18/06/2014 Look East - East

If a is that people together. They were all on the balconies and the

police are trying to maintahn law and order.

The father of a three`year`old pays trhbute to

his daughter after she's hit by a car while playing on a scooter.

The altar boy and we are now feeling is all the more acute because of

what a fantastic, special, loving exuberant and child she was. `` the

void we are now feeling. The woman murdered

in Colchester was a Saudi n`tional We'll be reporting live

from the scene. 's and I will be reporting from a

rural' football Festival. `` girls'.

First tonight, 24 hours of misery for hard`pressed commuters

It all started last night with faulty overhead power cables.

One train came to a halt, blocking the line near Chellsford.

Passengers by the thousand were soon stranded down the line at Lhverpool

Street where the police had to be brought in to keep the peacd.

Then this morning signal problems on the same line.

Mayhem at Liverpool Street. Thousands of passengers crammed on

the station concourse last night. The police were trying to maintain

law and order. There were no trains and nobody was going anywhere. I

decided to leave the locked it so nobody could get in or

out. Thousands of their. I managed to get out and got

a taxi and it cost never made it home. Others were

delayed by up to six hours. few friends who did not get back

until 10pm at night. Because chaos? Damaged overhead power lines

which then caused a train to breakdown. Both lines are closed for

several hours during rush hour. The morning. " I hate you even more this

morning." " day. We will terminate your train at

Stratford." " I am not even daring to attempt to travel with Greater

Anglia this morning working from home. Can't believe this ag`in.

Passengers say there was no information. An incident was all

they were told. That is why they were so frustrated. I am sorry about

that. One thing we are committed to is having a thorough review

night's problems. That includes the communication that we provided at

the station. It is basic, though. If you tell them what the problem is

they will understand and make alternative plans. Absolutely.

should be passing information on the passengers as quickly as it

art so that they know exactly what the situation is. This morning, more

problems. Cancellations and delays due to a signalling problem. I have

got a meeting in London and I have been told that the trains are

delayed by at least... Many are not even getting through. I am going to

be allowed and not leave it to them to decide my fate and I will get on

the underground, which is f`r more reliable, trustworthy and cheaper.

normal. Restoring the trust of normal. Restoring the

And we had a big response on Twitter.

Scotty Bowman sent in these photos of the scenes at Shenfield Station.

All been kicked off and it's a very dangerous overcrowding situ`tion.

We saw similar scenes in Richard's report at Liverpool Street.

?Why weren't the crowds better managed??

PolkaDotLemon asked about recurring signalling problems

Plenty then to put to Richard Schofield from Network Rail.

I started by asking why the line seemed beset by problems.

He apologised to passengers but insisted the number of overhead

line incidents had dropped dramatically in recent years.

We work very hard. We are investing lots of money. We have renewed

almost all of the overhead line from Liverpool Street and are continuing

to invest over the next few years up to Colchester and float them. It

getting better but I agree ht does not feel like that sometimes.

to Colchester and beyond. What about these signalling problems? We are

doing some immediate things to stop that happening. We have put

a specialist team who will spend their

review all processes, go through all of the infrastructure,

everything and make sure it is that for purpose and

the number of signalling fahlures goes down. It

infrastructure. It is used almost 24 hours a day. The numbers of trained

grows infrastructure is under hugd

pressure. What about the communication problems? They did not

tell passengers what was gohng on. That has made people more cross than

anything. Absolutely. nothing else then communication is

key. One of the problems we had last night was that because

difficulty in removing the train, we did not know how

to give people reliable information. To some extent,

Let's be honest, it was shambolic last night and also quite

Another asked why the crowds were not better managed.

the station was kept safe at all times. At the point

and make sure the station is safe but it is very

understand why commuters on this line has had enough?

see that. They are at the end of their tether. Absolutely.

by several hours. It is unacceptable. We run

also on the bits that it dods not work it is unacceptable and

A father has been paying tribute to his young daughter who was killed

described her as such a beloved child.

She had been on her scooter on the pavement in Canterbury

Gardens, outside the family home, when she collided with a car.

She was the youngest of three children and today,

her father wanted to pay trhbute to the daughter he has lost.

She compacted into a small frame and over three and a half years that

He told me how they had heard a crash at teatime last night.

He dashed out followed by his wife, a nurse.

The family obviously did everything they could to help Rosa.

The first police officers on the scene carried out resuscitation.

That was taken over by the paramedics when they got here.

She was eventually taken to hospital by ambulance but despite everything,

The emergency services have been fantastic.

The support and care of neighbours and friends

has helped us through a very difficult night.

We have got through that first night thanks to their love and compassion.

The road was closed for a time last night.

The driver of the car was treated for shock.

Early this morning, these flowers were left at the scene.

"Remembering," said the attached card, "a beautiful angel."

She leaves, for such a small person, an enormous hole in our lives.

Our little girl and she is beloved forever.

Police are still investigating what happened.

They are asking any witnessds who have not yet come forward

The police in Colchester sax that a student found murdered

on a footpath in Colchester had been stabbed to death.

The attack comes just three months after father`of`four James @ttfield

was found dead in a park less than two miles away, with more than 00

This extensive police search behind me is expected to continue until

dark. This whole area is thd dark. This whole area is the means

of parts and houses strong police presence throughout

the estate. The route where the woman was walking is expectdd to be

created as a safer route for students to walk. She was a Saudi

Arabian national in her 30s. Forensic examinations are still

being carried out this evening close to the murder scene. The woman's

body was found yesterday morning on a path. She was attacked with

someone `` by someone with ` knife and had suffered severe injuries.

She sustained a number of stab wounds and also head and facial

injuries. There will be a postmortem this afternoon so we will gdt more

detail. Will be spent the ddad woman had been making her away from her

home, less than a quarter of a mile away. The trail where she w`s found

is popular with students at the University of Essex and loc`ls. I

University of Essex and locals. I was very scared. We always go there.

There are lots of little children are around and deeply park `s

It makes you seriously think hard about, you know, what you can and

cannot do. The murder scene is about two miles from Colchester's Park

where the body of James, 33, was found in March. He had more than 100

masons. The victim in this case wearing traditional Muslim dress.

Officers of the day it being a racially motivated

killing. A man who was jailed

for murdering his former girlfriend has lost an appeal to have key

forensic items retested. Kevin Nunn, who lived at Woolpit

in Suffolk, has always denidd He claimed advances in DNA

technology could prove he is But the Supreme Court

has rejected his case. at school and the gap gets wider

as they get older. A new report out today says that

poor white children lag behind at school and the gap gets wider

as they get older. Inspectors from Ofsted had `lready

warned that coastal communities Until recently the Ormiston Herman

Academy at Gorleston in Norfolk Its pupils are almost

all white British. And an exceptionally high

proportion get free school meals. But it's also a school where

the head has high expectations, `` Mr Thomson lost his golden book.

In it are the personal achidvements of some of his 320 pupils. `` Lakes.

It also symbolises a culture of It also symbolises a culturd of

effort. Around one in four children are entitled to a free school meals.

At this school, it is one into. This academy goes against the grain of

today's report. Those from disadvantaged backgrounds pdrform as

well as the better of children. We have a whole range of stratdgies,

which could be one to one support, small`group teaching, speci`lised

teaching, family support, a whole range... We also work with a whole

range of agencies. Pupils lhstening range of agencies. Pupils listening

carefully to this teacher had shorter break times than most other

schools, just ten minutes in the morning. It all means more time in

the classroom. They are verx important. I have some people

helping me. It is quite easy. Today's report says 32% of poor

white British people achievd white British people achieve good

GCSEs. Those from ethnic minorities all do better. Top of the table are

all do better. Top of the t`ble are Indian children with 62%. Seaside

towns struggle to attract the best teachers but the report's others say

that deprived communities do have to resign themselves to poor

grades. In a town like Great Yarmouth there is among some parents

perhaps low expectation and self belief and that transfers to their

children. The challenge for teachers is to help people family. Wd will

help them focus on for learning within the academy and

then with details of what has happened at

home. The parent Today's report does not seek to

provide solutions do well, schools must give them

excellent support. When I spoke to him

earlier this afternoon I asked him Well, it is going to be

a combination of things. We cannot claim to have gotten

to the bottom of this issue. The answer is that it's going

to be part of the story. But one

of the most positive aspects of our report is that we found that great

schools make a disproportionate difference to the poorest of

children, regardless of ethnicity. One of the problems is that poor

performance at school is very often passed

from generation to generation. We have got to do everything we can,

both to parents and schools, to make sure that we communhcate

the central importance of education to families and young people so

that they are motivated to learn. If they get the qualifications they

have a much better chance of having We have heard very often in this

part of the world that schools have struggled to attract the kind

of teachers that they want. What can you or

the Government do to change that? One thing that this governmdnt has

promised, but will not be delivered until the

next Parliament, is a new national The truth is that the distrhbution

of money in education is not fair. London gets disproportionatdly

more than other areas and also has We need to have the funding and also

need to have more flexible systems within schools, which the Government

has brought in around performance`related pay

and issues like that. What you are saying is that if you

go to an area like some of our coastal communities you shotld be

paid more if you are a good teacher? I would like to see flexible pay

systems that allow higher p`y in the most challenging schools

for outstanding teachers. And we know that if we can get those

outstanding teachers into those schools, in front of the chhldren

from poor homes, they have a Some teachers will say that they

tried to involve parents in schooling, try to persuade them

to help their children and frankly That is an issue but we also know

that outstanding schools get twice the results

of inadequate schools, regardless It is not an excuse to say that

the children are poor and have unsupportive familhes,

"What can you expect us to do?" The truth is,

great schools and great teachers make an enormous difference and if

we can work at the parent end as well then we have the opportunity to

improve education across`thd`board. The fixtures for the new football

season have been released today Even in the middle of a World Cup

it's always a big moment We now have ten league clubs

in this region, after Luton And then there's the return

of the East Anglian derby. Glorious scenes. It is what

promotion and Lee football leans to fans of religion and Cambridge. Back

amongst the elite 92 clubs that make up the country's top four divisions.

up the country's top four dhvisions. Luton went up as champions, ending a

five`year absence from the lead Their reward? A 550 mile round trip

to Carlisle. Lots of local derbies against Stevenage, Oxford,

Southend... It is a good opportunity for alluding to test themselves

against league clubs. Have not been able to do that for a long time.

Cambridge are making prepar`tions for their returns after more than a

decade. Fantastic, is it not? What a week to start off with. Plylouth at

week to start off with. Plymouth at home and then Birmingham aw`y in the

cup and then Portsmouth away. We all fans of Cambridge United and are

back with a bang. Elsewhere, last's play`off semifinalists Southend

travel to The East Anglia in Derby returns for

the first time since April 2011. Norwich where winners last time

Ipswich in the 13 successive championship season host 31st on the

23rd of August, before they return as Carrow Road in February.

Everybody have missed it. It has been three years. Ipswich have a

score to settle. Hopefully Hpswich can get some revenge. All of the

fans want to stay in the Premier League but if there is one good

again and I am looking forw`rd and hope it

The Duchess of Cambridge has been at Bletchley Park today,

opening up a new visitor centre at the once top secret HQ of the

During the Second World War, the code breakers deciphered

hundreds of enemy messages, providing vital intelligence.

And just a warning, there is some flash photography

In stark contrast to the secrecy that once surrounded this place

Bletchley Park was today on show to the world.

The focus was on the Duchess of Cambridge

After meeting the designers of the ?8 million project, she spent

Many of whom deciphered enemy codes during the Second World War.

She obviously was very interested in the subject and I think she had

She knew what questions to ask and she was, in my view,

The Duchess's grandmother and great aunt both worked here

The identical twins were civilian employees of the Foreign Office,

managing the interception of signals.

Today, the Duchess met one of their colleagues.

The Duchess may not have learned much about her grandmother's

her personnel records were destroyed after the war.

But it is thought that along with her twin sister she was

He came in and said he thought the war was over

because a signal had been intercepted from Tokyo to Geneva.

The Japanese appeared to be about to surrender.

Funded by the Heritage Lottdry Fund, the new visitor centre has taken

The Duchess of Cambridge is one of the first to try it out.

What we have done is use this Heritage Lottery funded project

to transform this back to its former glory.

It is hoped 250,000 visitors per year will be following in the

Duchess's footsteps, sharing the story of the codebreakers which were

England's big match in the World Cup is little more than 24 hours away,

when England play Uruguay in Sao Paulo.

Also tomorrow, England's women play a World Cup

Today the FA Girls festival found its way to Norwich and

347 girls from 17 schools at Norfolk County FA's headquarters in Norwich.

Not much Brazilian sunshine but plenty of world`class football.

Today is about growing parthcipation and raising the profile

Trying to encourage more girls and women to play football

and get behind, particularlx with the boys in Brazil,

The FA Girls' Football Festhval is travelling around the country.

It was in Suffolk last month and will be in Saint Ives in September.

Today, all of the girls had faces painted with the flags of World Cup

countries and yes, some of them are enjoying the football in Br`zil

You stayed up? I did.

What do you think of some of the players?

They are very good at tacklhng and quite fast.

As you know, I am pretty good at the old freestyle skills

This is Charlotte from Hertfordshire.

Show us a few tricks. OK.

A minimum of an hour and a half of practice.

If you are doing anything special tomorrow night

for the England`Uruguay gamd then let me know.

Perhaps you're having a party or a barbecue.

All you have to do is e`mail me or contact me through Twittdr.

So the training bibs looked more like dresses

and some of the faces are going to need

but the future of the women's game in this country

What a good call that was! Let's have a look at the weather.

Good evening. It is a fairlx settled Good evening. It is a fairlx settled

weather pattern. The problem is the position has meant we have had a

northerly wind that has mixed fortunes today. Some people

just for cloud all day and there was some light rain and drizzle first

This cloud is showing signs of shifting focus

sunshine. It will stay dry overnight. There

North Sea. Further west, sole clear spell.

clear spells into single figures but for

around 10 Celsius. Into a cloudy start,

is looking brighter later and the West will be best

thickest of the cloud to produce some light rain and drizzle.

day and as though that cloud has a better chance of breaking up

northerly wind. The effect ht has on the temperatures.

some brightness to end the day. This is pretty

A better prospect of something brighter as the wind turns `round.

is any sunshine, temperatures will be a little higher. It will be

Thank you very much. Lots of people have been treating us.

Yes, a lot of news on Twitter with rain passengers. A points t`lly in

At effort from us. Good night. `` that is

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