:00:00. > :00:08.Hello. For the first time today, a worker at Colchester Hospital in
:00:09. > :00:19.Essex has been giving an insider's account of what happened over the
:00:20. > :00:22.scandal of cancer records. It was only through fear led by the
:00:23. > :00:27.management and constant threat of having to report to the Chief
:00:28. > :00:37.Executive team that people didn't come out sooner, as far as I am
:00:38. > :00:48.aware. In football, Ipswich town have a new face. And stay with us
:00:49. > :01:01.for a live interview with the strictly come dancing judge. For the
:01:02. > :01:05.first time today, a worker at Colchester Hospital Trust at Essex
:01:06. > :01:10.has given an insiders account of what happened over the scandal of
:01:11. > :01:14.cancer records. The staff member makes it clear it was the hospital
:01:15. > :01:17.managers who insisted on fiddling the data on waiting times.
:01:18. > :01:19.There has already been a dramatic fall`out from the scandal. The chief
:01:20. > :01:22.executive has resigned and inspectors from the NHS say they
:01:23. > :01:26.will now check patient records, going back years, to establish the
:01:27. > :01:29.scale of the wrongdoing. But, today, we heard from somebody who was
:01:30. > :01:33.actually involved in making those false returns. In this report from
:01:34. > :01:41.Tom Barton, we have disguised the identity of that person. For six
:01:42. > :01:46.weeks, Colchester Hospital has been under scrutiny under `` and
:01:47. > :01:49.allegations it manipulated cancer waiting time data. Inspectors said
:01:50. > :01:53.the scandal may have affected patient care. But exactly how
:01:54. > :02:02.patients were affected remains unclear. We were told to book
:02:03. > :02:08.pensions that were not breached so our performance figures were ``
:02:09. > :02:13.would look better. We were only an out a certain number of breaches per
:02:14. > :02:18.month. Because the target had been missed, they had to wait even longer
:02:19. > :02:28.in order that it wouldn't look like the hospital had missed the
:02:29. > :02:35.targets? absolutely. Other patients had been waiting in excess of 15 or
:02:36. > :02:40.20 weeks. People watching this will be absolutely amazed to hear that. I
:02:41. > :02:45.can imagine they would be. We were absolutely distraught at this going
:02:46. > :02:49.on and I can promise the public that certainly everybody I worked with
:02:50. > :02:53.challenged this behaviour constantly and which is only through fear led
:02:54. > :02:57.by the management and constant threats of having to report to the
:02:58. > :03:03.Chief Executive team that people didn't come out sooner, as far as I
:03:04. > :03:07.am aware. The hospital admin worker is being supported by her union. She
:03:08. > :03:15.said when staff complained, management ignored them. They told
:03:16. > :03:17.all staff to get on with it. It was essential because of the trust was
:03:18. > :03:24.seen to be failing, the monitor would come in and everyone's lives
:03:25. > :03:28.will be made difficult. On Wednesday, the Chief Executive
:03:29. > :03:34.resigned and yesterday, NHS England said it was extending a review to
:03:35. > :03:38.cover all hospital department. Colchester Hospital Trust said, we
:03:39. > :03:43.take these claims extremely seriously and will take this
:03:44. > :03:47.accident `` and will take disciplinary action.
:03:48. > :03:51.One of Britain's biggest bookmakers has taken over a failed racecourse
:03:52. > :03:53.in Essex. Betfred is leading a consortium which is promising to
:03:54. > :04:01.breathe new life into the Great Leighs course. It opened five years
:04:02. > :04:07.ago but quickly collapsed. The new owners are planning to resume racing
:04:08. > :04:10.there by 2015. This was Great Leighs in the spring of 2008, the new
:04:11. > :04:18.weather racecourse nearing accomplished. A champagne moment was
:04:19. > :04:23.looming for a venue with floodlights shaped like glasses of bubbly. It
:04:24. > :04:29.was a moment to savour but celebration gave way to
:04:30. > :04:33.administration. Andy Waite was the former clerk of the course, a
:04:34. > :04:39.troubled past but he hopes a triumphant future. Everyone asks
:04:40. > :04:42.when is it going to open. They enjoyed it when it was open and they
:04:43. > :04:50.look forward to it opening in the future. The consortium is made up of
:04:51. > :05:01.three firms, boy`macro with a turnover of ?8 billion, SAS and the
:05:02. > :05:05.media company debt solution. There ideas of putting serious money into
:05:06. > :05:11.this racecourse will be very important because the industry needs
:05:12. > :05:18.it. The special track is still in top condition, two new grandstands
:05:19. > :05:27.are planned. They want a new name. Chelmsford city racecourse, it is to
:05:28. > :05:32.everybody's taste. Keep it as Great Leighs, let's be proud of that nice
:05:33. > :05:36.Essex man. Maybe it is a fresh start. Well, I can understand why
:05:37. > :05:43.they might be reasons for moving away from Great Leighs but
:05:44. > :05:48.Chelmsford city sounds like an airport and it is miles away from
:05:49. > :05:51.Chelmsford. Because audience there they mean business and will turn it
:05:52. > :05:55.into the best all`weather facility in Europe.
:05:56. > :05:58.Some of the most rundown churches in this region have been given an early
:05:59. > :06:01.Christmas present from the National Lottery. Churches across Essex,
:06:02. > :06:12.Suffolk and Norfolk will share in a grant of more than ?0.5 million for
:06:13. > :06:15.urgent repairs. All Saints Church is around 900 years old but that
:06:16. > :06:21.doesn't bother the woodpeckers, they have left their mark on the spire
:06:22. > :06:25.and now the roof leaks. We are entering the nave of the church and
:06:26. > :06:29.it is the south part of the nave on this site will we have the water
:06:30. > :06:35.problem. We find the water comes down this wall here and it hits the
:06:36. > :06:38.pews. It's that is everywhere and renders that area of the church
:06:39. > :06:45.useless for Sunday services. Now, long`awaited repairs should soon
:06:46. > :06:51.begin with the help of just under ?200,000 from the Heritage shortages
:06:52. > :06:57.and `` Heritage lottery fund. It the best Christmas present we could ever
:06:58. > :07:01.have. It enables us to do the repairs to make the building
:07:02. > :07:04.watertight so we can do community activities along with the worship
:07:05. > :07:11.that we need to do in this village for the parish. This church topped
:07:12. > :07:19.the list money being handed out. I was announced today are St Mary is,
:07:20. > :07:28.holy Trinity and St Margaret as well as St Peter and St Pauls Church and
:07:29. > :07:31.all Saints Church. The grant for churches have been given out to
:07:32. > :07:41.churches where they have to have the work done in two years. These are
:07:42. > :07:46.for the most urgent ones. Years of work has gone into securing funding
:07:47. > :07:49.to protect this grade one listed church. In a few weeks, with the
:07:50. > :07:54.decorations come down, the scaffolding will finally go up.
:07:55. > :08:02.Graham James, the Bishop of Norwich, is with us now. ?500,000, quite
:08:03. > :08:06.nice. Very good, very encouraging but it needs to be put in the
:08:07. > :08:12.context of many millions of pounds which church congregations raise
:08:13. > :08:17.each year to maintain our wonderful listed and beautiful parish
:08:18. > :08:23.churches. I thought the church disapproved of the National water
:08:24. > :08:29.rich. There are no shortages of raffles. The lottery funding is
:08:30. > :08:32.something that has replaced English Heritage grants every largely and
:08:33. > :08:40.the problem of the lottery is that the size of the prizes can cause
:08:41. > :08:47.people who are far too poor to spend too much money on it so, yes, there
:08:48. > :08:49.are difficulties with it. That in principle, gambling is never a
:08:50. > :08:57.brilliant idea but we recognise the reality of it and this funding
:08:58. > :09:03.stream has been created and we are grateful for it. Are memory usage in
:09:04. > :09:07.here a year ago and the scene has changed. We have a new Archbishop of
:09:08. > :09:15.Canterbury, the new Pope and we will get women ships. well, we hope we
:09:16. > :09:20.will get women bishops. Yes, things have changed enormously. I think the
:09:21. > :09:26.spirit of the church has been renewed, as it often is as `` with
:09:27. > :09:32.new people in process who bring fresh imagination. But Francis, it
:09:33. > :09:37.is said he has not changed the words but he has changed the music of the
:09:38. > :09:46.Catholic church and I think that Archbishop Justin has done things
:09:47. > :09:50.that are different for us. Challenge to that company wasn't one of
:09:51. > :09:56.condemnation. We're not into condemnation. It is actually, how
:09:57. > :10:02.can you serve the poor debtor. That is the challenge she put to the
:10:03. > :10:07.church and the rest of us. As you look towards Christmas, what are
:10:08. > :10:14.your thoughts for the New Year? One of the things I love about Christmas
:10:15. > :10:17.is it always renews hope. The reason I think more and more people come to
:10:18. > :10:21.church at Christmas, the cassette has been a big change, it is that
:10:22. > :10:29.they see the hope in the birth of a child, got a fax from coming to
:10:30. > :10:34.Earth. `` God's son coming to. If you're on the move this weekend,
:10:35. > :10:42.a quick look at the travel. At the airports:
:10:43. > :10:46.A former shoe factory in Norwich is to become home to the city's newest
:10:47. > :10:49.secondary school. The Jane Austen College opens its
:10:50. > :10:53.doors next September to students aged between 11 and 19. Work is now
:10:54. > :11:04.underway to re`fit the building and recruit teachers. It was once the
:11:05. > :11:07.home to this shoe factory. Now, this historic building incorporating the
:11:08. > :11:13.city of Norwich will have another face`lift. The paperwork has been
:11:14. > :11:18.signed off. This is to become northward's latest free school. It
:11:19. > :11:24.was a particular location that they were after. we think this building
:11:25. > :11:29.is fantastic, it will be inspiring for our students, it combines
:11:30. > :11:36.tradition, heritage, it is on a historical street and has fantastic
:11:37. > :11:39.modern facilities inside. 11 to 16`year`olds will follow the
:11:40. > :11:44.national curriculum but then they can specialise in humanities and
:11:45. > :11:50.science and maths through the partner school. The inspiration
:11:51. > :11:56.trust who sponsored this college want to help northward's education
:11:57. > :12:01.standards improve. It is about brilliant teacher learning and about
:12:02. > :12:09.outstanding leadership and if you can get those two things right,
:12:10. > :12:15.there really is no barrier to why our children cannot be the top of
:12:16. > :12:20.the national tables, not bottom. The College opens in September with two
:12:21. > :12:30.year groups. I2020, it will be fully operational. `` by 2020.
:12:31. > :12:46.Still to come, the best sporting bits of 2013. And the Strictly judge
:12:47. > :12:49.as you have never seen him before. Earlier this year we met T
:12:50. > :12:52.Sandeman`Charles who had set up a campaign to get 10,000 people to
:12:53. > :12:58.sign up to the organ donor register. Two weeks ago, she reached her
:12:59. > :13:01.target. T's campaign called Save5 goes on.
:13:02. > :13:04.It's a subject she's passionate about because in 2010 T was
:13:05. > :13:11.diagnosed with two terminal lung diseases. She desperately needs a
:13:12. > :13:14.lung transplant and is on the waiting list at Papworth Hospital.
:13:15. > :13:21.Today, T was there for a regular check`up. For T Sandeman`Charles,
:13:22. > :13:27.the simple things in life are hard to do. Getting out of the car leaves
:13:28. > :13:31.her grasping for breath. She has her husband to help but four years after
:13:32. > :13:37.being diagnosed with two progressive lung diseases, a transplant is now
:13:38. > :13:43.her only hope. Like everybody, I just want to live. I want to live my
:13:44. > :13:51.life. So much I want to do, so much I feel I have to do. We first met T
:13:52. > :13:56.five years ago when she first launched her campaign. With the help
:13:57. > :14:01.of friends and family, two weeks ago, she reached her target of
:14:02. > :14:08.getting 10,000 people on the register. We did it. And when I say
:14:09. > :14:12.we, I do want to say that if it wasn't for my lovely husband, my
:14:13. > :14:21.fantastic family, the friends, the 10,000 people who signed up, it
:14:22. > :14:26.would never have happened. Today, T was here to see Doctor Thomas to see
:14:27. > :14:32.if she is fit enough for a transplant. we have a tricky balance
:14:33. > :14:34.because we want to have you doing everything you can to be fit enough
:14:35. > :14:47.to get a transplant. Your breathing is not just your lungs, it is your
:14:48. > :14:55.muscles, your diaphragm. In 2011, 20 six `` 26 people joined the list.
:14:56. > :15:10.Three people are still waiting. If T gets it, it can happen quickly. it
:15:11. > :15:18.could be in the region of 12 to 14 hours wait from the call. When I am
:15:19. > :15:23.in bed, I can't do anything and I sometimes say to myself, will recall
:15:24. > :15:32.ever come? Will it end like this? And then I shed a tear stop then I
:15:33. > :15:40.picked myself up and I say, come on, T, come on, you have got to believe
:15:41. > :15:44.it will come. T is looking forward to Christmas and is positive about
:15:45. > :15:51.the future but when you are on a transplant waiting list, there is no
:15:52. > :15:56.other way to be. If you are interested in the organ donor
:15:57. > :16:12.register, you can call the donor line. You can log on to T's website
:16:13. > :16:15.at save5.org.uk. Let's move on to sport, now, and
:16:16. > :16:19.there's a packed programme of fixtures over the Christmas break.
:16:20. > :16:23.Here's Tom. Starting with Norwich, Chris Hughton
:16:24. > :16:25.insists it's one match at a time despite a crucial Christmas period
:16:26. > :16:28.which presents a real opportunity. City play all three teams currently
:16:29. > :16:30.in the Premier League relegation zone starting with bottom club
:16:31. > :16:36.Sunderland tomorrow. Then it's Fulham and Man U at home before
:16:37. > :16:43.Palace on New Year's Day. A productive Christmas could mean a
:16:44. > :16:49.giant leap towards survival? We played two games in two days over
:16:50. > :16:52.the Christmas period and it is difficult to plan for a second game
:16:53. > :16:57.when you're not quite sure what will happen in the first game. So, that
:16:58. > :17:01.is how it has to be. It is very much focusing on the next game.
:17:02. > :17:04.Ipswich's new signing Sylvan Ebanks`Blake isn't ruling out a
:17:05. > :17:07.promotion push in 2014. The striker has agreed a contract until the end
:17:08. > :17:10.of the season. Ipswich are tenth in the Championship heading into
:17:11. > :17:18.tomorrow's match with Watford. The forward says Mick McCarthy played a
:17:19. > :17:23.huge part in his decision to come. He is an honest man. I don't like to
:17:24. > :17:29.keep harking on about how honest he is, he is a good manager and has had
:17:30. > :17:33.a lot of success. I think I have had my most successful years under him
:17:34. > :17:36.so I think that shows you that he is good for me and I have been good for
:17:37. > :17:40.him. Now what's in store for the rest of
:17:41. > :17:44.our sides over Christmas? Here's a few key matches. MK Dons' form has
:17:45. > :17:47.been iffy and tomorrow the first of several games against sides eyeing
:17:48. > :17:50.the play`offs, home to Port Vale. On Boxing Day, Colchester`Stevenage. It
:17:51. > :17:53.could be crucial in both sides' fight against the drop. Peterborough
:17:54. > :18:01.host promotion rivals Brentford on New Year's Day. They lost against
:18:02. > :18:04.them last month. In League Two, Southend's biggest
:18:05. > :18:07.match of the festive period comes tonight. Home to Rochdale who are
:18:08. > :18:09.the place below them. And Northampton will hope to drag
:18:10. > :18:12.Portsmouth into the relegation mix when they meet between Christmas and
:18:13. > :18:16.New Year. Now, as we approach the end of the
:18:17. > :18:20.year, time to reflect on the sporting highs and lows from the
:18:21. > :18:22.last 12 months. It started in the FA Cup, features finals galore for
:18:23. > :18:31.Northampton and leading roles for our gymnasts. In the 50s, Luton beat
:18:32. > :18:38.Norwich to reach the FA Cup final. In 25th team, they but the first top
:18:39. > :18:44.flight. The Hatters reaching the fifth round at the expense of the
:18:45. > :18:50.Canaries. Suited and booted, later in the month, Greg Rutherford
:18:51. > :18:54.received an MBE from the Queen. I was not `` more nervous going into
:18:55. > :19:03.the palace that I have ever been in my career. This gymnast won the
:19:04. > :19:08.vault at the English championships. She is now targeting next year's
:19:09. > :19:13.Commonwealth Games. 30,000 Southend fans were disappointed as they
:19:14. > :19:22.lost. Former manager Paul Thurrock, sacked despite meeting the final.
:19:23. > :19:30.Newmarket trainer Gerard Butler was questioned over doping offences. In
:19:31. > :19:33.gymnast is, the plaudits went to Max Whitlock and Daniel Keating is, gold
:19:34. > :19:48.medals at the European Championships. She shouts! Max would
:19:49. > :19:56.later get silver. Northampton Saints lost to Arch rivals Leicester Tigers
:19:57. > :20:01.in the premiership final. Norwich had secured their premiership
:20:02. > :20:06.survival before they beat Manchester city and the club's youth team were
:20:07. > :20:11.winners in the FA youth cup. Henry Cecil had so many triumphs in his
:20:12. > :20:20.career but he lost a long, brave fight against cancer in June.
:20:21. > :20:24.Northampton Saints also lost their chairman to the same disease.
:20:25. > :20:33.Formula one came to Northamptonshire. It was an
:20:34. > :20:42.explosive occasion. Johnny Peacock did deliver, becoming world and
:20:43. > :20:45.Paralympic champion. Northamptonshire's cricketers, a
:20:46. > :20:56.dream summer, 2020 winners, champions and promotion to division
:20:57. > :21:02.one. `` Twenty20. Finally, at a different pace, Neil Robertson
:21:03. > :21:10.completed Snooker's report Crown, winning the UK Championships. So,
:21:11. > :21:15.23rd Dean, done and dusted. `` 2013. And we heard in there about Gerard
:21:16. > :21:18.Butler. News today the Newmarket trainer has withdrawn his appeal
:21:19. > :21:20.against a five`year ban. He admitted injecting racehorses with banned
:21:21. > :21:25.drugs. Butler described the incident as one disastrous lapse.
:21:26. > :21:29.And don't forget racing over the jumps at Huntingdon on Boxing Day.
:21:30. > :21:33.8,000 expected. Always popular. More sport on the website plus all the
:21:34. > :21:38.build`up to Saints' trip to Wasps tomorrow in the rugby.
:21:39. > :21:41.This time tomorrow evening, an estimated 14 million television
:21:42. > :21:49.viewers will be glued to their screens for the final of Strictly
:21:50. > :21:52.Come Dancing. In a blizzard of sequins and sambas, it's an
:21:53. > :21:55.all`female contest between Susanna, Abby, Sophie and Natalie. Of course
:21:56. > :21:59.the judges will have their say. The one who is hardest to please is
:22:00. > :22:02.Craig Revel Horwood. Tonight, he is appearing in Snow White and the
:22:03. > :22:11.Seven Dwarfs in Southend, playing the Wicked Witch And I'm delighted
:22:12. > :22:19.to say he joins us now. Marks out of ten for your performance as the evil
:22:20. > :22:25.Queen? It has to be a ten. You look fabulous, darling. Thank you. It's
:22:26. > :22:33.an all`female final, I thought I would join the clan. You are the
:22:34. > :22:41.evil Queen, are you being typecast or are you a softy? I am an arm
:22:42. > :22:46.salute softy. It is only with bad dancing that I am really honest. I
:22:47. > :22:51.love the show, it is the nominal and has been for the last ten years. It
:22:52. > :22:55.is just amazing and it just gets better and better and this year has
:22:56. > :22:58.been extremely exciting. I don't know how you were taking me
:22:59. > :23:04.seriously with this face on, darling, but it is an amazing show
:23:05. > :23:09.and it deserves all the millions of people you is that it gets. And I am
:23:10. > :23:12.sure everyone at home is absolutely loving it and revving up for this
:23:13. > :23:18.final tomorrow night. I cannot wait to get there but I have one more
:23:19. > :23:24.show and I am starring in Snow White and the seven dwarfs alongside Lisa
:23:25. > :23:29.Riley who was on the show last year and she is fantastic as well. On
:23:30. > :23:35.Saturday nights coming you go to London and then you come back to do
:23:36. > :23:44.more panto? yes, I do. I do panto every single day that I am not at
:23:45. > :23:49.Strictly. Lisa is going on tour with that as well. She will be hosting
:23:50. > :23:54.it. We go to Wembley and all over the country. Glasgow Exeter. And
:23:55. > :24:02.that is the next day after we finish panto. It is very, very busy.
:24:03. > :24:08.Strictly takes six months of everyone's time. Obviously, you are
:24:09. > :24:12.known for being into the detail of the dancing and begin dancing is the
:24:13. > :24:19.most important thing, so who do you think is going to win tomorrow? If
:24:20. > :24:23.you want my honest opinion, I think Natalie probably should win but
:24:24. > :24:29.probably won't. I think because the final is very much of you this
:24:30. > :24:32.choice, `` the viewers choice, I think Susanna has a fair go at it
:24:33. > :24:38.because she has a lot of followers and at Abbey I think is really good.
:24:39. > :24:43.She has worked her way out. It is sensational to see someone who has
:24:44. > :24:48.never been able to dance before really to fly and go into the final,
:24:49. > :24:54.that is what is really exciting for me. I cannot wait to know the
:24:55. > :25:00.outcome. That was a good diplomatic answer because you nearly mentioned
:25:01. > :25:05.everybody. I can't wait to find the outcome as well. You do look
:25:06. > :25:11.gorgeous. Thank you for being on the show. Love from panto land. Break a
:25:12. > :25:15.leg. Let's get the weather. show. Love from panto land. Break a
:25:16. > :25:23.You are probably wondering about the weather. Wet and windy over the next
:25:24. > :25:29.few days. Windy on its way, wet, later. We have a slow`moving weather
:25:30. > :25:33.front, moving in our direction. It is making quite slow progress across
:25:34. > :25:38.the country. Some patchy rain across the West Country and Wales. It will
:25:39. > :25:43.get to us late at night. We have increasing amounts of clouds across
:25:44. > :25:51.the West. Already, the winds freshening with some gusts of around
:25:52. > :25:55.30 miles an hour recorded in places. After midnight, perhaps something a
:25:56. > :25:58.bit for persistent and heavy. Certainly, it promises a wet end to
:25:59. > :26:04.the night. That weather front is bringing in much wilder Atlantic
:26:05. > :26:09.air. Below is our five to seven degrees. That is on the mild side.
:26:10. > :26:13.Looking at the average wind speeds, it will continue to pick up over the
:26:14. > :26:18.next few hours, reaching its peak around midnight and into the early
:26:19. > :26:23.hours. Expect a fresh to strong south`westerly wind. It may well
:26:24. > :26:29.touch gale force wait that's between 40, perhaps 50 mph are possible. We
:26:30. > :26:33.start tomorrow is still quite wet and windy because this weather front
:26:34. > :26:38.is not in any rush to go anywhere. Certainly, a tight squeeze on the
:26:39. > :26:43.ice baths in this chart. The weather front, particularly in the eastern
:26:44. > :26:48.half, it is not going anywhere fast so expect a wet and windy morning.
:26:49. > :26:53.There will be some try interludes during the day but certainly not the
:26:54. > :26:56.best of days. It is technically milder because our temperatures will
:26:57. > :27:01.be in double figures but factor in the moderates to south`westerly ``
:27:02. > :27:07.moderate wind and it will not yield much milder. Another band of rain is
:27:08. > :27:12.lighted to come through both the night so that promises a wet start
:27:13. > :27:15.to Sunday. Looking ahead as we approach Christmas, this slow
:27:16. > :27:19.spinning in for Monday, late on Monday, some rain and certainly for
:27:20. > :27:26.Christmas eve, it is looking wet and windy. You can see the wind speeds
:27:27. > :27:30.there. Looking largely dry on Sunday. Into Monday, we have some
:27:31. > :27:43.rain arriving on that below later and West and windy day on windy ``
:27:44. > :27:45.on Christmas eve. Have a great weekend. Goodbye.