:00:00. > :00:09.News at Six, so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One we now join
:00:10. > :00:13.Schoolchildren in this region have the worst chance of a good education
:00:14. > :00:21.compares with anywhere else in England. Ofsted says finding the
:00:22. > :00:24.right features is a problem. You would not want to go if Ofsted say
:00:25. > :00:30.the schools are not good. We will not apologise for identifying where
:00:31. > :00:37.we think things are not right. That is our job. Welcome. Also tonight:
:00:38. > :00:43.Detectives rule out foul play in the death of movie star Jean Kent at her
:00:44. > :00:47.retirement home in Suffolk. Six days after the tidal surge, the race
:00:48. > :00:53.begins to repair the damage sea defences. Join me at Silverstone to
:00:54. > :00:58.see how some of the region's sporting superstars get on behind
:00:59. > :01:13.the wheels. Schools in this region have been
:01:14. > :01:16.given another set of poor marks by the official watchdog. In Norfolk
:01:17. > :01:20.and Suffolk they are still stuck in the bottom ten per cent of the whole
:01:21. > :01:23.country. And Ofsted says the gap between our struggling schools and
:01:24. > :01:26.the rest of the country is getting wider. In its annual report, Ofsted
:01:27. > :01:31.blames "poor leadership and teaching" which are delivering "a
:01:32. > :01:37.mediocre education." The main concern is in primary schools. In
:01:38. > :01:40.England almost 80% of pupils are going to good or outstanding
:01:41. > :01:44.primaries. Locally we fall short. In Essex, seven out of ten attend a
:01:45. > :01:48.good school. In Suffolk and Norfolk it's even lower. Compare that with
:01:49. > :01:59.inner city areas like Lambeth and Lewisham. Both scored around 90%.
:02:00. > :02:04.Speaking today, the education minister said a number of factors
:02:05. > :02:08.were to blame. What Ofsted have said is overall schools are improving,
:02:09. > :02:12.more schools are good and outstanding, but there is still an
:02:13. > :02:15.issue with behaviour and discipline. This government has given more
:02:16. > :02:22.powers for headteachers to exclude pupils permanently, to have the
:02:23. > :02:27.tensions, to search the sessions. `` same day detention. In a moment, the
:02:28. > :02:31.picture in Suffolk. But we start in Norfolk which had a mountain to
:02:32. > :02:34.climb after it was placed near the bottom of the league tables last
:02:35. > :02:37.year. A spokesman for Ofsted said today it's puzzling that such a
:02:38. > :02:38.beautiful county was struggling to attract talented teachers. This is
:02:39. > :02:52.from our chief reporter Kim Riley. A teacher in Norfolk for 40 years
:02:53. > :02:55.retires next week after 24 years as head teacher at Angel Road Junior
:02:56. > :03:05.School in Norwich. He is proud of what the pupils have
:03:06. > :03:09.achieved, far exceeding national targets set in a previous
:03:10. > :03:14.inspection, and is confused by Ofsted's ruling that the school
:03:15. > :03:18.needs improvement. Ofsted are adopting a very punitive approach,
:03:19. > :03:26.no matter how hard I try, it is never going to be good enough, and
:03:27. > :03:29.they are rewarding schools that have raised and it's by taking us down a
:03:30. > :03:39.grade and saying that we require improvement. `` raised standards.
:03:40. > :03:44.This Ofsted inspector accepts that no system is perfect but says there
:03:45. > :03:48.is no doubt that some of the teaching needs to improve. I asked
:03:49. > :03:53.two questions, is the lesson you have taught good enough for your own
:03:54. > :03:55.offspring, if you come out of that and think you would have been
:03:56. > :04:03.disappointed if your children had been top that, you should be
:04:04. > :04:07.disappointed in what you have done . The other question, if you keep on
:04:08. > :04:11.delivering lessons like that, perhaps the second question is, is
:04:12. > :04:17.this really what I want to be doing? Ofsted's chief is the says the story
:04:18. > :04:26.of our schools is a tale of two nations. It is a problem, not just
:04:27. > :04:29.in Norfolk but the whole country. We need to have some investment from
:04:30. > :04:34.government, it will not be enough to expect the county councils to do it
:04:35. > :04:38.on their own. The county council's improvement plan has set an
:04:39. > :04:45.ambitious target to have all schools rated good or outstanding by 2016.
:04:46. > :04:51.This time last year, the education authorities in Suffolk were shocked
:04:52. > :04:55.to find themselves at the bottom of national league tables. It triggered
:04:56. > :04:56.a programme of improvements involving schools, teachers and
:04:57. > :05:08.parents. Has it worked? These pupils are practising hard for
:05:09. > :05:14.a concert but according to Ofsted they are among 29,000 at schools in
:05:15. > :05:18.Suffolk that require improvement, are not up to scratch. The
:05:19. > :05:24.headteacher's priority is a good rating, but for now, this is one of
:05:25. > :05:30.the underperforming schools. It is very demoralising. When I started
:05:31. > :05:33.teaching here many years ago it was considered to be one of the better
:05:34. > :05:39.local authorities. People used to say to me, they will look after you.
:05:40. > :05:42.Unfortunately, the dwindling numbers of people available to support
:05:43. > :05:48.schools has made a big difference to what they are able to provide.
:05:49. > :05:52.Suffolk county council insists it is working hard to help pupils and
:05:53. > :06:00.drive up standards. They are spending ?2.4 million on this
:06:01. > :06:05.programme. September, officials have removed three governing bodies and
:06:06. > :06:09.issued three warning notices. Standards are rising in Suffolk
:06:10. > :06:14.schools. We need to speed that up, work with head teachers, governors,
:06:15. > :06:20.to ensure that they are doubling their efforts to raise standards in
:06:21. > :06:25.school and get them better. The problem is worse in the primary
:06:26. > :06:31.schools. They are 138th out of 150 in the national league table. The
:06:32. > :06:39.secondary schools are 89th out of 150. They plan to be rated good by
:06:40. > :06:44.Ofsted next autumn. I am confident that this school was borderline,
:06:45. > :06:50.requires improvement, is close to achieving the grade it deserves. The
:06:51. > :06:56.teachers are motivated and inspiring. That is all I need from
:06:57. > :07:02.my children. That is what they get here. There are signs that standards
:07:03. > :07:04.are beginning to improve, but for now, that improvement is small and
:07:05. > :07:13.it could take a long time. Sean Harford is the regional
:07:14. > :07:18.director of Ofsted. Earlier this afternoon, I asked him about the
:07:19. > :07:22.situation. Primary education across the East of England is, in terms of
:07:23. > :07:27.the schools, the worst in the country. The gap is widening, so
:07:28. > :07:33.whilst we have seen some improvement over the year, the gap is widening
:07:34. > :07:38.further, against other regions. Why is that? We see too much mediated
:07:39. > :07:42.teaching in schools, and we think that is as a result of weak
:07:43. > :07:47.leadership. Across the East of England we have the weakest quality
:07:48. > :07:52.of leadership management in schools of any of the regions. I seem to
:07:53. > :07:56.have heard this time and time again. We don't have the right people
:07:57. > :08:02.teaching our children. Why can we put it right? The national report is
:08:03. > :08:04.calling upon the National College for teaching and learning to
:08:05. > :08:12.incentivise the best teachers to go to these areas where we need them.
:08:13. > :08:17.Spell this out for us, should we pay them more? In part, it is about
:08:18. > :08:21.conditions as well, there is an element of selling any area. Norfolk
:08:22. > :08:29.is a beautiful county. Why you would not want to go work there, I don't
:08:30. > :08:33.know. Ofsted keep seeing the schools are not good enough. We are not
:08:34. > :08:37.going to apologise for saying where we don't think things are right. It
:08:38. > :08:42.is the job. Is the problem money has been poured into inner cities and
:08:43. > :08:46.places like Norfolk suffer? They do not have enough money? Clearly, we
:08:47. > :08:54.would not deny that you need funds to give children a good education.
:08:55. > :08:58.The issue is that we can identify other places in the country with
:08:59. > :09:02.equal funding to the East of England where they are doing better. It is
:09:03. > :09:08.not just about funds. It is about great leadership. It is about making
:09:09. > :09:14.sure that when you have the people you have got, you improve what they
:09:15. > :09:20.do, and if they don't improve you need to be disciplined. You spoke
:09:21. > :09:25.about incentivising, you said it was partly about money, then you said it
:09:26. > :09:31.is all about money. It is partly about money. But equal funds produce
:09:32. > :09:34.different results. If I was a child who started in primary school five
:09:35. > :09:40.years ago, my life, reasonably, has been ruined because nobody gave me
:09:41. > :09:46.the right start in education. We have identified this year and idea
:09:47. > :09:51.between the lucky and the unlucky child, and you're absolutely right.
:09:52. > :09:54.I live in Cambridgeshire, my children were lucky to go to a
:09:55. > :10:00.really good primary and secondary school. My daughter is at a
:10:01. > :10:05.fantastic college. If I drive 30 miles north of where I live,
:10:06. > :10:12.appearing there would have a different story to tell. `` parents
:10:13. > :10:15.there. Do parents in this region have to accept that we will have a
:10:16. > :10:20.lost generation of children coming through schools? I don't think they
:10:21. > :10:26.should. They need to play their part in making sure are not right they
:10:27. > :10:32.are telling people where things are not right. Come to terms with it? I
:10:33. > :10:39.don't think we should because it sounds defeatist. We want to stop
:10:40. > :10:45.wringing hands and rolling our sleeves up. Thank you. Detectives in
:10:46. > :10:48.Suffolk said this evening there was nothing suspicious about the death
:10:49. > :10:51.of one of Britain's great movie stars of the 1950s. Jean Kent was
:10:52. > :10:54.found collapsed at her home in Suffolk two weeks ago. The coroner
:10:55. > :10:58.asked for a police investigation because of injuries on her body. In
:10:59. > :11:00.her heyday, she appeared alongside some of the Hollywood greats,
:11:01. > :11:01.including Laurence Olivier and Stewart Grainger. Let's get some
:11:02. > :11:15.more details now from Gareth George. This is Saint Margaret's church in
:11:16. > :11:19.West Thorpe, where Jean Kent's funeral should already have taken
:11:20. > :11:25.place. The service was postponed while the police investigated the
:11:26. > :11:29.circumstances surrounding her death. Quiet Suffolk villages are not where
:11:30. > :11:32.you would expect a fine film stars, but Jean Kent, pictured here for
:11:33. > :11:40.months before she died, had lived here for more than 20 years. ``
:11:41. > :11:46.expect to find film stars. She was one of the most likeable people you
:11:47. > :11:51.could ever wish to meet. No edge, always a past of `` part of the
:11:52. > :12:00.community, and friendly person to have around. This is Jean Kent with
:12:01. > :12:07.Stewart Grainger. She was one of the biggest British film stars of the
:12:08. > :12:11.1940s and 1950s. At her wedding she was mobbed by fans. This is the
:12:12. > :12:18.house where Jean Kent had lived alone in the death of her husband.
:12:19. > :12:20.On November the 28th, her housekeeper found her lying
:12:21. > :12:26.semiconscious on her bedroom floor. She was taken to the West Suffolk
:12:27. > :12:32.hospital and was found to have fractured ribs and severe bruising.
:12:33. > :12:34.She died two days later. At first, police treated her death as
:12:35. > :12:40.unexplained. They were asked to investigate. Wherever she is now,
:12:41. > :12:45.she might be having a black laugh about this scenario, saying it was a
:12:46. > :12:56.bit like the plot of one of her films.
:12:57. > :13:03.Did anyone still recognise her? Yes. We have been out with her, people
:13:04. > :13:11.would recognise her, they would go up to her and say something. Late
:13:12. > :13:17.this afternoon, Suffolk police said officers were satisfied there are no
:13:18. > :13:23.suspicious circumstances surrounding Jean Kent's death. They inspected
:13:24. > :13:28.her house and found no signs of a break`in, and she told nobody at the
:13:29. > :13:31.hospital she had been assaulted. That is why police have come to the
:13:32. > :13:36.conclusion that there is nothing suspicious. That will be a relief to
:13:37. > :13:37.her friends and family, they can now start planning a fitting tribute to
:13:38. > :13:44.her. Thank you. Railway workers will be holding a
:13:45. > :13:48.ballot on industrial action in a dispute involving cleaners at
:13:49. > :13:57.railway stations. The RMT Union is in dispute with the train operator
:13:58. > :14:01.Greater Anglia. They say they want to push through proposals to cut
:14:02. > :14:11.jobs. The ballot will be held between now and January sixth.
:14:12. > :14:20.Still to come: Living with dementia, we report on a big step forward in
:14:21. > :14:23.research in this region. These sports men are good at rugby,
:14:24. > :14:32.football and cricket, but can they drive?
:14:33. > :14:37.Six days after the tidal surge swept down the region's coast, work has
:14:38. > :14:40.begun on repairing the damage caused to sea defences. The Environment
:14:41. > :14:44.Agency says it's too early to say how much it will all cost but it
:14:45. > :14:47.will take time and money. Today, the Minister in charge of the recovery
:14:48. > :14:50.programme chaired a meeting in Whitehall. We'll be hearing from
:14:51. > :14:53.Brandon Lewis in a moment. But first, our environment reporter
:14:54. > :15:00.Richard Daniel has been to see the diggers in action in Suffolk trying
:15:01. > :15:07.to plug the gaps. It was built following the floods of 1953. But it
:15:08. > :15:11.was no match for the surge of 2013. This was one of 22 places in Suffolk
:15:12. > :15:15.where sea and river walls were breached, as were many more in
:15:16. > :15:22.Norfolk. Here's the point where the water poured in. During the search,
:15:23. > :15:25.the sea came over this whole. There was pressure on the front edge. What
:15:26. > :15:32.they think happened is the water went mind as it came over. It
:15:33. > :15:40.created a weakness which caused the wall to fall. Heavy machinery
:15:41. > :15:45.arrived to make emergency repairs. Locals say not enough has been done.
:15:46. > :15:53.Banks slump, they lose height over a period of time, that would have had
:15:54. > :15:58.an effect this particular case, because there are at least 120
:15:59. > :16:04.metres of topping and a lesser amount in the other direction.
:16:05. > :16:08.Norfolk and Suffolk's defences for the brunt of last week's North Sea
:16:09. > :16:14.surge. The extent of the damage and the cost is still being assessed.
:16:15. > :16:19.Months of work lie ahead, the cost is expected to run into millions of
:16:20. > :16:21.pounds. With the field teams and contractors we are going out of the
:16:22. > :16:31.most urgent locations and filling them with clay. We are doing
:16:32. > :16:35.emergency repairs so we can stop any further tide coming in right.
:16:36. > :16:39.Ultimately, we will come back and assess these locations to see what
:16:40. > :16:43.further work will be needed. The environment agency is drafting in
:16:44. > :16:47.extra staff. They said the immediate priority is to plug the gaps that
:16:48. > :16:57.have left properties and communities at risk. A committee to oversee the
:16:58. > :17:03.reconstruction of homes and businesses met for the first time. I
:17:04. > :17:06.spoke to Brandon Lewis, the MP. He said there will not be any extra
:17:07. > :17:12.money so I asked how the work will be paid for. At the moment, local
:17:13. > :17:17.authorities, the agencies charged with the clear process, arguing that
:17:18. > :17:21.work. The government has activated the Bellwin Scheme, so local
:17:22. > :17:26.authorities can make a claim to central government. It is a
:17:27. > :17:31.well`known scheme. They have used it in floods before. They will be
:17:32. > :17:36.recompensed for that. The environment agency is assessing the
:17:37. > :17:40.damage. They will assess that as part of their budget. They have an
:17:41. > :17:44.ongoing budget in terms of flood work and repair work and flood
:17:45. > :17:52.protection. That has increased under this government and in my own can
:17:53. > :17:59.Rich Ricci, just next year, there is a scheme to improve it. `` my own
:18:00. > :18:06.constituency. What have your constituents been saying about help
:18:07. > :18:10.from government? Obviously, I have a role to look at what we're doing, to
:18:11. > :18:15.make sure the clear up work is going ahead properly across the country.
:18:16. > :18:19.As a constituency member of Parliament for great Yarmouth I have
:18:20. > :18:25.two sides of it. We have residents who have benefited this year from
:18:26. > :18:30.the work that was done, and the town centre was not as badly hit, and we
:18:31. > :18:34.have a further ?28 million of work starting next year, that is
:18:35. > :18:38.fantastic news to protect about 15,000 properties. We still have
:18:39. > :18:44.work to do around the coastal erosion issue. Part of this is
:18:45. > :18:49.making sure whatever work is done is the correct work. Making sure the
:18:50. > :18:54.experts have looked at it and the money is being spent to give help to
:18:55. > :19:01.those areas. How worried are you about future flooding events? We are
:19:02. > :19:06.always against nature. The internal work that is being done will give us
:19:07. > :19:11.further protection, but when we get a surge like that, even with flood
:19:12. > :19:14.defences and coastal erosion work, there will not necessarily be
:19:15. > :19:19.protection from the harshest realities of nature, particularly as
:19:20. > :19:24.an island nation. There is a concern about why it is important that the
:19:25. > :19:27.planning work is done. Local groups did amazing work making sure those
:19:28. > :19:32.preparations are in place. They paid dividends to make sure areas like
:19:33. > :19:37.great Yarmouth could evacuate. If we have that, the important thing is
:19:38. > :19:40.people remain safe by listening to the advice they are given by all of
:19:41. > :19:48.the agencies, the emergency services, the environment agency, he
:19:49. > :19:55.the warnings and stay safe. `` he'd the warnings. As you may have seen,
:19:56. > :19:58.world leaders are ` for the first time ` coming together to talk about
:19:59. > :20:02.dementia. It's given hope to a Cambridge charity that has for years
:20:03. > :20:05.worked towards treatment and a cure. Today Alzheimer's Research UK
:20:06. > :20:08.announced it's going to spend ?3m to boost research into finding the
:20:09. > :20:14.right drugs. Anna Todd has been to meet two women whose lives have been
:20:15. > :20:20.turned upside down by the disease. In their late 80s, life began to
:20:21. > :20:24.change for Mary and Fred Carling. She could not make a cup of tea.
:20:25. > :20:34.Things like that. She put frozen food into a draw. `` drawer. They
:20:35. > :20:42.started arguing in ways that they had not done before. Their daughter
:20:43. > :20:46.watched as dementia set in. My father was diagnosed and we were
:20:47. > :20:49.told there was nothing we could do. My mother was not diagnosed, the
:20:50. > :20:58.Doctor said there was not much point giving her any medication. Today,
:20:59. > :21:06.world leaders pledged treatments and cures by 2025. Arguably the most
:21:07. > :21:11.significant event in dementia and Alzheimer's described the disease.
:21:12. > :21:15.We are tasked with making it more visible than it has ever been
:21:16. > :21:23.before. Hope is hard to come by. Most drugs trials fail. On the back
:21:24. > :21:25.of this summit, one Cambridge charity is pulling together a
:21:26. > :21:33.consortium, research experts from all sectors. Why has it taken so
:21:34. > :21:39.long for the world to come together? It may be that some ageism is at
:21:40. > :21:44.play. That is perhaps one reason it has not received the attention it
:21:45. > :21:50.deserves. Another is we have not had many success stories and I think
:21:51. > :21:56.success breeds success. It is too late for Sarah Kane's husband, who
:21:57. > :22:01.was diagnosed with Alzheimer's age 43. I don't have children,
:22:02. > :22:06.grandchildren, I will probably not grow old with the man I was
:22:07. > :22:12.expecting to grow old with. Together in a care home, Mary and Fred
:22:13. > :22:15.Carling did just that. They celebrated their platinum wedding
:22:16. > :22:17.anniversary in the home. In spite of everything, they loved each other
:22:18. > :22:26.right up until the end. If you have any questions or
:22:27. > :22:30.concerns about dementia you can get some very useful advice from Age UK.
:22:31. > :22:40.You can ring them on 0800 169 6565 or log on to their website. It is:
:22:41. > :22:43.ageuk.org.uk. Some of the region's most talented sportsmen swapped
:22:44. > :22:47.their rugby boots and cricket bats today, for the wheel of a fast car
:22:48. > :22:49.at Silverstone. The idea was to see how stars from Northampton's
:22:50. > :22:53.football, cricket and rugby teams would get on around the circuit.
:22:54. > :22:57.Driving a fast car is one thing but tearing round in the fog this
:22:58. > :23:06.morning proved to be a real challenge.Mike Liggins was there.
:23:07. > :23:14.Alex Weekley was trying on his motor racing uniform for size. I checked
:23:15. > :23:21.out if these Northampton Town footballers were safe to drive.
:23:22. > :23:32.In the briefing, Danny Emerton looked nervous, but then he spoke a
:23:33. > :23:36.good game. I am a good driver. A few of the lads then there would not be
:23:37. > :23:43.so sure about that, but I will be OK. Really? Some of them not so
:23:44. > :23:49.good? You need to look out for them. Strapped in and ready to go. This
:23:50. > :23:56.footballer bunny hopped his way down the pit lane. The foggy conditions
:23:57. > :24:03.made driving difficult. One of the drivers appears to have stopped. He
:24:04. > :24:08.cannot start again either. I think he got lost in the fog.
:24:09. > :24:16.We saw you bunny hopping down the pit lane. That was quite good.
:24:17. > :24:27.Obviously, my car is a bit different. Once I found the clutch,
:24:28. > :24:31.I was more comfortable. Then it was the turn of the rugby players and
:24:32. > :24:38.the Cricketers, they have had three years. The sports are coming
:24:39. > :24:40.together, we trained with another team the other day. It is good for
:24:41. > :24:49.the town. Sadly, some of the players never got
:24:50. > :24:54.to show how quickly would have been because the fog came down and it was
:24:55. > :24:57.not safe to drive, but money was raised for Northampton general, and
:24:58. > :25:00.the footballers ever give up the day job, there might be a new Lewis
:25:01. > :25:05.Hamilton here. Unlikely, but you never know.
:25:06. > :25:16.What a shame for all of them. Very bad luck. Quite a lot of us have
:25:17. > :25:21.this fog. For some of us, it did lift, making some beautiful sunsets.
:25:22. > :25:29.We have some photographs showing the sun setting. Some of us had fog all
:25:30. > :25:37.day, making conditions Chile. It will re`form through this evening
:25:38. > :25:40.and overnight. `` chilly. It should not be as widespread as it was last
:25:41. > :25:45.night. You can still see that we have high pressure, light wind,
:25:46. > :25:53.clear skies, conditions are pretty ideal. You can see the satellite
:25:54. > :25:58.image from earlier across this western half, that is where it
:25:59. > :26:08.lingered. Expect an evening, the first part of the night will be
:26:09. > :26:14.misty and foggy. Temperatures around freezing for most of us, that could
:26:15. > :26:23.mean fog patches. Temperatures will hover around 2`3 Celsius. Tomorrow,
:26:24. > :26:29.it is going to be misty, but it should lift the way and we will be
:26:30. > :26:32.left with a cloudy forecast. There might be brighter spells but the
:26:33. > :26:36.general trend will be for the cloud to increase into the afternoon. It
:26:37. > :26:41.should stay dry, although into the afternoon and evening, just a few
:26:42. > :26:50.spots of drizzle are possible. Still a cold day. The wind will freshen
:26:51. > :26:57.from the south. The pressure pattern is changing, by Friday the
:26:58. > :27:01.high`pressure routes away `` moves away and we have this coming in from
:27:02. > :27:05.the west. The wind will strengthen, but this weather front will not have
:27:06. > :27:10.a great deal of rain on it by the time it gets to our part of the
:27:11. > :27:16.region. Some brighter spells to start with, but on the whole a lot
:27:17. > :27:22.of cloud. Into the mid to late afternoon, there is a chance of
:27:23. > :27:27.patchy rain, turning more persistent. The wind will freshen
:27:28. > :27:34.through Friday. For the weekend it looks largely dry, a bit cloudy at
:27:35. > :27:36.times. Another chilly night, but temperatures will be above freezing.
:27:37. > :27:38.times. Another chilly night, but temperatures will be Goodbye. See
:27:39. > :27:40.you tomorrow.