:00:00. > 3:59:59sleep under a duvet again. That is all from the BBC News at
:00:00. > :00:00.6.00. Now Of course it wasn't just
:00:00. > :00:59.the schools in Norfolk .In June last year, the whole education
:01:00. > :01:02.department at County Hall w`s The situation became serious,
:01:03. > :01:07.a cross party group of all the Now though, Ofsted says it has
:01:08. > :01:12.seen a marked improvement, but warn This report is
:01:13. > :01:19.from our chief reporter, Kil Riley. Inadequate, dire,
:01:20. > :01:20.the kind of words being used about the county's management
:01:21. > :01:24.of Norfolk's schools last xear A series of reports
:01:25. > :01:28.from Ofsted put the county close the The gap
:01:29. > :01:32.between its struggling schools and Achievement levels
:01:33. > :01:37.across the different phases, primary, secondary, post`16 are not
:01:38. > :01:42.as good as they should be. People think that
:01:43. > :01:44.because it is a nice, leafy, pretty part of the world, children
:01:45. > :01:49.are doing well, but they ard not. Ofsted says,
:01:50. > :01:55.arrangements for supporting school In autumn 2012,
:01:56. > :01:59.it says 60% of primary schools and 47% of secondary schools in
:02:00. > :02:02.Norfolk were judged good or better. After the inspection in Jund,
:02:03. > :02:05.they have risen to 70% of primaries But still,
:02:06. > :02:13.below the national average. It predicted a 6% increase this
:02:14. > :02:16.summer in pupils expected to get five GCSEs at grade A star to C
:02:17. > :02:20.including English and maths. Of 29 Norfold schools given
:02:21. > :02:22.intensive support after inspection, Across the board,
:02:23. > :02:31.everybody has bought into this. We have made it absolutely crystal
:02:32. > :02:36.clear that we were not satisfied that Norfolk should be ineffective
:02:37. > :02:38.in anything, but certainly not They have cooperated and thdy have
:02:39. > :02:43.all pulled together and we have People didn't believe we cotld
:02:44. > :02:48.do it in 12 months and we h`ve. The only way that we are gohng to
:02:49. > :02:53.see consistency and standards is to actually continue to make
:02:54. > :02:57.the improvements that we have made over the last year,
:02:58. > :03:00.across the whole of the county. We are not quite there yet,
:03:01. > :03:05.which is why I have been very keen to say it's great we have this
:03:06. > :03:08.report and that we are judgdd effective, but this is a jotrney
:03:09. > :03:11.and we still have much more to do. Suffolk County Council was `lso
:03:12. > :03:14.judged ineffective by Ofsted. The inspectorate said it was
:03:15. > :03:16.reviewing the council's performance over
:03:17. > :03:19.the summer and keeping the county's As I said, a year ago,
:03:20. > :03:30.a group of all the local MPs were very vocal in their concern about
:03:31. > :03:32.the Local Education Authority. Earlier today, one of them,
:03:33. > :03:36.Simon Wright, the Liberal Democrats spokesman for
:03:37. > :03:38.Education, came into the sttdio I put it to him, the leader of the
:03:39. > :03:54.council now hopes the MPs whll leave MPs have a duty and a responsibility
:03:55. > :03:57.to highlight where we see problems. We saw problems and children's
:03:58. > :04:01.services last year and we r`ise our concerns. I am very pleased that one
:04:02. > :04:08.month on hard work has been put in by our council and schools to
:04:09. > :04:12.improve the situation. Now, Ofsted save the arrangements in pl`ce are
:04:13. > :04:15.effective and that is great news. Are you saying it wouldn't have
:04:16. > :04:20.happened if MPs had not got involved last year? I think they havd played
:04:21. > :04:23.an important role in highlighting the circumstances. Because of that
:04:24. > :04:27.were already looking at the situation, they were alreadx
:04:28. > :04:30.applying pressure on the cotncil to improve the support being ghven to
:04:31. > :04:35.schools. What is important now is that the progress that has been
:04:36. > :04:39.made, continues. There are still challenges in the community and I
:04:40. > :04:43.welcome the report today. So that report with the Local Education
:04:44. > :04:50.Authority a clean bill of hdalth. It is now down to teachers? Te`chers
:04:51. > :04:56.obviously work closely with the LE a. It's because they have greater
:04:57. > :04:59.support, that improvements `re being made. We have more primary schools
:05:00. > :05:05.and secondary schools that `re considered good or better bx Ofsted.
:05:06. > :05:08.That is because of the support being provided, being courage and forbids
:05:09. > :05:12.schools to work with other schools that need improvement, and the
:05:13. > :05:17.support from the county over the last 12 months. We are still below
:05:18. > :05:20.the national average. We ard and there is more progress that is being
:05:21. > :05:26.made. We need to support sm`ller schools in particular and the need
:05:27. > :05:30.close the attainment gap. The sad fact is the many children,
:05:31. > :05:34.particularly from worse off backgrounds, are doing much worse
:05:35. > :05:37.than children from better homes We need to lower that gap so that every
:05:38. > :05:40.child from Norfolk is the bdst chance succeeds. Thank you.
:05:41. > :05:43.A car mechanic from Essex has been found gtilty
:05:44. > :05:47.Simon Meecham stabbed 26`ye`r`old Leanne Meecham at her house
:05:48. > :05:49.She died of her injuries a week later.
:05:50. > :05:52.Tonight Essex Police face qtestions over whether they could havd done
:05:53. > :06:09.Simon Meecham was Leanne Medcham's stepfather but that did not stop him
:06:10. > :06:13.having a relationship with her. When Leanne Meecham started seeing
:06:14. > :06:17.someone else, he was consumdd by jealousy and in February thhs year,
:06:18. > :06:22.he went to her house in Southend and stabbed her with a kitchen knife.
:06:23. > :06:27.She died one week later in hospital. Simon Meecham never admitted his
:06:28. > :06:34.guilt, in fact he said that Leanne had attacked him. Today, a jury took
:06:35. > :06:39.just four hours to convicted of murder. There were suggestions that
:06:40. > :06:47.the police could have done lore to prevent this. Essex Police were
:06:48. > :06:53.aware of Simon Meecham. He had admitted assaulting Leanne, he was
:06:54. > :06:56.on bail awaiting sentence for that assault when he committed that
:06:57. > :06:58.murder. I asked Essex Policd if they could have done more. This was their
:06:59. > :06:59.response. A review will now commence looking
:07:00. > :07:01.at the circumstances of Essex Police's contact with
:07:02. > :07:03.Simon Meecham and Leanne Medcham Any learning that comes out
:07:04. > :07:10.from that will be acted upon. Essex Police are very much `ware
:07:11. > :07:14.of the requirement to do evdrything they can to safeguard those
:07:15. > :07:17.at risk of domestic abuse We will look very closely
:07:18. > :07:23.at this case to make sure that any learning that comes from it is acted
:07:24. > :07:40.upon, in order that we can safeguard This evening, the policing crime
:07:41. > :07:44.commissioners said every dax release in the county respond to 80 reports
:07:45. > :07:49.of domestic violence, 100 in the summer. He said, domestic vholence
:07:50. > :07:55.should be a source of shame for society. Meanwhile, Simon Mdecham
:07:56. > :07:56.will be sentenced on Friday and has been told to expect a subst`ntial
:07:57. > :07:57.jail term. Unemployment
:07:58. > :07:59.in the region is still going down. In the three months to June,
:08:00. > :08:02.it fell by 13,000 to 158,000.The unemployment rate here is now 5 ,
:08:03. > :08:05.well below the national average As we speak, tens of thousands
:08:06. > :08:13.of Yazidi refugees are still hiding, in fear of their lives,
:08:14. > :08:17.in the mountains of Northern Iraq. Tonight, vital aid,
:08:18. > :08:20.including life saving equiplent made by a company in Essex, is on
:08:21. > :08:38.its way to the region, wherd it will A life`saver near Colchester. There
:08:39. > :08:41.is no time to spare. The crhsis in northern Iraq means they have been
:08:42. > :08:49.working flat out, assembling these purifiers. We had a call on Monday,
:08:50. > :08:58.asking for 850 jerry cans. Ht is all hands to the pump. Normally we
:08:59. > :09:02.produced a thousand in one week we produced 850 in two days. Today
:09:03. > :09:09.they were loaded onto a flight to the East Midlands, via Cyprts. They
:09:10. > :09:16.will be dropped for the Yazhdi refugees stranded in northern Iraq.
:09:17. > :09:20.?8 million have been pledged to help the refugees. ?2 million will be
:09:21. > :09:25.airdropped supplies, several thousand pounds worth of water
:09:26. > :09:30.containers will be going out on a flight today. To survive and
:09:31. > :09:34.airdropped these must be totgh. They are simple to operate. Cont`minated
:09:35. > :09:37.water goes in here, you do ht up and you pump away. Clean, drink the
:09:38. > :09:47.water with no pathogens comds out here. Critically, they can tse these
:09:48. > :09:50.1000 times. This is the second consignment of life`saver ptrifiers
:09:51. > :09:56.being sent in one week. The plight of so many, thousands of miles away,
:09:57. > :10:02.in atrocious conditions, is all the motivation that this team ndeds
:10:03. > :10:07.It's a great moment seeing ht thrown out of the back of a plane. More
:10:08. > :10:08.importantly, they are helping people with clean water they don't have
:10:09. > :10:14.access to. Meanwhile,
:10:15. > :10:15.Tornado pilots from RAF Marham have They'll be taking photos
:10:16. > :10:19.of the situation on Mount Shnjar to Paul Smyth is a former Torn`do
:10:20. > :10:25.navigator who flew missions in Iraq during the 1st Gulf War
:10:26. > :10:27.and afterwards patrolled Earlier, I asked him how dangerous
:10:28. > :10:42.these latest missions would be. I would imagine that the worst
:10:43. > :10:47.threat they might pose to jdts flying our new defence systdms,
:10:48. > :10:51.rocket launchers that a man can fire, which are heat seeking. The
:10:52. > :10:56.jets carry self defence which include flares which can be used to
:10:57. > :11:06.divert heat`seeking missiles away from the engine, the. The photos
:11:07. > :11:10.they are taking, where will they get processed? They can look at them in
:11:11. > :11:14.the cockpit, in real`time and they can debrief it afterwards, `n
:11:15. > :11:18.analyst can look on the grotnd. They can look in more detail and take out
:11:19. > :11:23.the information they requird. This is not a combat role, but they are
:11:24. > :11:29.so highly trained, this will be in a days work for them. They ard well
:11:30. > :11:35.trained and they have had lots of operational experience. The tornado
:11:36. > :11:45.force it has effectively bedn of dumb occur on operations since the
:11:46. > :11:50.Gulf War in 1981, this is vdry much ingrained in the force. How likely
:11:51. > :11:54.is it, do you think, that their role may change into something more
:11:55. > :12:06.combative? Clearly, if the balance of forces on the ground shifts, and
:12:07. > :12:09.ISO can be contained, I think the Americans are doing enough. If the
:12:10. > :12:15.situation does not improve bank starts to deteriorate, the fact that
:12:16. > :12:19.we have staff did to send ahd, mean they have flexibility to take a more
:12:20. > :12:24.offensive role if the government decides to. Even before that, the
:12:25. > :12:29.reconnaissance mission could look, not just for refugees, and how many
:12:30. > :12:33.there are, they do so look for where Isis are and where the forcds are.
:12:34. > :12:36.They can actually provide information which the views to other
:12:37. > :12:40.people to use for offensive operations if need be.
:12:41. > :12:43.The police have re`arrested a man on suspicion of the murder of
:12:44. > :12:46.He was found with more than 100 knife wounds in Castle Park
:12:47. > :12:51.Scientists at the Universitx of East Anglia say they've found a way
:12:52. > :12:54.to tackle the damage caused to crops by the Mediterranean fruit fly.
:12:55. > :12:56.New research shows the rele`se of genetically engineered flies
:12:57. > :12:58.which only produce male offspring, could be used to stop
:12:59. > :13:21.A famous win for Northampton in the first round of the capital cup.
:13:22. > :13:22.Plus, the prehistoric eleph`nt of a kind, stalking the beaches of
:13:23. > :13:25.Norfolk. This week we're talking
:13:26. > :13:27.about the growth of life schences The companies involved turn cutting
:13:28. > :13:31.edge scientific research The industry calls it
:13:32. > :13:37.an "eco`system". Different people,
:13:38. > :13:39.with different skills, working closely together getting
:13:40. > :13:41.new businesses off the ground. Our business correspondent,
:13:42. > :14:04.Richard Bond, reports from ` life It is the biggest beast in the
:14:05. > :14:12.region's life sciences set. The Glaxo Smith Kline research Centre in
:14:13. > :14:21.Stevenage employs 2300 people. It creates jobs done could grab this.
:14:22. > :14:32.In its shadow, biotech start`ups. Already, it is full. This company is
:14:33. > :14:34.one of 40 firms here. It is developing anti`and medicinds to
:14:35. > :14:46.play steroids which have nasty side`effect. We are next door to the
:14:47. > :14:51.world' leading respiratory `nd T ` `` health centre. We can collaborate
:14:52. > :14:56.and work on a day`to`day basis with the GlaxoSmithKline. That whll help
:14:57. > :15:03.to bring medicines to the m`rket. Successful biotech research relies
:15:04. > :15:05.on people coming together whth different skills will stop
:15:06. > :15:11.financiers, entrepreneurs, researchers. They are all hdre.
:15:12. > :15:16.Cambridge University has an office here, bridging the gap betwden
:15:17. > :15:22.academic research and industry. Some researchers are on site, licensing
:15:23. > :15:27.deals with companies which bring income for the University. We bump
:15:28. > :15:31.into people with experience of taking product to market. Wd meet
:15:32. > :15:35.the pharmaceutical experts `cross the way, who have had that
:15:36. > :15:43.experience. If Wikimedia here, where with we can't `` if we can leet them
:15:44. > :15:53.here, we can't in Cambridge which is an academic city. This man has been
:15:54. > :15:58.investing in biotech for ye`rs. This is a high risk class of invdstment.
:15:59. > :16:03.More than 90% of the sciencd investments fail. When it does
:16:04. > :16:07.succeed, it is very rewarding. I can come here and meet five or six
:16:08. > :16:12.companies in one day so it works very well for me. The ecosystem
:16:13. > :16:17.seems to be working well. Whth the catalyst full, they built another
:16:18. > :16:21.building next door. They proved that when you break down barriers
:16:22. > :16:28.and bring talented people together, the chemistry really does work.
:16:29. > :16:31.Tomorrow, Richard will be fhnding out how money made in
:16:32. > :16:33.the life sciences industry hs often ploughed back into new rese`rch
:16:34. > :16:36.including here at the Labor`tory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge.
:16:37. > :16:40.Sport now, and not the best of nights in the Capital One Ctp for
:16:41. > :16:43.our football teams, but Northampton did cause a shock. With mord on that
:16:44. > :16:48.Yes, we'll start with Norwich City who've confirmed they've suspended
:16:49. > :16:50.two fans, pending the outcole of an investigation
:16:51. > :16:55.into allegations of racist `buse at Sunday's game at Wolves.
:16:56. > :17:00.The club has confirmed "two male supporters" have been
:17:01. > :17:02."suspended from attending g`mes at Carrow Road.
:17:03. > :17:05.The club received "numerous complaints" from Norwich
:17:06. > :17:11.They say if they're found gtilty, they face "lifetime bans".
:17:12. > :17:18.Most notably for Northampton, who knocked out Championship side
:17:19. > :17:23.While Ipswich were on the wrong end of a cup upset
:17:24. > :17:26.But we'll start with the result of the night for the Cobblers
:17:27. > :17:40.Victory in the league, now progress in a Cup. He manages has urged his
:17:41. > :17:46.side not to get too excited. Wolves macro beat Norwich at the wdekend.
:17:47. > :17:54.It took the cobbler 's 58 mhnute to achieve what the Canaries could not.
:17:55. > :18:06.Score. Ivan Tony made it to macro. Walls hit back with two in two
:18:07. > :18:10.minutes. 3`2. We took our chances, they did not take theirs. You get
:18:11. > :18:15.one opportunity and we took it. 11 years since we wouldn't's move to
:18:16. > :18:26.Milton Keynes, one decade shnce they were re`branded the dons. Once
:18:27. > :18:30.again, the new Dons beat thd old. This cup title at the tension of the
:18:31. > :18:36.previous encounter, especially when MK went three up. Emotions did boil
:18:37. > :18:45.over. Wimbledon scored a consolation. Ipswich are out and
:18:46. > :18:54.they lost 1`nil at Crawley. They have lost a position in nind of the
:18:55. > :18:59.last 12 years. I thought we did enough to have won it in thd 90
:19:00. > :19:04.minutes. Cup hopes extinguished in bed Town `` instead town must build
:19:05. > :19:07.on a winning the league. No Norwich last night,
:19:08. > :19:10.who were given a bye in round one, after being relegated
:19:11. > :19:11.from the Premier League. Not a lot to shout about
:19:12. > :19:24.for our teams. Six games, six stories of if, but
:19:25. > :19:32.and may be. Die' goal the difference. New boys, Cambrhdge
:19:33. > :19:39.made life tough for Birmingham. They took him to extra time only then to
:19:40. > :19:42.concede twice. Luton started brightly in Swindon in their first
:19:43. > :19:48.League Cup game in six years. Like Cambridge, they were undone by two
:19:49. > :19:54.late strikes. Handling outshde the area is never a good idea. The
:19:55. > :19:59.referee thought differently from the team. The first four goals followed
:20:00. > :20:03.from Charlton. At least south end knows the way to find the b`ck of a
:20:04. > :20:09.net. This screamer was the only highlight in the defeat.
:20:10. > :20:14.Peterborough hoped to sign new players but have already picked up
:20:15. > :20:23.injuries to key players. After last night's defeat to Portsmouth, they
:20:24. > :20:30.will be sorely needed. Will Sharman won his heat. Jessica Judd hs
:20:31. > :20:35.through to the semis of the 800 metres and Chris Baker avoided any
:20:36. > :20:40.major pick`ups reaching the high jump final. You can follow live
:20:41. > :20:45.coverage on BBC Two and there is a live stream from zero on thd
:20:46. > :20:47.website. More reaction from last night's the ball.
:20:48. > :20:52.More than 700,000 years aftdr it walked across this region, the
:20:53. > :20:54.mammoth is coming back to lhfe on a beach at West Runton in Norfolk.
:20:55. > :21:00.More than 700,000 years aftdr it walked across this region, the
:21:01. > :21:01.The skeleton of the mammoth was discoverdd,
:21:02. > :21:05.But for today's recreation, they've used more modern materials.
:21:06. > :21:23.In 1990, a couple when they walk along the beach and came across a
:21:24. > :21:26.mammoth bones sticking out of this stretch of cleft. Even they could
:21:27. > :21:33.not have imagined that this would create such a stir in the world He
:21:34. > :21:41.is now an international supdrstar. 24 years on, we had a littld bit
:21:42. > :21:48.more mammoth mania stop it has been aimed mammoth task, but fin`lly the
:21:49. > :21:56.West Runton elephant, Mark two, is on the beach. The brief was to build
:21:57. > :22:01.an elephant that was light. That is not an easy task. It's becatse I am
:22:02. > :22:08.an aviation engineer that I got the job. Humongous, of course hd does
:22:09. > :22:14.have a name, was born in a bar. He is made of pine and plywood. He is a
:22:15. > :22:20.fraction of the weight of the original beast, but in everx other
:22:21. > :22:29.respect, and exact replica. It is this lady's brainchild. These bones
:22:30. > :22:32.where the bones of the flesh and blood of this incredible crdature
:22:33. > :22:38.who walked around the Norfolk and I wanted to bring him to life on the
:22:39. > :22:46.beach. 700,000 years old, the elephant's remains are a testament
:22:47. > :22:52.to Norfolk's rich fossil history. 24 years on, the lady who found the
:22:53. > :22:58.first bone is back. It is awe`inspiring and brings back many
:22:59. > :23:04.happy memories. Finally, thd moment of truth windy to wear his skin
:23:05. > :23:13.Humongous makes his first ftll swing steps. It is exciting. We c`n feel
:23:14. > :23:19.the weight of the elephant. What a wonderful site. Humongous h`s made a
:23:20. > :23:25.humongous impression on the thousands of people who camd to see
:23:26. > :23:31.him. It makes it more real. Justice either different sizes and how we
:23:32. > :23:36.compare in size. `` just to see the different sizes. Pretty impressive!
:23:37. > :23:49.Yat! The children were so infused.
:23:50. > :23:55.Humongous will probably find a home at the museum in Norfolk, which is
:23:56. > :24:05.fitting because some of the other bones are stored there. Suzhe does
:24:06. > :24:09.doors `` does tours of the schools. Now she will have a life`size
:24:10. > :24:16.replica to take with her! Good luck, because it's a very heavy bdast
:24:17. > :24:21.What is so exciting for me, is that behind this cliff, are almost
:24:22. > :24:28.certainly the brothers and sisters of the original West Runton elephant
:24:29. > :24:37.just wasting to be discoverdd. That will be HarrietMungo!
:24:38. > :24:45.We have low pressure over the sea. Here it is. That does mean `n
:24:46. > :24:49.unsettled forecast we have seen a few showers and we will see more
:24:50. > :24:54.tomorrow. There has been sole sunshine amongst the cloud, where it
:24:55. > :24:59.has been thinner and broken up. Lots of cloud for this evening, still one
:25:00. > :25:03.or two showers lingering, which should fade to this evening and
:25:04. > :25:10.overnight the bulk of the nhght should they dry. There will be clear
:25:11. > :25:18.spells developing and a nicd cool temperature anywhere between 11 and
:25:19. > :25:23.14 degrees. The winds are south`westerly. Tomorrow, wd have a
:25:24. > :25:28.weak weather front heading through. This will mean a slightly unsettled
:25:29. > :25:31.forecast. We might start with a bright weather, but we are likely to
:25:32. > :25:38.seize and scattered showers of the afternoon, which could lingdr into
:25:39. > :25:43.the evening. It will quicklx cloud over in the morning. Tomorrow,
:25:44. > :25:48.showers could be slow`moving, heavy and possibly thundery, you could
:25:49. > :25:54.catch some hail. The problel will be that we have a lighter wind. We had
:25:55. > :25:59.a brisk breeze the last couple of days, that this would be
:26:00. > :26:04.slow`moving. If you do get caught, it is likely to be a heavy downpour.
:26:05. > :26:08.Temperatures between 18 and 20 degrees. The showers are likely to
:26:09. > :26:13.continue through the afternoon into the evening and through the first
:26:14. > :26:16.part of the night. They will gradually fade overnight. On
:26:17. > :26:24.Friday, a weak ridge of high pressure builds but doesn't last too
:26:25. > :26:27.long. On Saturday, low pressure from the north and these weather fronts
:26:28. > :26:32.in the south means that on Sunday, it will be unsettled. We sthll have
:26:33. > :26:36.some showers to come on Friday, they are likely to be lighter and not so
:26:37. > :26:41.widespread as Thursday, but that is not to say that they may not still
:26:42. > :26:49.see a heavy one, possibly thundery Friday. They clear as the wdak ridge
:26:50. > :26:53.of pressure builds. It will be transient, but a dry start to the
:26:54. > :27:00.weekend. Good weather on Saturday. On Sunday, the unsettled thdme comes
:27:01. > :27:06.back. Showers return and relain until next week as well. Th`t is it
:27:07. > :27:09.tonight. See you at the samd time tomorrow. Have a good evening.
:27:10. > :27:17.Goodbye.