21/08/2014 Look East - East

As thousands collect their results, what are the alternatives to

You can speak to other people and they understand you, rather than

being criticised. Helping young people,

the healing effect of horses. And pulling in the crowds

at the Clacton Airshow. First tonight, more pressures on the

Tornado squadron as we learn the jets could be sent to Nigeria to

help in the search for school girls At the moment they are involved in

operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Just nine days ago they left Marham

to help RAF transport planes, dropping supplies to refugees who

were hiding in the mountains Now their mission will be

increasingly one of intelligence, taking high resolution pictures

of action on the ground. This may be the home of the Tornado,

but all eyes were on this bomber, the highlight. Today was a chance of

the base technology families who support it. Some of whom are heading

out on its last tour of Afghanistan. They do bring the whole squadron

together, and with the community. We have done 11 years on the ground, as

the recovery from the operation will be significant, both for here the

Royal air force. For many year, this is current focus, those in the

skies. Nine days ago they left here and went to Afghanistan. They

delivered aid to those on the ground. But the man who leads it, it

has been a frantic fortnight. This plane is a vital asset, he

maintains. Building of the intelligence and sharing that

information all goes to help the peace, and allows our

decision`makers. You envisage a combat role? We will continue with

the humanitarian aid. Three more planes will be heading out to

Nigeria to help look for these schoolgirls. You have Tornado was

deployed in Afghanistan and Cyprus. Are you stretching the elastic? We

are very busy. As a force, we are working as hard as we have worked in

a long time. One aircraft which is for decades old, the Tornado as more

than kept that keep. The local economy would lose out, it successor

will make Norfolk its home. Are they owned it too much pressure? In the

video, they were saying no. `` under too much pressure. We have paid

Tornadoes in Afghanistan and six and Cyprus, and possibly some in

Nigeria. That is more than half of the force. Those that aren't flying

been serviced and engineered. There's a lot of pressure on the

force. How realistic is the prospect of being sent to Nigeria? Very

realistic. The MoD have not commented that the problem with

Nigeria is it is in central Africa. You will have to back up a lot,

including engineering and fuel supply. Also, the problem they have

with the planes as they are trying to find a runway. You mentioned they

are due to be retired? It is celebrating its 40th birthday and

will be replaced with this aircraft. It is an American aircraft. It isn't

quite as capable as the Tornado. But it will be coming in about five

years time. It has had teething problems, which are being sorted

out. It is come here, which is important. `` coming here. Marks the

English have fallen. Our chief reporter was an Essex.

History in the making at Alderman Blaxhill School in Colchester.

These are the last of its students to queue up for their GCSE results.

After 59 years, the school is closing its doors due to

And eventually what would you like to do?

Hopefully something to do with rugby or if not, join the military.

I don't think my grades are good enough,

I got a C in my maths, which is the most important thing to me.

Have you been terribly nervous about this?

Rosie lining up for a photo alongside 16`year`old

He arrived at the school without a word of English five years ago.

Four As and an A* among his 13 good passes.

Are you pleased with how you have done?

They will get me to sixth form to do the courses I wanted to, but

We couldn't do anything about the closure.

That was down to student numbers, there weren't enough students

What we have done is focused on doing what we can do something

about, which is doing the best we can for every single student.

I think we can be very proud of what we have achieved in doing that.

An A in financial calculation, which I'm very happy about.

Emma from Suffolk has good reason to be pleased with her grades.

A B in geography, an A in both of the English language papers I took.

16`year`old Emma is Miss Teen South Suffolk.

A photographer spotted her potential as a model.

She is soon to compete in the final of the Miss Teen Great

Does that mean you're going to say no more learning, let's try a bit

I would like to do some modelling as well, but I do think education is

very important to continue with my future, because I'm not quite sure

So you're keeping your feet firmly on the ground, are you?

Emma's parents, Rob and Kim, are fully supportive of her pursuit of

the Miss Teen crown, but reassured she knows the value of education.

More than a third of all girls will leave school without five GCSEs, and

according to a leading charity, many will become trapped in poverty.

The overall employment rate for women is slowing down.

When you compare women with men, double the number of women work

in low paid jobs and women are two and a half times

more likely to need treatment for depression and anxiety.

Dr Carole Easton is from the Young Women's Trust, she's in London now.

Young girls are still do better than boys, why is it a problem then?

Young girls do better on average in GCSEs when they are 16. What that

hides is that afterwards there are more young women than young men who

are not in education, employment and training, so it is not something

which is a staining, and really about young girls, but there are

opportunities but, narrow than men. Is that society's fault? At our

trust, the women we speak to say they'd take responsibility, but they

also tell us they're getting very narrow advice, being encouraged to

go into traditional roles. They're not been encouraged to do IT,

technology and other things. These could be better opportunities for

training. Is that not getting encouragement from school or

college? From everyone they encounter. The careers advice is

that some women say they don't get a good advice. They don't know what

they wanted 16. Young women particularly need a second chance.

Emma talked about doing one thing and then moving on to another. The

young women we speak to hear say give us advice at 20 or 21, maybe

we'll take a more serious event, but we want an opportunity and chance to

do something then. Do you think it is true of all young people that

actually they don't realise at the age when they take the exams how

important that can be in later life? That is right, although that is not

a criticism. Young people are only 16 when they are his exams. I think

we deserved the offer young people another chance when they're ready to

it. Particularly for young women, where their choices may have,

narrow, we need to have another think about how to broaden their

horizons and support them in doing it. And encourage trainers and

employers to give young people a chance, it may not have had good

grades in the past. In 15 seconds, tell me what you would do to change

it. I think they should be given another chance for some really good

careers advice as training, and some tryouts in different places.

Hundreds of people went to the funeral today

of a young man ` murdered at a house party in Norfolk.

20`year`old Connor Barrett was stabbed to death in Hemsby in May.

He'd been celebrating a 21st birthday.

It was at the Minster here. More than 500 people turned out for his

funeral. In the hearse, his name was spelt out in flowers. Many of the

mourners were young people and inside the church at the front was a

signed banner, bearing tribute and messages to their friends and the

Chelsea football club logo. His white cotton was taken in by six of

his friends, closely followed by his family `` coffin.

Unnecessary violence is not what we look for and is wrong.

I know that several family members have joined groups that seek to

change some of the prevalent attitudes in parts of our community.

And if this campaigning can do anything to reverse that current

trend to resort to violence, then we might well say that something really

The Rector also said that although there may be anger, he hoped those

affected could in time find healing and forgiveness.

A man has been arrested after a child was rescued from a burning

Neighbours helped bring the young boy to safety on Tuesday.

A 50`year`old man has been charged with neglecting or abandoning

Campaigners hoping to correct a busy road have been given some glimmer of

hope. This two stretches of the routes need improvements, according

to campaigners. During the street is not included.

The experts join the search for live grenades at the seaside.

Alex will be here with the weather for the bank holiday weekend.

And find out what wowed the crowds at the Clacton airshow.

Of course, this is the first year students need to stay in some form

But there's concern that pupils are automatically sticking with school,

without really considering all the other options.

NACRO, the crime reduction charity, works with disadvantaged people

It has four education centres in this region,

and says that shoe horning people into A levels could mean that

thousands end up with nothing to show for two years of study.

Here in Huntington, there is another option to staying in school.

Taster sessions and skills like mechanics to get teenagers back

These young people haven't been in trouble with the police, but

The charity has picked them up to prevent them playing truant

and even stop them from being at risk of offending.

Following his GCSEs, 17`year`old Michael dropped out of college.

He says it wasn't right for him and felt judged because of

This feels like an adult environment and you can mix in.

If you're not feeling good, you can step out.

You can really talk to other people and they understand you, whereas you

are not being criticised by 30 odd other people in the class.

What is it about working here that has been so successful for you?

Everything is great, everyone is great.

If you can get a qualification behind it, that is fantastic.

Michael earns ?30 a week on his course.

Why do you think it works better for you here?

There is less people so there is more stuff to get around.

I'm taking a sport course in September, so hopefully I will

be able to get a job to do a sport I'm interested in.

NACRO is concerned that with people having to remain in education

until they're 18, teenagers will feel they have no

I think the message is mainstream doesn't work for everyone,

We provide a variety of vocational courses.

An integral part of the programme is to give them

work experience so they are able to go out and experience real`life

Maths and English lessons boost the students' skills here, and in the

coming weeks NACRO will be working with local schools to offer students

another option if their results aren't quite what they hoped for.

The race is on to make sure a stretch

of beach in Essex is safe enough to open for the Bank Holiday weekend.

Explosives experts have been searching a section of sand

The stretch has been sealed off after a number of live hand

It's hoped the beach will be declared safe

No families on the speech, instead two men in hard hats and high

visibility jackets, looking for more grenades. This is Claire Watson, who

found the fit the grenade on Sunday and nearly threw it for her dog to

fetch. She was relieved to see a chord and up and a search under way.

It is important because you don't know how many are out there. It is

concerning for the public. If a child had picked that up, they would

not had the sense to put it down. They may have thrown it. A man from

the council spoke to pinpoint where she found the explosive and of the

the search was to concentrate on. He gave this reassurance. The

information from the Army is that these are relatively benign objects.

They are quite hard to detonate, but it seems to be that because we found

five grenades all in a very similar location, they are part of a crate.

This is a picture of the grenade found on Saturday. It is almost as

good as new, suggesting a crate has protected it from sea water. That

crate has been disturbed, because we are close to the port of Felixstowe.

That is why the grenades are washing up. There are often 12 grenade in a

crate, so there may be another seven somewhere else. This is amateur

footage of one of the grenades are being destroyed in a controlled

explosion. Meanwhile, locals have possible explanations. My theory is

that during the Second World War, a destroyer was sunk just off the

pointy. It is possible they had some of these hand grenades. This

business said trade hadn't been hit by the beach closure, but the hope

is the search will be finished and the beach reopened by Saturday.

Meanwhile, day`trippers are being warned to be careful.

You probably know about the beneficial effects of animals,

Stroking dogs can help lower blood pressure and has been shown to

reduce levels of anxiety for people with Alzheimers.

But a charity in Milton Keynes is using horses to help children.

Ride High has changed the lives of hundreds of young people

These are the children whose luck, whose hope is running out.

These are the horses and ponies which give it back.

This girl has Asperger's and wouldn't speak.

When she first came here, she didn't speak to a single adult,

but Quincy, the Norwegian fjord, that was something different.

She just started speaking and when she rides, she whispers to

The charity Ride High was set set up five years ago, teaching young

Since then, 400 children have found comfort and confidence

And it is all thanks to a eureka moment experienced

My mother was diagnosed as being terminally ill.

I thought she was going to die. There was as grey pony.

I remember lying on its back, and it made things bearable.

Although it wasn't conscious, I think something

about that experience I had saved me, and kept me OK.

It made me think, kids and horses, we could do something brilliant

Once unhappy, these children have now found a reason to

They have ponies and peers and prospects.

I always argued with my sisters and with a lot of people.

I found confidence again, to speak to new people I've never met before.

Since I've come here I probably talked to more people in public,

It is taking young people who are at their most vulnerable, who come

from disadvantaged backgrounds, and using horses to give them

It is horse power, bringing calm to what can be the turmoil

The crowds have turned out to support

140,000 are expected in Clacton today and tomorrow.

The organisers say they need ?1 from every person who goes to see the

Well, it has clouded over and has started to rain. Most people have

headed home but it has been a beautiful day, warm and sunny. Lots

of people turned up and some of them got here early to get a good spot to

see all the action. A Spitfire. In the bright skies over the seafront,

thousands came to soak up the spectacle of the airshow. It is a

chance to get together. We come to the red arrows. We come every year.

It is a great day. Saw the forecast, it was good. We heard it was a good

spectacle. The main attraction, there are only two remaining

Lancaster bombers in the world flying together for the very first

time. The airshow team have done a fantastic job by putting together

the line`up. The plane is a huge draw and flying with the other

Lancaster has brought lots of people to the event. We saw that as one of

the main draws to bring people here. While other air shows have

folded, Clacton has managed to keep going even though it is free. It is

due to the sponsorship we get with a local businesses who are keen to

beat part of it. There are brochure sales, and we have people going

around with the nation buckets, and if everybody but ?1 in there, we

could secure another show. It create ?1 million to the economy, but with

the support, organisers can't guarantee it will still be here in

five years time. I am standing on the balcony in the main building, a

great view behind me. It is a vital location of the team. How busy has

been for you, Colin? Fairly busy. We have had some missing children to

look for. We also had to go to a vessel which was in difficulty. How

much preparation is involved here? The preparation for next year starts

today, and we will have meetings from April with the other emergency

services, police, fire. It culminates in the two days of the

airshow where we hope everything works perfectly. Colling, thank you

adjoining me. They too tomorrow. The red arrows will be here, and Dave

will be live from radio Essex tomorrow morning. Do tune in. I am

anxious about the weekend weather. Let's ask the woman who knows. Hello

there. After a fine start, things are turning cloudy. This low

pressure is moving in, so more cloud from the west, so any sunshine in

short supply. One or two light showers also with the figures of

this cloud. This evening we will see those showers develop more widely.

Some platers may escape them and stay dry, but into the early hours

there is a potential them to keep going. They will clear out to North

Sea, but there will be more around tomorrow. Tonight will stay in

double figures, lows of ten and 14 degrees. Tomorrow shows this weather

front clearing away the creepy the morning. High`pressure starting to

build in, so tomorrow is a good day. Brighter skies and sunshine into the

bulk of the day. Feeling pleasant in the sunshine. Power in that sunshine

to make it comfortable. It will turn a bit cloudy at times, feeling

cool. I is between 17 and 18 degrees. This wind from the North

direction. `` highs between. Many others will stay dry, and then you

think about that bank holiday weekend. This is our pressure

pattern. Sunday into Monday. It doesn't end well but it is not a bad

start. Saturday and look promising, so just to summarise, some sunny

spells on Saturday. The risk of a few showers but many staying dry. A

chilly start on Saturday. Lots of sunshine around but it gradually

turns wet and windy Monday, but it might not be towards the latter part

of the day. I would say the board of our bank holiday weekend not look

bad at all. `` bulk of our bank holiday. As the Monday, wet and

windy weather getting to us, but not before some chilly nights. Look at

those values. Down into single figures. And a quick check with the

barometer for you. Feeling better now? It is the end of August. We are

back tomorrow night. Good night.