:00:00. > :00:10.Sunday. Make the most of Saturday because Sunday looks pretty
:00:11. > :00:14.The mother from Lowestoft who killed her three children before jumping to
:00:15. > :00:18.her death. An official investigation says there was nothing the experts
:00:19. > :00:24.could have done to save them. In this particular case, no
:00:25. > :00:27.professional could have predicted this happening. It was completely
:00:28. > :00:30.unexpected. Unfortunately, unexpected things could happen
:00:31. > :00:32.again. Hello and welcome to Look East with
:00:33. > :00:36.Amelia and me. Also on that story, we report from
:00:37. > :00:38.Lowestoft to find out what has changed since the tragedy of nine
:00:39. > :00:42.months ago. The jobless total in this region
:00:43. > :00:47.falls again. This is one of the best places in the UK to find a new job.
:00:48. > :00:48.And the 21st`century tractors helping farmers to boost their
:00:49. > :01:06.crops. Hello.
:01:07. > :01:09.An official report into the death of a young mother from Lowestoft and
:01:10. > :01:12.her three children says the deaths could not have been prevented. Child
:01:13. > :01:15.protection agencies were aware that Fiona Anderson was struggling to
:01:16. > :01:18.cope with her young family, but nobody expected the tragedy which
:01:19. > :01:25.followed. It was a sequence of events that
:01:26. > :01:27.shook the whole country. This CCTV picture shows Fiona Anderson walking
:01:28. > :01:31.around the town, early in the morning of 15th April last year. A
:01:32. > :01:36.number of people saw her, but not one of them could have possibly
:01:37. > :01:39.imagined what would follow. At around 8.30am, she plunged from this
:01:40. > :01:46.multistorey car park, heavily pregnant with her fourth child. She
:01:47. > :01:52.died from head injuries. Soon after 11am, police discovered the bodies
:01:53. > :01:54.of her three children at their home. Tests showed that three`year`old
:01:55. > :01:58.Levina, Addy aged two and 11`month`old Kyden died from
:01:59. > :02:02.drowning. This is the Serious Case Review published this morning by the
:02:03. > :02:06.Suffolk Safeguarding Children Board. It runs to almost 50 pages. Social
:02:07. > :02:13.services had been working with Miss Anderson and her partner Craig
:02:14. > :02:16.McLelland for three years. There were concerns about their parenting.
:02:17. > :02:18.In May, 2011, there was an investigation after an anonymous
:02:19. > :02:22.claim that the children had been sleeping in a double pushchair for
:02:23. > :02:29.13 nights and had only been fed biscuits. Then three months later,
:02:30. > :02:34.in August, Levina and Addy were made the subject of child protection
:02:35. > :02:38.plans under the category of neglect. The author of today's report, Ron
:02:39. > :02:41.Lock, says, "There was no success in effectively engaging with the
:02:42. > :02:43.family. As a result, the implementation of the child
:02:44. > :02:53.protection plans was significantly compromised." This was one of the
:02:54. > :02:58.most challenging families I have come across in terms of getting them
:02:59. > :03:05.to accept they had Rob Lummis and sometimes to accept help, like
:03:06. > :03:09.attending the nursery `` getting them to accept they had problems.
:03:10. > :03:17.There was no evidence we had that she would harm herself. Concerns
:03:18. > :03:21.were about neglect. It was not that she would harm the children in this
:03:22. > :03:25.way. It was completely unpredictable that she took those dreadful
:03:26. > :03:29.actions. The report identifies more than a dozen points where lessons
:03:30. > :03:32.could be learned and there is criticism that the agencies involved
:03:33. > :03:35.with the family had allowed the situation to drift.
:03:36. > :03:39.So, what lessons have been learned and has anything changed in
:03:40. > :03:43.Lowestoft? Richard Daniel has spent the day in the town where memories
:03:44. > :03:51.of the tragedy last year are still fresh.
:03:52. > :03:57.Social workers Carol and Jean visiting a family today. Chris lost
:03:58. > :04:02.his job before Christmas. The family was homeless. Then social services
:04:03. > :04:05.stepped in, arranging bed`and`breakfast accommodation and
:04:06. > :04:10.providing support. The twin boys were never at risk but even so the
:04:11. > :04:14.family hesitated to ask for help. I know they wanted to help the boys
:04:15. > :04:19.but I was worried they would tear the family apart. They have brought
:04:20. > :04:26.us together and they have been able to make us stay in Lowestoft and
:04:27. > :04:31.give us a chance, really. The anguish of a young mother...
:04:32. > :04:35.Sadly, last April and attempt to help another family ended very
:04:36. > :04:38.differently. The shocking news that Fiona Anderson had killed herself,
:04:39. > :04:42.her unborn child and her three children left a sense of disbelief.
:04:43. > :04:49.A pledge by the leader of Suffolk county council to do more to help
:04:50. > :04:52.vulnerable families. We need to work with partners and other agencies,
:04:53. > :05:00.particularly in health, to alleviate these problems. Andrew White led the
:05:01. > :05:03.funeral service for the children. It is a day that still affects him
:05:04. > :05:08.deeply. There are funerals that you do inevitably and there are funerals
:05:09. > :05:11.that you live and this will always be etched on my heart. The most
:05:12. > :05:18.difficult funeral in my entire career. What has changed since those
:05:19. > :05:22.dark days? Social services tried to take the children into care but they
:05:23. > :05:25.were not granted a court order because they could not produce
:05:26. > :05:30.sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the children were facing
:05:31. > :05:34.emotional abuse and neglect. It was very difficult for all the
:05:35. > :05:39.professionals to engage with the family because they were worried and
:05:40. > :05:41.fearful. What we have done is developed further training for front
:05:42. > :05:46.line staff to improve their ability to in gauge families on the front
:05:47. > :05:52.line, where they are really reluctant to work with us. Today's
:05:53. > :05:56.report states there were no warning signs to suggest the children were
:05:57. > :06:01.in immediate danger. The official site lessons from this tragedy have
:06:02. > :06:05.been learnt. `` officials say that lessons have been learned.
:06:06. > :06:08.The chairman of the Local Safeguarding Children Board for
:06:09. > :06:12.Suffolk is Peter Worobec. When I went to see him earlier today, he
:06:13. > :06:15.accepted the report does highlight some failings. The report clearly
:06:16. > :06:21.identifies that management intervention was not at the level
:06:22. > :06:24.that it should have been. There were challenging times in the Lowestoft
:06:25. > :06:28.area around that period with resource issues. Why is it the
:06:29. > :06:37.different agencies do not seem time and again... We hear they do not
:06:38. > :06:44.talk and share information? It is a cultural issue. Cultural issues cost
:06:45. > :06:47.lives. Yes, they do. It is important people understand they are all
:06:48. > :06:50.involved in the production process and are prepared to challenge their
:06:51. > :06:54.peers when things are not working and when they see things are not
:06:55. > :06:57.developing and moving the right direction. What I don't understand
:06:58. > :07:02.in reading some of the detail in the report is that these are
:07:03. > :07:05.professionals who are supposed to be able to interpret a situation and
:07:06. > :07:11.come to a conclusion and yet different professionals from
:07:12. > :07:16.different agencies saw a different picture, how can that happen? I
:07:17. > :07:20.think you are right that they saw a different picture. I have read the
:07:21. > :07:24.report and I have listened to staff involved in the case and I think on
:07:25. > :07:28.different days they saw a different Fiona, her approach to the children
:07:29. > :07:34.and the way the children were being looked after. Just so that we can
:07:35. > :07:38.get an idea about what it was like for the agency is going into the
:07:39. > :07:44.house, what was it like? How did she react to those people on the bad
:07:45. > :07:48.days? Some days, Fiona would let people in and be fine and have
:07:49. > :07:51.discussions. Other days, she would be avoiding them and not want to
:07:52. > :07:57.have those discussions. Sometimes, she would go and disappear within
:07:58. > :08:05.the house when people were there. It was a very mixed reaction to staff.
:08:06. > :08:09.But never a violent reaction. It was more an avoidant type of reaction.
:08:10. > :08:14.She would go and consulting the toilet? On occasions, I understand
:08:15. > :08:21.that is the case. And leave the children wear? With the workers that
:08:22. > :08:26.were there. Did that not bring an alarm bell? I have not been deeply
:08:27. > :08:30.involved enough in the case to be able to say too much about that.
:08:31. > :08:34.Clearly, the staff involved in the case were concerned otherwise the
:08:35. > :08:41.children would not have been under a child traction plan. There were
:08:42. > :08:44.concerns. `` child protection plan. The issue is whether sufficient
:08:45. > :08:47.action was taken to try and improve the lives of the children. The
:08:48. > :08:53.answer to that is that it was not. Could this happen again? Yes,
:08:54. > :08:56.unfortunately, we live in a world where there is unpredictable
:08:57. > :09:00.behaviour by adults. In this particular case, as we now know, no
:09:01. > :09:05.professional could have predicted this happening. It was completely
:09:06. > :09:09.unexpected. Unfortunately, unexpected things could happen
:09:10. > :09:13.again. Thank you very much. Peter Worobec, speaking to me
:09:14. > :09:17.earlier today. If you have any concerns about the welfare of a
:09:18. > :09:27.child you know, you can ring the NSPCC. They have a free adult
:09:28. > :09:33.helpline. The number and website are on your screen.
:09:34. > :09:36.Five men are still being questioned in connection with the murder of
:09:37. > :09:39.Roger Pratt the tourist who was killed last week when robbers
:09:40. > :09:43.boarded his yacht in the Caribbean. Mr Pratt and his wife Margaret left
:09:44. > :09:46.Lowestoft last year to sail around the world. They had recently arrived
:09:47. > :09:51.in St Lucia. Michelle Fleury has sent this report from the island.
:09:52. > :09:54.This is the bay where the boat was moored, on the southern tip of the
:09:55. > :09:59.Caribbean island. The calm was brutally shattered. For Roger Pratt
:10:00. > :10:04.and his wife Margaret, it should have been the trip of a lifetime.
:10:05. > :10:08.But late on Friday, thieves burst onto the boat. They attacked them
:10:09. > :10:13.and fled. Speaking for the first time since her husband's death,
:10:14. > :10:20.Margaret told the government in St Lucia that the couple felt safe
:10:21. > :10:25.there. We have enjoyed Saint Lucia. We have not felt unsafe here until
:10:26. > :10:35.the events of those final tragic minutes and we have had considerable
:10:36. > :10:38.kindness from very many people. For the last six months, Roger and
:10:39. > :10:43.Margaret have called this boat home. Now it is a crime scene. Police have
:10:44. > :10:47.gathered all of the evidence and it is just waiting further Margaret
:10:48. > :10:54.Pratt to come and collect it. On Tuesday, police released the results
:10:55. > :10:58.of the postmortem. The six`year set into a blunt force trauma. Waste on
:10:59. > :11:03.the postmortem examination, we have no reason to think any weapon was
:11:04. > :11:08.used. Physical force by the suspects involved. `` based on the
:11:09. > :11:13.postmortem. Five men have been arrested. They are cooperating with
:11:14. > :11:21.police. The couple had been planning the trip for a long time but they ``
:11:22. > :11:28.but it finished abruptly. Their voyage to celebrate a birthday
:11:29. > :11:30.ending in heartbreak. In football, 31`year`old Wes
:11:31. > :11:33.Hoolahan says he still wants to leave Norwich City despite having a
:11:34. > :11:37.transfer request rejected. He asked to leave after a bid by Aston Villa
:11:38. > :11:40.was turned down. The club says Hoolahan is under contract until
:11:41. > :11:43.June next year. He joined Norwich City in the summer of 2008 from
:11:44. > :11:46.Blackpool and helped them get promotion to the Premier League.
:11:47. > :11:49.Dementia services in Norfolk have been given a boost after a mystery
:11:50. > :11:52.benefactor donated several thousand pounds. The money has been given to
:11:53. > :11:56.the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and is being used to pay
:11:57. > :11:58.for three support workers for five years.
:11:59. > :12:01.John is 85 and he has been diagnosed with the early stages of the mensch
:12:02. > :12:08.and is at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital following a full `` of
:12:09. > :12:16.dementia. He was diagnosed following a fall. She is one of three new
:12:17. > :12:23.dementia supporters taken on after the charitable donation. We find out
:12:24. > :12:28.about things that will help with person centred care. We use that as
:12:29. > :12:35.a basis for one`to`one activities. It could be reminiscence work,
:12:36. > :12:40.looking at photos, talking through what they have done in their lives.
:12:41. > :12:47.The alliance says the number of people with dementia in Norfolk and
:12:48. > :13:04.Suffolk is expected to rise by 60% by 2025. It equates to one in three
:13:05. > :13:09.of our inpatients at any one time. There is a demand for the sort of
:13:10. > :13:13.service. John's daughter has also received help from the support
:13:14. > :13:18.workers who have given her strategies to jog her dad's memory.
:13:19. > :13:23.It is fantastic because it gives support to so many people and the
:13:24. > :13:27.patient pupils themselves. Until you are put in that situation, nobody
:13:28. > :13:31.knows what it is like `` the patients themselves. The donation
:13:32. > :13:37.will pave the three support workers for the next five years.
:13:38. > :13:44.`` will pay for three support workers.
:13:45. > :13:48.Still to come: 21st`century tractors.
:13:49. > :13:54.Plus, they call it the sport of kings, but what about everybody
:13:55. > :14:02.else? A special report from Newmarket coming up.
:14:03. > :14:06.New figures out today show the number of people out of work in this
:14:07. > :14:09.region has fallen to its lowest level for five years. The regional
:14:10. > :14:11.unemployment total now stands at 178,000.
:14:12. > :14:15.It makes the East one of the best places in the UK to find a new job.
:14:16. > :14:18.So, where are they being created? Our business correspondent Richard
:14:19. > :14:21.Bond has been finding out. What with booms and busts, we've had
:14:22. > :14:26.our ups and downs over the years when it comes to jobs. In the early
:14:27. > :14:30.'90s, unemployment in this region hit a peak of 253,000. Then came a
:14:31. > :14:35.long period of growth which brought the total down to 93,000 in 2003.
:14:36. > :14:41.The last recession took it back up to 221,000. That was in 2011.
:14:42. > :14:45.However, in the last year, there's been an appreciable drop. There are
:14:46. > :14:50.now 56,000 more jobs in the region's economy than there were a year ago.
:14:51. > :14:53.So, where are those jobs coming from? Well, interestingly, given the
:14:54. > :14:58.constraints on public spending, quite a lot of them are in the
:14:59. > :15:03.public sector. Employment in health and social work across the East is
:15:04. > :15:06.up 40,000. Suffolk County Council employs 220 social workers at
:15:07. > :15:17.several offices, including this one in Bury St Edmunds. We had a very
:15:18. > :15:24.successful year in 2013 and we are able to recruit 45 vacant social
:15:25. > :15:27.work posts. Our service remains very busy and there will be further
:15:28. > :15:31.recruitment that we are needing to do in 2014. Moving on to other
:15:32. > :15:34.sectors, there are 32,000 more jobs in professional, scientific and
:15:35. > :15:40.technical roles and 29,000 more in administrative and support roles.
:15:41. > :15:47.The insurance broker Hastings Direct employs 250 people at its call
:15:48. > :15:51.centre in Newmarket. It wants to take on 100 new staff this year and
:15:52. > :16:02.is currently recruiting about half that number. We have 250 people here
:16:03. > :16:05.in Newmarket. We are looking to grow by 44 new roles in various
:16:06. > :16:10.departments, customer service, sales, back office. We need to do
:16:11. > :16:14.that in the near future. One other trend ` women in the region have
:16:15. > :16:16.benefited more from the drop in unemployment over the past year than
:16:17. > :16:19.men. Well, one place where there has been
:16:20. > :16:22.plenty of employment over the years has been Newmarket. Today, economic
:16:23. > :16:30.experts worked out what the racing industry generates in terms of cash
:16:31. > :16:33.and jobs for the town. Here are the numbers: Racing turns over ?208
:16:34. > :16:39.million a year, an average of ?4 million every week. And it employs
:16:40. > :16:42.8,500 workers. The independent report published today says the
:16:43. > :16:51.money benefits the whole local economy.
:16:52. > :16:55.It is the sport of kings and this is its factory. From farriers and
:16:56. > :16:59.that's to the sales and scientific laboratories, not to mention two
:17:00. > :17:05.world`class racecourses, the equine sector in and around Newmarket is
:17:06. > :17:09.enormous. What we have had here in the last 15 years is an incredible
:17:10. > :17:16.influx in investment from the Middle East, the Far East and into the
:17:17. > :17:20.Newmarket area, into the stud farms, the stallions, as well as the horse
:17:21. > :17:25.racing industry. You market has now become number one in the northern
:17:26. > :17:30.hemisphere. Today we find out the financial importance of the equine
:17:31. > :17:36.world. It generates ?208 million a year and is responsible for 8500
:17:37. > :17:39.jobs, with trainers and stud farms the leading contributors. This that
:17:40. > :17:44.is living proof of how the sport has expanded in the town. `` this vet.
:17:45. > :17:52.We have been trying to build a big cost little for years. `` a big
:17:53. > :17:58.hospital. We moved out in 2009 from our old premises to a large 15 acre
:17:59. > :18:02.site on the edge of town. This report emphasises how important the
:18:03. > :18:05.horse racing industry is to this part of the region. Its image and
:18:06. > :18:10.reputation is crucial to its existence will stop of all the money
:18:11. > :18:17.invested, how much is spent here? `` crucial to its existence. Some
:18:18. > :18:20.businesses benefit. The subtle red shops, things like that. And
:18:21. > :18:25.probably some of the town centre eateries and pubs. But retail as a
:18:26. > :18:33.whole, we do not see the benefit. The racing industry and the yards
:18:34. > :18:36.and trainers and studs have a moral obligation to support their town and
:18:37. > :18:41.I feel as far as retail is concerned they do not support their town.
:18:42. > :18:46.Until now, Newmarket's status as an equestrian powerhouse was assumed.
:18:47. > :18:52.Now it has hard facts. Its financial value to those not associated with
:18:53. > :18:55.the support is `` with the sport is still difficult to judge.
:18:56. > :18:58.William Gittus is from the Newmarket Horseman's group which together with
:18:59. > :19:04.the district council commissioned the report... He's in Cambridge now
:19:05. > :19:09.There's been heavy traffic round the East of England Showground near
:19:10. > :19:17.Peterborough today. How evenly is the money being shared
:19:18. > :19:24.around? The claim that it is not contributing to the high street is
:19:25. > :19:32.rather strange. The industry as you said earlier supports 8500 jobs.
:19:33. > :19:37.Only about 3500 of those are direct employment. The rest of those at
:19:38. > :19:43.indirect lament from expenditure from those people employed within
:19:44. > :19:49.the industry and non`industry businesses `` indirect employment.
:19:50. > :19:53.Whatever is generated by the industry stays within the industry,
:19:54. > :19:57.that is the accusation. Where do people think those people paid in
:19:58. > :20:06.the industry by their food, clothing? It is a wealthy industry.
:20:07. > :20:10.You have got wealthy people at the top and it is supported by people
:20:11. > :20:15.who are not played so well at the bottom, the stable hands. `` not
:20:16. > :20:22.paid so well. That is an obvious point to make. But I think the
:20:23. > :20:27.wealthy people at the top, as you call them, I would rather plan them
:20:28. > :20:31.as benefactors. These people poured huge amounts of money into the
:20:32. > :20:35.industry and the local economy. Newmarket would be a very different
:20:36. > :20:43.place without the industry. I think without it Newmarket would become a
:20:44. > :20:48.fairly boring unknown market town. Whereas as it is today, it is
:20:49. > :20:52.unique, very special and has a fantastic environment and is known
:20:53. > :21:03.worldwide for being a world leader in the sport. Thank you very much
:21:04. > :21:07.indeed. There has been heavy traffic around the trade show today.
:21:08. > :21:11.Visitors from around the world have descended on the venue to see the
:21:12. > :21:14.latest in agricultural technology. The star exhibits include hi`tech
:21:15. > :21:25.tractors and flying drones. Claire Marshall has been for a look round.
:21:26. > :21:35.Farming does not get more glamorous than this. This show is the giant
:21:36. > :21:40.sweet shop for tens of thousands of farmers from all over the world is
:21:41. > :21:48.full of first up, designed and made in the UK. `` all over the world.
:21:49. > :21:51.All I've our products utilise digital video cameras that look down
:21:52. > :21:56.at the crop in front of the machine. The images are analysed by
:21:57. > :22:03.a computer that finds at exactly the position of the plants. This is a
:22:04. > :22:09.weedy field of brassicas. The camera comes down and if there are
:22:10. > :22:13.weeds... It will cut the weeds between the rows of plants and
:22:14. > :22:21.between the individual plants. Take a look at this crop sprayer. It will
:22:22. > :22:28.set you back quite a lot. Its computer can tell you if you have
:22:29. > :22:34.missed a bit. Its designers based in Lincolnshire. Do you think Britain
:22:35. > :22:38.is leading the way? If people see that, they will buy it because it
:22:39. > :22:46.goes a long way around the world. Everything we export we put a union
:22:47. > :22:51.Jack on. Here is the latest machine to help the farmers, and amazing
:22:52. > :22:53.tractor, so simple to drive, it is easy enough for an eight`year`old
:22:54. > :23:04.boy... How things have changed.
:23:05. > :23:09.Now farmers are even taking to the skies. This drone can get you any
:23:10. > :23:14.information you need. We turn up to the farm and they tell us where they
:23:15. > :23:18.want to fly, what information they want. Do they want to know where the
:23:19. > :23:25.weeds are in their fields? We send these into the air and they have
:23:26. > :23:28.specialist sensors on`board. We capture the imagery, extract the
:23:29. > :23:32.formation and turn it back to them as data they can use to target their
:23:33. > :23:40.application and improve their yields. Yield is what it is all
:23:41. > :23:48.about. These machines have evolved from one thing, wanting to get more
:23:49. > :23:50.and better from the land. Some lovely things there!
:23:51. > :24:08.Letters take a look at the weather. A mixture of weather today. For this
:24:09. > :24:13.evening, a few showers. Tracking east. For most of us, are largely
:24:14. > :24:25.dry night. Clear spells developing. Mist and fog. Cold enough that the
:24:26. > :24:29.`` that the touch of frost. It will stay quite cold. A band of early
:24:30. > :24:33.rain will move across the region. Later on, it looks as though it will
:24:34. > :24:37.get a bit brighter. This weather front quickly rattles across the
:24:38. > :24:41.country. If you are up early, it might well be dry and bright first
:24:42. > :24:48.thing. Quite quickly turning cloudy. A band of showery rain. There could
:24:49. > :24:52.be heavy bursts. It clears quickly. A brisk north`westerly wind making
:24:53. > :24:58.it feel cold. The sunshine is likely to come out, maybe making it feel a
:24:59. > :25:04.little better. Certainly feeling colder than it did today. It looks
:25:05. > :25:06.largely dry and bright in the afternoon. The skies will be
:25:07. > :25:11.responsible for quite a sharp frost tomorrow night. The pressure pattern
:25:12. > :25:15.is staying pretty unsettled. This is the pattern for Friday. The next
:25:16. > :25:19.weather front bringing us a band of rain. Brisk westerly winds. Behind
:25:20. > :25:24.me on the chart, that is the low coming Sunday. We are certainly not
:25:25. > :25:30.having any respite from the rain. For Friday, looking like it has sped
:25:31. > :25:36.up slightly. It might just be dry to start with. Quite quickly cloudy
:25:37. > :25:39.with rain spreading in. Much of it out the way on Saturday. Saturday
:25:40. > :25:45.looks like a better day. Gradually improving. A lot of cloud around but
:25:46. > :25:49.not quite so cold. The sharp frost follows on Saturday. The next
:25:50. > :25:52.weather front coming on Sunday. Whether staying very unsettled.
:25:53. > :25:55.Thank you very much. We think. We will see you tomorrow
:25:56. > :26:20.night. We all have hopes and fears
:26:21. > :26:24.for the future