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Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight. All change

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at A Could a new system at King's Lynn help hospitals cope with the

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rising numbers? An 89`year`old woman attacked by

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three masked men at her home at Lakenheath.

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Solving a mystery fit for Indiana Jones. We speak to the professor who

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is helping to crack this 600`year`old code.

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And the winners go to Wembley. How Posh pinched it on penalties.

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First tonight, the changing face of accident and emergency departments.

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Are hospitals finally getting to grips with the ever increasing

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number of people coming through their doors? The increase in people

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turning up at A nationally is pretty stark. In 2004, a total of

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17.8 million. By 2012, that had risen to 21.7 million. So, across

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the region hospitals are experimenting. Installing new

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buildings, diverting some patients and using their staff in different

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ways. The latest to make changes ` the Queen Elizabeth in King's Lynn.

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This report is from our Chief Reporter Kim Riley.

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They call it AEC. That is Ambulatory Emergency Care. Staff nurse Emma

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Gray attending to Anthony, who suffered a diabetic collapse. He'll

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be seeing a consultant very soon. There are people like myself, who

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have chronic conditions, and really do need places like this where they

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can drop in to put themselves right on track. The new unit began as a

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pilot last summer and was up and running officially in the New Year.

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Patients can be diverted from A for treatment. They can be referred

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by the hospital's medical assessment unit. They can be referred to by the

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Rome GP, who has direct access to the duty consultant `` own GP.

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Things here happen quickly. The patients we see in the unit

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historically would have stayed in hospital for at least one night. Our

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average turnaround is three hours, nine minutes. Since we opened in

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August of last year we have seen 1200 patients. Only 96 of those have

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had to be admitted to hospital. We have had 100% response rate from our

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patient satisfaction surveys. It is all about the fact they are getting

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prompt treatment from admission to diagnosis and discharge, all within

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one day. Fisherman Jim, from King's Lynn, is here with swollen legs and

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serious pains, looking for answers. What do you think about the staff?

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They are good. They are good. Friendly. They are doing their job.

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I just have to wait and see the results. This is kind of new and we

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want to share our success with the local hospitals, and want to be

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evolving through the whole of the NHS. I think that is part of the

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solution to ease the pressure on A Morale on the team here is

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high. They're soon to be joined by new recruits, with the unit

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eventually aiming to be up and running around the clock. There is

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genuine infuser is about what has been achieved here, not least the

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saving of money. The aim is to have the unit up and running around the

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clock. And the Queen Elizabeth is far from

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being the only hospital to make changes. Kim is here now and can

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explain more. The West Suffolk at Bury St Edmunds introduced an AEC

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system last September. Basildon has something similar. And Southend is

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trialling that approach at the moment. And Colchester has a new

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Emergency Assessment Unit running three days a week as a pilot, and

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there are assessment units at the Princess Alexandra, Harlow and the

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James Paget, Gorleston, plus more beds in A Last month I went to

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see the temporary urgent care unit at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital,

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right next to A The emphasis there is treating people with minor

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injuries within the community, and giving them the back`up to return

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home quickly. They would help to get back home. So, variations on the

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triage system to prevent those long waits in A and, where possible,

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keep people out of hospital. An 89`year`old woman has been

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discharged from hospital, after being attacked by three masked men

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at her home at Lakenheath. It happened just after 8pm last night.

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The police in Suffolk have described the attack as "despicable".

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This morning, a police presence remained outside the bungalow, which

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was the scene of this attack, involving three men in Arrowhead

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Drive. The 89`year`old was in her living room, when she heard a loud

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bang at the front door and got up to see what was happening. It was

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between 7:45pm and 8:05pm last night. The woman told police how the

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three men broke into the property and struck her. She said they were

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wearing dark clothing and had their faces covered. She said they went

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through some of her belongings, doing a search, before leaving the

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property. Police say that once she was knocked to the floor, one of the

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men demanded money. The pensioner was taken to hospital in Bury St

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Edmunds with a cut to her head and kept in overnight. The attack has

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shocked people living on the estate. Ted is one of them. It is so sad,

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and especially somebody elderly on their own perhaps. What chance do

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they have against thugs? It is a very sad reflection of what is

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happening in a lot of communities today. Police are keen to trace

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three men seen any black Vauxhall car in the back lane area of

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Lakenheath. Officers aren't sure this was random or the victim was

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targeted, but they are determined to catch those responsible and have

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appealed to the criminal fraternity to turn them in. Thankfully this

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type of crime is rare in Suffolk, so when it does happen it will attract

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attention and investigation. This is just really nasty. This lady was

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vulnerable. She had a lot of support from social services and is

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needlessly attacked in her own home. We think they were after money.

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This'll be life changing. Although she will pull through, with no

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medical issues, this'll be life changing for her, emotionally,) and

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how she lives at home. Police want anyone with information to call them

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on 101 or on Crimestoppers on 0800555111.

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The amount Essex County Council spends on services for teenagers is

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to be cut by more than half. Councillors say they've decided to

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keep youth club buildings open, but lose staff. Tom Barton is in

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Chelmsford. So Tom, the council are committed to keeping youth clubs

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open, but only if volunteers can be found? That is right. Many people

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have expected the council to add nouns it was cutting at least some

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youth clubs, but today they said they were keeping all open `` and .

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Those activities will be delivered by volunteers. A third of sessions

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in new clothes in Essex are done by volunteers. That begs the question

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of the fact they will have two get three times that number of

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volunteers to step up to the plate in two years. That has led to lay

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the questioning whether there are another volunteers, whether enough

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people come forward. Of course, it raises the question of what happens

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if they can't find enough volunteers in some areas. The council says it's

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listened to young people. Is this is u`turn? There has been a very vocal

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campaign in Essex. More than 3000 young people responded to a

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consultation. Hundreds sign petitions, and back in October in

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Chelmsford, they replied. The council says they have listened and

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responded to those wishes by Cuban youth clubs open. It is difficult to

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call this a U`turn `` keeping youth clubs open. The council says it is

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facing a difficult budget restraint, and these cuts are the only way they

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can keep the service open. A plan to protect part of the A12 in

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Suffolk from flooding has been made public. A number of raised banks

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could be built along the road, where it crosses the estuary at

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Blythburgh. The road is between tidal flood plains, which are often

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below water level. The police in Essex have released

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CCTV pictures of two men, who were caught on a security camera they

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were trying to knock down. It happened at the Morning Fresh Bakery

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in West Hanningfield. A trailer was taken from the site. It happened

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between 6.55pm and 7.20pm on Saturday night.

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Campaigners are fighting to save a Victorian church in Essex from

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demolition. St Peter's Church in the village of Birch near Colchester has

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fallen into disrepair. The Church of England wants to knock it down.

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Preservation groups say it would be a great loss.

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St Peter's Church was built 170 years ago. It is an Essex landmark.

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Recent burials are in the church yard, but this church could soon be

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demolished. The church has in use for regular worshipper 25 years. It

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is a ruin and one which would cost millions to restore. That is why the

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church of England says the only viable option is to knock it down.

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It will be a shame. It is an important building, not just in

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itself, but because it is a centre of a conservation area. Base a

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demolition would be a tragedy. English Heritage say it is

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unjustified `` they say demolition. In local surveyor wants to turn it

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into a private home for his family. People want the building kept. The

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project is viable for occupation by the developer. Therefore, it makes

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no sense in our view to go ahead and demolish something against the

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wishes of local people. Not everyone wants the church to become a home. I

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would like to see the church taken down and a remembrance garden in its

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place, so local people can tend their graves. It is a landmark and

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has been here for years. To knock it down would be a shame. It should

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say, because it is a fantastic building. It is the centrepiece of

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the village. A spokesman said proposals to convert the church into

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a home would viable or sustainable. The dieses supports the demolition.

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`` still to come. Peterborough are on

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their way to Wembley. Why are the Chinese so much better at teaching

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maths than we are? Education experts in Bordeaux East to learn more ``

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will go. A professor from the University of

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Bedfordshire is being hailed as a real`life Indiana Jones, after

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cracking the code of a mysterious mediaeval document. This is it. It's

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called the Voynich manuscript. We know it's 600`odd years old. And it

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shows plants and stars as well as mysterious human figures. But it's

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the script that makes it famous, because no`one has ever deciphered

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what these symbols mean. Over the years it's become infamous and it

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even features in the Indiana Jones books. And the man who cracked it is

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Stephen Bax, Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of

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Bedfordshire. Earlier I asked him how he did it.

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My background is in linguistics, and basically what I did was try to

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identify pictures and match them with particular words alongside. I

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see it as a picture crossword, working out which latter letters

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match the sound. Why is it important? It is a big manuscript,

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with lots of interesting details. If only we could understand the

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manuscript, it would give us an insight into mediaeval thinking. The

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script has been uncrackable for 600 years, so I think my efforts, which

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are still partial, are a kind of chink in the armount of the

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manuscript, which I hope will open it up to future understanding of the

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mediaeval mind. There has been an air of mystery around it. You think

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it is a treatise on nature? I think it is a mediaeval treatise on

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nature, written in an un`known script. I think we are now a step

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forward cracking it. The words you found, can you describe the ones

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you've managed to crack? The interesting one is the word Taurus,

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which is next to a picture of stars. The word alongside it seems to be a

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foreign word, which if you use those letters and compare it to the two

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plants, you can start to build up the system of letters as a whole

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system for the manuscript. There is still more work to do. You are being

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hailed as a real`life Indiana Jones. What do you make of that? My

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children had to laugh at that. They pointed at my balding head. Great to

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talk to you. A group of teachers and education

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experts are going to Shanghai next week to learn how they teach maths.

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In the most recent league table, China comes top. England is down in

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26th place. The delegation is being led by the Norfolk MP and Education

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Minister Liz Truss. It also includes Dame Rachel de Souza, who runs a

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number of schools in Norfolk. We'll hear from Dame Rachel in a moment,

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but first the background from Dawn Gerber.

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The contrast could not be clearer. Shanghai schoolchildren are the best

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in the world at maths, while British peoples like behind, ranked 26th in

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this study. That is why the education minister and North MP

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Elizabeth truss it heading east. Businesses in her county want

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skilled staff. This engineering centre is a hub with over 30

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companies in the energy and motor industry and many people with the

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right qualifications. It is important that students looking to

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work in engineering sector have got good competency in both maths and

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English. If you take the energy sector, it is growing and growing.

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We need the workforce that can manufacture these products to meet

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the demand. The classroom is where changes have to be made. Norfolk

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schools have been criticised for being among the worst performing in

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the country. We have to be open`minded and DeMarco minded to

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new schools. `` two new learning. If students fail to get good grades,

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they could lose out, because places like this will have to look further

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afield and maybe even abroad. Dame Rachel de Souza is the CEO of the

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Inspiration Trust, which runs seven schools in Norfolk, and has helped

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two schools out of special measures and into "outstanding" . And when I

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spoke to her late this afternoon, she told me why she thinks the

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Chinese are doing so well. I think there are two things. There

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are the methods they use, and we are already using those methods and

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seeing great result in our classrooms. There was also an

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attitude towards maths. Parents and students are pro mathematics. They

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see maths as the key to unlock a great future. We need to do that.

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Let us look at the methods. A lot of modern talk takes us back to how we

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used to do things. I used in Singapore mathematics in my primary

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schools. The students do rigorous timetables. The homework is done and

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marked and returned by the very next morning, so students get instant

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feedback. A lot is about rigour and intense teaching, so intense blocks

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of teaching. The little ones can do it. My little six`year`olds are

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doing Singapore maths and are only a year ahead of the students above

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them. It works. What about aspiration? What I'm dying to see is

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Chinese parents in action. There is a whole approach to mathematics and

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support for your child learning mathematics. We have to learn from

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over there. We can be a bit anti`maths, seen it as

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anti`creativity in the UK. Is to do with the way mathematics is taught?

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The teachers not make it interesting enough? If you look at the Chinese

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model, they not trying to entertain. They are teaching basic concepts,

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basic arithmetic in very intense blocks. Young people respect that.

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You remember that teacher who was rigorous and you remember it. Is it

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about discipline? Become back to that rigour and discipline.

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Youngsters love to learn, and every get them young and start laying the

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foundations of good arithmetic, I have no doubt we can be topping and

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beating the Chinese. We need to do it for our own economy and that each

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of these young people. Mathematics is key to all the best jobs now. It

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is a different world. Thank you very much. Outdoor swimming pools are

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read enough. Outdoor pools donated to village by a local duke or

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unique. That is a story in Beds. It was built by the Duke of Bedford for

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his staff, but tonight it is on the verge of closing the good.

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It is a miserable debris night. `` February. This has been here for a

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century. It is run by a group of trustees. The recent weather has not

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been kind to the pool. There is a lot of maintenance needed. Here is a

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trustee. What is the problem? Lack of people to organise and take

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responsibility to get things done. We need a committee and more people.

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We had a great year last year. We made good surplus, but unfortunately

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the people involved have got too much work to do in other areas and

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are not able to give their time to it. We are on the verge of closing

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through lack of people support, not a money. That will be a shame

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because this pool has been used by generations. It is quite unique. I

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should think every child in the village has used this pool for

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enjoyment over the years. Many have learned to swim here. It is

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virtually a unique situation. You can come and have a picnic with your

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family. It is not a swimming pool, it is a lie down and place to have

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fun. You have called a meeting. Are you confident you will get people to

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come forward? Yes. We have had a few names come forward. Thank you for

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coming tonight. The pool is open at May. Whether it is open this may.

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Whether it is over Miss Maple depends on what happens tonight. ``

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this may. Peterborough United have made it to

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a Wembley final for the first time in 14 years. They beat Swindon Town

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last night in the southern area final of the Johnstone's Paint

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Trophy, but only after a nervous penalty shoot`out. The first leg

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finished 2`2. Last night they came from a goal down to draw level and

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will play either Chesterfield or Fleetwood on March 30th.

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Life is never dull at Peterborough Utd. Promotions, relegations and now

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the chance to win their first cup final at the home of English

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football. He runs to the near side to salute

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the fans. Tommy Rowe is out of contract at the end of the season,

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but his spot kick could prove priceless. For much of last night's

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game against Swindon they struggled, conceding a scrappy goal after half

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an hour. Swindon should have scored a second but tired towards the

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end.Posh meanwhile showed plenty of pluck, and 15 minutes from time,

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their top scorer Britt Assombalonga took advantage. Tied at 3`3 on

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aggregate, and with no extra time being played, it came down to

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penalties. Swindon started and promptly wished they hadn't. One of

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two bad misses for the home side. It was 3`3 when Tommy Rowe stepped up

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to strike the winning penalty. And after a torrid winter of poor form

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in front of fewer fans, Posh at last have something to shout about. You

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can't underestimate how getting into a cup final changes everything. You

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noticed the feel`good factor last night. It lifts everyone. Going to

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Wembley, for a club like Peterborough, is a big deal. It is

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not like Manchester United where it happens every so often. It is a once

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in a lifetime opportunity. Manager Darren ferguson will be hoping a cup

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final can inspire his team to promotion via the play`offa and, who

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knows, it may not be their only date at Wembley this season.

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If you're interested in what the BBC does in this region, then you might

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be interested in joining the BBC's regional audience panel. We want to

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hear from people of all ages and all backgrounds, from across the region.

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The panel meets three times a year, and it's your chance to tell us what

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you think about the BBC. You don't get paid, but you will get expenses.

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The closing date for applications is the 7th of March. Go to

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bbc.co.uk/ace for an information pack. If you don't have internet

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access call: 0800 092 6030. I am always glad I do the first part.

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Today we recorded temperatures of 11 Celsius. It felt springlike. We are

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still in an unsettled weather pattern. Today we saw a good

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shattering of showers. Some were on the heavy side. There are more to

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come and heading eastwards. You still may catch a shower before the

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end of the day, but they will tend to clear out into the North Sea. But

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the much of the night it looks dry. That'll allowed temperatures to drop

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over the next few hours. It is cold a love for a touch of ground frost.

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It'll be quite isolated and a patchy frost when we get it. Those winds

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will fall to a patchy frost when we get it. Those winds will fall to

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alight south`westerly. Into you will notice a weather front portion in

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from the West, but it won't get yours until overnight. We are into a

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reasonable forecast for tomorrow. It'll be a mainly dry day with light

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winds, and it will feel quite springlike wants more. If we are

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lucky, we will see something brighter. Where the cloud is

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thickest, that might produce an isolated shower. It is looking mega

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dry forecast and not a bad forecast all. `` like a dry forecast. There

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will be a light wind. There is a little more cloud for the afternoon.

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That is coming from the West and will bring a sunlight and patchy

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rain overnight on Wednesday. It changes our forecast once bought

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into a rather cloudy and down forecast for Thursday. The wind

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speed picks up and it will stay windy from Thursday right into the

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weekend. We start Thursday quite cloudy and misty in places. They'll

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be some outbreaks of rain. The middle of the day that batter and

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dryer. `` looks better. They'll be showers on Friday and they will be

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around on Saturday. The tempered as will be cooler by the weekend ``

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temperatures. Good

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