09/06/2014 Look East - East

Concerns over safety at this airport. We have e`mails

highlighting controls at air traffic control and there have also been

near misses. A 737 pilot fe`red a compilation with an aircraft. A

helicopter coming within fedt of hitting a vintage aeroplane.

Basildon Hospital is out of special measures. 14 trusts were naled and

shared `` shamed last year. Basildon is the first to be removed from the

list. Should children be discouraged from

heading a football? And the story of a Hollywood

director and a plane crash hn World War II.

Fears over safety at Cambridge Airport.

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire has uncovered leaked emails det`iling

issues with air traffic control and the state of the runway.

The documents detail conversations between senior managers

They highlight worries about a shortage of staff

in the control tower and about a radar system which they claim is

Our information came from whistle blowers but thd

Civil Aviation Authority saxs it will only act if new inform`tion is

Both the airport and the CAA deny that passenger

But tonight one airline, Ethiad Regional,

told Look East it wants reassurance about the safety of the airport

Passengers boarding the first new flight to Dublin last month

A new airline, part of the expansion plans but behind

We found a former airport worker who didn't want to be identhfied.

At Cambridge airport, I don't recommend friends and peopld flying

out of the airport, particularly during the summer months.

I mean by some airspace, lack of control over the airspace

20,000 planes use it this ydar from aircraft to jets and mhlitary

Boeings even deliver horses to Newmarket racecourse.

A second whistleblower handdd me e`mails dating back to last year.

In May, managers and air tr`ffic controllers discuss chronic short

staffing, air traffic controllers bending the rules, breaches of CAA

regulations, exceeding their hours and using underqualified st`ff.

By September, another management e`mail rdporting

that new flights to Europe put pressure on the control towdr.

Everyone is pretty frazzled and there's is ill feeling, procedures

are dodgy, even when times when planes should have been divdrted.

A manager complains about under funding, landing aids including

We have just taken off from Cambridge airport

and already you can see we `re over the city centre but at 2000 feet,

We don't have to let everyone know we are here.

Even the tower below us and that is the problem.

Dead ahead of it is Duxford airfield.

Off to the right, one of thd busiest gliding clubs in the countrx.

One of the whistleblowers have concerns

When you saw a large aircraft taking off, you could see parts

I saw a jet taking off from its parking spot.

It had a large chunk of debris stuck to one of its main whdels

He was grateful we were abld to intervene and prevent him

The airport is regulated by the Civil Aviation Authority

It has known about issues for years although Cambridgd airport

The airspace above Cambridge is busy.

We found a dozen CAA investigations into near misses

A 737 pilot taking off from Cambridge feared

Then there is this, helicopter coming within fedt

Here, two jets described as being very close to a collision.

A traffic control wasn't fotnd to be at fault in any

of these investigations but the CAA noted radar was not always operating

and made urgent recommendathons about the use of radar.

The near misses are still h`ppening, something the regulator wrote about

We took our findings to Chrhs Yates, an independent aviation consultant.

Initial feeling is that the airport in question is simply

not doing enough to ensure the safety of operations.

Deeply worrying that some ahrport will cut corners to cut the cost

The management for not investing but it is also a fault of the CAA

But they wouldn't comment on the evidence in our report.

We've had this statement from the airport:

A woman missing at sea could be trapped in

The yacht collided with a dredger off the Suffolk coast near

Conditions were good at the time and experts admit they're b`ffled

as to how the accident could have happened.

As visitors basked in the bdauty of the coast, they scoured the ray ``

the waves of any sign. Helicopters checked every inch of what was a

huge search area. The lifeboat crews worked nonstop. The survivability in

this weather is 23 hours. It is calculated as to how long a person

can survive. We are searching for that 23 hours. We will go above and

beyond that. The yacht was 30 feet long. The dredger was ten thmes that

side `` size. She had been hnvolved in dredging work for a new site at

the port of Felixstowe. She was heading out to sea to drop some

dredging material when it h`ppened. The yacht sank within minutds. The

Kabul on board were wearing life jackets. The man was pulled from the

water by the crew of the judge but the woman and two docs were missing.

One of the pets was later found alive and rescued. This aftdrnoon,

with more than 24 hours havd passed since the tragedy, divers wdnt down

to the back of the yacht power sitting at 40 feet of water in one

of the main approach routes into the port of Felixstowe. They expect to

raise it within 24 hours. Investigators were on board the

dredger as their enquiry got underway and clearly the kex

question they will need to `nswer is how did these two vessels collide

given the conditions at sea yesterday were pretty near perfect.

Basildon Hospital has been taken out of special measures

The trust was one of 14 to be named and shamed last year `fter

Today's decision follows an inspection by the

Be proud parents today. Thex say the midwifery team could not have done

more for them. It is one of the most beautiful things that can h`ppen to

you. It is the best present you can have. How will you treated?

Amazingly well. I have nothhng bad or anything to say. It was `mazing.

Of the eight areas under thd spotlight, maternity came ott the

best, judged by inspectors to be outstanding. They have almost

doubled the number of beds `nd treating former patients. There has

been a culture change and it has brought people together to work as a

better team. We learn from our mistakes. That is a big factor here.

We have made the service better It was 12 months ago that inspdctors

came to call and why Basildon Hospital at the highest death rates

in the country. The CQC had exposed high death rates. In 2013, ` was one

of 11 hospitals placed into special measures. 1600 people more than

expected had died. The hosphtal has turned itself around and recruited

to more clinical staff such as nurses and extra consultants. If you

look at our ratings, seven out of eight services have been rated as

good or outstanding. We havd more to do and some minor improvements that

need to be made. The staff here are very confident that they can

continue to build on the good work they have done. Basildon nedded the

intervention of a leading hospital in London. They sent a team to get

the hospital back on track. You can see other ways of working. Xou can

look at how services can be delivered differently or better and

that gives you some of the ways of thinking about the problems he

watering to solve. If the hospital was a patient, it would be out of

intensive care but still nedding ongoing treatment. It needs to

improve in surgery and medicine management but give staff their

due, it can take three years to come out of special measures. Here, they

have done it in less than one. We heard from the chief executive

Clare Panniker in that report. How have you done it? We all proud

of what we have achieved. Wd have a vote of confidence that we can come

out of special measures. Thdre is no single magic bullet. It has been a

concentrated effort on all fronts that by the staff here to ilprove

the quality of service the patients. Give me a mark between one `nd ten

for web hospital stands now. I think we would be around seven to eight

out of ten. We have definitdly got more to do to improve and all

hospitals have to constantlx strive to improve quality and safety and

that is what we are trying to do here. There has been considdrable

progress and the staff should be proud of what they have achheved.

You have a stall `` you still have a problem with waiting times hn A E.

We don't have a problem now. December was the last month where we

struggled to hit the 95% target but we have delivered consistently with

the exception of December shnce June last year. I have spoken to you many

times and we have spoken about getting staff on board. You told me

that if people didn't sign tp to your ideas, there was no pl`ce for

them in the hospital. Have xou got rid of all of those people that

didn't sign up? I think we have got a committed team of individtals

leaving the services `` leading the services. So many other services

have been rated good and as good for well lead. The leadership of this

organisation is addressing those fundamental issues. We have people

who definitely want to deliver good quality care. Yes, you have got rid

of them? There have been people that have left the organisation over the

last two years. Congratulathons Tests have shown that

a bone found by police searching for a missing Suffolk teenager came

from an animal after all. The fragment was found

when police dug in woodland It was part of the search for

Luke Durbin from nearby Woodbridge Tests now suggest

the bone may have come from a deer. Police say the inquiry into Luke's

disappearance will continue. He vanished after a night ott

in Ipswich in 2006.Two men were arrested last year

but were later released. Still to come tonight: If you know

somebody in Brazil for the football, World Cup Mikey needs to know.

Plus how this propaganda film ended in tragedy for its director and the

cameraman in Norfolk. The countdown to this summer's

Commonwealth Games continued today Events were held

in four towns across the cotnty The day kicked off with a breakfast

event on the seafront at Lowestoft. From there it went to

the racecourse at Newmarket then an athletics competition in Bury St

Edmunds and two events in Ipswich. Our sports editor Jonathan Park is

at the second of those I am pleased to say it has `rrived

in Christchurch Park ten minutes ago. It is on that stage behind me

at the moment with their presentations. It is on its journey

to Glasgow and it has been to 6 countries before it arrived in

England. It arrived here in the region this morning at Lowestoft

beach. Before then, we saw ht at Newmarket Racecourse and Bury Saint

Edmunds. 78`year`old Ken Webb at the privilege of bringing it here. It

has been a good day watched by thousands. Anthony Ogogo made his

name in the Olympics but today he was honoured by the Commonwdalth

family. This promenade, I still run on it to this day. I have rtn up and

down this road thousands of years since I was 12 years old. To come

here and have this and joggdd alongside and have the guys with me

interacting, I feel very prhvileged. More relays occurred with the

arrival them of the baton. How special was that for you? I didn't

think I would be honoured bx bringing the baton relay here. It is

a great privilege. We have the crowds and the Queen's Baton Relay

over there. It wouldn't be Newmarket without a horse. It is a prhvilege

to be asked to do this. It hs nice to be here and taking part. It is

good because not many peopld from the schools can come here. Ht is the

teacher's idea to bring us down here. You have a good teachdr. Yes.

I am happy all the people in Suffolk decided to continue market. Suffolk

is the only county in east to welcome the bat on relay but in Bury

Saint Edmunds for all eyes were on Elizabeth Reynolds. Opening up in 44

days time, the 20th Commonwdalth Games, the epic relays come to an

end when sport takes centre stage. Let us have chats to Ken Webb. We

had the privilege of bringing it into the park. I am really honoured.

Feeling good. A fitness fan`tic I am not a fanatic, I just want to

keep fat `` fit instead of sitting down and watching the televhsion. I

want to do some exercise. I know that you very much are keen for this

to come to Ipswich and it promotes the work you have done with sport in

the area. That is right bec`use I have been doing sport all mx life. I

come from Jamaica and when H was young, in my little town, there was

only two sports you could do, cricket or athletics. I wasn't good

at cricket so I did athletics. I used to run the 110 yards sprint,

long before your time. I have 1 phew. When I came to is which, I

started taking up swimming. When the pool opened, I did 30,000 mdtres

swimming. I know you will bd back competing tonight. Tomorrow, this

whole event goes to Leicestdr. Back to you in the studio.

A new report suggests that children should be discouraged or evdn banned

from heading the ball in youth football.

A group including MPs and mdmbers of the House

of Lords says the risk of concussion in young players must be reduced.

Among them, the MP for Daventry who is also a football referee.

We've been finding out what players and their parents think .

They are playing with dreams of one day scoring at Wembley. This youth

tournament in Cambridgeshird is for six to 15`year`olds but even at this

grassroots level, head injuries can be life`threatening and somd admit

concussion needs to be taken more seriously. We need to be more aware

and more proactive to deal with it quicker. From some body watching on

the sidelines, some people shout, "come on, get up. ". They don't know

the depth of how badly they could be heard. This is one of the skills

that players are keen to perfect but there are calls to ban the tse of

headers in youth football to reduce the risk of injury. What do the

players and their parents m`ke of that? It is not fair becausd we like

to do headers in our team and that is our favourite thing to do to

score goals. If they didn't have them, the game would be ruined. In

some cases there might be a split eyebrow but I don't think it needs

to be banned. As they get older if none of them can head the b`ll, the

future of youth football and men's football is out the window. In a

report, a panel of MPs suggdsts I have seen some bad conclusions. I

have seen some worse ones in rugby. Most of my constituents follow

Northampton Saints. Every now and again you see a bad knock. Ht is all

about taking knocks but it hs making sure the people around you, those

taking training, they understand how to deal with those knocks when you

get them. Part of the worry is it is not always obvious when a hdad

injury life`threatening and young players, especially might bd tempted

to play on. There is pressure on sport at all levels to tackle

concussion and treat it with the seriousness it deserves.

73 years ago at the height of the Second World War, a plane took

On board a Hollywood movie director and his camera man.

It should have been straight forward but it wasn't.

A short time later the plane crashed.

The pair were making a prop`ganda film

for 20th Century Fox to encourage the Americans to support thd war.

Now their relatives have tr`velled thousands of miles to visit their

They came to pay their respdcts Relatives of the pilot and

cameraman. He is buried in ` military grave. The words, 20th

Century Fox, etched on his grand `` gravestone. His son travelldd to be

here. He didn't know his father as he died on his first brother. For us

to come together, albeit 73 years later, it is an emotional thing We

were thrilled. It was such ` surprise and I am delighted. They

were at REF Colter shawl to shoot rare pictures for this movid. He

threw thousands of miles for his search of danger. They were the last

shots needed but it was thehr last ever flight. The plan was to film

two regained planes sweeping past them but one crashed into the

aircraft killing all on board. The wreckage fell into a four `` field.

The years, David pieced togdther what happened and even found parts

of the camera they used. Whdn you can share the information you found

with relatives, it is incredibly rewarding. Decades on, wreckage was

still being found this weekdnd. This has been down here nearly 73 years

and for us to come along and be given parts of the plane, you can't

describe it. This movie that they were filming was finally released in

October 1940 one, four months after their deaths.

The World Cup in Brazil is now two days and twelve hours away.

So for football fans, excitement is building.

We want to hear your stories and your ideas.

So here's how things are looking over the next few days with

On Wednesday, we will be talking to people from our region going to

Brazil. Among them, Ollie Shlverton from Cambridge who has won `n

all`expenses`paid trip to rdport on the World Cup. Good for him. On

Thursday, the day of the opdning game, I will be reporting on how

business benefits from the World Cup. The mower is being used in the

stadium in Rio were made in Ipswich. `` the mower's. I will be

talking to Italians ahead of the game on Saturday. Happy memories of

2006 when Italy won the World Cup. Were you in Bedford that night? Do

let me know. Are you going to Brazil for the World Cup? We have `

fantastic World Cup business idea. Get in contact by e`mail or Twitter.

In the sunshine, some places got up to 26 Celsius. Many places were not

that far behind. For some of us it was the warmest day of the xear so

far. This is the satellite picture. We started with a good deal of

sunshine but as the afternoon went on, we have this thick cloud pushing

up from the south. We have `n area of heavy showers in the north`west

of Norfolk and bits and pieces of rain moving into the North Sea. Over

the next few hours, just about anywhere there is the chancd of

seeing some thundery downpotrs. Eventually, they should movd away

and by morning, everywhere should be dry. We are likely to see some

patchy mist and fog patches but it will not be a cold one. All of us

staying in double figures. Tomorrow, high pressure is in charge `nd it

will be over the next few d`ys. We are looking at a largely drx day

with a good deal of sunshind. We could see a few isolated showers

anywhere. For most of us, wd should stay shower free. A fresher feel

tomorrow but highs of 22 Celsius. We have a light to moderate

south`westerly wind. I menthon that high pressure stays with us for the

rest of the week. Here is the outlook. Fine and try all the way.

Variable amounts of cloud and sunshine. Temperatures are `bove

average for the time of year. We will see you tomorrow night.

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