07/10/2013 Look East - East

Hello and welcome to Look East with Susie and me. In the programme

tonight: A medic is arrested on suspicion of the murder of this man.

But why did the James Paget Hospital wait ten days before the police were

called in? Reshuffle latest.

Who's in and who's out in this region.

A 20 mile stretch of the A12 is closed for more than 13 hours. A

lorry driver has been arrested. And Olympic bronze medallist Max

Whitlock gets silver at the World Championships. We'll speak to him

live. Good evening. First tonight, MPs are

asking why it took ten days to set up a murder inquiry after a man died

at the James Paget Hospital in Norfolk. Just over two weeks ago,

76—year—old Jim May was admitted to hospital with a suspected heart

attack. He died a few hours later. On Saturday the police arrested a

man described as "a member of the medical staff " at the hospital. Not

on suspicion of assisted suicide or manslaughter, but on suspicion of

murder. That would mean they believe it wasn't an accident, but a killing

with intent. The details now from our chief reporter, Kim Riley.

The middle—aged man no on police bail was arrested on suspicion of

murder following an allegation of my vehicle malpractice from another

member of staff. # medical malpractice. It was suggested he

could have been dropped or given a drug overdose. This is a complicated

investigation. It is not going to be a quick investigation. We are into

this beating weeks rather than days before we can fully assess what we

are dealing with in terms of the medication is possibly used. The man

collapsed after a match at this Bowls club. Ten days later came the

revelation that he could have been murdered. It is absolutely

shattering. We thought he was getting looked after in hospital.

The next day I was told he had passed away which was bad enough but

this new news has taken things to another level. What confuse some

people was why it take —— why it has taken ten days between when the

incident was first reported to police. Why did it take so long to

get up the chain of command and for that decision than to be made, that

is the important thing that must be answered. When such a serious

allegation is made it is crucial that the facts are clarified before

taking any further action and that is what we did. We clarified all of

the facts in the case and referred it to the police. A new photograph

of Germany released today by his nephew Kevin who described him as a

wonderful uncle. His family are said to be saddened by his loss but more

so by the suspicions now surrounding his death.

David Cameron has carried out his latest reshuffle. We'll hear from

our political correspondent Andrew Sinclair in a moment. But first, one

of those leaving government. Chloe Smith, the MP for Norwich North is

standing down from her job as Cabinet Office Minister. And this

afternoon I started by asking her if she jumped or if she was pushed. I

wrote to the Prime Minister because I wanted to stand down. Did you

write to him and tell them you wanted to stand down because of

things that had been said to you in the past? No, this was an entirely

positive decision although I do suspect some people will ask those

questions. I have made this decision because I want to focus on my part

of my job that is most important to me and that is my constituency work.

If you look at the kind of work I do in my constituency, the Norwich For

Jobs Campaign and things like that, it is clear to all who know me that

I love my constituency work most and I am delighted to be able to take

this positive move and do more of it. Why did you take this job in the

first place? When you are elected to Parliament you are doing two things,

being a local champion and serving you come —— serving your country.

Can I take you back to June of last year when Jeremy Paxman famously

called you incompetent. Has that had any effect on you? It is funny how

people harp on about old interviews and I would suggest that my decision

today shows that I have better things to do than think back to

that. I have work to do for my constituents which I'm excited to

do. I have had success in doing it in the past. I do not think about

particular interviews although, Stewart, I am sure this one will be

an exception. I am sorry to keep going back to that interview, but

the morning after, that someone come to you ordered several people come

to you and say, "this has damaged due. " I do not think so. Did

several people say that you were pushed below the water line? No,

Stewart, they did not. The point I am making is that there are more

important things to do today and those that obsess the Westminster

bubble. Let me get this clear, no one mentioned to you before you

wrote that letter to the Prime Minister that they thought you might

be losing your job in the reshuffle, yes or no? That is correct. When you

wrote that letter, did the Prime Minister tried to persuade you not

to put in your resignation. Now, he did not. He has welcomed my letter

and he has published his reply to me in which he thanks me for my service

and in which he remarks and acknowledges that that record is one

I can be proud of. What happens if you work very hard in your

constituency and get re—elected next time and someone comes along and

says to you, " would you like a ministerial job? " What would you

say to that? I will always wait and see what happens in the future. With

respect, Chloe Smith, that is avoiding the question. If someone

was to ask you to come back to the government in the future, what would

you say? Stewart, I am doing the job in hand which is being the MP for

Norwich North. That is all about to say.

There have been comings and goings all day at Downing Street. The vast

majority of the big names are staying put. But there is movement

in the middle ranks. Andrew Sinclair is at Westminster now for news of

what's happened to our MPs. Andrew, let's start with Chloe Smith. How

much of a surprise was her departure? It was one of the

surprises of this reshuffle. Downing Street said this morning that Chloe

Smith had done a very good job at the Cabinet office and I thing she

would have stayed put and she had not decided to go. Why has she

decided to go? Some have pointed out she has a majority of under 4000 and

that may have had an impact on her decision. When you have been an MP

for a few years you start to look to the future and ask yourself, "do I

want to work every hour God sends to work myself up big easy poll use my

position in another way?" Chloe Smith has decided on the latter

option. What about our other MPs? Not too

many changes. Most of our MPs stay in their existing positions. The big

winner is the Suffolk MP Matthew Hancock. He stays at his job at the

Department of business and in but he has now got an enhanced role. He is

effectively now second in charge. He could well end up in the Cabinet if

there is another reshuffle. The MP for Cambridgeshire North West has

also been made a Justice Minister. Norman and Eric Pickles stay in the

current positions. We should not that the Essex MP, Simon Burns, he

resigned and Freddie as Transport Minister because he wants to run for

Deputy Speaker. Thousands of drivers in Suffolk and

Essex have been facing long delays today after a crash on the A12

overnight. A 20 mile stretch between Boreham and Marks Tey was closed.

The driver of the lorry has been arrested.

A 44 tonne lorry on its side, completely blocking one half of the

A12 near Colchester in Essex. The crash happened at 1am this morning.

Police say the body was travelling London bound when it careered out of

control and crashed through the central reservation and overturned,

completely blocking the Ipswich Crown Court and edge way. As the

clean—up went on, Essex Police said it was lucky that no one had been

killed. One of the top rates in the cap missed a driver by inches. We

are very fortunate. We are lucky we are not looking at more serious

injuries or fatalities. Traffic was stopped in London bound to ask this

lorry which had been carrying 27 tonnes of fruit was lifted back up.

The driver and passenger were seriously injured but police said

their injuries were not life—threatening. The driver was

arrested. Arrested on suspicion of careless driving and on suspicion of

drunk driving. With the Divers facing long delays, the A12

eventually reopened 12 hours after the crash. Essex Police are

appealing for witnesses. CCTV cameras in North Norfolk are to

be scrapped to save money. The district council has voted to pull

funding of £200,000 a year from the service. Five towns will lose their

systems. Four jobs will go in the control room. I'll be interviewing

the council leader about that decision live in our late bulletin

after the Ten O'Clock News. The Government's likely to be facing

a challenge in the High Court over its decision to close Blundeston

Prison near Lowestoft. Look East understands the judicial

review process could start this week. The jail's set to close in

December with the loss of hundreds of jobs. It is possible that out of

date information may have been used. It would not be the first thing that

government departments have screwed up in this way. Former Lowestoft MP

Bob blizzard can sense trouble over the closure of this prison, trouble

for the government. When Justice Secretary Chris Grayling announced

the due was too close, he gave reasons saying re—modernisation was

necessary. Mr blizzard says that information was not correct and that

much of the work had been done already. He believes this leaves the

government open to court action. This could be put to test in the

courts. I can come from a legal challenge is being considered. A

barrister is now on the case and High Court action is very likely on

the grounds that the decision was taken on an accurate and outdated

information. There is a community programme in the prison and I

understand it is against the rules to close that down so quickly. The

anger surrounding Michael was of this prison has not turned to

acceptance, indeed, the exact opposite is happening. Anger is

mounting. If this goes to a High Court via a judicial review, the

government will have to account for its actions. The independent body

representing prisoners also opposes the closure. The decision seems to

be more compensated and crazy each day. And Jet, the prison was doing

some really good work. The prison says that # the prison service said

a range of factors were made over this stability of accommodation.

Still to come on Look East tonight: Another medal for Gymnast Max

Whitlock. And Chris Bell will be here with the

weather. One more mild day of whether to come and then it turns

cooler on Wednesday and Thursday. More details shortly.

More than 3500 fires are caused every year by faulty appliances in

our homes. Tonight, our Inside Out programme speaks to a couple whose

house burnt down as a result. They were rescued after their Bosch

dishwasher caught fire in March. Their four dogs were killed. They

say they were never told the dishwasher was unsafe. The makers,

BSH Home Appliances, who are based in Milton Keynes, say recall notices

were publicised. From my point of view it all seems so pointless to

have lost so much for something that could so easily have been avoided.

Barry Mulcahy is the co—founder of a website called Recall UK. Its

mission — to let more people know about faulty machines. And when I

spoke to him earlier, I started by asking him And you can see that

story in full tonight on BBC One at 7.30pm.

The responsibility lies with the manufacturer and the consumer must

respond to that unification. This responsibility, does it involve

writing to each order? The legislation is very high level.

Everything must be done practically to community that to the consumer.

That is one of the challenges. It is such a high level. What does it

actually mean and you have this massive inconsistency of all the

different interpretations. When I buy a piece of wet crawl ——

electrical equipment, they know who I am. Why do they not read to

everyone who filled in that guarantee form? Because the people

who fill out the registration cards, it is about five to 10% of

people return them. Some people know you do not need to complete them in

order to get the benefit of the guarantee and the other is that they

have fallen into distributed because the manufacturers use them for

properties. We register a car, it works with cars. Could we not do the

same with the goods, register them? Some people find it OK to register

the islands, and other products, that could work. What could you do

to make things safer? The fact that we have provided a website and

consumers can use that to check their products, that is the first

thing. Have also recently introduced a weekly e—mail alert facility so

consumers can sign up to that. Every week we will tell them all of the

retail is we have added to the site. That will keep them abreast of all

of the 400 because that I watched every year.

You can see that story in full tonight on BBC One at 730.

It's a shocking fact that around one in five people who suffer from

anorexia will die prematurely from their illness. And the Norfolk—based

charity Beat says the Government needs to do much more to help. It

says some patients have to wait more than a year to start treatment.

Unlike physical health problems there are no targets for treating

patients with mental health issues. This report is from Alex Dunlop.

Mandy Lynch first got ill with anorexia at the age of 16. After

asking for help she was told she would have to wait eight months to

get it. She then developed bulimia and started to self harm. Three

years later she was readmitted. At my was I was six tonne eight. I was

pretty sick! If I had been treated initially for what I was suffering

and think it would have been easier to manage, but the longer it went

the more out—of—control I felt and I certainly struggled because of that.

One out of five anorexia sufferers die prematurely from that and this,

so treatment is crucial. The Norwich —based charity Beat asked people how

long they waited before getting help. 26% had said six months. 8%

were still on a beating list after one year and 22% paid for private

treatment. We are calling for the government to lower these waiting

times so that people will know when they will start to get treatment.

They all must can become so serious because they are having to wait so

long and that can be a greater risk. In the NHS, patients with physical

health problems have a legal right to start treatment within 18 weeks

that there is no such promise for those with mental health issues.

Health Minister Norman Lamb hopes to change that but we cannot guarantee

it. I am determined that we introduce access standards so that

they know how long they will have to wait, just as already exists with

physical health. We must have equality between mental health and

physical health, I am determined to achieve it by 2015. Now a veterinary

nurse and Bishop's Stortford, Mandy is back to full health. She wants

more people to recognise that this is not just an eating disorder but a

genuine mental illness. Thousands of small businesses in the

region are still waiting for compensation from the banks, a year

after the latest mis—selling scandal was revealed. Loans were sold to

family businesses during the boom years. But when base rates fell the

firms were kept on high interest rates, costing them thousands. A few

customers have been compensated, but the majority are still in limbo.

There is a bit more stock in the electrical store in Norfolk these

days. Owner Paul Adcock can replenish his displays after

settling a bitter dispute with Barclays that left him hundreds of

thousands of pounds out of pocket. Because of the extra charges we were

having to give to the bank, over that time our stock levels the

Minister of all levels and people often thought we were having a

closing down sale. Seven—year Dzeko, Paul took out a loan of almost £110

to expand his shop. It was an interest rate shop, —— swap, but

when rates dropped Paul was stuck paying high interest rates. Barclays

has settled his claim. It is such a tremendous relief and we can rebuild

the business. It shows you what small businesses can do if they

grouped together even against E. Coli of type of opposition like the

banks. Around 3000 businesses in the East are thought to have been sold

interest rate swaps. They include this Suffolk hotelier who borrowed

£5 million. Seven years and he is still waiting for compensation. We

want to get on with rebuilding this project. The amount of paperwork it

generates to try to fix your case. The sheer volume of time and energy

and the thought process that could have been put into the business. The

good news for people like Colin is that customers who have been

mis—sold products will be put back into the position they would have

been without the missile. It is just that it all takes time. So far the

Financial Conduct Authority says only 300 offers of redress have been

made out of 30,000 cases nationally. But it says most customers should

have been taught the result of the review by the end of the year. Paul

Adcock is lucky to have settled. His shop has stayed open. Other

businesses have been forced to close.

Few gymnasts in the world have progressed as quickly as Max Whitock

over the last year or so. The 20—year—old who trains in Basildon

rose to fame with two medals at last summer's Olympic Games. Since then,

he's become European Champion and this weekend a World Championship

silver medallist. In a moment we'll hear from Max, but let's see how he

did it in Belgium. Max Whitlock, ready to perform. He was the reserve

at the last world championships in the space of two years he has become

Britain's first choice. His new regime in the pommel horse final was

the most difficult ever seen at the world championships. The 20—year—old

had already proved his ability and the all—round competition, finishing

fourth. Here he was working his way around a piece of apparatus made

famous by his old team—mate, Louis Smith. Max had delivered his

difficult routine and the few marks lost for execution was still good

enough to lead the field. But where there is a Japanese gymnast, there

is always a challenge and his gold medal position became silver when

has Japanese competitor produced this stunning routine. He had a

score of 15.63 the two say —— to share the same silver step on the

podium. He did not win gold but had handled the pressure which bodes

well for the Rio Games and 2016. And Max Whitlock is back home in

Hertfordshire now. Congratulations, Max, what an amazing year and you

have had and another medal to add to your collection. What was going

through your mind during that whole tension there? Thank you. The whole

experience at the World Championships was amazing for me. I

wanted to go out there and enjoy it and I did that. I was nervous,

especially during the qualification, but to get through and come out with

a medal I am over the man. Why did you decide to upgrade your strategy

at elite stage? —— elite stage. I just wanted to go there and try and

gain as much experience as I could. It is risky to make changes but

hopefully it can be perfected and ready for real 2016. You obviously

had huge success at the Olympics, have you felt extra pressure since

then to keep at the top of the game? Yes, it is a different kind of

pressure, to be honest. It was trying to prove myself but it is

also trying to now live up to their expectations. It is quite hard but I

want to keep enjoying the sport. Hopefully I can qualify for the next

major competition and get more experience. You have got bronze and

silver, some say you may have been disappointed not to get gold at the

world Championships. When you targeting that, the Rio Olympics?

That would be amazing. Every sports person wants a gold medal. I am

aiming for that and working as hard as I can for that. Gymnastics is a

very difficult sport and it is down to what ever you do on the day. Max,

a fantastic achievement, great to speak to you. Thank you for joining

us. This is the satellite image showing

a break in the cloud and quite a bit of sunshine around the region.

Temperatures did nicely in the sunshine. We got up to 19 Celsius in

the East. 20 Celsius for the North Norfolk coast. By the end of the

week we will have temperatures below average, however. It will stay dry

tonight with a bit of missed and cloud for the likes of Essex.

Temperatures dropping between 11 and 12 Celsius. For tomorrow, this is a

cold front that will not change our temperatures too much. We should not

see too much rain either. A few spits and sports possible. Generally

a dry day for Tuesday. Temperatures will get to 18A19 degrees Celsius. A

moderate South—Westerly breeze. It all changes on Tuesday night.

Wednesday will see one or two showers. Here is the cold front

coming down from the North as it passes through, it will bring cooler

air and quite a bit of showery weather behind it. The associated

air with that, warm air in place at the beginning of Wednesday morning.

That will move southwards. Cooler air for Wednesday night and Thursday

morning. In his 19 degrees tomorrow then we're back down to 15 degrees

on Wednesday. The winds will turn blustery. Wendy on Thursday.

Temperatures between four and six Celsius. If you need more

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