:00:12. > :00:14.Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight: Patients
:00:14. > :00:24.spending too long in A&E. The hospitals where more than 10%
:00:24. > :00:41.
:00:41. > :00:44.waited longer than four hours. man jailed for 18 months after he
:00:44. > :00:47.attacked a judge in a Crown Court. We meet the archaeologists who found
:00:47. > :00:57.Bronze Age boats in a quarry near Peterborough.
:00:57. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:12.And move over St George. Tonight, the accident and emergency
:01:12. > :01:21.department where more than 10% of patients are waiting more than four
:01:21. > :01:24.hours to be treated. Across the country, waiting times at casualty
:01:24. > :01:27.are going up. Hospitals are finding it increasingly difficult to hit the
:01:27. > :01:30.target treating 95% of patients within four hours. The latest
:01:30. > :01:33.figures show that the worst hospital in the region is King's Lynn. Only
:01:33. > :01:36.88% were dealt with quickly enough. Four other hospitals also missed out
:01:36. > :01:39.managing to hit the target between 90% and 94.8% of the time.
:01:39. > :01:41.Meanwhile, these hospitals were top of the list. Despite all the
:01:41. > :01:45.pressures, A&E in Norwich, Harlow, Gorleston and Ipswich all far
:01:45. > :01:48.exceeded that 95% target. In a moment, we will speak to the health
:01:48. > :01:50.minister, but first what's going wrong at King's Lynn? This report is
:01:50. > :01:53.from Debbie Tubby. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital's
:01:53. > :01:57.accident and emergency department today has been busy. Ambulances
:01:57. > :02:02.queuing outside. Paramedics ferrying patients inside. And the walking
:02:02. > :02:05.wounded. A department under pressure. But the hospital says all
:02:05. > :02:09.patients were treated within the four hour target time. The latest
:02:09. > :02:18.figures show that is not always the case. In fact, it is one of the
:02:18. > :02:22.worst in the country for not treating them fast enough. We are
:02:22. > :02:29.not embarrassed, we are disappointed. This hospital has
:02:29. > :02:31.always had a commitment to a really good patient experience of care.
:02:31. > :02:34.MacKinnon is a sister in A&E, treating patients. Against the
:02:34. > :02:38.clock. Ensuring they are seen, discharged or transferred within the
:02:38. > :02:48.four hour window. This patient, who didn't want to speak on camera, Is
:02:48. > :02:53.
:02:53. > :02:55.being seen within an hour. But it will be some time before he is fully
:02:56. > :02:58.dealt with. The hospital has dramatically improved its waiting
:02:58. > :03:02.times. But admits further improvements are needed to hit the
:03:02. > :03:10.Department of Health's targets. are committed to being back to 95%
:03:10. > :03:15.by the end of June at the latest. We have seen the impact of the longer
:03:15. > :03:20.winter weather affecting our statistics. Tied into that, we open
:03:20. > :03:27.additional bed capacity when we are under pressure. This year, despite
:03:27. > :03:35.extra capacity, we have had to say we cannot stretch staff any further.
:03:35. > :03:39.I spoke to two patients. One had broken his arm after falling off a
:03:39. > :03:42.lorry. Both said they had been treated with them for hours and
:03:42. > :03:45.could not fault the service. The hospital is now increasing the
:03:45. > :03:48.number of nurses on its other wards, recruiting from Portugal and Ireland
:03:48. > :03:53.in the hope it will relieve the pressure from accident and
:03:53. > :03:58.emergency. Dr Dan Poulter is a health minister.
:03:58. > :04:01.He is also the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich. When I
:04:01. > :04:10.spoke to him earlier, he said per figures were down to the long winter
:04:11. > :04:17.we had. We had a long period of bad weather. That prevented some staff
:04:17. > :04:21.from getting to work and more older people fell over. We also had no
:04:21. > :04:30.virus and flew. Over the last five weeks, we have seen the targets
:04:30. > :04:40.getting back on track. Several months ago, we were told that the
:04:40. > :04:42.
:04:42. > :04:46.bad spell of weather does not affect the pressure which lasts all year.
:04:46. > :04:50.have worked in this environment and I know that the pressure is on the
:04:50. > :04:57.evenings after GP surgeries have closed. A third of patients who show
:04:57. > :05:01.up at a MD could be better look after -- who show up at accident and
:05:01. > :05:07.emergency could be better looked after in the community. We need GPs
:05:07. > :05:13.to provide extra hours of care. We need to better join up health and
:05:13. > :05:17.social care services were local councils have a role to look after
:05:17. > :05:25.the frail elderly with long-term conditions such as heart disease,
:05:25. > :05:33.dementia and diabetes. Are you saying there is a problem of out of
:05:33. > :05:39.hours service? It is a problem in my constituency which has to be
:05:39. > :05:43.addressed. Local GPs have been put in charge of running services and I
:05:43. > :05:48.think that will be much more in the interest of patients. I hope we move
:05:48. > :05:58.towards a system which helps to take the pressure off at -- helps to take
:05:58. > :06:00.
:06:00. > :06:08.the pressure off of a and E. -- accident and emergency. There are
:06:08. > :06:14.also problems with bed blocking? There is no silver bullet in this
:06:14. > :06:19.issue. The current government is doing a lot in this issue. Norman
:06:19. > :06:25.Lamb is working to ensure that we have a more integrated and joined up
:06:25. > :06:31.system across the health service. We need to make sure that all the
:06:31. > :06:35.people can be discharged in a proper manner. Thank you.
:06:35. > :06:38.A fitness instructor who attacked a judge and knocked off his wig has
:06:38. > :06:41.been jailed for 18 months for contempt of court. Paul Graham had
:06:41. > :06:44.been sitting in the public gallery when he attacked Judge John Devaux
:06:44. > :06:50.at Ipswich Crown Court yesterday. Today his behaviour was described as
:06:50. > :06:53.insulting and intimidating. After a night in a prison cell, Paul
:06:53. > :07:03.Graham arrived at Ipswich Crown Court well aware he was facing a
:07:03. > :07:03.
:07:03. > :07:10.prison sentence. Paul Graham was led into the dock flanked by security
:07:10. > :07:15.guards. The court took no chances. He was handcuffed by his right hand
:07:15. > :07:18.to one of the guards. During the entire proceedings, he spoke behind
:07:18. > :07:22.security glass only once, to confirm his name. The court heard Graham had
:07:22. > :07:27.been in court number two just 24 hours earlier for the sentencing of
:07:27. > :07:34.his older brother Philip. Philip Graham's dangerous driving caused
:07:34. > :07:36.the death of a motorcyclist last July. When a 30 month prison
:07:36. > :07:39.sentence was handed down, Paul Graham raced from the public
:07:39. > :07:45.gallery, vaulted a wooden gate and then started throwing punches at His
:07:45. > :07:47.Honour Judge John Devaux. He was unhurt. Graham was arrested. Today
:07:47. > :07:57.another judge, Judge David Goodin, sentenced Graham to eighteen months
:07:57. > :08:04.
:08:05. > :08:08.in prison. That a change change is -- 18 months. The judge has to send
:08:08. > :08:13.out a powerful message that this kind of behaviour will not be
:08:13. > :08:16.tolerated. The sentence reflects that. The maximum sentence for
:08:16. > :08:18.contempt is two years. Graham's barrister told the court his client
:08:19. > :08:21.apologised unreservedly. He said the attack was a spontaneous act borne
:08:21. > :08:27.out of high emotion. Graham's mother left court today without comment.
:08:28. > :08:33.Both her sons now behind bars. The judge told Paul Graham, what you did
:08:33. > :08:38.was an attack on justice. Also the administration of justice and the
:08:38. > :08:43.rule of law. The court must deal with such iPAQs severely. Paul
:08:43. > :08:46.Graham said nothing as he was led to the cells. -- the court must deal
:08:46. > :08:49.with such attacks severely. Southend Airport has unveiled the
:08:49. > :08:55.latest stage of its expansion plans. A larger passenger terminal will
:08:55. > :08:58.mean it can handle more than a million passengers a year. New
:08:58. > :09:02.flights were announced too. Good news for holidaymakers, but not so
:09:02. > :09:05.welcome for some local people. The Stobart Group has invested �100
:09:05. > :09:07.million in Southend Airport since it bought it five years ago. There is a
:09:07. > :09:14.new train station, air traffic control tower and radar facilities,
:09:14. > :09:18.a longer runway and a passenger terminal that is expanding fast.
:09:18. > :09:24.Today, we were given a sneak preview of what is to come over the coming
:09:24. > :09:27.months. First the new arrivals area due to open very soon. There will be
:09:27. > :09:31.better baggage handling facilities. More space for security. More check
:09:31. > :09:39.in desks. And this the much larger departure lounge due for completion
:09:39. > :09:48.in December. We will never be a major International Airport, but we
:09:48. > :09:50.want to ensure that we have a high standard of service. We want it to
:09:51. > :10:00.be no more than 15 minutes from the aircraft to the train station
:10:00. > :10:03.platform. EasyJet flies to more than a dozen destinations from Southend.
:10:03. > :10:13.Changed easy From next summer, Thomson and First Choice will be
:10:13. > :10:19.flying twice a week to Majorca and adding Ibiza to their schedule.
:10:19. > :10:22.want London Southend to be part of our airline's expansion.
:10:22. > :10:25.pressure group SAEN claims there is strong local opposition to the
:10:25. > :10:31.airports growth. It says it is simply taking passengers out of
:10:31. > :10:38.Essex to spend their money abroad. It is fantastic for young people to
:10:38. > :10:43.get jobs at the airport, but this is a catastrophic policy failure in
:10:43. > :10:46.larger terms. The airport says 300 new local jobs will be created as
:10:46. > :10:48.more aircraft are based here. They expect to handle over a million
:10:48. > :10:54.passengers next year. A landowner has admitted allowing
:10:54. > :10:57.his farm to become an illegal rubbish tip. Neil Spooner told
:10:57. > :11:05.magistrates in Essex that three unknown men had been given
:11:05. > :11:12.permission to bring rubble onto his land near Margaretting. Instead they
:11:12. > :11:21.dumped tonnes of waste including hospital dressings and syringes.
:11:21. > :11:29.This farm looks idyllic, but it is a hazardous waste site and Dom. On it
:11:29. > :11:32.will cost �500,000 to clear. This is the former owner, Neil Spooner. He
:11:32. > :11:40.pleaded guilty to allowing the dumping and storage of controlled
:11:40. > :11:44.waste. Neil Spooner said three men drove up in a mercy -- in a Mercedes
:11:44. > :11:51.and asked if they could store items here. He gave them permission and
:11:51. > :11:59.then left to work abroad. When he returned, he realised that the men
:11:59. > :12:04.were using the farm as a tip. This was the waste that was strewn across
:12:04. > :12:10.the farm. Hospital dressings and syringes were among the mess. This
:12:10. > :12:17.pond is now clogged with plastic. Piles of rubbish have devalued the
:12:17. > :12:23.farm by �1.5 million. The council has served notice on the receivers
:12:23. > :12:27.to clean it up. Neil Spooner will be sentenced next month. He says he
:12:27. > :12:35.does not know who the three men were that he spoke to. Neil Spooner
:12:35. > :12:38.could face a hefty fine and a jail term.
:12:38. > :12:42.Firefighters are due to remain at a recycling plant overnight after 120
:12:42. > :12:45.tonnes of baled paper caught fire. Fire broke out at the plant near the
:12:45. > :12:47.A11 at Ketteringham at about 7:30am this morning. It is still
:12:47. > :12:49.smouldering and firefighters will keep watch throughout the night. At
:12:49. > :12:52.its height, more than 70 firefighters were tackling the
:12:52. > :13:02.blaze. Norfolk County Council's own recycling plant nearby was closed
:13:02. > :13:05.all day because of the fire. Still to come tonight: Frankie
:13:05. > :13:08.Dettori is racing in the region. We are live in Great Yarmouth.
:13:08. > :13:11.Plus cry England for St Edmund. A new bid to replace St George as a
:13:11. > :13:14.our national saint with the old King of East Anglia.
:13:14. > :13:18.In this country, we produce two million tonnes of rubbish every
:13:18. > :13:23.month and that's just household waste. And that figure goes up by
:13:23. > :13:27.about 3% every year. For years, most of it has been buried in the ground,
:13:27. > :13:37.but we need to find another way and many people believe we should burn
:13:37. > :13:43.
:13:43. > :13:46.it in giant incinerators. Two of the most high profile
:13:46. > :13:48.incinerator projects in this region are at Marston Moretaine in
:13:49. > :13:51.Bedfordshire and King's Lynn in Norfolk. In each case, there has
:13:51. > :13:55.been local opposition. And now there are doubts over whether either will
:13:55. > :13:58.actually go ahead. In a moment, Emma Baugh on why the company behind the
:13:58. > :14:01.Stewartby project might be changing its plans but first Andrew Sinclair
:14:01. > :14:04.on the latest wrangles in Norfolk. It is a divisive issue that played a
:14:04. > :14:08.large part in ejecting the conservatives from County Hall. Now
:14:08. > :14:10.it is the job of the new council in Norfolk to see if it is possible to
:14:10. > :14:13.actually scrap the Kings Lynn waste incinerator. Today, the scrutiny
:14:13. > :14:16.committee was told by its officers that pulling out could cost around
:14:16. > :14:19.�90 million, enough to possibly unbalance the budget and force the
:14:19. > :14:21.Government to intervene and place the county in special measures. But
:14:21. > :14:24.many councillors questioned the figures accusing the officers of
:14:24. > :14:31.trying to frighten people. The officers have based their assessment
:14:31. > :14:36.on a similar project in Cornwall. This is scaremongering in my view.
:14:36. > :14:45.When I read the press release, I was frightened to death. I am an elected
:14:45. > :14:51.Councillor. I don't know what the people of Norfolk feel about it.
:14:51. > :14:55.would like everyone to have all the facts before they make a decision.
:14:55. > :15:00.Termination would be a big decision, so you would like members to be with
:15:00. > :15:03.the facts. The authority considered scrapping an unpopular waste
:15:03. > :15:09.incinerator but reluctantly went ahead after being told it would be
:15:09. > :15:14.liable for compensation payments of between �80 and �90 million. What we
:15:14. > :15:20.need is some independent legal advice. Until we get that, quite
:15:20. > :15:28.clearly, we will not be able to say with any degree of accuracy what
:15:28. > :15:32.precise penalties are due to be paid. The majority of councillors
:15:32. > :15:37.fought the election on a promise to fight this incinerator. But that
:15:37. > :15:41.might yet prove to be a pledge on which they cannot deliver. This is
:15:41. > :15:44.the situation in Norfolk. Now let's cross to Bedfordshire.
:15:44. > :15:48.Still peaceful, the land in Bedfordshire planned to be the site
:15:48. > :15:52.of the incinerator in the shadow of the old Stewartby brickwork. Getting
:15:52. > :16:00.an incinerator project off the ground is never going to be easy.
:16:00. > :16:04.The spoke about having one year at Stewart the five years ago. As you
:16:04. > :16:09.can see, it is still a long way off. As in King's Lynn, protests and
:16:09. > :16:14.local opposition made the planning process even longer. In 2009,
:16:14. > :16:18.detailed plans went on show. By July 2011, consultation was closing. Last
:16:18. > :16:24.December, the incinerator gets the go-ahead. Last month, the company
:16:24. > :16:28.seeks a buyer or partner for the site. They are looking for someone
:16:28. > :16:30.else to share the financial burden. So while the threat hasn't gone
:16:30. > :16:40.away, last night campaigners discussed alternative ways of
:16:40. > :16:40.
:16:40. > :16:46.dealing with our waste. We need a combination of community
:16:46. > :16:51.responsibility with composting and the cycling and industrial
:16:51. > :16:55.responsibility. That takes us towards a sustainable society.
:16:55. > :17:02.Incineration takes us in exactly the opposite direction. For people
:17:03. > :17:11.living nearby there has mixed views. It is nice to have clean air. We
:17:11. > :17:16.don't want this monstrosity right behind us. It is a big problem with
:17:16. > :17:21.landfill sites. It will also provide jobs. I think it will be a good
:17:21. > :17:23.thing. The company's change of heart is a blow to the Government's waste
:17:24. > :17:32.plans, even with a new partner. Nothing will be built here until
:17:32. > :17:35.2018. After his six month ban for testing
:17:35. > :17:39.positive for cocaine in France last year the jockey Frankie Dettori is
:17:39. > :17:42.back in the saddle in this region for the first time tonight in four
:17:42. > :17:45.races at Great Yarmouth. His first race back was at Epsom at the
:17:45. > :17:47.weekend. Since then it has been a whistlestop tour. Windsor yesterday,
:17:47. > :17:54.Lingfield earlier today, Yarmouth tonight and Kempton tomorrow. Kevin
:17:54. > :18:02.Burch is at Yarmouth now. All those rides and Frankie Dettori
:18:02. > :18:06.is still waiting for a win. There are 1600 people here tonight. Talk
:18:06. > :18:14.to them about Frankie and you get a mixed response of his status now in
:18:14. > :18:18.the sport. He has done a tremendous amount, but I think he has lost all
:18:18. > :18:25.-- I think he has lost a lot of favour because of what has happened.
:18:25. > :18:32.He will have to work hard to get that back. It is up to Frankie now
:18:32. > :18:38.to prove that he can be good for the sport again. I think he has lost
:18:38. > :18:44.some of his reputation. However, I will still put my money on him.
:18:44. > :18:54.Definitely. Frankie has had six months out of the sport. He said he
:18:54. > :18:55.
:18:56. > :19:01.really missed the bus. -- buzz. is a competitive marketplace. There
:19:01. > :19:05.are some fantastic jockeys here tonight. You have to keep sharp and
:19:05. > :19:14.keep on top of your game. It is a very demanding job that jockeys
:19:14. > :19:21.have. It is very competitive. can see the racegoers are starting
:19:21. > :19:26.to move up to the stands because this is the final race of the night
:19:26. > :19:36.starting in five minutes. This is the last chance today for Frankie
:19:36. > :19:37.
:19:37. > :19:40.Dettori to get his first win of his comeback. He has promised me that if
:19:41. > :19:44.he gets a winner, he will give us an interview.
:19:44. > :19:47.Next to a stunning historical discovery in Cambridgeshire. When a
:19:47. > :19:50.new museum opened dedicated to the Tudor warship the Mary Rose last
:19:50. > :19:54.week, we were told that it took scientists decades to gradually dry
:19:54. > :19:57.out her timbers which were more than 500 years old. But the Mary Rose is
:19:57. > :20:06.just a baby compared to the boats discovered in this quarry near
:20:06. > :20:09.Peterborough. They are ancient log boats dating back 3,500 years. The
:20:09. > :20:18.big question now, how do we make sure they are preserved? Jo Black
:20:18. > :20:26.has been finding out. In this purpose-built fridge, a tiny
:20:26. > :20:35.glimpse of a vanishing time in the bubble wrap. These Bronze Age log
:20:35. > :20:40.boats are 3500 years old. We knew the potential was there because we
:20:40. > :20:45.have found things in the same place years ago. But we could not quite
:20:45. > :20:53.believe what we had uncovered finally discovered the first bought.
:20:53. > :21:00.Then more and more of them kept popping up. Absolutely amazing.
:21:00. > :21:08.will be preserved by experts. This man helped preserve the Mary Rose.
:21:08. > :21:12.This will be his project for the next five years. I am excited but
:21:13. > :21:22.scared. This was a really stunning find. To attempt the conservation in
:21:23. > :21:23.
:21:23. > :21:33.the public domain is quite risky. The excavation took 12 months. They
:21:33. > :21:37.
:21:37. > :21:42.have given all of the boat names. This is deadly. This is Vivian. This
:21:42. > :21:51.one has a name similar to a pirate ship. This is called Little Alan.
:21:51. > :22:00.Thousands of years ago, rising water levels created the fence. Our
:22:00. > :22:04.ancestors had to quickly adapt to the landscape. There is evidence of
:22:04. > :22:10.trading with continental Europe. These could be inland boats bringing
:22:10. > :22:17.goods in from the coast. It is possible they were used for military
:22:17. > :22:22.purposes given the amount of swords that were found in the River. They
:22:22. > :22:29.could also have been used for a funeral. It is just a best guess
:22:29. > :22:35.when you are talking 4000 years ago. Conservation will be a long and
:22:35. > :22:37.arduous task. Once completed, it will give us another fascinating
:22:37. > :22:41.insight into our past in this region.
:22:41. > :22:44.He was once the King of East Anglia. After his death, he was the patron
:22:44. > :22:48.saint of England for almost 500 years. But since then St Edmund has
:22:48. > :22:51.rather out of fashion. But now his supporters, including BBC Radio
:22:51. > :22:54.Suffolk, have launched a new campaign for Edmund to take over
:22:54. > :23:04.from St George. They have tried before, in 2006. But now they are
:23:04. > :23:07.
:23:07. > :23:12.hoping that the power of Twitter and Facebook will make a difference.
:23:12. > :23:15.To Saint Edmund, we keep singing. To Saint Edmund, we pray.
:23:15. > :23:18.The children of St Edmund's Roman Catholic school singing in support
:23:18. > :23:22.of the latest campaign to get Saint Edmund reinstated as the patron
:23:22. > :23:25.saint of England. It was 1,000 years ago this year that his body was
:23:25. > :23:28.returned to Bury St Edmunds. A former King of East Anglia. Saint
:23:28. > :23:31.Edmund ruled between AD 855 and 869. For 481 years, he was the country's
:23:31. > :23:34.patron saint until he was displaced by Saint George who was born in
:23:34. > :23:44.Turkey, lived in Palestine, became a Roman Soldier and killed a mythical
:23:44. > :23:45.
:23:45. > :23:50.dragon. Edmund was real. He was a thoroughly good King. Historians say
:23:50. > :23:54.he looked after his people and refused to renounce his face when we
:23:54. > :24:00.were invaded by the games and the Vikings. He gave his life for this
:24:00. > :24:08.country. -- people from Denmark and the Vikings. He gave his life for
:24:08. > :24:11.this country. That is why we want him to be our patron saint. And the
:24:11. > :24:15.locally based brewer, Green King, which is backing the campaign says
:24:15. > :24:20.it now has a better chance of succeeding. The previous campaign
:24:20. > :24:24.was before social media. Now we want this debate in the public arena
:24:24. > :24:30.across the whole of England. We have pubs from Carlisle to Canterbury
:24:30. > :24:40.where we want this debate regarding the patron saint of England to take
:24:40. > :24:40.
:24:40. > :24:47.place. St George always has been and always will be our saint. Saint
:24:47. > :24:52.Edmund would be good because he is local. St George is our patron
:24:52. > :24:55.saint, nobody else, end of story! Campaigners are hoping that 100,000
:24:55. > :24:58.people will sign the petition. Thereby forcing parliament to debate
:24:58. > :25:04.whether it should reinstate St Edmund as the patron saint of
:25:04. > :25:08.England. And there is much more on that story
:25:08. > :25:18.online. Go to our news pages and then click on the feature St Edmund
:25:18. > :25:23.
:25:23. > :25:29.Let's start with some weather pictures taken in Essex, showing
:25:29. > :25:35.people out and about, enjoying the fine and sunny weather, eating ice
:25:35. > :25:40.cream in the sunshine. It was colour around the coast. If we look at the
:25:40. > :25:45.temperatures, although we achieved 19 degrees in some parts, in the
:25:45. > :25:49.north Norfolk coast it was much cooler. We have had a north-easterly
:25:49. > :25:54.wind. If you look at the position of high pressure, you can see how that
:25:54. > :25:58.has happened. It has been quite chilly for much of our region. High
:25:58. > :26:04.pressure is here to stay and it will bring us more dry weather this week
:26:04. > :26:07.and some sunny spells. A subtle change this evening and overnight.
:26:07. > :26:17.There is an area of Cloud already moving in across Lincolnshire and
:26:17. > :26:24.the Wash. That will turn the sky is quite cloudy. -- that will turn the
:26:24. > :26:32.sky quite cloudy. The significance of that is it will not be as cool as
:26:32. > :26:38.last night. Eight degrees will be the lowest. The cloud will mean it
:26:38. > :26:43.will be a cloudy start tomorrow. For some of us, it could stay cloudy
:26:43. > :26:50.particularly along the coast. It will thin and break up and then we
:26:50. > :26:54.will see the sunshine. Temperatures hovering around the midteens. Even
:26:54. > :27:04.though the wind will be lighter, it will still be north-easterly and
:27:04. > :27:09.
:27:09. > :27:19.still colour along the coast. On the whole, find a. -- a fine day. Stay
:27:19. > :27:22.
:27:22. > :27:25.in colour from the next few days. At times, unbroken sunshine. Tomorrow,
:27:25. > :27:32.some fear whether cloud in the afternoon. The rest of the week is