19/02/2014 Look East - East

In the programme tonight: if you had to find the words to describe the

people that would do something like this to you, what will that work be?

Evil. An 89`year`old describes the masked

men who attacked her in her own home.

Truckloads of aid ` the farmers here helping flooded colleagues on the

Somerset Levels. And claims of a postcode lottery

when it comes to resuscitation by paramedics. And freshly restored `

the map that shows the 700 bombs that fell on the city of Norwich.

Hello. First tonight, a vulnerable pensioner assaulted in her own home

by three masked men has hit back at her attackers. She told Look East

they are evil and she would have them whipped.

Connie Hallford was alone in her bungalow in Lakenheath on Monday

evening when the men burst in, knocked her down and demanded money.

Suffolk Police described the attack as despicable. Connie, who's just

over five feet tall, had to be treated in hospital. This afternoon

she spoke to our reporter Kevin Burch. There was a bang on the

door. I thought, there is someone banging at the door. Then Dave and

again really loudly. One of them really went for it and the door came

in, you see. So they were trying to bang their way in? Yes, they smashed

the door and the window in the top part of it. That is when I went to

the hallway and asked them what they were doing there? I told them to

clear off. I told them to get out. He did not say anything. He hit me

on the head with something and knocked me down onto the floor. All

the blood was running down and he said, money. Where is your money? I

said, I have not I am a widow. He said, you must have some down the

side of your city or something. He went into local. He looked down the

settee and the armchairs, everywhere. One of them look down at

me and said, are you all right. I said that I wasn't. I was bleeding.

Where you scared and angry? I was angry that they came in. I could not

make out what they were doing really. They said they were looking

for money. I want to cede the law do the right thing. If you have to find

the words to describe people who would do this to someone like you,

what would those words be? Evil. They are evil. They should bring

back whipping or something. Thank you for talking to us. So many

people's thoughts will be with you. Please rest and get better. I have

already got a teddy bear, a bunch of flowers and some chocolate sent from

someone who I don't know. Hundreds of tonnes of hay and straw

donated by farmers from this region are on their way to their

counterparts flooded in the South West. Farmers on the Somerset Levels

have been left without food to give to their cattle, but colleagues

across East Anglia have rallied round to help. Forage being loaded

onto a lorry in Essex. Help for flood hit farmers in the south`west.

Our farmers had to do something to help those whose farms had been

destroyed. Feed and bedding from livestock has been donated. All of

their hay and straw is ruined, it is underwater. The animals need to be

fed. It has been an awful few weeks for them. Farms are still being

evacuated. The water level is still rising. I cannot imagine what is

going through their heads. It must be truly awful. If a farmer is in a

model, you help them out. If it was asked, someone would come to our

aid. The farmers save they are overwhelmed. This barn is for of

hundreds of tonnes of donated straw and how. This is the feed and

bedding donated in Suffolk and Norfolk has contributed as well. We

have 24 articulated lorries going out. The farming community

brilliant. It is a fantastic effort. It has been an extraordinary week.

We have collected over ?17,000 in financial donations. Back in Essex

they are thinking of the situation faced by their fellow farmers in the

south`west. You cannot imagine it until you are in that situation.

People have watched their livelihoods and future be destroyed.

Tonight, some young farmers are heading to Somerset to do what they

can to help. The floods have brought the farming community together.

Late this afternoon I spoke to vet and farmer's wife Jenny Winslade in

Bridgwater, who's co`ordinating the distriubution of donations in

Somerset. She started by telling me how they had to evacuate all their

cattle. We sold a hundred at market and we have hunch and 50 cattle on

eight host farms. They are within a ten, 20 mile area. They are

scattered far and wide. How grateful you for the donations that have been

coming in? We could not still be in business without the donations. All

of the forage was left on the farm. There was no way of getting it out

in time. We would have had to sell 550 cattle on one day without these

donations. We are from a third`generation farm. My husband

loves his farm and it would have destroyed him. The fact we can feed

them, maybe just sort of in limbo at the moment until we know what the

situation is going to be, allows our some time to make some informed

decision `` decisions and see if we can get back to the farm and salvage

anything. However, the water is still waist high. There was no

likelihood of us going back to our farm any time soon. It is one thing

getting the donations, but you would then have two distribute them around

the various places they are needed. Yes. This is a complete emergency.

We are getting donations from all over the country. Tesco have been

very kind why helping us with the logistics. We are using Sedgemoor

market as a base to drop off the forage, but we have limited storage.

We could do with a weak storage area so we can accept or the donations,

but as you can imagine, a couple of farmers wives in the bedroom, we are

finding it tough. We wish you the best of luck and hope things settle

down for you soon. Thank you for talking to us. Thank you.

Standards of care at Hellesdon Hospital in Norwich have to improve,

according to the Government's main health watchdog. It treats people

with mental health problems in Norfolk and Suffolk. But the Care

Quality Commission highlighted failings in the care and welfare of

patients and failure to treat them with respect. Inside this hospital

are some of the most bombed rubble, yet when inspectors came they found

patients had been left with incomplete care plans and even left

in dirty clothes. That was a one`off case that is unacceptable. I have

been talking to the nursing staff to make sure we supplied the

fundamentals of care when people come into hospital. People are

tolerable and they want to be looked after. They need to be clean and

cared for. The union Unison says it frees that cuts to the services is

having an impact. To a certain extent their hands are tied by their

budget, but on certain things they have taken their eye off the ball

and are focusing too much on reaching financial targets. They are

not listening to the people who work in the service. ?40 million worth of

savings are being made in four years. One of the issues raised by

inspectors is a clock in mental health assessments by community

nurses. Some people have been waiting two months to find out how

young they are and whether they actually need to be treated in

hospital. `` how young they are. But the trust says they are taking

action. Our redesign services are prioritising people with urgent

needs. We have been recruiting extra nurses and running additional

clinics at weekends to catch up. We are seeing people within the time

frame is that we think we should be working too. Despite the

criticisms, the trust did achieve in some areas, including having

safeguards to stop abuse, at the report today has added to the

pressure of trying to cope demand at a time when cuts are being made.

There's been another fall in the number of people out of work in the

East. In the last three months of 2013, 180,000 people were

unemployed. That's down 1,000 on the previous quarter.

In the East the unemployment rate now stands at 5.7% compared to 7.2%

nationally. Nationally, more women are in work `

just over 14 million ` than at any time since records began in 1971.

There was traffic gridlock in Lowestoft today after a hole five

metres long opened up, blocking the A12 in the town centre. The road was

closed last night and nearly 24 hours later parts are still closed.

The cause of the hole remains unknown.

It was the last thing drivers and traders in Lowestoft wanted to see

this morning dash a large hole in the ground. It opened up last now ``

last night. This was Station Square in December. For a local restaurant

owner it has been a difficult time. For a new business, that is a

killing point. We are struggling, but I hope it gets cleared as soon

as possible. He is not the only one. Other traders are frustrated. There

are one or two cars coming down, but it really is disrupting businesses.

It goes from bad to worse really. But the one thing that defines this

town is its resilience. Daniel Newman says that Lowestoft will take

this on the chin. It is disappointing rather than

frustrating. There are challenges, but the town is open for his knees

and it is accessible. The highways agency says that drivers can get

through, but the area around Denmark Road will open only when it is safe

to do so. Still to come on the programme dash

the big name in brewing that has come back to its historic home after

40 years. And if you have caught the Olympic curling bark, what you can

do if you want to have a go yourself.

The region's Ambulance Service nsists poor response times are not

to blame for the fact that fewer people are being resuscitated. The

BBC has obtained figures which show the East of England Ambulance Trust

is in the bottom three in the country for the number of

resuscitations attempted. And it's led one former ambulance executive

to claim there's a postcode lottery when it comes to life saving

treatment. Amy Carter and her partner Scott

lost their three`month`old daughter last year. She had a congenital

heart condition. It took the East of England Ambulance Service 26 minutes

to get to her, a delay described why the local coroner as indefensible.

It is bad enough that you lose your daughter, but when there is someone

to blame, you feel more angry. You have grief and anger together. It is

too much. Staff in this control room in Bedford received 1000 emergency

calls every day. Their dedication is not in doubt and they know the

urgency of a cardiac arrest. Failure to reach a sufferer in eight minutes

usually results in death. The East is in the bottom three when it comes

to attempts to refer to take patients.

Some experts believe this is due to a difference in the response times

and medical procedures. This ambulance executive says the figures

expose a frightening state of affairs. We have an HF that should

be as good anywhere in the country. `` we have an NHS. They should not

be a postcode lottery. The gamblers service admits there are

shortcomings, but discrepancies can be explained by factors such as age

and income. We are recruiting more paramedics so to make sure we have

enough, we are on a campaign to recruit 400 more. The Ambulance

Service has a good survival rate for those who they do this after take,

but that will be little consolation for the parents of this baby for

whom the help arrived too late. Every four years at the Winter

Olympics we become a nation of curling fans. Today, of course,

Britain's men and women have both been in action in Sochi and it's had

us on the edge of our seats. But what happens once the Olympics are

over? If you've been bitten by the bug, how easy is it to take up

curling? Curling ` a bit like holes on ice.

The sport and is back to 16th century Scotland. `` the sport dates

back. It is a community sport and anyone complain from the age of

eight up until 80. The major problem is where to do it. It is played in

40 countries, but Steve has to travel four hours a day to practice

in Tunbridge Wells in Kent. It is the only dedicated ice curling rink

in England. In Scotland it is a mainstream sport. Here and in Wales

we need more ice rinks. The more ice rinks you get, the more accessible

it is and a lot of people if they are just getting into something new,

they want it closer. I started in Chelmsford, but they stopped it

there because they `` because it did not pay. They stopped curling and I

had to go further. For the highly skilled and dedicated few, the

English championship swept into action today. A world away from

Sochi Web written's with men and women are battling for medals. ``

where Britain's best men and women. No need to work up a sweat here

though, there is no ice. The sport at this community Centre in Norwich

is played at a more sedate pace. It is similar to curling on ice without

the ice. As you throw the stone, the ball bearing does all the work for

you. The British team were granted ?5 million of funding to repair for

Sochi. The curlers are all from Scotland. Unless facilities

improved, it is likely that the best players will remain on the other

side of the border. John Brown from Bedfordshire is part

of the English Curling Association and he's in Tunbridge Wells for the

national championships. I spoke to him earlier and asked him why he

thinks we've become so transfixed with curling. I think it is because

it is an unusual sport and we are good at it. Unfortunately though, it

is on every four years. Do you think it is down to the Olympic effect?

The interest waned after that? I think so because there is nowhere

really for people to practice in most of written. `` most of Britain.

Said there is one place where people can do curling seriously. Can it not

be done on an ice rink? It can, but you need to play its on a proper

rink. So how do people practice if they want to get to the level we are

seeing in Sochi? In England there is only one ice rink in Kent, but in

Scotland there are 25 curling rinks where people can practice. That is

why the majority of the team of Scottish because they have had the

time and experience to play a lot. In England you have two travel to

Kent to get that experience. It seems a real shame. We are a nation

of winter, but not necessarily winter sports. This is something we

are good at and you would have thought there would be more

facilities. Absolutely. There are two ways to start playing curling.

One is to find someone with few hundred thousand pounds to build an

ice rink or you can ask a time on the ice. If there is someone out

there who wants to put money into building eight curling ice rink,

that would be great for sport. Thank you for talking to us all.

If you live in Northampton you will know that until the 1970s there was

one big name brewery in the town. It was called Phipps, but after more

than 200 years it closed down. The name was revived by a new company

five years ago and now they have become so successful that they're

moving Phipps back into Northampton to the original Victorian brewery.

The cover has come off of one of Northampton's newest, but oldest

businesses. ?1 million plan to create a new brewery 40 years on

from when Phipps closed in the town. Bringing company back row back wall

at `` bringing Phipps back well bring something back to the town.

The new team hope to trade on the brewery's previous heritage.

Providence is expensive `` important. We are using water from

our own well. It is crucial that in this day and age where so many

things come and go so quickly, Phipps is steeped in history in this

area. The brewery is hoping to strengthen its position by selling

its products all over the region. The interest in real ale has been

growing every year. It has been good news to hear that they are coming

back. It is hoped that brewing will start here within the month.

When we hear the word blitz, we normally think of the wartime

bombing of London or Coventry. But there was another smaller blitz in

Norwich. In 1942, hundreds of German bombers raided the city on two

consecutive nights and nearly 250 people were killed. At the time the

authorities made a map showing the exact position of every bomb blast

in the war, but over the years its condition deteriorated. Now it's

been painstakingly restored, as Kim Riley reports.

Secrets revealed this afternoon of five months of work bringing this

bomb map back to life. Each of these tags represent a bomb that rained

down on the city. The exact position, date and size of the bomb

are detailed. Just over 250 people died during the Blitz. It happened

over a couple of nights. In July 1940, 27 people were killed. Five

girls were walking up Karen Hill and were killed. Many people remember

that. It's difficult to think that happens when you walk around Norwich

now. Here in the city centre this is the site of the John Lewis store.

There is nothing to show for it now, but during the war the building then

on this site was alone apart. By marrying together the streetscape of

the present day with the aftermath of the bombing raids, graphic

designer Nick Stone has created ghost images. It is a case of

standing in the footsteps of the original photographer. It is on

every residential street in the city. A phenomenal amount of damage

was caused. The restored map will be preserved under controlled

conditions, but detailed images from it are available on CD. Street

high`street telling the story of a city under attack. Those pictures

are amazing. Now, let us have a look at the weather. New line ``

temperatures up to 12 degrees today. Quite a range of temperatures

through the day. It will be quite mild tomorrow, but it will be windy

up with a brain in the morning. It is this Atlantic weather system that

will bring rain later tonight. A lot of clouds moving in off the Atlantic

and already our skies are turning cloudy. There will be patchy rain,

but not until around midnight. It will track eastwards. It will not

read all the time `` rain all the time. And while night with

temperatures no lower than six Celsius. We have this weather front

that will swiftly cleared through. It will be windy with rain in the

morning. It will clear and improved in the afternoon. The skies will

turn brighter and we should see some sunshine. It will be drier and

temperatures will be on the mild side with ten or 11 Celsius our

high. If you factor in the wind though it will feel slightly colder.

There could use and showers around, which will be isolated. Let us look

ahead to the end of the week that it will stay windy right into the

weekend, but the forecast is not bad. This is the weather front

arriving later on Sunday. Some uncertainty about the timing, but

there should be quite a lot of dry weather before that. It will feel

cooler and fresher. By Sunday, starting to turn cloudy with a

chance of rain arriving later. Not looking too bad. That is all

from ask. Have a good evening.