Just Learning Ltd admitted a breach

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of health and safety regulations at its nursery in Thorpe St Andrew

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near Norwich. The same company ran a nursery in Cambridgeshire where a

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10-month-old girl choked to death on a piece of apple five years ago.

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Today the judge said he could see a link between the two cases. Our

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reporter was in court. It was in 20th October 09 that the

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14th -- October, 2009 that the child trapped his finger in this

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door. He was taken to hospital but lost the tip of his finger. Today,

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the court heard that it now so they had protectors on $20, but nine did

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not have them. The judge said that every door should have been

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safeguarded. He find them �40,000 and told them to pay �30,000 of

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cost. We have always accepted there was an issue with this missing

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finger guard, so we accept the find that has been imposed. The company

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runs 13 nurseries across our region. It is easy to get finger guards

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right, isn't it? We cannot explain why that door did not have a finger

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guard in 2009. Since then, we have reviewed a were measures and we

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have more robust system has. I am confident that there are finger

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protectors on all of our doors. This is the device in question. At

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this nursery in Norwich, not part of the Just Learning Ltd grip, they

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say safety is that the number one priority. We have to think of

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everything we do for the children and whether it will keep them safe.

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At the same time, they cannot wrap them in cotton wool and protect him

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from ever thing. -- we cannot. 2006, a girl choked to death at

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this nursery. Later, they were given a fine for a poor risk

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assessment. The judge said there was a can to come -- a continuity

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between the cases. He said that they take their responsibilities

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seriously and the company have tonight assured parents that their

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nurseries are safe. The prosecution was brought by

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Broadland District Council. When I spoke to their health and safety

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officer, James Windsor, late this afternoon, I wanted a reaction to

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the verdict. We're pleased with the verdict. We

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think this amount of money reflects the severity of the offences that

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were committed on MOTs premises. occurs to me that it would be much

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better if people were taking a closer look at the facilities on

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offer before any children use the place? We agree with that. Health

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and safety is about preventing things from happening rather than

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dealing with them when they have happened. We would hope that all

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duty holders would make a proper assessment of their premises before

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the Open for trading so that injuries to children can be avoided.

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Is it time that you need a licence before you have children on the

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premise is? I don't think we would necessarily suggest that. There are

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requirements for Ofsted registration. But the judge pointed

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out this was an obvious risk that had been going on for just under 10

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years and should have been picked up by the duty holder who should be

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an expert in these areas. You were in the building a few days after

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the accident. What would you say about safety there? We went to

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investigate what had happened. As a result of that visit, we were

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required to serve notices on the company. Although they took

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measures on that specific door, they had not done so on other doors.

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We were concerned to find that despite this accident and that

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previous accident within the same chain, the company had still failed

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to take measures to ensure something like this could not

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happen again. Thank you very much. A schoolteacher who gave birth at

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Southend Hospital says she spent three days in blood-soaked sheets

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and wasn't fed for more than 24 hours. Elspeth Kirk says the

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maternity unit is understaffed and overstretched. The head of

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midwifery said she was sorry to hear of Mrs Kirk's experience.

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It Elspeth Kirk is relieved to be back home with her newborn daughter.

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Her stay at Southend Hospital was far from happy. Left lying in

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blood-soaked sheets without food. was hungry to begin with. Then I

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went past that point. I was so tired and exhausted that I gave up

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asking in the end. It was not a good experience. It is that when

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you think back that having your first child, the Labour was haunted

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by a not very nice memories, really. Elspeth Kirk is not criticising the

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nurses. She said the maternity unit is understaffed and the nurses are

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over work. She said two other women discharged themselves early because

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they could not call with the conditions. People were pressing

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their buzzer and waiting for 15 minutes for someone to come. The

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lady opposite me was in a lot of pain and discomfort. She was crying

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out. I was trying to feed my daughter. I put her down and went

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over to see if she was all right because she was in agony. That was

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after 10 minutes. They are overworked, overstretched and under

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Tim much pressure. They head of Elspeth Kirk is now looking forward

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to her first Christmas with her daughter. How pleased are you that

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you have a beautiful be be now? Very pleased. She is perfect.

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she says she would not have another child at Southend Hospital.

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It has emerged today that Ipswich Hospital has run out of beds for

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emergency admissions on more than 106 occasions since the beginning

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of September. The hospital says most of the so-called black alerts

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only lasted a short time. But with the worst of the winter weather

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still to come, how bad is it in our hospitals?

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It may have a new accident and emergency unit, but since sick --

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since September they have been on Black allowed over 100 times. That

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is when there are more patients waiting in a Andy then there are

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beds available. In the statistics were nine full days. Unions say the

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closure of two Wards has left no spare capacity. They are deleting a

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number of frontline posts. These posts are currently delivering key

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services to the patients in the hospital. At times, patients have

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been left on trollies. But the hospital's says the black alert

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system is designed to free up beds quickly. We want to get people off

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trollies as quickly as possible. It could risk them staying longer in

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hospital which they don't want and we don't want. So early in winter

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before any outbreak of flu or bad weather, are they alone? Gauging

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the true picture of our hospitals is different -- is difficult. They

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refer to different measures. This is what a handful told us.

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Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge ran out of beds on 37 days, mainly

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due to an outbreak of norovirus. In Northampton, it was five days.

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Three other hospitals said they have not run out of hospitals

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during this period. The number of black alerts the hospital has

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already had at this winter merely underlines the pressures that a

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hospital here faces. -- the hospital.

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Later in Look East, what all of us can do to recycle more at Christmas.

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And our reporter has been finding out what can be done with 100,000

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pieces of Lego. I used to love Lego as a child. In

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fact, I still do. But as have not made anything as good as this. You

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Two men who are being investigated as part of the so-called

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Climategate affair at the University of East Anglia have

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accused the police in Norfolk of being heavy handed. Two years ago,

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computers at the UEA were hacked into and hundreds of e-mails were

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leaked on the internet. The men say detectives are concentrating on the

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wrong people. It was a story which made the news

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around the world when it first broke in 2009. 1,000 e-mails from

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this unit were leaked and posted on wine. It was to try and discredit

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theories about man made local -- global warming. The scientists were

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clear of manipulating data, but no one has yet been arrested. Last

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week, one internet sceptic had his computer confiscated. I had to

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endure people looking on in this situation. It is quite upsetting to

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have contact with the police. And quite UN Irvine. Another online

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person was also contacted as part of the investigation for Allsop I

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am concerned that this information will be kept on file forever --

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investigation. I am concerned that this information will be kept on

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file forever. Myself and my wife were raised about this. We asked

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Norfolk police for an interview, but they declined, saying this was

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a complex international investigation. Because of that,

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they cannot publicise any details. The saviour reviewing all of the

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inquiry so far. Only then will we be able to make a decision on the

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A man who was arrested in connection with a fight, in which

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Nicky Hunt the goalkeeper for Billericay Town was injured, has

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been released on police bail. The fight took place outside the Sugar

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Hut nightclub in Brentwood last month.

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In the football last night, for the second time in four days, Norwich

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City were held to a draw after conceding a late goal. It finished

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2-2 at Wolves, which keeps Norwich in the top 10.

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Norwich and mind at Christmas, few are predicting that or the

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entertainment provided. -- Norwich are a 9th. They had a lead of 1-0

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at half-time. Wolves grew in confidence and snatched an

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equaliser eight minutes before half-time. In the second 45, some

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fortune for Wolves. Norwich made amends by taking the lead. Wolves

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had a swift response. A powerful header making it all square.

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Enthralling final stages, but Norwich will be thankful for the

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goalkeeping heroics. The final score 2-2 and a much needed point

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picked up away from home. We are not too concerned at the moment.

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The lads have done brilliantly, playing really well. And as I said

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two years ago, we are playing League 1 football. Norwich have

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lost 12 points from winning positions, but the course is strong

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in the run-up to three Games over the busy festive period.

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The police were called to a house in Suffolk this afternoon during a

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stand-off over a broken broadband connection. Contractors for BT keep

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digging a hole outside the house owned by Victor Edmunds. They then

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fill it in without fixing the line. Today they covered the hole with

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his van. I am fed up. These people dig a hole, then fillet end, always

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sending the wrong engineer. -- then fill it. They are sending telephone

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engineers, I want a broad band engineer.

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Officers persuaded Mr Edmunds to remove his van. BT have told us

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that it is a difficult fault to diagnose. They are urgently looking

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into the problem. What do you do with a giant turtle

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which will not eat? The answer is to take it to the vet for an X-ray.

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And that is what happened in Great Yarmouth today with George the

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giant sea turtle. Lifting George is not easy,

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weighing over six Stone. The problem is he has not eaten

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anything in over one month. Staff at the Sea Life Centre thinks he

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may have eaten something that is stuck. So a trip to the vet's. The

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only nearby police big enough with -- the only nearby place with an X

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ray machine big enough. The X-ray pet tortoises, but to have such a

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majestic creature has been excellent. Several X-rays later, no

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sign of a blockage. Now specialists ball have to decide whether George

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needs surgery. It is tough for the staff looking after him. We develop

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bonds with the creatures, especially ones we give names, like

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George. It was hard at times seeing him more stressed-out than normal.

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But it was quite rewarding to take it somewhere where we can get

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answers to why he is not eating and get him back on track. And next the

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challenge of high grating a turtle and stopping his shelf from drying

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out. -- Hyde rating. He was then confined to quarantined back at the

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Sea Life Centre. Staff hope he can You are watching Look East from the

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BBC. Coming up - the sports stars spreading some Christmas cheer for

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Over the next few days, we will produce a lot more waste and

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rubbish than normal. Christmas food, Christmas wrapping paper, Christmas

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packaging. It all has to go in the Just how big is the Christmas waste

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mountain? In Colchester last year, the council collected 50% more

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refuse in the fortnight after Christmas. A total of 2,150 tonnes.

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Across Suffolk, they will be putting an extra 1,500 tons of

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waste into landfill. And that costs �129 per tonne. Or �193,000. It is

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much cheaper to recycle than to dump the waste in the ground. In

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Suffolk, it costs �70 per tonne to send waste for recycling. That is

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nearly half the amount for landfill. That is one of the reasons that all

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local councils want us to recycle Christmas in this household, the

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tree lights twinkling and the children excited. They are

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enthusiastic about recycling. Very little goes to waste. Even the

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treat will be chopped up. All the cardboard coming with the

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children's presents can be recycled. The polystyrene can also go in

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there. Then we have food waste, the turkey bones, although goal in the

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green bin. Their waste is divided into different bins provided by

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Book Council. New introduced last year has saved the council about

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�0.5 million. Apart from food, what other waste will be generated? Last

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year in South Cambridgeshire, nearly 50% of waste was sent to

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landfill. This is a fraction of the family's waste. Where does it end

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up? It is at the recycling plant in Waterbeach, which is sorted here

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and at other places. Last January, we collected about 2,500 tons of

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material from and. -- from the green and blue rubbish bins. We are

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hoping for more this year. It costs a great deal of money to put waste

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into landfill. It will save the council an enormous amount of money.

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And also the country will save an enormous amount of resources and

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save us putting waste into landfill. Back in this household, they are

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rapping with paper suitable for recycling. They are keen for others

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to get the message. With their exploits on the field,

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sports stars are a big influence and inspiration for young people.

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At this time of year, many clubs try to give something back to their

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communities. Across the region, players have been going into local

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schools and hospitals in the build- up to Christmas.

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They are feared by Rugby teams around the world, but not scared to

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have some fun at their own expense. Northampton Saints visiting those

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ready for a party. We came back last year and we did such a good

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job, the whole team is back. You can see from the smiles on their

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faces that the children get a lot from it. You get that warm, fuzzy

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feeling giving something back. school in Northampton works with

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children with severe or profound learning difficulties. Who worked

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on the players' faces? A little girl called Madison. Her face is

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green, too, so I got her back. are remembering the important

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things, with the managers doubling up as you know who. They were

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visiting a hospice in Milton. It was difficult to know who was

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enjoying this Arts and Crafts session the most. They were

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concentrating on the job in hand. We know how important it is and

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what a fantastic job the people do here. It is nice to see it first

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hand and see what we are supporting. From what we have seen, it is a

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fantastic place. The more money the charity can get, the more of these

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sort of places we can have, which can only be good. And visited --

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and off to places in Ipswich as well. Very excited to be here, so

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they can enjoy the Christmas period. They are looking forward to seeing

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us during Christmas. We can put a smile on their face. When sporting

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heroes to shout presents, smiles and laughs are guaranteed. What

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tops it is when everyone can share the moment together.

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Well done to all the players. That is terrific.

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Some people like to make things at Christmas. Cards or cake or

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Christmas pudding. It is just something they like to do at this

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time of year. But some people like to be different. So if you like

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Lego and Doctor Who, this is for you. Let us go to Huntingdon.

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If the Good Time Lord was to leave his police box, he would not get

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the best of welcomes. There is one monster immune to Christmas fund.

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It is the Dalek. This one is unique. -- Christmas cheer. You can see why

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it is unique. This family for 18 years have constructed a supermodel

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made entirely of Lego. This is the 2011 edition. You are one of the

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chief building -- builders. How did this start? A about 18 years ago,

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some friends came around and we had no toys. We found at Lego

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collection upstairs and started building. We had all was built

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smaller ones. And they are getting bigger and bigger. Why a Dalek?

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Basically, we had run out of ideas. We were limited by eight fierce

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colours. We were struggling to get something going. -- Wee Willie

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edited by several colours. We thought this would be a good way of

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getting the children involved by involving Doctor Who. Catherine,

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you trodden have grown up doing this. R v still interested? Not so

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keen. The allies involved as they are growing older. They are hiding

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upstairs. When does this one get exterminated? We treated like a

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Christmas decoration and take it down on the 6th January. We have a

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party and have some friends over. This year, it will be an

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extermination party. I love it. There are over 100,000 pieces of

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Lego in this. I wanted to show you my created side. This is my version

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in Lego of the Look East presenters. What has happened to my head? It

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must be quite a job getting all It has been damp and drizzly. The

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problem has been a warm front taking a long time to clear. We had

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cloudy conditions. Still the potential for light rain or drizzle,

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particularly in the East. For most, it should be a dry night with clear

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intervals. It will be exceptionally mild. The winds will be generally

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alight West to south-westerly. First thing tomorrow morning, a lot

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of cloud a Lound -- around. That will thin and break to allow some

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brightness and maybe some sunshine. Exceptionally mild daytime

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temperatures. The winds light to moderate west to south-westerly. It

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stays dry this afternoon with further bright spells. But do not

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be surprised if you are stuck under cloud. It changes on Friday. The

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weather has a cold front sweeping across the country. That brings

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some rain and introduces some cooler air. Looking ahead to

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Christmas weekend, a ridge of high pressure builds, so the weather

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will be fine but she will notice some tightly-packed isobars for

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Christmas Day, so it will be fairly breezy. And the outlook could be

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fairly cloudy for tomorrow, staying mild, and into Friday for most of

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the day. Once the rain clears, it will start to feel chilly. And the

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overnight low temperatures. Friday- night looks chilly with the

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potential for ground frost. Into Christmas weekend, temperatures

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taking some time to recover on Saturday on a potentially chilly

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day. Mild conditions on Sunday with temperatures into double figures,

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