:00:00. > :00:00.And that is all from the BBC News at six. It
:00:00. > :00:10.In Hello and welcome to Look East. The headlines tonight: This man
:00:11. > :00:12.dived into the water to savd a teenager from drowning but they both
:00:13. > :00:15.died. Customers stick up for a Suffolk
:00:16. > :00:28.butcher today after he's forced to tone down his display of gale. Some
:00:29. > :00:31.said it was gruesome. It's no different from a fishmongers having
:00:32. > :00:34.fish. Anybody who doesn't lhke it... Vegetarians... My window wotld be
:00:35. > :00:36.the worst nightmare they cotld possibly see.
:00:37. > :00:39.The Education Minister goes in search of a lesson in maths ` from a
:00:40. > :00:42.classroom in Shanghai. And in our First World War series
:00:43. > :00:55.tonight: Millions of boots for the troops... Made in Northampton.
:00:56. > :01:01.A Coroner has been told that a 42`year`old man dived into ` lake to
:01:02. > :01:03.look for a missing teenager but both of them drowned. The incident
:01:04. > :01:07.happened last summer at a bdauty spot near King's Lynn. At today s
:01:08. > :01:11.hearing, the man's girlfriend revealed that she had urged him not
:01:12. > :01:15.to go in. Ryan Pettengell wdnt into the water at Bawsey Pitts when a
:01:16. > :01:23.teenage swimmer went missing. But he failed to reach the teenager and he
:01:24. > :01:28.too drowned. Our reporter Ddbbie Tubby was at today's inquest in
:01:29. > :01:35.Norwich. Ryan Pettengell's lother, sister`in`law, arrived at today s
:01:36. > :01:40.inquest. He died at the samd location as the teenager he was
:01:41. > :01:47.looking for. This 16`year`old's body had already been found. If someone
:01:48. > :01:53.was in trouble then he would go out of his way to help them. Thhs police
:01:54. > :01:58.officer told the court that he was there when Ryan Pettengell drowned.
:01:59. > :02:03.He could not have helped as he was not a competent swimmer. His
:02:04. > :02:08.girlfriend said he could sed something on the island he had swung
:02:09. > :02:15.too. He said he would swim over `` he had swum too. She said not to
:02:16. > :02:22.bother as he would not be able to make it. She got him a log but it
:02:23. > :02:25.would not float. She went underwater and swallowed somewhat and was
:02:26. > :02:29.sick. She went back to the hsland to try to get another stick but when
:02:30. > :02:35.she turned around all she could see were bubbles on the surface. Shortly
:02:36. > :02:40.after the trainings, these photos were released. This is a diver
:02:41. > :02:46.moments after finding the 16`year`old's body. As soon as you
:02:47. > :02:57.get into the wheat, you havd no visibility. `` the weed. Thd
:02:58. > :03:03.entanglement is everywhere. Ryan Pettengell's best friend was there
:03:04. > :03:12.when he drowned. Unfortunatdly it wasn't a joke. We realise it was
:03:13. > :03:17.serious. Before the family left inquest, Ryan Pettengell's lother
:03:18. > :03:21.said that the notion of ins`ne should also point out the d`ngerous
:03:22. > :03:27.office. It would give those who wanted to describe something to
:03:28. > :03:32.think about. `` dangers below the surface.
:03:33. > :03:35.The customers of a butcher hn Suffolk have been giving hil their
:03:36. > :03:39.support today after he was condemned for putting a display of gale in his
:03:40. > :03:42.shop window. JBS Family Butcher s in Sudbury found itself in the national
:03:43. > :03:46.spotlight after it put rabbhts and partridges in the window. One person
:03:47. > :03:57.described it as "like a scene from a horror movie". A deer goes tp on the
:03:58. > :04:05.hook. Game. This bitch is known for its `` butcher. It was taken down
:04:06. > :04:16.after it was claimed it was distressing for children. Mx window
:04:17. > :04:23.would be the worst nightmard that they could see. But if you do not
:04:24. > :04:30.want to see it you can avoid it All of a sudden we have nationwhde
:04:31. > :04:42.uproar. Most of Sudbury's rdsidents seem baffled by complaints. It is
:04:43. > :04:47.food. It is natural. It is OK. These things have been on display for
:04:48. > :04:53.Abedi long time. I do not sde a problem. `` a very long timd. There
:04:54. > :05:25.has been support on social ledia. It is probably... I do not like it.
:05:26. > :05:32.I don't like to look at it. Undaunted, the will be another
:05:33. > :05:38.display at the weekend. `` there will be.
:05:39. > :05:40.An MP from Suffolk has been telling the Commons today that National
:05:41. > :05:44.Insurance should be re`named, because it's not insurance ` it s a
:05:45. > :05:47.tax. Ben Gummer, the MP for Ipswich, wants it to be called the E`rnings
:05:48. > :05:51.Tax. National Insurance is paid by all workers aged between 16 and
:05:52. > :05:55.retirement age. We pay 12% on earnings between ?149 and ?797 a
:05:56. > :05:58.week. After that you pay an extra 2%. Mr Gummer says there is hardly
:05:59. > :06:04.any difference between National Insurance and Income Tax, and using
:06:05. > :06:16.the word "insurance" is a fhction. Well let's talk to Ben Gummdr. Why
:06:17. > :06:25.do me. Collard income tax? `` Why do we not call it income tax? The two
:06:26. > :06:32.are separate. It would be honest to be what national insurance hs. It is
:06:33. > :06:34.a tax. The idea has been th`t national insurance pays for
:06:35. > :06:43.insurance needs that we havd from the government rest that is correct.
:06:44. > :06:47.But the link between contributions and benefits has been broken. It
:06:48. > :06:56.goes into the pot like everxthing else does. We should be str`ighter
:06:57. > :07:02.as politicians, with taxpaydrs. A little sign and a little bit of
:07:03. > :07:11.movement in that direction, calling it a tax, we should do that. This is
:07:12. > :07:17.the employees national insurance that you want to do away with, not
:07:18. > :07:41.the employers? I hope both of them will be renamed hopefully it
:07:42. > :07:50.a lot of people watching thhs will be pensioners who do not pax because
:07:51. > :07:56.of their age. I merely want to change the name. There should be
:07:57. > :08:01.special rates for pensioners so that they do not lose out. We ard merely
:08:02. > :08:09.looking to change the name `nd make things more simple for people. Do
:08:10. > :08:21.you think you will get it through? I think so. I hope so. We want to make
:08:22. > :08:27.it simpler and more transparent I hope they will look kindly on this
:08:28. > :08:30.project. Thank you. The Environment Agency has started
:08:31. > :08:32.work to repair a stretch of coastline damaged by Decembdr's
:08:33. > :08:36.tidal surge. The diggers have moved in to Snettisham in North Norfolk
:08:37. > :08:38.where the coastline and a bhrd reserve suffered serious erosion.
:08:39. > :08:44.Sand and shingle, material dumped by the sea. It's being collectdd up to
:08:45. > :08:51.rebuild an embankment. This sea defence protects around 3,000
:08:52. > :09:01.caravans and holiday homes. A concrete defence is expensive and
:09:02. > :09:05.doesn't always solve the problem. We are trying to work with the natural
:09:06. > :09:08.defences and that is why we maintain the natural shingle ridge that is
:09:09. > :09:15.there to a standard. With h`rd defences that tends to create a
:09:16. > :09:19.barrier to the energy in thd tides. The work is not just protecting
:09:20. > :09:22.people. The nature reserve just behind the sea defence is home to
:09:23. > :09:25.tens of thousands of birds. The severe tidal damage, the worst in
:09:26. > :09:33.its history, means nearly three months later, Snettisham is only
:09:34. > :09:36.partly open. A lot of the infrastructure was destroyed and
:09:37. > :09:45.badly damaged. We lost board walks, paths and fences... It is h`rd to
:09:46. > :09:48.believe on a day like this how much devastation the sea can cause. Back
:09:49. > :09:51.in December, the tidal surgd completely flooded this lakd `
:09:52. > :09:56.reaching almost double my hdight. But today's work is helping to
:09:57. > :10:02.protect the wildlife. The soft sand is valuable nesting material for
:10:03. > :10:08.birds breeding in the summer. That's why every year the Environmdnt
:10:09. > :10:19.Agency replenishes this sea defence. It protects a vital area of
:10:20. > :10:22.coastline. A reward of ?2,000 is being offered
:10:23. > :10:26.by Crimestoppers for help in catching the people who att`cked an
:10:27. > :10:29.89`year`old woman at Lakenhdath in Suffolk last week. Connie H`llford
:10:30. > :10:32.spoke to us after the robbery and described the attackers as dvil She
:10:33. > :10:35.was treated in hospital aftdr being knocked to the floor when three
:10:36. > :10:39.masked men burst into her home. More than 45,000 people vishted the
:10:40. > :10:42.Masterpieces: Art and East @nglia show at the Sainsbury Centrd in
:10:43. > :10:45.Norwich which closed yesterday. It opened in September and was
:10:46. > :10:48.described as the most ambithous exhibition ever staged in this
:10:49. > :10:51.region. It was a centrepiecd of the 50th anniversary celebrations for
:10:52. > :10:54.the University of East Anglha. The organisers say it was a critical and
:10:55. > :10:58.popular success. A book, published to accompany the exhibition, turned
:10:59. > :11:01.out to be so popular it had to be reprinted to keep up with ddmand.
:11:02. > :11:06.Still to come on the progralme tonight: Was Britain right to go to
:11:07. > :11:08.war in 1914? I'll be talking to the historian Sir Max Hastings.
:11:09. > :11:15.And after the big freeze last year, it looks like we've got awax with it
:11:16. > :11:19.and Spring is on the way... In tonight's special report, we look
:11:20. > :11:22.at the teaching of maths in the region's schools. A delegathon of
:11:23. > :11:24.teachers and education experts are currently in the Chinese city of
:11:25. > :11:27.Shanghai, hoping to learn ldssons. The delegation is being led by
:11:28. > :11:30.Elizabeth Truss, the Educathon Minister and MP for South Wdst
:11:31. > :11:33.Norfolk. Last week on this programme, we were told that
:11:34. > :11:37.teachers in this country nedd to learn from the teaching methods in
:11:38. > :11:40.other parts of the world. In maths, children in Shanghai are sahd to be
:11:41. > :11:53.three years ahead of childrdn here. So what is their secret? Thhs from
:11:54. > :11:55.our chief reporter Kim Rilex. Leading a high`powered delegation,
:11:56. > :11:57.Elizabeth Truss is in Shanghai to learn how its children appe`r to be
:11:58. > :12:08.streets ahead of ours when ht comes streets ahead of ours when ht comes
:12:09. > :12:11.to learning maths. This morning a visit to a television studio was
:12:12. > :12:24.followed by a lesson in the classroom. Shanghai's 15`ye`r`olds
:12:25. > :12:28.top the international tables for maths in 2012. The UK came hn 2 th
:12:29. > :12:31.places. But is it a valid comparison? Some critics cl`im the
:12:32. > :12:34.system is deeply flawed. Thdy say China's strict residency rules mean
:12:35. > :12:37.a huge number of the most disadvantaged students are left out
:12:38. > :12:40.in the cold. According to a global average, a city of 23 million people
:12:41. > :12:43.should have about 300,000 15`year`olds. Shanghai has not much
:12:44. > :12:47.more than 100,000. They say the low birth rate doesn't explain why so
:12:48. > :12:52.many 15`year`olds appear to have gone missing ` students likd this
:12:53. > :12:55.girl. Her parents are migrants. But despite having lived and worked in
:12:56. > :13:00.Shanghai for nine years, thdy don't have full residency papers. She
:13:01. > :13:03.can't go to a Shanghai school. Despite such reservations, Dlizabeth
:13:04. > :13:05.Truss believes there is still much to admire here, particularlx for
:13:06. > :13:14.under`performing schools in Norfolk and Suffolk. We're looking `t the
:13:15. > :13:20.Shanghai maths programme and how we can improve lessons, teaching and
:13:21. > :13:24.basic arithmetic. That's solething that can be learned in Norfolk and
:13:25. > :13:31.Suffolk. It's impressive to see large classes of 40 plus de`ling
:13:32. > :13:35.with very complex arithmetic. They take it in their stride. It makes
:13:36. > :13:38.you wonder what our British children are capable of. The delegathon,
:13:39. > :13:41.which is to meet Chinese edtcation officials in Beijing, has already
:13:42. > :13:45.seen a lot. Some argue the Chinese system puts students under too much
:13:46. > :13:54.pressure, others say we ignore the 'can do' approach in these
:13:55. > :14:02.classrooms at our peril. From maths to sport in schools. It's
:14:03. > :14:06.always a hot topic and in rdcent years the government has bedn keen
:14:07. > :14:08.to ensure that every pupil has the chance of playing sport
:14:09. > :14:11.competitively. There were ndarly 1,000 children doing just that in
:14:12. > :14:13.Northamptonshire today at the Winter School Sports Games. Our Sports
:14:14. > :14:17.Editor Jonathan Park reports. A captive audience for one of
:14:18. > :14:19.England's greats ` much has changed since Arsenal's Kelly Smith was
:14:20. > :14:22.their age. Women's football has really taken off and the School
:14:23. > :14:28.Sports Games are now an essdntial part of the calendar. I nevdr had
:14:29. > :14:38.this opportunity. I would h`ve been the only girl playing in a lale
:14:39. > :14:41.tournament. It's grown so mtch. The School Sports Games are a dhrect
:14:42. > :14:44.result of that magical Olympic summer in 2012. The governmdnt and
:14:45. > :14:48.Lottery Fund invested ?130 lillion to ensure every child has a chance
:14:49. > :14:59.of playing some kind of competitive sport. In Kettering, the cotnty
:15:00. > :15:06.finals. Many schools represdnted, and many girls and boys driven on by
:15:07. > :15:10.the 'c' word ` competition. When you play friendly matches you know other
:15:11. > :15:13.people so I don't think you perform your best. When you play
:15:14. > :15:22.competitively you don't know them so you tend to want to be bettdr. You
:15:23. > :15:26.try harder. It's better. Whhle the money for these events is dte to run
:15:27. > :15:29.out next year, the Conservatives have pledged to stump up thd cash
:15:30. > :15:34.for primary school sport until 020 if they're re`elected. Four year
:15:35. > :15:40.funding commitments are helpful but won't change things for the better
:15:41. > :15:52.in the long run. We want thd youngsters to grow up to be
:15:53. > :15:56.physically active adults. That's going to take a ten or 15 ydar
:15:57. > :15:59.commitment. Over 2,000 children hope to achieve their own person`l
:16:00. > :16:08.targets in Kettering this wdek. The taking part counts, but the winning
:16:09. > :16:11.matters! All this week on Look East we're
:16:12. > :16:14.marking the centenary of thd outbreak of the First World War
:16:15. > :16:18.Last night, Stewart was in the trenches at a film set in Stffolk.
:16:19. > :16:22.Tonight, we're talking boots. We touched on this last night. At the
:16:23. > :16:25.start of the First World War it was so wet in the trenches that many
:16:26. > :16:28.soldiers suffered from a condition called trench foot. So, top quality
:16:29. > :16:30.boots were very important ` and millions of them were made by the
:16:31. > :16:48.shoe factories in Northampton. In 100 years, the making of a boot
:16:49. > :16:51.in Northampton has changed little. In the First World War, the British
:16:52. > :16:59.Army relied on footwear that would stand up to the rigours of warfare.
:17:00. > :17:02.They're still made in the s`me way. Obviously there are new machines
:17:03. > :17:16.that have modernised the process but basically they're the same. We no
:17:17. > :17:19.longer put big nails into the soles. That's no longer needed. Just before
:17:20. > :17:22.the War, Crockett Jones in Northampton were making use of new
:17:23. > :17:27.manufacturing processes and was already expanding. This part of the
:17:28. > :17:31.building was opened up in 1812, so by the start of the First World War
:17:32. > :17:34.it would still have felt very modern as the company embarked on hts
:17:35. > :17:52.busiest time in its 135 year history. Factory records show output
:17:53. > :17:58.here doubled. Over 70% of all boots made for the troops came from
:17:59. > :18:06.Northamptonshire. Collectivdly, they made about 20 million pairs for the
:18:07. > :18:12.war effort. It was a big effort and the town was heavily involvdd in all
:18:13. > :18:18.sorts of ways. The collective effort was big. The county probablx made
:18:19. > :18:21.around 30 million as well. Hn total, they contributed about 50 mhllion
:18:22. > :18:25.pairs. Today the company is still known for its high quality. Back
:18:26. > :18:29.then, it only made boots for officers. Boots for the rank and
:18:30. > :18:41.file also had to withstand the toughest of conditions. Thex have
:18:42. > :18:46.studs ` metal studs. They would have been reinforced to last as long as
:18:47. > :18:54.possible. We have photos of shoemakers and cobblers in the
:18:55. > :18:57.fields, repairing the boots. One of the legacies of the First World War
:18:58. > :19:07.was that many more women cale into Northamptonshire's shoe factories. A
:19:08. > :19:10.legacy that continues today. On BBC Two tonight, the milhtary
:19:11. > :19:13.historian and journalist Sir Max Hastings argues that Britain was
:19:14. > :19:17.right to enter the war in 1814. The case against Britain's involvement
:19:18. > :19:21.is made on Friday. When I spoke to Sir Max Hastings earlier, hd told me
:19:22. > :19:27.that we had to go to war after Germany invaded Belgium. Thd
:19:28. > :19:33.Kaiser's Germany was bent on dominating Europe. Their behaviour
:19:34. > :19:36.in Belgium ` the systematic murders of all these entirely innocdnt
:19:37. > :19:39.people... It hardly suggests that a German victory would have bden a
:19:40. > :19:43.triumph for European civilisation. I argue in my film, of course the
:19:44. > :19:53.First World War was an unspdakable catastrophe for Europe and Britain.
:19:54. > :19:57.But was it futile? For nothhng? I don't believe we could have stayed
:19:58. > :20:01.out. I believe we had to fight. It was as honourable a cause as
:20:02. > :20:08.fighting Hitler in 1939. Thdy said at the time it would be over by
:20:09. > :20:12.Christmas. If they'd known the scale, the losses involved, Britain
:20:13. > :20:14.would still have gone to war? We can certainly say none of the Etropean
:20:15. > :20:21.powers, including Germany, would have been so keen for war if they'd
:20:22. > :20:24.known where it was going to end The Germans were willing for war in 1914
:20:25. > :20:37.because they thought they could win at acceptable cost. They all
:20:38. > :20:40.discovered, by terrible expdrience, was that nothing that Germany ` or
:20:41. > :20:44.any other nation ` sought could justify the cost. Paint a phcture of
:20:45. > :20:47.Britain today if we hadn't gone to war in 1914. Grown up historians
:20:48. > :20:55.don't do that... So many thhngs might have happened. You can't. All
:20:56. > :20:58.I can say is that if we had not fought, it would have been `
:20:59. > :21:01.terrible day for the freedol of Europe and the cause of democracy.
:21:02. > :21:10.All wars are catastrophes for society. There's no such thhng as an
:21:11. > :21:21.easy, cheap war. A war that isn t too painful. There's a wonddrful
:21:22. > :21:25.phrase of a Norwegian resistance hero ` he wrote in his memohrs after
:21:26. > :21:31.the Second World War a phrase I think is important for all of us to
:21:32. > :21:35.remember. He said: 'War brings adventures that stir the he`rt but
:21:36. > :21:38.the true nature of war is composed to be numerable personal tr`gedies
:21:39. > :21:44.and sacrifices ` wholly evil and not redeemed by glory'. We should
:21:45. > :21:48.remember that about all wars ` not just the Second World War or the
:21:49. > :21:52.First World War. How import`nt do you think it is to have this debate
:21:53. > :21:58.today, 100 years on? Are we learning lessons from the past? We nded to
:21:59. > :22:12.use this centenary year to look beyond the cliches. We know how
:22:13. > :22:16.ghastly it was. We should hdlp our children to understand how `nd why
:22:17. > :22:19.it came about. Unless we can understand why terrible things
:22:20. > :22:25.happen in the past, we won't avoid equally terrible things in the
:22:26. > :22:27.future. Thank you. Sir Max Hastings there. His
:22:28. > :22:32.programme tonight is called The Necessary War. It's on BBC Two at
:22:33. > :22:35.9pm. Tomorrow, how German destroxers
:22:36. > :22:38.opened fire on Lowestoft. It happened in the spring of 1816. Four
:22:39. > :22:42.people were killed and more than 200 buildings were damaged. 60 shells
:22:43. > :22:48.hit the town in just over tdn minutes.
:22:49. > :22:59.At the risk of tempting fatd, it's looking like winter is almost beyond
:23:00. > :23:03.us. Weather and gardening experts said today that apart from ` few
:23:04. > :23:08.snow flurries at the weekend, we can all start looking forward to spring.
:23:09. > :23:12.Last winter, the big freeze went on for weeks. Jo Taylor has bedn
:23:13. > :23:24.looking at what a differencd a year makes. Sunshine struggles through
:23:25. > :23:33.rain`filled clouds. Hinting at better times. A contrast with last
:23:34. > :23:53.year, when we had snow as l`te as March. Last year was dominated by
:23:54. > :24:02.easterly winds. Last year, flowers appeared late but this year they are
:24:03. > :24:06.rarely. `` early. At this g`rden, seated domes near Norwich Chty
:24:07. > :24:16.centre, they are expecting the best display they have had for ydars
:24:17. > :24:24.When you get it so`called, other people will have had the sale
:24:25. > :24:31.experience. `` so cold. It looks as though winter is on its way out We
:24:32. > :24:40.have warmer days coming through In Norfolk, last season 42 thotsandths
:24:41. > :24:46.of Saltford used but this ydar that has only been 14,000. The gttters
:24:47. > :24:55.have only been out 14 times this year. They are preparing another run
:24:56. > :24:57.tonight. `` the gritters. This afternoon, the sun was shinhng and
:24:58. > :25:21.the flowers were starting to bloom. Time now for the weather. And area
:25:22. > :25:25.of showers have just moved tp over the eastern part of a six. But we
:25:26. > :25:33.should clear away over the next part of the evening. It could me`n that
:25:34. > :25:39.we record temperatures low dnough for a touch of ground frost. Three
:25:40. > :25:44.or four Celsius. We start tomorrow quick chilly but it is not ` bad day
:25:45. > :25:49.at all. It will be a mainly dry day with sunny spells. Long spells of
:25:50. > :25:57.sunshine, particularly across the eastern half. That could produce an
:25:58. > :26:03.isolated shower but most of us should stay dry with a highs of 10
:26:04. > :26:10.Celsius. You may be drawn to the wind speeds. They may pick tp over
:26:11. > :26:15.the afternoon and into the dvening. The weather will change on Thursday.
:26:16. > :26:27.There it does. It moves through on Wednesday overnight. `` Herd it is.
:26:28. > :26:35.It clears away and we will see some brighter skies but heavier showers
:26:36. > :26:41.as well. Overnight, another area of rain starts to move through and the
:26:42. > :26:45.forecast is looking unsettldd. Some cooler temperatures. Highs for
:26:46. > :26:52.Friday and Saturday are just six and seven. We may get a touch of ground
:26:53. > :26:55.frost tonight but the numbers are going down by the end of thd week
:26:56. > :27:05.and that could produce a sh`rp frost, publicly for Friday. ``
:27:06. > :27:10.particularly. That is all from us. Good night.