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Hello and welcome to Look East. rain.

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Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight: The

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Braintree care home scandal. How can we prevent abuse like this happening

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again? I tell you it feels like you're wading through treacle

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backwards sometimes as a minister but I am doing everything I can to

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get these rules in place to introduce a much tougher regime. A

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plan to merge the police control rooms for Norfolk and Suffolk is

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scrapped, and it's the police commissioner for Suffolk who pulled

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the plug. It is a risk that is too big and too great.

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Protests against plans for hundreds of new houses in Essex. Yet

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thousands are needed. So where should they go? A special report.

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And on the tail of the tailgate drivers. The police have got new

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powers, but are they being used? First tonight, more on the

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undercover footage filmed by the BBC showing how residents were treated

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at a care home in Essex. The Old Deanery had been investigated by the

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authorities two years ago, so how did it slip through the net?

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The first complaints date back to September 2012 when 11

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whistle`blowers contacted Essex County Council. Essex Police and the

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Care Quality Commission investigated and the council stopped sending

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people there. But three months later, the council was satisfied

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that improvements had been made. In November last year, a new management

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team took over and, a few weeks later, the CQC gave the home a clean

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bill of health. But at the same time, Panorama was secretly filming

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inside. Prompted by the shocking footage, the CQC returned this

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February. As a result of what they saw, eight staff have been suspended

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and one dismissed. Kevin Burch is outside The Old Deanery now.

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If you look at the brochure for this place, they talk about here being at

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the heart of what they do. There is about ten acres of countryside

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here. But what is the point of that if you feel the basics? If you

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betray people's trust? The clear message from behind these

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gates today, albeit not on camera: Don't condemn us for the actions of

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the few. There is no denying that what Panorama has uncovered is

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deeply worrying. Until we have every single care home working to the

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standard of a zero`tolerance of abuse, and that's what this is, we

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have to keep saying it is unacceptable. I spent two years with

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my sister looking for somewhere for Mum to go. I have let her go there

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and have that happen to her... A team at the home said:

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It launched an independent review as soon as it became aware of the

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Panorama findings. It is not yet complete, but eight

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staff were immediately suspended. One, who slapped a resident, was

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dismissed immediately. One of the residents gave his thoughts on the

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level of care. It's like any large establishment. There are good

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features and not`so`good features. There are some caring carers, some

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of them are thoughtful, but there are others who shouldn't work in a

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care home. The local MP Brooks Newmark has kept a close eye on the

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situation, keen to see how the new management team was fairing. He came

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here a few weeks ago and said he had a great day. But he had been unaware

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that the Panorama expose was about to break. Overall I was very

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impressed so it really shocks me to find there is still abuse going on.

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The home's owners have been guarded by the reaction, perhaps

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understandably so. They said they cannot rebut the allegations until

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they see the programme in full and know exactly what they are.

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There is no denying the sense of shock and sadness here tonight. It

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is in the hands of August Equity who say that the process is far from

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over and they are going to root out every bad Apple be fined. `` may

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find. Earlier the Care Quality Commission

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spoke to the BBC about the findings at the Old Deanery. And its chief

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inspector admitted the organisation needed to do more homework before it

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entered homes in the first place. One of the things that we need to be

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doing is working with our partners, with local authorities and others so

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we get as much information from other people before we go into the

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home so that we can focus our inspections and we can make sure

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that the judgements that we are making are consistent, rigorous and

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fair. But I am also really angry because there is a tremendous amount

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of good care that happens across the country and every time we see

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failures like this, that undermines the confidence that people can have

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about the care and support that they absolutely have the right to expect.

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Norman Lamb is the Minister for Care and Support. Earlier this afternoon

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I asked him. I'm disgusted by it. Anyone who has any loved ones who

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are in a potentially vulnerable position would feel exactly the

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same. I think there needs to be a police investigation in respect of

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what appears to have happened there and there needs to be effective

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action to stamp out this unacceptable and outrageous

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behaviour. Will the investigation be against the carer or the people who

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own the home? If a care worker has abused a resident then there has to

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be an investigation into that behaviour. But also what concerns me

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are the organisations who allow that behaviour to develop. There has to

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be action against them too. Are you concerned that it was given a clean

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bill of health by the CQC and then Panorama found this? Of course I'm

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concerned. The Care Quality Commission is on a journey. It was a

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dysfunctional organisation a couple of years ago. It has new leadership

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who recognise that the culture of the organisation has to change and

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that they need to be much more robust. But we are introducing, as a

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Government, a much more robust inspection regime so that inspectors

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will give the care home a rating so that everyone in the area knows what

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it is like. Time and again, the Government says it is going to take

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robust action, and time and again, something else comes along. We have

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had to go through a long process to get the new rules. The plan is to

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get them in place by October of this year. At the same time we are

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introducing inspection regimes for the care quality commission. It

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feels like wading through treacle backwards sometimes as a minister,

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but I am doing everything I can to get the new rules in place to

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introduce a tougher regime. We have seen families in tears and angry

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about this. Does it make you angry? I am disgusted by it and very angry

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about it. I have a 95`year`old mother myself. Thankfully she still

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lives independently in her own home, but for any of us with those in our

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own families who are vulnerable to this behaviour, it causes us real

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horror and it makes me absolutely determined that we do everything we

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can to stamp this out. If you've got experiences ` good or

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bad ` at the Old Deanery residential home in Braintree, do please get in

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touch. And Panorama is on BBC One tonight at 9:00pm.

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Plans to merge the Norfolk and Suffolk police control rooms were

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dramatically scrapped today `by the police commissioner for Suffolk. The

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plans would have meant one control room at the Norfolk HQ in Wymondham.

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Both forces need to save millions of pounds over the next four years.

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Clutching his papers close to his chest, Suffolk's Police and Crime

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Commissioner knew he had the power to make or break plans to merge the

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two police control rooms. The gym at Norfolk's police HQ was packed with

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staff, many of them who handle emergency calls from people in

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Norfolk and Suffolk. They were anxious to hear if a decision would

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be made today. We don't feel that enough research has been done on

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behalf of what's happening here before we actually go ahead with

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ripping people's lives apart. Not only jobs were feared at risk by

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making Norfolk's control room the hub for 999 calls, but public

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safety, with the loss of experienced staff with local knowledge. Both

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chief constables wanted the merger, so did Norfolk's PCC, Stephen Bett.

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I will stick to my case. It hasn't changed. But Mr Bett was forced to

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change. His plan was sudden and unexpected. Suffolk's PCC listened

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and then said no. So the plan to merge the two police control rooms

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of Suffolk and Norfolk is dead in the water, shot down in a few words

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by the Suffolk PCC Tim Passmore. He said it was the biggest decision of

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his life but the risk was too great and he was not prepared for it to go

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ahead. This is a risk that is too big and too great and I can't do it.

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I'm not doing it. Trust and confidence of the public is

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absolutely imperative in this, and I didn't think that was going to be

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delivered. He is entitled to his decision if he thinks that is what

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is best for Suffolk. I am not against him doing the best things

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for Suffolk. Tim Passmore has listened to the people and had to

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declare his hand and made it clear that the people of Suffolk do not

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want to lose the control room. I think it is good news for Norfolk,

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too. Today's decision leaves the two chief constables with another

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headache ` a ?2 million shortfall between them. Cuts must be made

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elsewhere, which means job losses will be inevitable.

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Ferry services between Harwich and Esbjerg in Denmark are to end as the

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company running the route says it can no longer make money from it.

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The route's been in operation since 1875 but it has seen passenger

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numbers drop, as well as a decline in freight. DFDS says its vessel

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will make the last journey on the 29th of September. 130 jobs are

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likely to be affected but it's hoped that most people will get new jobs

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on other routes. A man has been jailed for three

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years for making a hoax bomb threat on an aircraft which had to be

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diverted to Stansted. Alan Patey pleaded guilty at Chelmsford Crown

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Court. He was on board a Sri Lankan Airlines A330 Airbus when the

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incident happened last September. Five deprived areas in the region

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will soon be able to bid for extra funding from Europe and Central

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Government. They'll become 'Assisted Areas' where extra money will be

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available to benefit local schemes and businesses.

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The idea is simple: The grants to struggling areas and you create jobs

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and promote growth. Specific towns have been selected, such as these.

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Part of Ipswich have also been given such a status. It will start in July

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and last for six years. But here is the rub: There is no money set

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aside. It means that local businesses are at the top of the

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pecking order. They will also get preferential treatment and tax

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breaks. Coal money can be spent on a range of things from supporting

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businesses to help them grow and buy more machinery. It can also be used

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to support infrastructure. The head of this business has seen other

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firms go to the wall. Many more in Great Yarmouth need all the help

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they can get. So many have gone bust in this area. No apprenticeships.

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Anything is welcome. You might have to go to war staffed to see the

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devastation of the industry there `` Lowestoft. It is up to businesses to

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apply for aid. Still to come: Thousands of people are coming to

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the East every year, but where should they live? Plus, look at

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these pictures. The van is travelling at 50 mph behind the one

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in front. Police get tough with tailgaters.

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The population of the East is set to rise dramatically in the years

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ahead. Across the region, it's expected to go up by 22% in just two

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decades. But that regional figure is, of course, just an average. Some

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places, like the area covered by Uttlesford District Council, are

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under even greater pressure. Here it is. Saffron Walden in the North,

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Great Dunmow in the South, and the M11 right through the middle. The

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big employer: Stansted Airport. The population here is expected to grow

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by 31% in 20 years. That's an increase of 24,000 people. So where

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will they go? Kim Riley is in Saffron Walden now.

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I'm in the market square of the town that has been judged one of the best

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places to live in the whole country. It is hardly surprising that people

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want to move here. Today, local planners were planning new homes in

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the town. I have been trying to find out more about Saffron Walden. It

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originally got its name from the saffron trade. The big question now

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is can its ancient charms be reconciled with the demands of a

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growing population? Towering over the town, the Touch Of Saint Mary

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The Virgin. Desirable properties underneath. There aren't many towns

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with the two wrist information centre that has over 100,000 people

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per year passed through its door `` tourist information. We have so much

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to offer in terms of tourist attractions: Green, open areas, a

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concert arena, history... So much to bring people to the town. It is very

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special. At the offices of the local newspaper, they know there is

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nothing like planned housing development to agitate readers. John

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has been editor for 20 years. He says that more than 1300 families

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would be the ones to benefit. Coal I think people in the town who have

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young families are annoyed and have been on waiting lists for years,

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well hundreds are going to be brought in from outside. I really

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don't understand that. Surely if we have a waiting list, why aren't we

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dealing with it? It is not a sensible answer.

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Bridget originally came to love you more than 50 years ago and has

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fought to protect the town. She fears for its future. We would have

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been distressed to see it spoiled, and that could easily happen with

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the pressure of population, traffic, fumes, aircraft, the

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attraction of the area could be destroyed. I'm quite elderly so I

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shan't see it, but I wouldn't like it for the next generation. Bridget

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Eliot talking to VMware. She says it is up to young people to rise to the

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challenge of the fears she has for the town in future.

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So what was happening at the council office? There are specific plans

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were being put forward for housing developments. As ever, they proved

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controversial. Gareth George reports on the protesters and decisions.

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This protest was a polite one but there was no mistaking the strength

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of feeling. The worry was that more homes means more traffic and more

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pollution. It is just going to multiply the amount of cars that

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passed through. There is no mitigating that. Pollution kills so

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many people already. They are still proceeding with original plans

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despite the wishes of the vast majority of local residents. Inside,

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one of the most important meetings in Saffron Walden four years. The

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consideration is three separate applications for hundreds of homes.

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Developers wanted to build hundreds here, in these areas. Opposed in the

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meeting by Speaker after speaker, but not all were against the idea.

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They included representatives of local sports clubs because one has

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offered land for a sports ground efforts planning application goes

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through. But Shannon says her daughter's help is already affected

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by pollution. She believes morbid make it worse and put pressure on

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schools and health services. These new developments will bring in

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excess of 700 homes and in excess of 1100 vehicles. It will just be the

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straw that breaks the camel's back. Weak after hours of debate,

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permission for 230 homes was given, but the 300 one was denied. It seems

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that protesters have a partial victory.

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Tailgating. Hogging the middle lane, and showing a lack of respect for

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other drivers at junctions ` some of the things that can infuriate even

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the calmest of drivers. And, as of last year, the police can do

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something about it. They now have the power to hand out on`the`spot

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fines for careless driving. So is it working? Jenny Hill has been out

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with traffic police in Cambridgeshire.

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It's going to be a busy shift. We are out with Cambridgeshire police.

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The award it was simply too close to the one in front. `` lorry. Today

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the tailgaters are out in force. But last year, officers like John were

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given the power to issue on the spot fines or penalty points for

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inconsiderate driving. The new powers were designed to tackle the

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middle lane hog is and tailgaters on the road. One motoring organisation

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estimated that a sort of all drivers could be fined. I don't think there

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has been a campaign by the police to target drivers. That's why the

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figures have been so low. We need more cops out there and more

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education about the driving zone. The Government will assess it in one

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year. I hate it when people are in the middle lane. VCE women driving

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and they think they will push as they see. Backing Cambridgeshire,

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John spot another tailgater. The force does fine inconsiderate

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drivers, but issue warnings to many more. I would rather point out your

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error than stop you at the moment. Anything we can do to reduce

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collisions and make drivers aware of the responsibility is important.

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Police powers will assist others. The balance is that we don't want to

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just use powers, we want to educate. Well the lorry driver

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escaped with a leg injury, the consequences of careless driving can

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be so much worse. We are and consensus that we all

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hate tailgating! Let's get the weather.

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Thank you to those who sent in this picture of bluebells. The flowers

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are all out with the warm sunshine we have been having. We predicted 17

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Celsius today but many got up to 19 Celsius the north Norfolk coast,

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with most, stage cooler `` with mist, stayed cooler. Rain is on the

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way to model with this thicker cloud over the West Country. We might get

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an isolated showers this evening, although it looks like it will stay

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dry during the first batch. The rain is trying to make its presence felt

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at the end of the night. Temperatures won't drop down to

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eight Celsius. Here is the pressure pattern for tomorrow. Low`pressure

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moods across the entire country so it does mean rain for the entire

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country. For others in the East, it will be cloudy and rainy throughout

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the day. A lot of the rain will be like in the morning, so there will

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be dry interludes. It's going to be cooler, because we have more cloud,

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so don't expect to feel as warm as you did today. In the afternoon,

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showers develop. These look like they could be heavy, with some

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merging together is a longer spell of rain. Still some drier interludes

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in between. The bank holiday weekend will have high pressure. Good news

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in some ways, but bad news in that it is bringing cold air. It would be

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significantly colder but it will be cooler and fresher. Lots of dry and

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bright weather, but some chilly nights with temperatures low enough

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to bring the ground frost. Freddie will start cloudy, but will brighten

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up. Temperatures of 11 or 12 Celsius through the weekend, so cooler, but

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brighter, sunnier weather coming. A reminder that the BBC is offering

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apprenticeships in its local radio stations. Successful candidates will

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start a 15`month apprenticeship in September. If you are 18 or over by

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September, a non`graduate and you want to find out more, go to the BBC

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website at bbc.co.uk/las. The deadline for applications is May

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12th. That's all from Oz. Have a good evening!

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