:00:00. > :00:08.last the full version of that interview
:00:09. > :00:15.Good evening. I'm Jenny Kirk. First tonight, thousands of school
:00:16. > :00:17.children will be disrupted tomorrow as teachers will walk out in a row
:00:18. > :00:19.over pensions, workload and pay. as teachers will walk out in a row
:00:20. > :00:21.over pensions, workload and pay The latest figures we have are that 37
:00:22. > :00:24.schools in Essex will compldtely schools in Essex will completely
:00:25. > :00:28.close, as will 16 in Norfolk and 13 in Suffolk. This doesn't include
:00:29. > :00:33.academies, and all the councils say many more will be affected by
:00:34. > :00:35.partial closures. Striking teachers at a rally
:00:36. > :00:35.partial closures. Striking teachers at a rallx in
:00:36. > :00:39.Striking teachers at a rally in Ipswich last October, a scene set to
:00:40. > :00:41.be repeated tomorrow as members of the NUT walk out for a second time.
:00:42. > :00:44.Some schools are being forced to Some schools are being forcdd to
:00:45. > :00:45.close, among them St Alban's Catholic High School in Ipswich.
:00:46. > :00:45.close, among them St Alban's Catholic High School in Ipswich It
:00:46. > :00:51.Catholic High School in Ipswich. It is very tricky. Sometimes you just
:00:52. > :00:53.cannot get time off work. I just feel really sorry for the parents
:00:54. > :00:57.feel really sorry for the p`rents that had to arrange childcare. At
:00:58. > :00:59.Morland Primary in Ipswich, the school will be open, but not for
:01:00. > :01:01.year one pupils. Three membdrs school will be open, but not for
:01:02. > :01:03.year one pupils. Three members of year one pupils. Three membdrs of
:01:04. > :01:06.staff were expected to stay away. It is very difficult. It is striking
:01:07. > :01:08.the right balance. Our prim`ry concern is educating children, but
:01:09. > :01:11.concern is educating childrdn, but when people feel very strongly about
:01:12. > :01:13.outside influences, it is not for me to say "you're not allowed to do
:01:14. > :01:16.that". I think teachers have to say "you're not allowed to do
:01:17. > :01:21.that". I think teachers havd to follow their conscience. I think it
:01:22. > :01:24.is disappointing because it has a detrimental effect on children's
:01:25. > :01:32.education and to the parents. We would hope, in general, there could
:01:33. > :01:35.be other ways of resolving. The government has been promising to
:01:36. > :01:42.talk to us since our last strike, six months ago. It has only just
:01:43. > :01:43.come to the table, but they are only willing to talk about the
:01:44. > :01:45.implementation of the poliches willing to talk about the
:01:46. > :01:47.implementation of the policies and implementation of the poliches and
:01:48. > :01:49.not the policies themselves. So for now, there's no sign of an end
:01:50. > :01:50.not the policies themselves. So for now, there's no sign of an dnd to a
:01:51. > :01:53.now, there's no sign of an end to a dispute which, once again, could hit
:01:54. > :02:01.several hundred schools across our region.
:02:02. > :02:02.This is a changing situation, and your BBC local radio station will
:02:03. > :02:04.keep you completely up to d`te your BBC local radio station will
:02:05. > :02:06.keep you completely up to date with which schools are closed tolorrow
:02:07. > :02:08.morning from 6:00am. Also, you which schools are closed tomorrow
:02:09. > :02:15.morning from 6:00am. Also, you can check your county council wdbsite.
:02:16. > :02:16.One of our local MPs warned today that elderly people here are
:02:17. > :02:19.One of our local MPs warned today that elderly people here ard losing
:02:20. > :02:20.out when it comes to the money that is spent on them for health
:02:21. > :02:22.services. Therese Coffey says is spent on them for health
:02:23. > :02:22.services. Therese Coffey saxs parts services. Therese Coffey says parts
:02:23. > :02:23.of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essdx services. Therese Coffey saxs parts
:02:24. > :02:27.of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex have the largest number of elderly people
:02:28. > :02:31.in the country, but money is skewed instead to more deprived areas.
:02:32. > :02:34.At this surgery in Beccles hn At this surgery in Beccles in
:02:35. > :02:35.Suffolk, they say it is an increasingly elderly population that
:02:36. > :02:38.is putting a strain on servhces increasingly elderly population that
:02:39. > :02:42.is putting a strain on services. It has become even more severe over the
:02:43. > :02:48.last few years. We are seeing many practices struggling to sustain
:02:49. > :02:51.their workload. Many blame the funding formula. Therese Coffey
:02:52. > :02:56.telling MPs that it is discriminating against elderly
:02:57. > :02:59.people. We say that we do not to discriminate on age, yet sadly, the
:03:00. > :03:00.postcode lottery does seem to determine about where you live in
:03:01. > :03:04.determine about where you lhve in the country and whether or not
:03:05. > :03:08.elderly patients get the care and treatment they deserve. She has
:03:09. > :03:11.produced figures that show that North Norfolk has the highest
:03:12. > :03:18.percentage of people over the age of 65 in the country at 27%. West
:03:19. > :03:22.Norfolk, Waveney and North`Dast Essex also have high numbers. They
:03:23. > :03:26.received around ?1,200 per patient on the NHS. At the top of the list
:03:27. > :03:30.are urban areas that get up to ?300 are urban areas that get up to ?300
:03:31. > :03:34.more than us, but have fewer elderly patients. Historically, rural
:03:35. > :03:35.patients. Historically, rur`l counties were deemed to be healthier
:03:36. > :03:39.places. Therefore, they werd counties were deemed to be healthier
:03:40. > :03:40.places. Therefore, they were given places. Therefore, they werd given
:03:41. > :03:44.less money. I think that has fundamentally changed. The health
:03:45. > :03:51.minister and Suffolk MP Dan Poulter said that the funding formula was
:03:52. > :03:54.much fairer than it used to be. NHS England said that is does not
:03:55. > :03:56.discriminate against the elderly, but MPs will keep up the fight.
:03:57. > :03:59.Andrew Sinclair. And the pressure but MPs will keep up the fight.
:04:00. > :04:01.Andrew Sinclair. And the prdssure on health services dealing with an
:04:02. > :04:04.aging population was an isste discussed at the Norfolk and Norwich
:04:05. > :04:07.Hospital tonight. It's informing the five`year plan that the Chidf
:04:08. > :04:09.Executive revealed this evening Simon Newton was there to hear
:04:10. > :04:09.Executive revealed this evening. Simon Newton was there to hdar all
:04:10. > :04:17.Simon Newton was there to hear all about it. Nearly half the p`tients
:04:18. > :04:23.about it. Nearly half the patients who use this hospital over the age
:04:24. > :04:28.of 65. The Chief Executive set out, this evening, how this hospital with
:04:29. > :04:30.deal with that and challengds over the next five years. She said it
:04:31. > :04:33.the next five years. She sahd it will be tough financially but there
:04:34. > :04:38.will be tough financially btt there will be capital investment. There
:04:39. > :04:45.will be a new IT system and it will extend the operating theatrds. They
:04:46. > :04:50.will also expand accident and emergency. She told me that hospital
:04:51. > :04:57.is dealing with double the number of cases it was designed to have.
:04:58. > :04:59.Despite good effort on staff, it has reached bursting point. The A
:05:00. > :05:02.department was designed for 56,000 patients. We currently see nearly
:05:03. > :05:05.100,000 patients through that department. So it is under huge
:05:06. > :05:08.pressure. Our staff have done a fantastic job. We're constantly
:05:09. > :05:12.re`looking at our processes and how we can see patients more safely and
:05:13. > :05:15.efficiently, but there is a limit to how much you can do without
:05:16. > :05:26.increasing the physical capacity of the area. We do know that h`lf of
:05:27. > :05:30.the area. We do know that half of the IT system cost is coming from a
:05:31. > :05:35.national fund. She said she is delighted that this hospital has
:05:36. > :05:39.achieved grade six standards, which means it is amongst the top
:05:40. > :05:43.hospitals in the country. She said that she personally raped every
:05:44. > :05:46.reply letter to any complaint that comes into the hospital. She feels
:05:47. > :05:50.comes into the hospital. Shd feels ashamed when they get things wrong.
:05:51. > :05:54.Southend Airport has announced that Flybe will start flying six routes
:05:55. > :05:58.from this June, creating 60 new jobs. Eight years ago, Flybd started
:05:59. > :06:01.running 15 routes from Norwich. Now it only runs four. But Southend is
:06:02. > :06:06.confident it will bring in 200,000 more passengers by next year.
:06:07. > :06:08.A couple of football results to tell you about tonight. In the
:06:09. > :06:10.Championship, Ipswich 2`1 Derby. And Championship, Ipswich 2`1 Derby. And
:06:11. > :06:20.in League One, Wolves 4`2 Colchester.
:06:21. > :06:23.A collection of paintings that belonged to a Newmarket millionaire
:06:24. > :06:26.fetched ?15 million at a Sotheby's auction this evening. The 13
:06:27. > :06:27.paintings by artist LS Lowry auction this evening. The 13
:06:28. > :06:31.paintings by artist LS Lowry were collected by Tony Thompson, who died
:06:32. > :06:36.last year. The highest bid for one of the paintings was ?5 million.
:06:37. > :06:40.of the paintings was ?5 million That's the way the news looks
:06:41. > :06:43.tonight. You can keep up to date with more news on your BBC local
:06:44. > :06:44.website and radio station. Look East is back with breakfast bulldtins
:06:45. > :06:48.is back with breakfast bulletins from 6:25am tomorrow. So it's
:06:49. > :06:49.goodnight from me and I'll leave you with the weather from Alex.
:06:50. > :06:52.website and radio station. Look East Good evening. It is going to get
:06:53. > :06:56.quite cold tonight, certainly cold enough for a touch of frost as we
:06:57. > :07:00.get some clear spells over the next few hours. There will be more patchy
:07:01. > :07:03.cloud feeding in from the North Sea overnight which might produce an
:07:04. > :07:06.isolated shower, but not before temperatures have got down to one or
:07:07. > :07:09.two Celsius. We start tomorrow with a few showers, quite cloudy with
:07:10. > :07:11.showers becoming more widespread in the afternoon. They will merge
:07:12. > :07:12.together to bring longer spdlls the afternoon. They will merge
:07:13. > :07:16.together to bring longer spdlls of rain for counties in Norfolk and
:07:17. > :07:20.Suffolk. With a lot of cloud and a key northerly wind, it will feel
:07:21. > :07:22.quite raw with highs of just seven of eight Celsius and certainly more
:07:23. > :07:25.showers to come for the aftdrnoon. showers to come for the afternoon.
:07:26. > :07:26.In a moment, the national forecast, but here's our outlook. An hmproving
:07:27. > :07:28.but here's our outlook. An improving picture for Thursday with some
:07:29. > :07:29.showers becoming sunnier, btt rain showers becoming sunnier, btt rain
:07:30. > :07:36.by Friday. 10 degrees. The outlook, it stays
:07:37. > :07:41.chilly and temperatures look like they will pick up towards the eight
:07:42. > :07:45.-- weekend. In early spring, a bit of sunshine
:07:46. > :07:50.makes the difference. Today we had some sunshine in the far east of the
:07:51. > :07:54.UK and in the far west. In Northern Ireland and East Anglia,
:07:55. > :07:59.temperatures climbed into the teens. But for most of us, it was gloomy
:08:00. > :08:03.and temperatures were at sixes and sevens. Single figure temperatures
:08:04. > :08:08.will feature heavily over the next few days. We are already seeing the
:08:09. > :08:12.weather coming in from the east pushing the weather to the West so
:08:13. > :08:19.we will see showers continuing in the night. Isolated showers. Most
:08:20. > :08:23.towns and cities just about avoiding a frost but in rural areas we will
:08:24. > :08:28.seek pockets of frost and fog patches for the morning. Some
:08:29. > :08:32.showers across the West but it will brighten up in the West, however in
:08:33. > :08:33.the East the cloud thickens, the winds pick