:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me
:00:00. > :00:13.Hello and welcome to Look E`st. Tonight, anger in Essex as to
:00:14. > :00:19.maternity units are closed. If I had to have gone to Colchester, he would
:00:20. > :00:22.have been born on the A120. I am just grateful the unit was open.
:00:23. > :00:22.have been born on the A120. I am just grateful the unit was open An
:00:23. > :00:25.just grateful the unit was open. An inquest hears the victims of a
:00:26. > :00:30.helicopter crash in North and died instantly. This woman was told she
:00:31. > :00:35.had untreatable blindness. We filmed today as her site was
:00:36. > :00:36.restored by surgeons. And the nature blogger getting up close and
:00:37. > :00:48.personal with wildlife. Hello. A health trust in Essex is
:00:49. > :00:51.under fire for closing two laternity units. The closure of the units,
:00:52. > :00:56.which are midwife`led, happdned within a couple of hours and came
:00:57. > :00:59.completely out of the blue. Hospital directors have decided to shut the
:01:00. > :01:00.units at Clacton and Harwich and transfer the staff to Colchester
:01:01. > :01:06.transfer the staff to Colchdster Hospital. The decision was taken
:01:07. > :01:07.because of worries that there weren't enough midwives at
:01:08. > :01:09.Colchester. The two units will weren't enough midwives at
:01:10. > :01:12.Colchester. The two units whll stay Colchester. The two units whll stay
:01:13. > :01:19.closed till at least June. But the move has already been criticised.
:01:20. > :01:24.This is Henry. He is just five days This is Henry. He is just five days
:01:25. > :01:26.old, and one of the last babies to be born at the Harwich maternity
:01:27. > :01:32.unit. His mother gave birth on Saturday, much faster than she was
:01:33. > :01:36.expecting. I phoned the midwife she had to come and open of the unit. By
:01:37. > :01:40.the time she got there and turn the lights on, he had arrived whthin the
:01:41. > :01:45.hour. If I had to have gone to Colchester, he would have been born
:01:46. > :01:49.on the A120, so I am just grateful the unit was open. Tracy Wickes was
:01:50. > :01:54.preparing to give birth to her third baby in a few weeks, but Clacton
:01:55. > :01:57.hospital, just ten minutes from her home, but she found out on Monday
:01:58. > :02:01.from Facebook to maternity tnit is closing for the time being. I was
:02:02. > :02:05.shocked, and it was unexpected, because there was only their Friday
:02:06. > :02:10.for an antenatal, and nothing was mentioned to me. So it just means 25
:02:11. > :02:12.minutes up the road in a car, so a bit worrying. Can you understand
:02:13. > :02:15.that Colchester at all is vdry much that Colchester at all is very much
:02:16. > :02:19.under staff, and that is whx they under staff, and that is why they
:02:20. > :02:25.are getting staff back? Yes, I can absolutely supervise, the population
:02:26. > :02:30.in Clacton, it is going, we need the delivery suite open here. Tonight,
:02:31. > :02:34.the union unit and said it was consulting as members. It stpports a
:02:35. > :02:37.short`term closure to protect patient safety, but says closing the
:02:38. > :02:43.units permanently would not be in the public's best interest. Tamsin
:02:44. > :02:47.Malone runs the Essex baby website. The announcement by the trust has
:02:48. > :02:49.been dominating the mums Forum. We see it as a back door decision, and
:02:50. > :02:50.see it as a back door decishon, and we can't really see it opening
:02:51. > :02:53.again, to be honest. With m`ny we can't really see it openhng
:02:54. > :02:56.again, to be honest. With many of these things, this is how they seem
:02:57. > :02:57.to happen, they gradually closed sections down, and they don't open
:02:58. > :03:03.again, which is a real shame. We again, which is a real shame. We
:03:04. > :03:05.will be campaigning to try to get it open again. Tracey Wickes will be
:03:06. > :03:08.open again. Tracey Wickes whll be assessed next month. Fiona Carter
:03:09. > :03:12.will continue to be monitordd by will continue to be monitordd by
:03:13. > :03:16.Harwich hospital. Antenatal and postnatal checkup is one`stop, it is
:03:17. > :03:17.just birth that will. Well, earlier I spoke to Amanda
:03:18. > :03:18.Well, earlier I spoke to Am`nda Hallums, who's Divisional Director
:03:19. > :03:20.Hallums, who's Divisional Dhrector of Women and Children's Services at
:03:21. > :03:21.Colchester, and asked if she of Women and Children's Services at
:03:22. > :03:22.Colchester, and asked if shd was Colchester, and asked if she was
:03:23. > :03:23.worried about mothers not m`king it worried about mothers not making it
:03:24. > :03:31.to the hospital in time. Thd to the hospital in time. The
:03:32. > :03:34.Ambulance Service has been informed, and every pregnant woman
:03:35. > :03:37.has the right to die on 999. Having said that, the majority of women who
:03:38. > :03:43.live in those areas do in f`ct live in those areas do in fact
:03:44. > :03:48.deliver at Colchester Hospital and babies born en route are incredibly
:03:49. > :03:50.rare. You say you are still going to offer the home delivery opthon,
:03:51. > :03:53.rare. You say you are still going to offer the home delivery option, but
:03:54. > :03:58.that means you are going to have to have midwives on call 24 is a day in
:03:59. > :04:02.the area. So why can't they carry on delivering at the units? We have
:04:03. > :04:06.community midwifes who work in that area who are on call on a 24`hour
:04:07. > :04:10.basis, and they would be thd basis, and they would be thd
:04:11. > :04:12.midwifes who are called upon to go to the woman's home and delhver her
:04:13. > :04:15.to the woman's home and deliver her baby in the home environment. So
:04:16. > :04:16.this is all down to a shortage baby in the home environment. So
:04:17. > :04:19.this is all down to a shortage of midwives? What are you doing to
:04:20. > :04:21.rectify that situation? , first midwives? What are you doing to
:04:22. > :04:22.rectify that situation? , fhrst I rectify that situation? , first I
:04:23. > :04:24.need to stress it is not dud rectify that situation? , fhrst I
:04:25. > :04:24.need to stress it is not due to rectify that situation? , first I
:04:25. > :04:27.need to stress it is not dud to a need to stress it is not dud to a
:04:28. > :04:28.shortage of midwives. When xou look at the midwife to birth ratio,
:04:29. > :04:28.shortage of midwives. When you look at the midwife to birth ratho, it
:04:29. > :04:30.shortage of midwives. When xou look at the midwife to birth ratio, it is
:04:31. > :04:35.at the midwife to birth ratho, it is incredibly inequitable. Here at
:04:36. > :04:41.Colchester, it is one midwife for 39 births. At Harwich, it is one
:04:42. > :04:45.midwife for 14 births. Fact, it is one to 18. So we are having to
:04:46. > :04:45.redirect our experts midwifery redirect our experts midwifdry
:04:46. > :04:49.resources to the area of greatest resources to the area of greatest
:04:50. > :04:53.need. At the moment, you have said is only until June. But what you are
:04:54. > :04:54.saying sounds pretty permanent is only until June. But what you are
:04:55. > :04:56.saying sounds pretty permandnt to saying sounds pretty permandnt to
:04:57. > :04:59.me. The unequal situation is unlikely to change by June. It is
:05:00. > :05:03.not a permanent decision, because not a permanent decision, because
:05:04. > :05:09.any permanent decision is not ours to make. It must go out to full
:05:10. > :05:14.public consultation and be led by the CCG, so it is very much a
:05:15. > :05:18.temporary decision that will be reviewed in June by the trust board
:05:19. > :05:22.and in conjunction with our commissioners. Some people have said
:05:23. > :05:25.they haven't heard anything from the hospital about this, they have just
:05:26. > :05:27.heard it from hearsay or Facebook. That isn't good enough, is it? Those
:05:28. > :05:32.That isn't good enough, is ht? Those people should have been informed
:05:33. > :05:37.before they heard elsewhere. It is unfortunate that the messagd went
:05:38. > :05:41.out via Facebook, and that certainly wasn't the trust who was putting the
:05:42. > :05:44.message out through social ledia. wasn't the trust who was putting the
:05:45. > :05:48.message out through social media. We have written to all the womdn
:05:49. > :05:50.affected by this decision, explaining why the decision was made
:05:51. > :05:51.and the options that are av`ilable and the options that are available
:05:52. > :05:54.to them. We have two remembdr, and the options that are av`ilable
:05:55. > :05:56.to them. We have two remembdr, it is a very small number of women that
:05:57. > :06:00.are affected. Thank you verx much. are affected. Thank you very much.
:06:01. > :06:03.An inquest into the deaths of four people killed when their helicopter
:06:04. > :06:06.crashed in Norfolk a week ago has been opened and adjourned. The
:06:07. > :06:07.coroner heard the men, including coroner heard the men, including
:06:08. > :06:08.multi`millionaire Conservathve peer multi`millionaire Conservathve peer
:06:09. > :06:13.Lord Ballyedmond, died instantly. Lord Ballyedmond, died inst`ntly.
:06:14. > :06:23.Our reporter Kevin Burch is at the scene of the crash in Gillingham
:06:24. > :06:27.near Beccles. Yes, it was one week ago tonight
:06:28. > :06:31.that this helicopter came down with such awful consequences. As you
:06:32. > :06:33.would expect, much has changed in seven days. All the police `ctivity
:06:34. > :06:37.seven days. All the police activity we saw has gone, but behind the
:06:38. > :06:40.scenes, a huge investigation is still underway. Here, there are
:06:41. > :06:43.still some poignant reminders of what happened. The flowers left on
:06:44. > :06:48.the fence at a vivid reminddr of the fence at a vivid reminddr of
:06:49. > :06:52.just how far the ripples of this awful tragedy have spread. There are
:06:53. > :06:57.tributes to Lord Ballyedmond, or uncle Eddie, from family. There are
:06:58. > :07:02.messages from friends. And there are words from former military comrade
:07:03. > :07:03.of one of the other victims, from the Fusiliers family. Once `
:07:04. > :07:05.the Fusiliers family. Once a Fusiliers, always a Fusiliers.
:07:06. > :07:11.Today, the focus of the enquiry into Today, the focus of the enqtiry into
:07:12. > :07:13.their deaths switched to Norwich, as the initial stage of the inquest
:07:14. > :07:15.the initial stage of the inpuest process got underway. This hearing
:07:16. > :07:20.lasted little more than ten minutes. It was opened and then adjotrned,
:07:21. > :07:25.which is not unusual, espechally given the complexity of the
:07:26. > :07:26.investigation. The coroner read out evidence of identification on the
:07:27. > :07:27.four men, who she said had all evidence of identification on the
:07:28. > :07:29.four men, who she said had `ll died four men, who she said had all died
:07:30. > :07:34.from head and chest injuries when the helicopter crashed shortly after
:07:35. > :07:38.take`off at Gillingham Hall. She said the reasons were not known at
:07:39. > :07:39.the moment. The inquest was told that Edward Haughey, also known as
:07:40. > :07:43.Lord Ballyedmond, was 70. Hhs that Edward Haughey, also known as
:07:44. > :07:45.Lord Ballyedmond, was 70. His son James provided formal identhfication
:07:46. > :07:46.James provided formal identification to the police. He was descrhbed at
:07:47. > :07:48.to the police. He was described at the hearing as a company ch`irman.
:07:49. > :07:53.the hearing as a company chairman. In fact, he was one of the richest
:07:54. > :07:54.men in Northern Ireland, and head of the world's largest privately owned
:07:55. > :07:57.pharmaceutical company. It is very pharmaceutical company. It is very
:07:58. > :08:01.natural for them to get upsdt and natural for them to get upset and
:08:02. > :08:03.annoyed if you try to put them out of business. He owned killing all,
:08:04. > :08:08.but that that Ballyedmond K`ssel in but that that Ballyedmond Kassel in
:08:09. > :08:12.County Down. The other victhms, the inquest was told, were the oil, seen
:08:13. > :08:17.here in front of the helicopter who crashed. He was 45, a pilot from
:08:18. > :08:22.Macclesfield. Carl Dickason, 36 also a pilot, from Lancashire, and
:08:23. > :08:26.Declan small, a joiner from County Down, who died six days short of his
:08:27. > :08:29.43rd birthday. The three were identified either by family or
:08:30. > :08:32.through DNA. The coroner sahd they through DNA. The coroner sahd they
:08:33. > :08:32.all died instantly when the helicopter crashed shortly after
:08:33. > :08:34.helicopter crashed shortly `fter taking off from Gillingham Hall for
:08:35. > :08:39.reasons that were not yet known She reasons that were not yet known. She
:08:40. > :08:43.said she would adjourned the inquest until July 24, when there could be a
:08:44. > :08:49.could be fixed for a full inquest. could be fixed for a full inquest.
:08:50. > :08:51.Of course, you remember that debris were spread over such a widd area,
:08:52. > :08:54.were spread over such a wide area, so this investigation will be
:08:55. > :08:56.intensive and extensive, but nothing will happen very quickly. Until we
:08:57. > :08:57.get that timeline of the events get that timeline of the events
:08:58. > :08:59.leading up to this, everythhng get that timeline of the evdnts
:09:00. > :09:04.leading up to this, everything else, including the inquest, is on hold.
:09:05. > :09:06.Back to you in the studio. Thank you very much.
:09:07. > :09:09.A centre which has been providing training for engineering apprentices
:09:10. > :09:12.for nearly half a century is to close. The centre in Norwich says it
:09:13. > :09:14.can't afford to meet the requirements of the education
:09:15. > :09:16.watchdog, Ofsted. For these young apprentices, it s
:09:17. > :09:19.come as a bolt from the blue. A come as a bolt from the blud. A
:09:20. > :09:24.simple A4 letter informing them their training centre in Norwich is
:09:25. > :09:27.facing closure. ??YELLoW I've been here two years now, and it's the
:09:28. > :09:31.only place in Norwich that focuses purely on engineering, so it's not
:09:32. > :09:35.very nice, and I think it's a really good college or training centre. The
:09:36. > :09:38.good college or training centre The East Anglian Group for Industrial
:09:39. > :09:43.Training, known as EAGIT, opened in 1967. It has two centres in Norwich,
:09:44. > :09:45.teaching a range of engineering skills. Around 450 apprentices from
:09:46. > :09:49.250 companies are learning `t any 250 companies are learning at any
:09:50. > :09:51.one time. But last year, Ofsted inspectors found the qualitx of
:09:52. > :09:55.inspectors found the quality of teaching and the leadership in the
:09:56. > :09:56.centre was inadequate. Checks on staff weren't stringent enough,
:09:57. > :09:57.centre was inadequate. Checks on staff weren't stringent enotgh, some
:09:58. > :10:02.staff weren't stringent enough, some lessons were too long, and poorly
:10:03. > :10:04.planned. The centre was re`inspected in January. Ofsted found thhngs
:10:05. > :10:04.planned. The centre was re`hnspected in January. Ofsted found things had
:10:05. > :10:06.in January. Ofsted found thhngs had improved, but not in all areas.
:10:07. > :10:07.in January. Ofsted found things had improved, but not in all ardas. In a
:10:08. > :10:08.improved, but not in all areas. In a statement, EAGIT, which is `
:10:09. > :10:10.statement, EAGIT, which is a charity, said it was facing
:10:11. > :10:22.financial problems. But EAGIT's crisis isn't reflected
:10:23. > :10:28.across the country. Last ye`r, across the country. Last year,
:10:29. > :10:30.46,000 people in East began apprenticeships, nearly double the
:10:31. > :10:32.figure five years ago. Nationally, engineering accounts for 13% of all
:10:33. > :10:33.engineering accounts for 13$ of all end apprenticeships in England,
:10:34. > :10:33.engineering accounts for 13% of all end apprenticeships in Engl`nd, and
:10:34. > :10:35.end apprenticeships in England, and last year, 66,000 people chose it,
:10:36. > :10:41.up 56% on 2009. engineering accounts for 13% of all
:10:42. > :10:42.end We need, in the UK, 87,000 graduate engineers and technicians
:10:43. > :10:45.every year between now and 2024, and every year between now and 2024 and
:10:46. > :10:59.last year, we only managed to train something like 51,000.
:11:00. > :11:04.EAGIT says it's trying hard to find places for apprentices and staff at
:11:05. > :11:07.other training centres. If no rescue plan is found, it'll close on July
:11:08. > :11:14.31, nearly 50 years of industrial expertise at an end.
:11:15. > :11:18.A body has been washed up on the beach at Felixstowe this afternoon.
:11:19. > :11:21.It was found within three mhles of It was found within three miles of
:11:22. > :11:25.the place where two Albanians are believed to have jumped overboard
:11:26. > :11:29.from a North Sea ferry last month. A bundle of euro notes was fotnd with
:11:30. > :11:32.the body. The man had been hn the water for some time.
:11:33. > :11:35.Councils in this region will get more than ?9 million in extra
:11:36. > :11:38.funding to help them fill in potholes. It's part of a package to
:11:39. > :11:43.help highways departments after the wettest winter on record. It
:11:44. > :11:46.Lung cancer rates for women in the East of England have risen,
:11:47. > :11:48.according to Cancer Research UK, according to Cancer Research UK
:11:49. > :11:49.which says rates have gone up according to Cancer Research UK,
:11:50. > :11:52.which says rates have gone tp by 17% which says rates have gone tp by 17%
:11:53. > :11:54.over the last 20 years. It says most lung cancers are caused by smoking.
:11:55. > :11:57.Cancer rates for men have f`llen. Cancer rates for men have fallen.
:11:58. > :11:59.There will be no Southend ahr Cancer rates for men have f`llen.
:12:00. > :12:01.There will be no Southend air show There will be no Southend ahr show
:12:02. > :12:04.again this year. A group of volunteers had stepped in to run the
:12:05. > :12:09.show, but couldn't raise thd money needed.
:12:10. > :12:14.It was staged every spring for 27 It was staged every spring for 27
:12:15. > :12:15.years, the airshow which gloried in the title of the Southend fdstival
:12:16. > :12:17.the title of the Southend festival of the air. It was held over two
:12:18. > :12:20.days every May, and attracted of the air. It was held over two
:12:21. > :12:23.days every May, and attractdd many thousands to the seafront, build of
:12:24. > :12:27.the largest free event of its kind in the world. But last year came the
:12:28. > :12:32.shock that Southend Council was pulling the plug, faced with having
:12:33. > :12:34.to save millions of pounds, it withdrew funding. It has served the
:12:35. > :12:36.town very well over many years, withdrew funding. It has served the
:12:37. > :12:40.town very well over many ye`rs, but town very well over many years, but
:12:41. > :12:46.this is a financial decision by cancelling the airshow, we save
:12:47. > :12:48.ourselves ?130,000. But to campaigners stepped in. Thex got
:12:49. > :12:52.campaigners stepped in. They got sponsors, and raised ?85,000. The
:12:53. > :12:58.borough council gave permission for the event to be revived this year,
:12:59. > :13:00.but they are still ?35,000 short. A limit we managed to raise ?185,000
:13:01. > :13:04.limit we managed to raise ?085, 00 in less than a month, and it is a
:13:05. > :13:06.shame that we are so close xet so shame that we are so close yet so
:13:07. > :13:09.far to getting the full amotnt. shame that we are so close xet so
:13:10. > :13:13.far to getting the full amotnt. Last week, all hopes of revising the
:13:14. > :13:15.lowest of the airshow, which was also last staged in 2012, wdre
:13:16. > :13:18.also last staged in 2012, were finally put to bed, at the last
:13:19. > :13:20.assets of the show were sold. Once again, Clacton would bd the
:13:21. > :13:27.Once again, Clacton would be the region's only resort to stage a
:13:28. > :13:30.seafront F show this year. Supporters are determined to have
:13:31. > :13:31.another attempt at Southend, saying it has merely been postponed until
:13:32. > :13:44.September next year. Still to come, hearing up for three
:13:45. > :13:49.days of sport relief. We will show you where the money goes in this
:13:50. > :13:55.region. And the blogger getting up close and personal with wildlife.
:13:56. > :13:59.Kelly Killick was born with a rare eye disease and until today was
:14:00. > :14:00.officially classed as blind. She's had her sight restored in pioneering
:14:01. > :14:11.had her sight restored in phoneering surgery carried out by a doctor from
:14:12. > :14:12.the Luton and Dunstable Hospital. It involved using a powerful laser to
:14:13. > :14:16.involved using a powerful l`ser to remove scars on the cornea. It's not
:14:17. > :14:19.an operation which is suitable for everybody, but the hospital believes
:14:20. > :14:22.about a dozen patients will benefit from it every year. This report by
:14:23. > :14:28.Fae Southwell contains some images of surgery.
:14:29. > :14:29.Anxious moments before surgery. Anxious moments before surgdry.
:14:30. > :14:34.Kelly Killick is about to have her Kelly Killick is about to have her
:14:35. > :14:36.site fully restored. She is already have the operation on one exe. Now
:14:37. > :14:39.have the operation on one eye. Now it is time for surgery on the
:14:40. > :14:44.second. She has been practically blind since she was 18. It was
:14:45. > :14:46.terrible. Every day pass were really hard, even just coming out of my
:14:47. > :14:50.bedroom. Wherever I went, ctrtains bedroom. Wherever I went, curtains
:14:51. > :14:54.had to be shot, dark sunglasses on, I wasn't able to work. Driving
:14:55. > :14:55.had to be shot, dark sunglasses on, I wasn't able to work. Drivhng was a
:14:56. > :14:58.complete no`go. Literally my whole complete no`go. Literally mx whole
:14:59. > :15:01.life was turned upside down. I needed someone they're constantly
:15:02. > :15:07.even just to go and put the cattle on. It was awful. And look straight
:15:08. > :15:10.down the lens. Kelly was born with an eye condition which causds
:15:11. > :15:16.scarring on the cornea. Until now, scarring on the cornea. Until now,
:15:17. > :15:20.the only cure has been a corneal transplant, which is painful and
:15:21. > :15:25.invasive. Now she's having laser eye surgery as part of a new procedure
:15:26. > :15:29.performed by surgeons from the Luton and Dunstable hospital. A corneal
:15:30. > :15:33.transplant involves sutures in stitches, which need to be removed
:15:34. > :15:35.eventually. Visual recovery can take a year or more. Here, espechally
:15:36. > :15:38.with young, working eight patients, with young, working eight patients,
:15:39. > :15:43.they have laser surgery, and it is so fast in terms of recovery,
:15:44. > :15:45.they have laser surgery, and it is so fast in terms of recoverx, with
:15:46. > :15:48.the most modern, state`of`the`art technology, that patients are back
:15:49. > :15:51.to full function almost immediately. Kelly is only the
:15:52. > :15:53.second person with this condition to be treated with this technique.
:15:54. > :15:56.be treated with this technipue. Already, around eight more people
:15:57. > :15:59.have joined the waiting list ready to follow suit. After surgery, Kelly
:16:00. > :16:03.was ecstatic today. Absolutely was ecstatic today. Absolutely
:16:04. > :16:07.amazing. The best thing ever. Everyone takes the gift of sight for
:16:08. > :16:20.granted, until one day it is taken away from you, and you don't realise
:16:21. > :16:23.how precious it is. It has been amazing to have it given back, and
:16:24. > :16:25.to have near normal vision. I am forever grateful. The procedure
:16:26. > :16:26.lasted a matter of minutes, then it was home to Dunstable. Kellx will
:16:27. > :16:27.was home to Dunstable. Kelly will have pain for a few days, btt
:16:28. > :16:29.have pain for a few days, but afterwards, will have fully restored
:16:30. > :16:33.vision in both eyes. RAF Wittering was home to the
:16:34. > :16:35.Harrier Jump for more than 40 years. But after the aircraft was
:16:36. > :16:39.decommissioned came rumours of the airfield being sold off or the army
:16:40. > :16:43.moving in. Hundreds of airmen and women are stationed there. The base
:16:44. > :16:51.commander says the site's future is secure. Soon it will become the RAF
:16:52. > :16:53.flight training school. Mike Cartwright reports.
:16:54. > :16:55.Its Harriers bowed out four years ago, taking off from Witterhng
:16:56. > :16:57.Its Harriers bowed out four years ago, taking off from Wittering for
:16:58. > :17:01.the last time. The base is now home to those doing the heavy lifting on
:17:02. > :17:07.the ground ` support units, engineers, specialist teams. This
:17:08. > :17:10.demo by its aircraft recovery Squadron, called into action for
:17:11. > :17:14.real when a US Pave Hawk helicopter came down in Norfolk in January.
:17:15. > :17:17.came down in Norfolk in Jantary Four crew lost their lives, the
:17:18. > :17:22.first air crash Mark Broad had been to. It was quite overwhelming
:17:23. > :17:23.initially, and it was very challenging, given the location and
:17:24. > :17:25.the terrain. But fortunately, challenging, given the location and
:17:26. > :17:29.the terrain. But fortunatelx, with the assets we had available to us,
:17:30. > :17:35.we were able to complete it with a the professionalism of the guys in
:17:36. > :17:36.the squadron. Bomb disposal, RAF infantry units, and more th`n 1 00
:17:37. > :17:38.infantry units, and more than 1500 servicemen and women are now based
:17:39. > :17:42.here. Feeding them in the field, here. Feeding them in the fheld
:17:43. > :17:47.their job. We deploy to sites their job. We deploy to sitds
:17:48. > :17:48.anywhere from feeding about 100 people to 750 in the field at
:17:49. > :17:49.anywhere from feeding about 100 people to 750 in the field `t one
:17:50. > :17:51.people to 750 in the field at one time. I think everyone's perception
:17:52. > :17:54.is that it's going to be stew or is that it's going to be stdw or
:17:55. > :17:57.runny, sloppy food. However, these guys are more than capable of
:17:58. > :18:02.decent, high`end quality in the field. After the Harriers came
:18:03. > :18:11.rumours of the base being sold off or the Army moving in. It's staying
:18:12. > :18:15.RAF, they say. For the Air Force, it is vital. It forms a part of the
:18:16. > :18:18.local community, so we've got 7,000 people here, so it's really
:18:19. > :18:20.important with our connections with Peterborough and Stamford, but from
:18:21. > :18:23.an Air Force perspective, it's vital. Without the logistics and
:18:24. > :18:27.engineering aspects we hold dear, the Air Force would quite frankly
:18:28. > :18:30.find it difficult to do its job. Soon, flying will return to this
:18:31. > :18:31.famous airfield, becoming home to three squadrons of air cadets.
:18:32. > :18:32.Wittering's future is securd, they Wittering's future is secure, they
:18:33. > :18:41.say. Sport Relief begins tomorrow, and
:18:42. > :18:45.good luck to the thousands of you who are raising money during the
:18:46. > :18:48.three day event. One of the key themes this year has been food
:18:49. > :18:52.poverty, which has been highlighted in the BBC Two Sport Relief
:18:53. > :18:55.programme Famous, Rich and Hungry. Much of the money you raise is spent
:18:56. > :18:58.in this region. In Milton Kdynes, it in this region. In Milton Keynes, it
:18:59. > :19:00.has helped a charity food b`nk buy in this region. In Milton Kdynes, it
:19:01. > :19:04.has helped a charity food bank buy a has helped a charity food bank buy a
:19:05. > :19:08.delivery van. It could happen to any of us. One
:19:09. > :19:09.day life is good, the next ht It could happen to any of us. One
:19:10. > :19:13.day life is good, the next ht is not. Food banks are an emergency
:19:14. > :19:16.service. It is in the weeklx service. It is in the weekly
:19:17. > :19:21.shopping, it is a desperate measure to help people through despdrate
:19:22. > :19:26.times. The Milton Keynes foodbank has been going for ten years,
:19:27. > :19:27.through labour and coalition governments. Even in this prosperous
:19:28. > :19:30.place, there are many people governments. Even in this prosperous
:19:31. > :19:35.place, there are many people living on the thin line between having a
:19:36. > :19:37.lot and losing the lot. It's a leveller. It isn't about politics,
:19:38. > :19:39.it's about people having re`l needs, it's about people having re`l needs,
:19:40. > :19:43.and we can all think of times in our and we can all think of times in our
:19:44. > :19:47.lives one have things go wrong, and you look for help. We are there to
:19:48. > :19:54.give you. That is all we can do as a charity. It is really difficult for
:19:55. > :19:56.me to get into my head somebody only having one meal a day. Surviving and
:19:57. > :20:02.having one meal a day. Survhving and charity hand`outs. If it wasn't for
:20:03. > :20:05.the foodbank, we would go hungry. The problem has been highlighted in
:20:06. > :20:10.this relief programme Famous, Rich And Hungry, where celebritids live
:20:11. > :20:17.with families living on the breadline. And Sport Relief has also
:20:18. > :20:21.helped to pay for this van, so the Milton Keynes foodbank can take the
:20:22. > :20:27.parcels to the people. You'll we are there to help them minicrisis.
:20:28. > :20:28.parcels to the people. You'll we are there to help them minicrishs. ``
:20:29. > :20:28.parcels to the people. You'll we are there to help them minicrisis. `` in
:20:29. > :20:32.there to help them minicrishs. `` in a crisis. Hopefully, in the span of
:20:33. > :20:33.the time we are dealing with them, the different agencies will have
:20:34. > :20:36.helped them to get over their helped them to get over their
:20:37. > :20:38.problems. Without this, I would've... I don't know wh`t
:20:39. > :20:40.problems. Without this, I would've... I don't know what I
:20:41. > :20:45.would have done. I would have ended back in prison. And I don't want to
:20:46. > :20:52.go to prison again. I spent most of my life there, and I don't want to
:20:53. > :20:56.do it's no more. All the people using the foodbank are referred by
:20:57. > :20:58.agencies like social servicds, Citizens Advice and Age UK.
:20:59. > :21:02.Normally, they can only havd five Normally, they can only have five
:21:03. > :21:07.parcels a year to get them through the hard times. It is not a food
:21:08. > :21:12.chain. It means they won't fall into further debt. They won't take out
:21:13. > :21:15.payday loans and have extortionate amounts to pay back. Last ydar,
:21:16. > :21:19.payday loans and have extortionate amounts to pay back. Last year, they
:21:20. > :21:22.supply 13,000 parcels. This year, it will be 20,000, and having the van
:21:23. > :21:25.means they can. I'm never going to be rich doing this job, not in
:21:26. > :21:29.pockets, but I am in the heart. pockets, but I am in the he`rt.
:21:30. > :21:30.That's the thing. These people touch your heart everyday, and it's a real
:21:31. > :21:37.great thing. It blesses us `s much great thing. It blesses us as much
:21:38. > :21:40.as it blesses them. Great thoughts. Now, tomorrow night we'll be
:21:41. > :21:40.as it blesses them. Great thoughts. Now, tomorrow night we'll bd finding
:21:41. > :21:44.Now, tomorrow night we'll be finding out how you are raising mondy for
:21:45. > :21:45.Sport Relief. You can find out what's happening near you by going
:21:46. > :21:49.what's happening near you bx going to sportrelief.com. And you are
:21:50. > :21:59.running a mile, aunty? U Amhn! running a mile, aunty? U Amin!
:22:00. > :22:04.I am starting of the Norwich race, setting off from outside City Hall
:22:05. > :22:07.here. That starts at nine, ten, and 1030. I am making my eight`year`old
:22:08. > :22:13.1030. I am making my eight`xear`old daughter run for me!
:22:14. > :22:16.Many people share their thoughts and keep us updated by blogging about
:22:17. > :22:26.the latest fashion trends, politics, but also wildlife. Tonight, we meet
:22:27. > :22:28.a science teacher from Reepham High School in Norfolk has been doing.
:22:29. > :22:32.Sarah Holmes is one of 20 whldlife Sarah Holmes is one of 20 whldlife
:22:33. > :22:35.bloggers from across UK to be featured in the BBC Wildlife
:22:36. > :22:37.magazine. She will write about what she sees and hoping to inspire her
:22:38. > :22:42.she sees and hoping to insphre her students to get involved.
:22:43. > :22:50.Nesting blue tits, moth cocoons and soon a new bee club. These are some
:22:51. > :22:54.of the ways Sarah Holmes is inspiring her pupils to find out
:22:55. > :22:56.more about nature. So if yours is wiggling, it means it's alive. It
:22:57. > :22:58.will turn into a moth at some wiggling, it means it's alive. It
:22:59. > :22:59.will turn into a moth at sole point will turn into a moth at sole point
:23:00. > :23:02.soon, hopefully. We've been participating in looking at the
:23:03. > :23:06.moths, which we've rescued from the greenhouse to have a look at. Seeing
:23:07. > :23:10.the birds in the bird box, and seeing the stages they go through to
:23:11. > :23:12.actually nesting, I find that really enjoyable. Really nice learning
:23:13. > :23:14.about nature, because when H enjoyable. Really nice learning
:23:15. > :23:18.about nature, because when I was in primary, we had a wildlife garden,
:23:19. > :23:20.but we didn't really learn too much. Their teacher Sarah is a keen nature
:23:21. > :23:24.Their teacher Sarah is a kedn nature blogger, and has just been picked to
:23:25. > :23:29.write about her local area for the BBC's Wildlife magazine. Shd's one
:23:30. > :23:34.of only 20 people who'll be local patch reporters. We had hundreds of
:23:35. > :23:42.applicants for this I was really excited, because
:23:43. > :23:43.apparently they were inundated by lots of people, and I wasn't really
:23:44. > :23:47.expecting to be picked. I was really expecting to be picked. I was really
:23:48. > :23:51.happy when I got the e`mail to say yeah, we'd like you to do this. We
:23:52. > :23:53.had hundreds of applicants for this project up and down the country, and
:23:54. > :23:56.project up and down the country and Sarah really stood out from the
:23:57. > :23:58.crowd because of her energy and enthusiasm, but in particul`r,
:23:59. > :23:58.crowd because of her energy and enthusiasm, but in particular, she
:23:59. > :24:01.enthusiasm, but in particul`r, she was really, really interested in
:24:02. > :24:04.getting the next generation into wildlife and the natural world. It's
:24:05. > :24:08.places like this, Foxley Wood, just down the road from where Sarah
:24:09. > :24:09.teaches, that inspires her to write about nature. It's the largest
:24:10. > :24:10.about nature. It's the largdst remaining ancient woodland in
:24:11. > :24:14.remaining ancient woodland hn Norfolk, so it's full of historical
:24:15. > :24:22.flowers. Butterflies thrive here, and it's great for bird spotting.
:24:23. > :24:26.Over the pass a few years, there has been a lot of research done into
:24:27. > :24:28.nature deficit disorder, whhch been a lot of research done into
:24:29. > :24:30.nature deficit disorder, which is nature deficit disorder, whhch is
:24:31. > :24:31.basically talking about children not having as much connection whth the
:24:32. > :24:34.having as much connection with the outdoors, and I thought it would be
:24:35. > :24:36.quite nice to try and address that and have a few more things to get
:24:37. > :24:40.kids more connected with nature But kids more connected with nature But
:24:41. > :24:44.Sarah wants us all to venture out a bit more. Her blog is about what she
:24:45. > :24:48.has seen, and what we should look out for, meaning we don't have to
:24:49. > :24:53.travel abroad to see somethhng special. It's all just around the
:24:54. > :24:59.corner. That's great, isn't it? We ought to
:25:00. > :25:00.say that you were doing the race on Sunday. Yes, but there are dvents
:25:01. > :25:04.Sunday. Yes, but there are events all over the region.
:25:05. > :25:06.Check out the website. Good evening. It might be windy, but
:25:07. > :25:09.Good evening. It might be whndy but we have seen some fine weather
:25:10. > :25:10.across the region. This photograph was sent into us, shoving a
:25:11. > :25:14.beautiful scene in Bury St Edmunds, beautiful scene in Bury St Edmunds,
:25:15. > :25:20.with some spring flowers in the foreground. The cathedral in the
:25:21. > :25:25.background. We did record some gusts of up to 40 mph today, so cdrtainly
:25:26. > :25:32.a windy forecast, but also, the warmest spot wasn't in Suffolk, but
:25:33. > :25:36.in Norfolk. 16.4 Celsius in Norwich, but look at the temperatures
:25:37. > :25:37.tomorrow. Quite a drop in temperatures. We will really
:25:38. > :25:40.tomorrow. Quite a drop in temperatures. We will reallx notice
:25:41. > :25:42.the difference. It is coming in on this front, bringing quite ` lot of
:25:43. > :25:45.this front, bringing quite a lot of cold air behind, which will really
:25:46. > :25:49.stick around into the weekend and the beginning of next week. There
:25:50. > :25:52.might be the return of some frost, and cooler temperatures by day. If
:25:53. > :25:56.we look at the progress of the rain in the last few hours, it is getting
:25:57. > :26:00.into the north`west of the region, and as you can see, it rattles
:26:01. > :26:06.through by midnight. For most of us, it should have cleared away, and no
:26:07. > :26:09.great rainfall totals, but the significant thing is the cooler air
:26:10. > :26:14.that starts to make its way right across the region, and later
:26:15. > :26:16.tonight, with light winds and clear skies, temperatures could fall away.
:26:17. > :26:20.skies, temperatures could f`ll away. Close to freezing, two or three
:26:21. > :26:24.Celsius, cold enough for a touch of ground frost and icy patches where
:26:25. > :26:27.there has been earlier rainfall. Tomorrow, and entirely diffdrent
:26:28. > :26:32.feeling day. Another weather front is on its way, but it shouldn't
:26:33. > :26:35.spoil the day. It will be qtite windy. Here is the weather front
:26:36. > :26:36.first thing tomorrow morning. It will bring some showers, but
:26:37. > :26:38.probably not until the evening will bring some showers, but
:26:39. > :26:40.probably not until the evenhng rush hour. The bulk of the day will feel
:26:41. > :26:43.hour. The bulk of the day whll feel cooler and fresher, but quite a bit
:26:44. > :26:49.of sunshine through the morning into the afternoon. Some patchy cloud
:26:50. > :26:52.rings one or two isolated showers, but into the afternoon, there could
:26:53. > :26:57.just be more widespread showers. just be more widespread showers
:26:58. > :27:02.Temperatures between ten and 12 still a brisk breeze as well, so
:27:03. > :27:05.quite a blustery feel. The showers become more widespread into the
:27:06. > :27:10.evening. They could be on the heavy side, possibly with hail mixed in
:27:11. > :27:13.and accompanied by a blustery wind. Into the weekend, this is how it
:27:14. > :27:20.shapes up: Much cooler, highs of just nine Celsius sunshine around,
:27:21. > :27:23.and also some showers, which could be on the heavier side. The return
:27:24. > :27:27.of some overnight frost, so gardeners beware. Any bloomhng
:27:28. > :27:35.flowers may be quite vulnerable. A flowers may be quite vulnerable. A
:27:36. > :27:40.quick barometer check should help. Thank you very much. Do you remember
:27:41. > :27:42.spring? That is all from us. Have a good evening. See you tomorrow.