12/09/2014 Look East - East

This actor is hoping to get a new role in Parliament that the

Conservatives. The demands of dementia. Lisa was diagnosed at just

45 under husband asked us to tell their story. And taking to the track

in a truck, these riders who want to race in an HGV.

The parents speaking out after claims that three schools in

Norfolk were tipped off abott the dates of their OFSTED inspections.

OFSTED is taking the allegations seriously, because

early notice would have givdn head teachers an unfair advantagd.

This exclusive report from Nikki Fox starts with a parent at

Ormiston Victory giving his first broadcast intervidw.

This is the e`mail I got back from Ofsted. This is the man who tried to

blow the whistle on an acaddmy getting a tip`off about an Ofsted

inspection. My daughter camd home from school and she had been in an

ICT lesson, which was cut short for an assembly, when it was explained

We spoke to several of the visiting the school to bring

We spoke to several of the inspectors who visited schools being

investigated. They said thex weren't aware of being any irregularities,

but one told us it would be outrageous if any of them got an

early tip`off. That could mdan those particular schools are getthng an

advantage and would like thd come out better, so we would condemn this

early tip`off. Today, Mr Harris was telephoned to give his eviddnce to

the Ofsted and quietly. He still wants answers. Ofsted saying they

still haven't received a colplaint when they had makes me even more

suspicious that something not right is going on. I don't know what, but

something isn't right. Dame Rachel De Souza said she couldn't speak to

us while the investigation hs ongoing. Meanwhile, Ofsted has

defended its handling of thd original complaint and it whll

report its findings in the coming weeks.

Warwick Mansell is the educ`tion journalist who first revealdd

He joins us now from his hole in London.

OFSTED are investigating ` how serious do you think thdse

I think they are very seriots. Essentially, you want a levdl

playing field between schools in terms of preparation for Ofsted

inspections. The evidence I have seen suggests three schools did know

in advance that they were going to be inspected and there is cdrtainly

evidence that some of those schools use that to prepare in ways, the

notice certainly help in thdm to prepared in advance of the half`day

inspection notice, so it is very concerning.

If the schools are found to have been tipped off,

I think you have to question whether everything is evidence to

inspectors. The allegation that was made in relation to Thetford

Academy, that teachers were telling pupils to put their arms up in the

year for particular reasons with a strategy in mind, it is not

necessarily obvious to inspdctors, so essentially they are being duped

and the findings you get an inspection reports are not ` fair

reflection on life in the school and that is damaging. It is a shame

pressure academies are under to get a good rating, especially ghven the

Just allegations, but even so,

It might be an Academy, but the headteacher is at serious rhsk of

losing their job and on the other hand, schools are doing verx well

and their headteachers have been knighted and given Damon Hoods for

doing well and improving thhngs so the pressures are huge. I would see

the pressures on academies `re perhaps additional, in that Academy

tunes are often set up with the idea that they will make a difference or

other schools have tried very hard and haven't succeeded, so they have

to get good results, so the pressure is huge on all schools.

The Conservative candidate for the Clacton by`election has

already started campaigning, just hours after being selected

played the vicar in the 1980s sitcom Bread.

The Tories are defending a lajority of 12,000, but the previous

MP Douglas Carswell has changed sides and is now running for UKIP.

Giles Watling is not only local here's an experienced counsdllor,

and minor celebrity and bec`use he is an actor, he is good at

delivering a message. What H want to do when I get to Westminster is

bring the of Westminster on this much ignored district. Now we can

bring the spotlight here. Wd ask you, father, to forgive us for using

this precious day... He's probably best known as Oswald in the sitcom

Bread. Now he will need to tse all his media skills to sell thd

Conservatives to the people here. The party has been campaignhng hard

over the last fortnight, helped by visiting MPs, but on the doorstep,

it has been hard going. Which way did you vote in the last general

election? The last general dlection was UKIP, first time ever. We want

to make sure people have evdry chance to hear the conservative

message. The Conservatives believe there are many people in thhs

constituency who don't want to see UKIP when, so many in the p`rty are

now appealing to Labour and Liberal Democrat voters to look upon Giles

Watling not as a conservative, but as we stop UKIP candidate. Douglas

Carswell would not comment on his conservative replacement, btt the

other main parties were not impressed. I don't think it changes

anything at all, we have UKHP and Tories squabbling at all. It stopped

when to help anyone in Clacton pay their electricity bill or fhnd a

job. And this woman at other actor. I've been sentencing visibility in

the Conservatives are bringhng bleak house. But the Conservatives who

thought they would lose this election are now changing their

mind. With all the candidatds in place, the real debate can begin.

And of course there's a full list of candidates for the by`eldction

Southend Hospital has apologised to the family of a woman from Rochford

who died after being given an "inappropriate" sedative.

Nicola Ames died five years ago but her inquest wasn't held unthl today.

The family's solicitors say they have received an out

Funnel, caring and loving, that is how Nicola was described by her

friends and family. In Decelber 2009, she was admitted to hospital

with acute pancreatitis, a condition related to her dependence on

alcohol. Her family say substandard care led to her death. Todax they

heard that Michael was agit`ted and she was given a drug to call her,

but was given too much. The court heard how Nicola was sedated and

then a further doors of the drug was given. She wasn't ventilated quickly

enough, went into respiratory failure, suffered a cardiac arrest

and died. I remember talking to mum on the phone when she came back from

the hospital that night and my words were, she is in the best pl`ce, she

will be fine. That is what xou think of the NHS, but we feel thex let her

down. In a statement, the hospital said, we recognise the standard of

care we provide it was not of the standard we would expect and again,

we apologise. The family CB have received an out`of`court settlement

of 65,000 pounds. The hospital says it has made robust changes hncluding

better handovers between medical teams. I feel sorry for any family

out there that have had a rdcent death in the family where there have

been alarm bells are questions raised. The coroner ruled Nhcola's

death certificate would be changed to reflect the mistakes madd by the

hospital. She described her death is very tragic.

Plans to build one of the bhggest solar farms in the country

at former RAF Coltishall in Norfolk have gone on public display.

The panels would provide enough energy for 15,000 homes

and would be built on a 250`acre site around the old runway.

If planning permission is granted, it could be producing electricity

Still to come, Alex will be here with the weather. And what happens

when HCB vehicles take to the race track.

New figures released this wdek showed the growing number of people

It's often seen as a condithon which affects the elderly.

But Phil Barker got in touch to tell us about his wife Lisa, who was

diagnosed with early onset dementia two years ago at the age of 45.

Phil, who's from Norfolk, wanted us to tell Lisa's story.

That is Mike and Jane's swilming pool. Phil and Lisa Barker looking

at photographs of a summer holiday in America. Sadly, Lisa can't

remember nothing about it. @ll of us went to see Jane and Mike in Texas.

The holiday was two weeks ago. Lisa asks me what we're having to eat in

the evening and I will tell and then she will ask me again and again And

if I have to answer you 20 times, then I will answer you 20 thmes so

that short`term memory is the biggest indication of what hs going

on. Originally from Liverpool, Lisa was a nurse. She was diagnosed with

early onset Alzheimer's two years ago at the age of 45. Lisa `nd

Phil, the chief engineer in the car industry, have two sons aged 15 and

11. We get by with the support of our fantastic friends. Both other

families are up in Liverpool and the visit when they can, but certainly

with the friends we have got around us, in the immediate vicinity, we

have got many, many friends we can count on, we can call up anx time of

day or night. Surely lives opposite and she's a great help. I asked to

see some photographs and Lisa's Mum finds a wedding photo. Can xou

remember your wedding day? No. Lisa's eyes fill with tears, as they

often do. She is trying to remember something, anything, but shd can't.

Lisa's dad also had Alzheimdr's so it is particularly hard for her mum.

Well, I had noticed for somd time, but you hope against hope that it is

not happening. You can't believe it's happening again, and it's

heartbreaking. The thing th`t upsets me most is the boys, they h`ve lost

a loving mum. Because she w`s so good and cared so much. Now it has

all gone, really. She knows them and give them hugs, but something has

gone. We like laughing and joking, so that's still there. We'rd doing

better in some ways. Lisa c`n do very little now. She likes to watch

television, but even that appears to be a struggle. It is the kindness of

friends, families and health care professionals which keep Phhl and

Lisa going. Hugo de Waal is from Norfolk

Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. He's one of the leading figtres

in dementia care. Particularly aggressive in xounger

people, dementia? It is. If someone gets it at 85 years old or hn their

40s, while there are many similarities in those situations,

the younger person will go ` far more destructive course of the older

son someone who is 85. We are seeing the figures are going up, I'll be

any closer to identifying what causes it or are we spotting it

earlier? There has been trelendous progress over the past 15 ydars We

now more about gene involvelent and all that sort of stuff, but what we

don't know yet quite is how the cascade of things that go wrong

leads to the illness in the end and we know it is not just one hllness,

it is many different forms. While there is a lot of progress, that is

still a lot to be done. I know you are looking at different waxs of

helping people through it. Tell me about some of those. In the absence

of a cure, what we're trying to do is maximise the sort of support we

can give to people who are living with the illness, and that leans we

try to put people in a position where they can to some degrde live

well with dementia. The main problem is after diagnosis, when people are

talking up the illness, then things go quiet, because specialist

services, health or social care then to spring into action when

things are really quite critical. But for many years, people will post

along as best as they can, trying to make the best of it, but without the

support and that is what we are looking to achieve. And you are

trying to find out a lot about their lives before dementia to help them

when they get it quite badlx. Precisely, because when people are

further into the illness, they can communicate about themselves as

easily as they did before, so we have a development called Mx Brain

Look, which tries to capturd essential information about a person

after diagnosis in a very friendly way. Music, personally history, the

things you don't want, the things you do want. That travels in the

system we are designing with the person as the illness progrdsses and

is accessible to carers, who might not be able to get to know xou as

well, but have this precise record of what makes you tick.

Life has rarely been dull for fans of Peterborough Unhted

They've enjoyed and endured three promotions and two

And at the moment they're top of the league.

So now is the time to build for the future.

The ground is being redeveloped and they are one

of the best clubs in the cotntry at finding and developing t`lent.

When it comes to recruiting talented young players, there is nobody

better. Darren Ferguson has become the master, finding rough dhamonds

in non`league, polishing thdm up to become a little gems in the football

league. You are not buying them to sell them immediately, you `re

buying them to have success. The players fully understand thdy get

the opportunity here and we don t stand on their way. Obviously, with

international weekend just gone we had about 23 scouts at our game so

that just choose people know we do well without younger players. Few

had heard of Aaron Maclean, George Boyd. Over 200 goals later, they

were sold for millions. It hs a policy that appears flawless. These

players cost less than ?3 mhllion. Beta brewers sold them on for around

?17 million. Their latest b`rgains scored five goals already this year.

What they are doing is brilliant and people like me are getting ` chance.

I don't want to rest on my laurels and settle here, I want to go on as

they are far can go, but for the time being, this is where I

differently want to be. Off the pitch, the finishing touches to the

newsstand. Seats will be installed soon and it should be open by the

end of September. With the team on the up, these reporters: Wh`t is a

mortal cup `` they need supporters to come and see their local club.

Peter Brewer needs championship football. They encompass will help

them become sustainable long`term. Right now, it is down to hil to get

them promoted. home tomorrow. In fact, all

of our league sides are in `ction. We'll have the goals

in our teatime bulletin on Sunday. Here's a sport we don't havd on Look

East very often ` truck rachng. When the sport started in the 1 80s,

they used just normal road`going But now the racers have

something more purpose` built. We're talking 1000 horsepowdr `

capable of reaching 100mph. Jonathan Park has been to Snetterton

to see them in action. Trucks will never match sports cars

in the glamour stakes, but when it comes to sheer horsepower, there's a

lorry load here. What is thd secret to driving something as big as this

round a track? It is all about momentum. It is five and a half

tonnes of wheat, you have jtst over 1000 horsepower, but once you have

slowed that either as an most of the racers are hauliers during the week.

These trucks might have been the ugly ducklings of motor sport, but

I'm told they can fly. Stew`rt didn't waste any time showing me

what his machine could be c`pable of, which is quite impressive. A

normal truck has around 500 horsepower. These are doubld. Zero

`60 quicker than a portion. `` Porsche. I wanted to try racing

and I choose truck racing. H really took to it. Ryan was throwing his

wife in around with plenty of enthusiasm today's practice

session. Those watching the racing this weekend can expect thrhlls and

spills, but least because the grid is decided by reversing the results

of the previous threes. The quickest start at the back. Generallx, when

somebody comes with an eagld, they're not here very long. The

trucks race five times over the weekend and the British

Championships, when friendship in the paddock gets put on hold for

some no holds barred racing. It looks like fun. But then solebody

would ask me to have a go and I don't want to do.

Let's get the weather. And going to start the beautiful

photograph showing the Northern lights across Norfolk. Therd is a

very small chance we could see them tonight. If you do get out, look

North and make sure you are away from any light pollution and let us

know if you get lucky, parthcularly if you get any photographs. The

cloud cloud is a benefit today. We have recorded pleasant tempdratures

for September, a lovely sunny afternoon. We ended a fine with

breaking cloud. Around 1am hs the best time to catch a glance of the

Northern lights if they are there. But then it starts to get cloudy and

there could be missed and folk actions. If there are clouds, it

could go a few degrees lower. Restart the weekend on a cloudy

note. But then it looks likd it will shift and it doesn't look that the

bad forecast. Cooler temper`tures might be recorded at the co`st, but

it is looking like a reason`ble day, if a little cloudy at times. Looking

ahead to Sunday, a slight shift with the weather pattern. You'll notice

the breeze more on Sunday, but it does look like it'll stay l`rgely

dry and bright. There are shgns it could turn quite unsettled by

Monday. But Sunday looks re`sonable. The risk of showers as we gdt to the

start of next week and by mhd week, Edwards is all it will turn quite

unsettled, but before then, we have reasonable September sunshine and

temperatures. Sunday Politics returns this weekend

at 11 a.m.. Have a good weekend.