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That is all from BBC News At Six, I will be back with more

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

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escape from Colchester Zoo. Marksmen are called in and three are shot

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dead. Police launch a criminal

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investigation into allegations that waiting time figures were fiddled at

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Colchester Hospital as NHS bosses admit they've got a massive task

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ahead of them. It can't get much worse but I hope it will get better.

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One of the biggest hauls of cannabis in Norfolk for years. Seven people

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are arrested. And as the Christmas shopping

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countdown begins, three reporters at three very different locations. I'm

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at Braintree with shoppers looking for a bargain out of town. I'm in

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Peter Brough, asking if people have started earlier this year. And I'm

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at an independent book shop in Suffolk where they say they can

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compete with the big boys online. First tonight, armed police on the

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streets of Colchester after five wolves escape from the zoo. The

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animals which escaped are Canadian Timber wolves. Males grow to nearly

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five feet long and reach around three feet tall. They can weigh more

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than ten stone and can go several days without food but they're

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normally timid and attacks on people are extremely rare. The wolves

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escaped after breaking through a perimeter fence. Kim Riley is at the

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zoo now. It was at 7:30am that a keeper raised the alarm. He noticed

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the perimeter fence around the enclosure had been damaged. It's not

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clear yet how that happened but five of the six Timberwolves had got out.

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One returned almost immediately. One was doused with an anaesthetic

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Darton recaptured, but they take 15 minutes to take action and don't

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always work on stressed animals, so for the other three animals, the

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options ran out. A police helicopter hovers above as marksmen search

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fields. It was believed to be sheltering in thick undergrowth. The

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zoo said these animals are timid and unless cornered, pose no risk to the

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public. I don't have a problem with the zoo. But they should at least

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let locals know. In 1986, five Timberwolves escaped from the zoo

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when heavy rain undermined their fence. But on that occasion, all is

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fine for safely recaptured. This time, a sad outcome. We had to make

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the decision that these animals had to be shot on sight. These are wild

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and dangerous animals. They are in a very unpredictable situation and

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will pose a risk to the public. We had one more wolf out which we did

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locate recently. But that also had to be shot. We have had a very

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difficult day and would appreciate for your consideration. We do not

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have anything further to add at this time.

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She was disappointed and thought it was sad that they resorted to

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shooting the animals. The keepers are devastated tonight. Apologies

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for the problems with the satellite. The scandal at Colchester Hospital

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widened into a criminal investigation today. News of formal

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police proceedings came as NHS England announced more details about

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its review into allegations that patient files at the hospital were

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falsified to meet Government targets. Hundreds of people

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currently being treated for cancer are having their cases examined. The

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team is then expected to look at cases dating back to 2010. Earlier,

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I spoke to Andrew Pike, who's in charge of the Incident Management

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Team. I asked him what would happen to any patients found to have been

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affected. If we do identify that we need to look at individual notes, we

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need to deal with individual patients, then those patients and

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family members will be fully involved in any work. They must be

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aware that there has been a problem and be involved. Depending on what

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we do will hinge on what we find. The most important issues that

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patients know they are being cared for and are receiving the treatment

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they deserve. If waiting times have been fiddled in the cancer

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treatment, they could have been fiddled in other departments.

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Potentially. I wouldn't like to poor judgement on that issue. It's

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important we go through all the facts and get ourselves a clear view

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of what has occurred. The government's review that monitors

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undertaking and the work the hospital have to put in place would

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be extensive and any common sense would say once we got to the bottom

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of the cancer problem, it would be sensible to make sure they have been

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no problems in other areas of surgery or outpatient waiting times,

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for example. The fact there is a police officer on this review team

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underlines how serious this is. You have to view this as a very serious

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issue. That's why the NHS has put the level of resource into these

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investigations. The fact the police investigation will hopefully

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reassure the public that we will always want to operate by high

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standards and people will be held to account for any misdemeanours should

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that be the case. Very difficult to reassure patients who are attending

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the hospital at this stage. We have had fiddling the figures, the

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hospital is in special measures, there is a culture of bullying. It

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will not get much worse than this. No, and is probably better this is

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out in the open. The only way you can manage this situation is to be

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open with the public. Things have gone wrong and you need to put

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things right. The NHS has to stand up, apologised to the public for

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this and do everything it can to put things right. It feels uncomfortable

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right now but it is ultimately to reassure the public. It can't get

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worse but I hope it will get better. The owner of a haulage company in

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Norfolk is claiming the Royal Bank of Scotland has driven him to the

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point of bankruptcy. The regulators are investigating a claim that RBS

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forced some small companies into liquidation so that they could seize

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their assets. He contacted the BBC to say he believes he is one of the

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victims. Until January, Paul Clark had a business worth millions of

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pounds, but he is now not allowed to step over this line as he doesn't

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own any more. The bank has forced his family firm into administration.

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It's very upsetting. It's caused us a lot of grief. Our business and our

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lives are totally on hold. We are in limbo. We are just hoping that

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something comes through. Paul Clark said of his business two decades

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ago. He had a turnover of ?1.6 million, but after borrowing

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?130,000 to build a new warehouse, the bank took three quarters of ?1

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million in costs and charges and has closed down his business. There is a

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lot of movement in our yard. Staff are 99% happy with their jobs. They

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are excited on a daily basis. But the day I went in and told them was

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a hard day. During a visit to the factory, the Business Secretary told

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look East how on official in his office had put together documents on

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RBS. This is not happening. If it has been happening, we need to get

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to the root of who is responsible and make sure that nothing like this

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happens again. RBS has not commented on specific cases but in a letter to

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the deputy governor of the Bank of England, the chief executive

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admitted he had got some angry clients.

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You can't express the anger. Paul Clark hopes to get his money back as

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well as his business and life. Police have arrested several people

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after discovering a cannabis and tobacco factory on a farm in

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Norfolk. Officers say the farm at Bradenham was hosting one of the

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biggest illegal operations they've come across in recent years. The

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goods seized are worth more than ?1 million. Armed officers were called

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on Sunday night following reports of an injured person. This turned out

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to be a hoax. Instead, police discovered sheds housing tobacco and

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cannabis. More than 20 rooms were being used to grow the drug. Norfolk

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police believe the factory had been operating for some time. It's been

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here for a significant amount of time. In a separate building, four

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tonnes of tobacco in 20 kilo sacks were found. Revenue and Customs

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officers say came from China. The tobacco was dried and processed for

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the UK counterfeit market. They estimate the lost in taxes is at

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least ?1 million. Police are still searching the farm and say the

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isolated location helped keep the factory secret. When you look at the

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production, it quite sophisticated. Then obviously, they have done a

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reasonably good job of concealing it, but intelligence has come from

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the community that has led to us understanding that this is here.

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Seven people are in custody, three of them foreign nationals, but there

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is no indication that any have been trafficked to work here.

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The superbug MRSA has been found in chickens and turkeys for the first

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time on a farm in Suffolk. The farm has not been named by the Department

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of Health but meat from hundreds of the birds has already been sold to

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the public. Experts say the health risk is very low because it's a

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non`human strain of the bug. There are now 29 shopping days till

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Christmas and already the battle on the High Street ` and on your laptop

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` is starting to hot up. So tonight, we're taking a look at three very

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different shopping venues to try to work out what the trends might be in

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this region. In a moment, an out`of`town shopping village in

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Essex, an independent book shop in Suffolk and a city centre mall in

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Peterborough. But first, how much are we spending this year? Here's

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Jenny Kirk. It's a month until Christmas and

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market analysts have started predicting what kind of a season

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it'll be for retailers. This year, for the first time, 20% of goods are

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expected to be bought online. That's a market worth around ?15 billion.

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But while the economy is improving, we're still being cautious with our

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money, only expecting to spend around ?30 more on food, travel and

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gifts than last year. But things are looking up. It's expected to be the

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strongest growth since 2007 and retail researchers are anticipating

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?2`3 billion more will be spent in Britain this December compared to

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last. The big change this year is in how we shop. We're not just online,

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we're on the move. There's expected to be a 337% increase in the number

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of people using their tablets and mobiles to buy gifts and we're not

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just using them ` we're buying them for presents. Sales are set to

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increase by 538% this Christmas. But what about the impact on the High

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Street? Well, while it can offer Christmas lights and Santa's grottos

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to tempt people in, and shoppers can touch the items and talk to an

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assistant about them, it is at the mercy of the weather, and it seems

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that comfort of buying and ease of delivery is appealing to many of us.

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34% of shoppers say they will buy most of their presents online this

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year. Some councils are trying to buck the trend. This morning, free

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parking was announced for Great Yarmouth on Sundays, and in Bedford,

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it's now free on Saturdays. Regionally, the CBI business

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lobbying organisation in Newmarket reports consumer confidence and

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spending is growing, and a sign that consumers are feeling more confident

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is the change in shops expecting a profitable Christmas. Last year, the

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budget ones did particularly well, like QD stores, Argos and Primark.

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This year, online retailers, like Amazon and the department stores,

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are expecting to see a 16% rise in sales, and the children's sector is

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also expecting to do well. There's been a baby boom during the

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recession as fewer of us go out. So, for our first report tonight,

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we're off to Freeport in Braintree. It's an out`of`town shopping centre

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with a difference. The details from Richard Daniel.

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Freeport Braintree, they call it a designer Village. What it means is

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national chains sending end of line products. This is M, but not as

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you might know it. It's MNS outlet. No familiar signs but plenty of

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shoppers on the hunt for a bargain. I have seen a couple of bits over

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there I like, tops and things like that. Definitely up for a bargain.

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My wife likes MNS. So are things finally looking up? Here, shops

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won't tell us precise figures. But having asked around, it seems that

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sales are up by 10% on the same week last year. A step away, Molton

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Brown. Plenty of seasonal smelly is for the stocking. People are in the

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spirit. People want to buy. But this is not a spending boom. The number

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of people shopping here may be up by 5%, but with household budgets

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shrinking, people are very cautious about what they buy. We see an

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uplift of 4`5%. People will come to the centre once or twice a year but

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come to the centre once or twice a year but comeback at Christmas. The

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Christmas rush still lies ahead. They are not talking record sales

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here but things are finally on the up it seems.

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OK, something very different now ` an independent book shop. For the

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last few years, life for them has been pretty tough. Many have already

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gone. From Suffolk, this report from Kevin Burch.

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The high Street, most of the shops here are independent. The book shop

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has been in business since 1949 and been voted independent book shop of

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the year. Its present owners are John and Mary Janes. We bought the

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shopping 2000 and a lot of people said, you are very unwise. Everyone

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will buy everything on the Internet. But we did by the book shop and we

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have had 13.5 very happy years. They stock 12,000 titles. They can't

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compete on price with the Giants but can offer a wide range and advice.

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As for digital reading, they say there's nothing like getting your

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hands on the real thing. You can see where you are in a book and can see

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how far where you have got. If you are using an electronic device, you

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have no idea where you are! It's a beautiful thing, on the whole, and a

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very well evolved object. In small towns, book shops definitely have a

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place. You feel as if you are part of the whole creation of the book

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and you can just enjoy feeling the book and looking at it, and without

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book, it becomes impersonal. East Anglia might be a place where book

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shops will remain. It is a part of England were maybe people value the

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independent sector. The reality, though, is that other book shops in

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the area have already shot. Finally, the Queensgate Centre in

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the centre of Peterborough. The message here ` Christmas shopping is

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happening earlier every year. Louise Hubball spent the morning there.

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As the Christmas rush gets underway, look around here. Here is something

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new. There is not a vacant store inside. What we have seen this year

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is great retailer demand. We fully let for the first time in a few

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years. That is transpiring in improving foot fall and sales for

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retailers. It feels busy here and people are buying. The centre says

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they have had an extra 250,000 shoppers compare to this time last

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year, so it seems the race has started earlier to grab that perfect

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gift. Last November, the big news here was the launch of prime arc.

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Now that manage `` now that magic seems to have rubbed off on other

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retailers. Have you started early? I certainly have. I started in

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January! Hit the sales. Are you feeling more confident this year?

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Yes, because now I am working, so it's easier for me. I see

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advertising and early decorations. For me, some clothes. I've got five

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grandchildren and two great`grandchildren. Mad! This has a

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potential catchment area of 1 million visitors. People are

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shopping for bargains but they are buying and seem to be doing it

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earlier. James Brown is an accountant from

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Grant Thornton based in Suffolk. From your point of view, what are

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you hearing about how well businesses are doing this year?

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Things are on the up. All evidence points to that. We recently ran our

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annual report and growth in Suffolk alone was up 6%. It's more about

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what profit people are making on the back of that growth but confidence

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is returning. We hear a lot in the news about government figures being

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more positive and the economy being on the up, but what it boils down to

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for retail is how much people feel they have in their pockets. You have

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got to competing forces: Good news about the economy, people are buoyed

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about house prices going up, people are hearing good things about

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employment, therefore thinking, shall we make that purchase? But the

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end of the day, inflation is still rising quicker than earnings growth

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and therefore, in real terms, you are probably a little worse off. You

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put that together with the high`profile energy price

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increases, and psychologically, that's not good place the consumer

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to be. Makes them feel insecure. As far as the online versus high

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Street, we've heard how online sales are going up year`on`year. How bad

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is that getting for the high street? Online retail is 20% of the market

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and it's growing. The high street is actually been pretty good. Over the

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last few years, they have had to fight. It has been innovative and ``

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in its offering and pricing. It has tried to make the shopping

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experience more entertaining. Local authorities are trying to help by

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making sure that roadworks were closed before the onset of the

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Christmas shopping season because you don't want people waking up on a

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Saturday, thinking, I don't want to go into town because I can't face

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the traffic. And so, that's all good stuff. The big test will be the

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weather. We heard in one of those reports that may be in this region

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we value the independent sector more, but how does this region

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compared to other regions? I'm a big advocate of East Anglia, but there

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is evidence to show we're doing all right. Last week, the British retail

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Consortium released figures saying that in October, footfall fell

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year`on`year by 3%. In East Anglia, it was the only region which went

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up. Let's start with a beautiful sunset.

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We have been in a fairly static weather pattern for the last few

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days. There are subtle changes underway, and already, we have got

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this warm front heading southwards. It doesn't mean it will turn warm

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but there will be milder air behind it. Having said that, we have had a

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lot of cloud around tonight. There are gaps in the cloud, allowing

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temperatures to drop. Certainly possible we may get a touch of

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ground frost. The general trend will be for increasing amounts of cloud

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to move in. Also, patchy, light rain expected. Quite damp conditions.

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This will take its time to clear, but across the northern half, it

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will clear away, leaving cloud. The northern half may be seeing

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something brighter into the afternoon, but across the south

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eastern half, a lot of cloud. The numbers tomorrow will be slightly

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higher: Eight or nine Celsius, that if you are stuck in the cloud, it

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will not necessarily make it feel warmer. The winds will be light, and

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as you see that brightness starting to break through. Then we are into

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one next change in pressure pattern because the high pressure that has

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stood firm is showing signs of moving. It's moving westwards and

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you can see this area of low pressure. That will move southwards

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and push this cold front down. It will introduce cooler air but the

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sauce is mid`Atlantic air so it is not particularly cold. What will

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make it feel cold is the strength of the wind. Certainly, by the end of

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the week, it will feel colder. Thursday brings us a fairly cloudy

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day. There will be some breaks appearing. Temperatures still

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holding up to eight degrees, and then we start afresh and wind. Maybe

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a few spots of rain, but not particularly active. A little cooler

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for Saturday. Still quite windy and we see the return of cold nights

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Friday and Saturday night.

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