27/09/2012 Look East - East

Welcome to Look East. Tonight: The region's newest wind farm opens

providing power for nearly 250,000 homes.

18 years in jail for the gang which stole this jade from the

Fitzwilliam Museum. Hundreds of mourners remember a

teenager killed at a party in Essex. And the man wrongly diagnosed with

heart failure and then offered Hello, first tonight, the opening

of the region's newest wind farm. It is called Sheringham Shoal and

it is ten miles out to sea, off the coast of Norfolk. We now have four

wind farms around our coast. This latest one has cost about �1

billion to build, has 88 turbines, and they claim it will produce

enough power for nearly 250,000 homes.

It is the latest Forest of turbines to spring up off our coast,

Sheringham Shoal is a serious leak big wind farm. 88 turbines, each

more than three times the height of Nelson's Column. Construction

involved pioneering techniques and took three years, both offshore and

onshore. And today, the Crown Prince of Norway officially opened

the wind farm. This wind farm has a capacity of 370 megawatts and over

a year it can produce electricity equal to 220,000 British households.

The wind farm is being launched at a very posh address. Like this

place, it cost a fortune to build, �1 billion. It is the latest in a

string of wind farms now lining our coast.

First in 2004 there was scrapie Sanz, then another off Clacton, and

another completed later this year, the biggest so far, and now

Sheringham Shoal. London Array off Essex will be completed soon and in

three years, work should start on the giant East Anglia wind farm.

Of all the offshore wind we have planned for the whole of the United

Kingdom, two-thirds of it approximately is off the coast of

south-east England. Sheringham Shoal is owned by Norway and most

of its components were made abroad. The turbines came from Denmark. But

the local economy has benefitted. This local taxi driver got the job

of bringing wind farm personnel from Heathrow and Stansted and to

the site. It has doubled my business. The work I cannot do I

pass on to other local taxes. farm workers have also been staying

in local hotels. The timing of the wind farm could not have been

better. As we saw in the tourist economy, we are seeing this rise in

the money that is spent with us, the wind farmers and the

specialists they bring in. Critics say offshore wind is expensive and

unreliable but the region's four wind farms now have the capacity to

power 800,000 homes. Well, the Energy Secretary, Ed Davey, was in

Holkham for the official opening of Sheringham Shoal today. I spoke to

him earlier and began by asking him whether he was disappointed that

the project was Norwegian owned and that the vast majority of

components had been made abroad. I think Sheringham Shoal is very

exciting for this region. I think we have seen 700 jobs in the

construction, 50 permanent jobs, �1 billion of investment and yes, it

is a partnership with Norwegian colleagues but that is great. We

have had a long-standing relationship with Norway with oil

and gas and we are now renewing that with renewables. But when

David Cameron visited Corby last week, he visited steelworkers are

there and they told him directly they had the expertise, they are

frustrated, disappointed that they did not get a look-in on this.

believe we need to improve the supply chain, the number of

factories here in the UK, and we are working very hard. I am working

with Vince Cable, the Secretary of State for Business, to make sure we

can attract major investments in the UK for the factories that use

the steel, that use these huge wind turbines, the gear boxes and the

ships that take them out. We have had some success. For example in

Great Yarmouth we have a success story. So I think we have some way

to go but this is a good example of the green economy, and green jobs

which are creating growth. Is it value for taxpayers' money, they?

Sheringham Shoal will receive hundreds of millions of pounds of

Government subsidies yet wind power itself is expensive and it is also

pretty hit-and-miss, isn't it? Actually, wind power is a really

important part of our electricity supply already. We are seeing --

seemed over 10% of renewables with the wind the major part of that and

I have been working with the offshore wind industry and they are

coming up with some concrete, hard proposals to reduce costs by a

third by the end of the decade, so this is really good news because it

is a green industry that Britain is leading the world in and we will

need to see many more Sheringham Shoals to make sure we have secured

and clean energy. Thank you. You can see more on the subject of

renewable energy in our region in the Sunday Politics show. That is

BBC1, 11pm on Sunday. Three men and a 16 year-old boy

have been sent to prison for a total of 18 years after Chinese

jade valued at millions of pounds was stolen from a museum in

Cambridge. It is thought the pieces were stolen to order, and they are

still missing. Today they were jailed, a gang of

four, here moments before breaking in. They were hired for the job. A

teenage boy and three men. Among them, Robert Smith and this man.

Both travellers, sentenced to six years. The judge said the men who

carried out the burglary at the criminal talent to do it but what

they did was cultural vandalism, handling items of great value

casually, recklessly and with indifference. What they talk is

effectively lost forever, the judge said. 18 jade Chinese pieces,

centuries old, worth up to �50 million. Chinese artefacts sell for

extremely high prices say the criminals' expectation is to jump

on that gravy train, not to be able to realise the top volley of these

objects, but recognising they are important pieces. They are

therefore desirable and can be sold on. One of the museum's directors

said in his statement in court that the crime had damaged the

reputation of the museum. The jade was stolen to order. Any lines of

inquiry coming to us, I cannot discuss the detail, but they will

be pursued. Some pieces were probably damaged when taken, the

court was told. The rest will be in private collections, not to be seen

again for generations. There is lots more to come in the

programme, including what tourism bosses say about next year's season.

And the man wrongly diagnosed with heart failure then offered �2,000

The funeral was held at today of Jay Whiston, the teenager from

Essex who was stabbed to death at a party. After the service, the

Methodist minister described young people who carry knives as cowards.

Four Black horses pulled the hearse that carried the coffin. The coffee

itself was a blue and painted with pictures of Jay Whiston's favourite

TV character, the cookie Monster. A reminder that the mourners were

saying goodbye to a teenager. must believe that the majority of

people out there are good and do not carry knives to kill. This was

the victim as a boy. He was said to be blossoming into a fine young man.

He staff three weeks ago triggered a murder investigation. -- his

death. He went to a party advertised on Facebook.

Gatecrashers turned up. Trouble flared and he was stopped.

Witnesses said he was protecting a friend. Five teenagers from

Colchester are still on police bail, until October 17th. The coffin was

carried into the chapel by friends. After the service, the Methodist

minister expressed dismay and anger about the prevalence of knife crime.

It is the second funeral for a knife victim I have taken in six

months. These people are feral. Let's call them who they are,

cowards. But even since this death there has been bought at least one

other stabbing in Colchester. -- there has been at least one.

The former leader of Essex County Council has been told to repay

another �37,000 or face jail again. Last year, Lord Hanningfield was

jailed for fiddling his parliamentary expenses. A judge has

ordered him to pay back the money The head of a secondary school in

Norfolk has been sacked. The county council confirmed that the head of

Long Stratton High, Dr Paul Adams, had been dismissed for gross

misconduct. The council said it had been investigating management

problems at the school, but would not comment further.

Tourism businesses across the region have been in Ipswich

focusing on how to attract more customers in 2013. Visit East

Anglia says it has been a challenging year. The bad weather

and people staying at home to watch the Olympics left some business

takings down by more than 10 per cent.

The latest TV advert are being filmed on the Norfolk Broads,

promoting the British holiday. The tourism business has seen its

business growing every year. think a lot of people have seen

what the UK have -- has to offer. For others it has not been so good.

Wet weather, customers are strapped for cash and cancelled events. But

many are optimistic. For 2013 we had greater exposure for the UK

through the Olympics. We are hoping to use that word again, the legacy,

it will benefit the East of England, Cambridge and the rest of the UK.

Businesses from across the region's tourism industry have been in

Ipswich today discussing ways of improving the next tourism season.

There are 8,000 businesses involved in tourism across East Anglia. They

are mostly small to medium which individually do not have the

capacity to reach new visitors' right across the country and

internationally but by the organisations working together they

can reach those audiences. This company was one of the first to

advertise boating holidays on television.

A road junction in King's Lynn is to be altered after a series of

accidents at the site. The county council put up cameras to monitor

traffic after residents complained about the new layout in

Clenchwarton Road. What they filmed has made councillors decide to

redesign the junction. There has been a big rise in the

number of people using the guided busway in Cambridgeshire. New

figures show passenger numbers are about 40 per cent higher than

expected. In the first year of operation, it was used by more than

2.5 million passengers. There has been a lot to talk about

in the world of football today. Progress in the Cup last night. One

manager being heckled in the street and a new manager taking over at

another club. The details of a busy day from Phil Daley.

It Norwich City marked the passing of their fauna -- a former manager

last night before their game with Spurs. Ipswich manager has revealed

he has been heckled in the street following their dismal start to the

season. He is preparing his team to face Barnsley on Saturday. He has

also received messages of support from former managers. I am not daft.

I am not everyone's cup of tea. I will do my best to try to turn

things around. The only way I can change people's opinions is by

doing this. And Colchester United unveiled the Joan Turner as their

new permanent manager, just three days after the sacking of John Ward.

The former assistant has been on the coaching staff for ten years

and says he could not pass up the opportunity of leading the team he

loves. He offered me the job and it was a simple "yes". Based on all

the years as a coach. I thought this was the right moment for me. I

did not need to think about it or anything like that. And the manager

has wasted no time at all. Today he signed a striker from MK Dons as

well as two young Arsenal players. Across the BBC Today, we have been

talking about how the planned changes to the NHS will affect us

all. Our chief reporter is here to explain more in a moment.

One of the most controversial aims of the shake-up of the NHS by the

coalition is a greater role for the private sector. Victor Gardner is a

retired plumber from March in Cambridgeshire. He got in touch

about his experience with one private company.

Victor has enough paperwork to last him a lifetime. In March, he went

to his GP with breathing problems. His GP referred him to his local

community hospital. The investigation was carried out by a

private firm based in Cambridgeshire. Victor then

received a letter from the company telling him he had severe heart

failure. My initial thought is what am are going to tell my wife? I

felt a bit worried but I knew my wife would be even more worried.

Victor went on to medication for the heart problem. He had a second

investigation carried out by the private company, which contradicted

the first Test. He then had numerous appointments at NHS

hospitals and eventually it was confirmed he did not have a heart

problem at all. He asked the private company for compensation

and in July they offered �2,000. He was advised not to accept the offer.

I was so angry about what I had gone through. I think the

excitement of not having heart failure was not as good as you

would think it would be, and then I had the worry of the who is right

and he is wrong. Tonight Cambridgeshire Community Services

NHS Trust told Look East, we are aware of the complaint and

apologise on behalf of the company that provided the service at the

time of the complaint for any distress caused. We are undertaking

a full investigation. The private company told us, if we are in any

doubt following investigation, it is our duty to refer the patient on

for further investigation. That is what happened here. Victor feels

angry about all the wasted time and worry. He just wants to know what

went wrong. When the history of the NHS is

written there will be a section about the Cambridge rare MP and

former health secretary, Andrew Lansley. It was he who got the

Health and Social Care Bill through the Commons and it made him

unpopular with some health professionals. Over the next two

years the whole make-up of the NHS will be transformed.

For years now, we have talked about local primary care trusts and

strategic health authorities. No In come new clinical commissioning

groups. They will be led by GPs. They will commission local health

services and together spend the lion's share of the NHS budget. At

national level, a new NHS Commissioning Board will oversee

the service and Healthwatch England is intended as a new independent

consumer champion. Another key feature, as we have already

mentioned, more competition, more services provided in the private

sector, though extra safeguards have been added to the legislation

after fierce opposition. So what is the likely impact of

this shake-up on all of us? There is an independent charity working

for better health. That is the big question. A lot of

the stuff going on is under the bonnet stuff and it will take a few

years before it kicks in but in the short-term at least, what will have

a bigger impact on things that really mattered to patients is the

financial challenge that the NHS is going through. That is, for the

first year or so at least, going to have a bigger impact on patients

than reforms. Still talking of change, it is called Healthier

Together. These five hospitals are at the centre of a major review led

by hospital consultants and GPs. All will keep their A&E departments

but some will lose various specialist services.

For most patients most of the time, we will aim to keep care as close

as it already is to home, if not closer, moving it out into the

community for at patience and diagnostics, but for some in-

patient services, patients may have to move to one of the other

hospitals in the patch other than their local hospital to get that

extra quality of care that we will be able to provide.

For those arriving for this evening's public meeting, all that

is a lot to get to grips with. asked a lot of questions and I am

not always convinced that the people in these organisations

actually know the answers. There is so much change and not enough

funding going round that it makes it very difficult for the NHS staff.

We asked for your views on the These next to viewer is a diabetic.

This viewer criticises his local hospital for withdrawing a

telephone hotline for patients with This viewer e-mailed in to say she

had just had her baby at the Lister Hospital on Saturday. She felt the

baulk was understaffed and the midwife was very busy but received

-- set the care she received was amazing. You can get more

information on the future of the NHS on our website.

Many sports clubs across the region are at the limits of their

resources because of an unprecedented uptake in demand

after the Olympics. The rowing club in Milton Keynes has been forced to

close its doors to newcomers and has 100 people on a waiting list.

It is a similar story at the rowing club in Bedford, which is where our

reporter is now. Good evening. This place has seen

170 calls since the Olympics and Paralympics. The people behind me

taking part are some of the many taking part on the refresher

courses. Others have come here for the first time. It is getting dark

now but they are training for the next couple of Arras. It is

fascinating to see so many people come down here. How ready were you

for the post Olympic rushed? Fairly well prepared because last year we

got the new boats. Coaches were the problem but we managed to train up

enough courage is to cope with the influx. But it is a bit of a mixed

picture because some clubs in Milton Keynes have been unsupported,

others have coped. Yes, we have coped. We anticipated a big

increase. Claudia, you have had an experience. What have the first few

weeks been like? It is really good. It is a lot harder than you think

it will be. There is a lot of technique but it is really good fun.

What has been the most surprising? A lot of people say they will do it

and never do. I just watched it on the television, was inspired at had

brilliantly we did and I just went on fire and said, I am going to

have a go at that. -- I went online. Are we will be rowing in the dark

but the boats have lights on so that is OK. We will be following

this closely over the next few months.

The makers of a battery-powered car from Norfolk claimed to have set a

new UK land speed record for an electric vehicle. The car, known as

the nemesis, reached 148mph at an airfield near York, beating the old

record by 11mph. Our reporter was there.

This man is at the wheel of a vehicle that may not sound like a

supercar but certainly behaves like one. The speed on the first leg

tops 145, and on the return, he goes even faster. And a new record,

148mph. Yes, they have done it. You have broken the record. But what is

it like to drive? Very different. Phenomenally quick. It feels

different to any sort of racing car I have ever driven. The

acceleration is phenomenal. It has been a labour of love and money to

convert this car, bought from eBay, into a record-breaker. The company

behind it, Ecotricity, is a green energy firm and once Nemesis to

challenge perceptions that green cars are slow. We need to get a bit

of attention for green cars and get people thinking about them in a

different way. They are as good as anything else on the road today.

The new record has to be officially ratified but if it is, Nemesis will

have achieved it not with a bank A lot more sunshine today than the

last few days and that is a sign of things to come for the weekend.

Plenty of sunshine breaking through the cloud. The band of thicker

cloud drifting in from the West through the afternoon. The showers

moved across western parts of the region through the afternoon. The

isolated shower possible this evening. One or two of the showers

still left around in the East but generally clearing away by midnight.

A bit of missed possible towards the end of the night. A light

south-westerly wind. A bit milder near the coast. For tomorrow, this

cold front is pushing down from the North West. That will bring more

cloud and patchy rain. Some bright spells in the morning but light

rain across the front as it moves through from west to east. Behind

it bright and sunny spells developing in the afternoon. But a

little cooler. The wind will pick up a bit from the West, South West.

Sunny spells through the evening on Friday but after that weather front

pushes through, high-pressure edging back in from the South West

and that will bring us better weather, but there is the next

weather system, bringing us some rain by Sunday. Sunny spells on