17/02/2014 Look East - East

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Good evening. The British cruise ship on which a

man from Essex died has been cleared to continue its journey after an

inspection by the police and port officials. Eyewitnesses today

described how James Swinstead, who lived in Colchester, was killed

during lunch on Valentine's Day when a wave crashed through a window.

The sound of breaking crockery. Pictures taken by Marco Polo

passenger shows the vessel pitching in heavy seas before tragedy struck.

Must Taylor and his partner are relieved to be back on dry land

after a cruise they would like to forget. They were sitting in the

restaurant just yards from 85 rolled James Swinstead and his wife Helen.

`` `year`old. There were screams as the window

came in. One of them struck the man in the back of the head, and the

other one flew over the tops of the heads of people in the next road.

It's then crash landed on the floor in the middle of the dining room.

Otherwise, there could have been more serious injuries.

Helen had been married to James Swinstead for almost 50 years. She

said that there were signs that the ship was badly maintained. It is

common sense that if you have a rusty water coming through a window

in the dining room, you plug it. You should not have rusty water coming

in. Cruise and Maritime Voyages says it

denies allegations that the ship is unseen Worsley or substandard. It

had been passed fit to leave. `` unseaworthy.

The Port of Felixstowe has been given permission to expand, with

nearly 200 metres of new quays. It will allow the next generation of

container ships to use the port. It's the latest stage in the rivalry

between Felixstowe and the new London Gateway port in Essex.

Joining us live is Simon Fraser from the Felixstowe Port Users

Association. Mr Fraser, how important is this

development for the Port? It is obviously one hurdle on the

way to developing the port further to increase its pre`eminence as a

container port. It can already take huge ships, so what is this about?

The future generation of ships? Felixstowe can already handled the

largest container ships currently afloat and this proposed new

extension to the port will enable them to handle more of these ought

large container ships simultaneously and will enable them to handle the

next generation that are currently still only on the drawing board.

The London Gateway port has recently opened. What impact is that having

on Felixstowe? So far, London Gateway has not had much impact at

all, but obviously it is setting itself up as a rival to Felixstowe,

albeit 50 years after Felixstowe became the first container port in

the UK. Nobody is complacent about the threat that London Gateway poses

and indeed the management here at Felixstowe and the owners of the

port and the staff and everyone involved are writing to the

challenge of this competition. `` rising to the challenge.

Norfolk County Council has approved its new budget by just two votes.

There'll be a council tax freeze, more money for children's services

and ?66 million of cuts. It follows a day of uncertainty after the

Greens published a list of demands in return for their support. The

Labour`run authority eventually agreed to put more money into adult

social care. A doctor from Essex is refusing to

take part in a plan for a national patient database. Dr John Cormack

will not hand over medical records unless he gets specific permission

from the patient. He says the government scheme is shambolic and

botched. It is a plan to join the NHS, share

our medical records with doctors and researchers. From April, that will

include our date of birth, gender and postcode. The government says it

will help them to track outbreaks of illnesses, track the side effects of

drugs and have money where it is more needed. Sounds like a positive

idea. Not so, says some doctors. The motion belongs to the patient. I

think that confidential medical information belongs to the patient.

From April, all patients will have their detail shared unless they opt

out. But at Dr John Cormack's practice,

he will opt out patients and their say tell him otherwise.

Will you be opting out of the scheme? Yes, I do not agree with the

way it has been brought in. NHS England says that there will not be

names on the system and it will not pass details to insurance companies,

but what do patients think? My name is Bill, I have decided to

opt out because I am concerned about the lack of confidentiality.

The only person who needs to notice your doctor. I think a lot of your

details will be online anyway. Some doctors who go against the

government are worried that they might have their dock `` contracts

terminated. Dr John Cormack says he will bear

the consequences. The government is reviewing the plan

to move Papworth Hospital from its site near Huntingdon to Cambridge.

The move has been in the pipeline for years and work is due to start

on a new multi`million pound site near Addenbrooke's this summer. But

it's emerged that ministers are now examining the benefits of the move

and its cost. We were clearly disappointed to hear

that they have now introduced a further obstacle that they want an

external clinical review as well as another round of the financial

checks. So we are confident that we will pass both of those tests, but

it has added another four to six months delay to a project already

delayed. Another weather. Some further outbreaks of rain, some

further bursts mixed in, but there will be no frost. Light to moderate

southerly winds. Had some patchy fog tomorrow. The last of the overnight

rain clearing quickly. Largely cloudy skies, perhaps in brightness

and sunshine, then showers moving in, possibly some hail and thunder

moving in to. The light south`westerly winds mean that any

shells that we do get into the afternoon and evening will be moving

and some of these could be on the heavy side. There will be the

national forecaster night, but the outlook is looking largely dry and

quite cloudy outlook is looking largely dry and

for the most part on Wednesday, it will turn more unsettled.

Whilst across the whole of the country the general weather pattern

shows no signs of completely settling down there is some good

news. There will be some drier spells over the next couple of days,