:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to Look E`st. at Westminster.
:00:00. > :00:08.Tornado pilots from RAF Marham in Norfolk could strike within
:00:09. > :00:13.hours, as the House of Commons approves bombing raids in Iraq.
:00:14. > :00:18.The hospital that's run out of beds, and is running out of money.
:00:19. > :00:27.The Norfolk and Norwich admhts it is under extreme pressurd.
:00:28. > :00:31.The issue that we have got hs that the demand for our services is very,
:00:32. > :00:34.very high. Ryder Cup fever ` we've lindd up
:00:35. > :00:37.the young champion golfers who hope A new garden for soldiers rdcovering
:00:38. > :00:57.from the horrors of war. First tonight,
:00:58. > :00:59.the pilots and the politici`ns from this region getting re`dy for
:01:00. > :01:03.another military operation hn Iraq. Six Tornados from RAF Marhal
:01:04. > :01:07.in Norfolk are already in Cxprus, But now they will switch
:01:08. > :01:12.from reconnaissance to bombhng. Their laser`guided weapons
:01:13. > :01:14.are already in place. Experts say making the adjustment
:01:15. > :01:17.would take a matter of hours. In a moment, our defence
:01:18. > :01:23.reporter Alex Dunlop in Cyprus. But first,
:01:24. > :01:37.Ian Barmer reports from Swaffham , This was the Greyhound pub.
:01:38. > :01:43.Personally, I do not have a problem with it, I think it is a good thing.
:01:44. > :01:47.RAF Marham was kept open for a reason. It is good for the local
:01:48. > :01:51.economy, a lot of tradespeople around here. They come into the town
:01:52. > :01:56.and spend money, so there is quite a close link. They should be doing all
:01:57. > :02:00.they can, sort them all out. I think it is just wrong what is gohng on,
:02:01. > :02:07.they should go out and sort it out. Right between RAF Marham and
:02:08. > :02:11.Swaffham are strong. Number two Squadron has been given honorary
:02:12. > :02:14.citizenship, the service people send their families to local schools The
:02:15. > :02:19.noise of the jets is a reminder that the base is nearby. We have had
:02:20. > :02:24.connections with them for m`ny years. So many of the peopld of
:02:25. > :02:29.Swaffham are employed at Marham So many retired people from Marham live
:02:30. > :02:32.here, having stayed in the region, and of course, the force people
:02:33. > :02:38.themselves, they do not all live on the base. The Tornados left on
:02:39. > :02:43.August the 12th, armed only with high`tech imaging equipment, carried
:02:44. > :02:47.in a pod underneath the fusdlage. The role was humanitarian, helping
:02:48. > :02:52.aircrews to drop aid in the right place over northern Iraq. Now, that
:02:53. > :02:57.has changed, and in the deb`te, the Essex MP John Baron urged c`ution.
:02:58. > :03:01.Does he accept that without the Iraqi army being able to take and
:03:02. > :03:05.hold ground, there is a real risk that air strikes might not just
:03:06. > :03:09.prove in effect, but could become counter`productive? This is what
:03:10. > :03:14.they are trained to do. The morale on the base is very high. The
:03:15. > :03:18.aircraft in Cyprus are being supported by ground crew from
:03:19. > :03:22.Marham. There is a warning today from the Islamic party of Britain
:03:23. > :03:26.that air strikes in Iraq will not protect people here. I think it is
:03:27. > :03:31.the past failure of the polhcies which MPs have voted for, and by
:03:32. > :03:35.continuing down that road, `nd posturing to do something, giving
:03:36. > :03:40.the impression to the popul`tion that you are really coming back and
:03:41. > :03:46.doing something, it is not going to make us more safe, it is gohng to
:03:47. > :03:50.make us less safe. So, MPs have voted yes for military action, and
:03:51. > :03:51.that means the mission for the Marham aircrews has changed, is
:03:52. > :03:53.usually. Our defence reporter Alex Dtnlop
:03:54. > :03:56.has been with the Tornados from 31 And this afternoon,
:03:57. > :04:01.he returned via RAF Akrotirh, where pilots are preparing to deploy
:04:02. > :04:04.in the skies over Iraq. I asked him
:04:05. > :04:15.how soon they could be flying. They have just been waiting for the
:04:16. > :04:19.green light for action from politicians. They could be taking
:04:20. > :04:23.off from this runway in the next few hours. Wobbly after nightfall. They
:04:24. > :04:28.would be armed with a range of weapons winning missiles, gtided
:04:29. > :04:32.bombs, it depends on the targets. They have been based in Cyprus for
:04:33. > :04:37.the last month or so, carryhng out surveillance missions, gathdring
:04:38. > :04:40.intelligence about insurgents and their movements. I think thdy have
:04:41. > :04:47.got a pretty good idea off the ground. How dangerous could the
:04:48. > :04:49.mission be for them? Over Iraq it will certainly be more dangdrous
:04:50. > :04:54.than their current tour of Afghanistan. I have just bedn
:04:55. > :04:58.filming with 31 Squadron from RAF Marham over the last few daxs in
:04:59. > :05:02.Kandahar. The threat from insurgents in Afghanistan on the ground really
:05:03. > :05:06.is minimal, they just do not have the capability. So Marham's aircrews
:05:07. > :05:12.pretty much have the freedol of the skies. In Iraq, however, IS really
:05:13. > :05:17.have got hold of some sophisticated weapons, so I think the aircrews
:05:18. > :05:21.cannot rule out the threat that they could be shot down by ground to air
:05:22. > :05:28.missiles. And of course, thhs will not be their first deployment over
:05:29. > :05:32.Iraq, will it? Absolutely not, I think you could say Iraq is pretty
:05:33. > :05:39.much a second home for the Tornados. In the early 1990s, sadly they lost
:05:40. > :05:43.six jets, islets and navigators were killed, and more were captured.
:05:44. > :05:49.Then, they were carrying out these very low level bombing misshons on
:05:50. > :05:52.strategic positions like arls dumps and runways, so they were vtlnerable
:05:53. > :05:57.to ground attack. I think this time they have learned their lesson in
:05:58. > :06:01.the second Gulf War, they flew at a higher altitude, and they whll be
:06:02. > :06:03.this time around. This is open`ended, but certainly the
:06:04. > :06:11.Secretary of State for Defence said this campaign could last 2`3 years.
:06:12. > :06:15.And if the Tornados are involved throughout that time, it cotld be
:06:16. > :06:17.the end game for them, becatse they are due to be retired, after 40
:06:18. > :07:19.years, in 2018. Involved. Also, we have to be clear
:07:20. > :07:22.that this is a multilevel rdsponse, it is not just the aircraft, it is
:07:23. > :07:29.the coalition on the ground, we have to show to the Gulf states
:07:30. > :07:32.particularly that we are involved, because their financial involvement
:07:33. > :07:35.in this country is signific`nt. There will be families watching this
:07:36. > :07:40.in places like Colchester who will think, it is jets first, but it will
:07:41. > :07:46.be soldiers next? And I would be worried, too. That I have to say
:07:47. > :07:50.that the spectre of a long shadow of Afghanistan and Iraq still plays
:07:51. > :07:54.long in Whitehall. And in Westminster. Frankly put, this is
:07:55. > :07:59.not a business for us in terms of boots on the ground. This should be
:08:00. > :08:02.an Arab solution to an Arab problem, we should not be putting troops on
:08:03. > :08:09.the ground. But it could follow`on, logically? There could even be
:08:10. > :08:15.people there now? When we s`y boots on the ground, we mean, it
:08:16. > :08:19.operations. I personally thhnk that trainers, and let's face it, the
:08:20. > :08:20.Peshmerga, I would hope there are special forces training teals there
:08:21. > :08:23.now. I do not know. It has emerged that the Norfolk
:08:24. > :08:26.and Norwich Hospital has bedn on black alert nearly every day
:08:27. > :08:29.of the last two months ` "the operational pressure h`s been
:08:30. > :08:34.extreme?. Financially, the hospital is facing
:08:35. > :08:37.its first planned deficit, `nd This afternoon,
:08:38. > :08:50.I spoke to the hospital's chief It is where we go for emergdncy
:08:51. > :08:55.treatment after an injury or a referral. This week there h`s been a
:08:56. > :08:58.shortage of beds, and the knock`on effect is that patients havd been
:08:59. > :09:05.transferred to what are called escalation areas. It is not the
:09:06. > :09:11.ideal place to give them thd care they need. So why have they been
:09:12. > :09:15.nonblack alert? Last year there were more than 25,000 emergency
:09:16. > :09:22.admissions. This went up to more than 26,000 this year. The hospital
:09:23. > :09:27.says patients cannot leave the department goes there is a lack of
:09:28. > :09:31.community care available. Also last month, staff sickness levels were
:09:32. > :09:35.particularly high. For the first time, the hospital is expecting an
:09:36. > :09:39.?11 million shortfall. All this puts pressure on the hospital and its
:09:40. > :09:44.staff. When we are long black alert, we have more patients and wd would
:09:45. > :09:49.ideally be hoping to cope whth, but we see them all. With the fhnancial
:09:50. > :09:53.pressures as well, the trust is always carrying lots of vac`ncies
:09:54. > :09:58.amongst staff, so the staff we have are doing more work than thdy would
:09:59. > :10:02.do, so it is a double whammx. Being on black alert now means thdy only
:10:03. > :10:06.have a few months to try and ease the situation before it is winter,
:10:07. > :10:14.when there is normally a significant increase in emergency admissions.
:10:15. > :10:16.This afternoon, I spoke to the hospital's chief
:10:17. > :10:22.She told me the main problel was the delay in discharging patients
:10:23. > :10:29.from the hospital, when thex needed more care in the community.
:10:30. > :10:34.It is finding the right cap`city in the right place at the right time.
:10:35. > :10:40.The capacity is not as flexhble as we would like it to be, and really,
:10:41. > :10:44.that is down to money. If you want flexibility, then you need to build
:10:45. > :10:47.some headroom into the systdm. As the money gets tight, there is less
:10:48. > :10:52.and less headroom for all of us which is what is impacting ts most.
:10:53. > :10:58.Let's talk about money, bec`use the hospital is facing an ?11 mhllion
:10:59. > :11:02.deficit for the first time. Your director of resources has s`id the
:11:03. > :11:06.future is actually uncertain ` how worried personally are you `bout the
:11:07. > :11:11.future of the hospital? I al very worried about the future of the
:11:12. > :11:14.finances at the hospital. I am not worried about the future of the
:11:15. > :11:18.hospital. I think we have got an amazing hospital, we have the most
:11:19. > :11:23.incredible staff here, who `re working their socks off. Thd money
:11:24. > :11:27.will sort itself out. How whll the money sort itself out, is it
:11:28. > :11:33.government which needs to ghve more money? I think there will bd some
:11:34. > :11:36.really significant changes hn the way in which hospitals like ours are
:11:37. > :11:42.paid for the patients that we see as emergencies. What we are dohng is
:11:43. > :11:45.looking very, very carefullx and where we need to invest, to make
:11:46. > :11:52.sure that we can provide thd highest quality care we can. Right now, the
:11:53. > :11:57.demand for our services is very very high. You can imagine that
:11:58. > :12:00.people watching this might be concerned if they think thex might
:12:01. > :12:05.have to come into hospital `nd they might be put in a place which is not
:12:06. > :12:09.normally used, or they might have to have their major surgery cancelled `
:12:10. > :12:12.what would your message be? Sometimes, we have to do thhngs
:12:13. > :12:18.which are not in line with our vision, which we would not
:12:19. > :12:24.necessarily want to do. There are times when we have to make the least
:12:25. > :12:29.unpalatable choice. That is really, really difficult from an individual
:12:30. > :12:34.patient is, really hard. Wh`t we have to do is look at the rhsk of
:12:35. > :12:38.all of the patients that we have to care for, and manage that rhsk
:12:39. > :12:53.across that patient group as a whole. It is really, really tough.
:12:54. > :13:06.A 19`year`old man who was arrested in connection with the murddr
:13:07. > :13:09.of James Attfield has been released on police bail.
:13:10. > :13:11.Today, the police in Colchester released new CCTV pictures of two
:13:12. > :13:16.The police will be in the area this evening, shx months
:13:17. > :13:19.since Mr Attfield's body was discovered in Lower Castle Park
:13:20. > :13:22.Still to come tonight ` Alex will be looking ahead to a warm weekend
:13:23. > :13:25.Plus, as the Ryder Cup team get going at Gleneagles,
:13:26. > :13:28.We talk to the young golfers from Essex who hope to be following
:13:29. > :13:32.It is Freshers Week, with thousands of new students
:13:33. > :13:34.settling into a new life at university across the region
:13:35. > :13:36.But if you're a student with disabilities,
:13:37. > :13:40.The number of disabled undergraduates has increased
:13:41. > :13:43.in recent years, but campaigners say much more needs to be done.
:13:44. > :13:56.Thousands and thousands of teenagers across the UK have just left home
:13:57. > :14:00.for the very first time. Ovdr the next three years at least, they will
:14:01. > :14:05.live and work in a new placd, filled with strangers, often far away from
:14:06. > :14:11.their family and friends. K`te is one of them. She is from
:14:12. > :14:17.Warrington, and has just st`rted at the University of East Anglha in
:14:18. > :14:21.Norwich, 235 miles away. Kate has muscular dystrophy, and reqtires
:14:22. > :14:27.24`hour care. She was deterlined to go to university, but admits she had
:14:28. > :14:33.her doubts. We never really said it out loud, but we both sort of, it
:14:34. > :14:37.was a bit like, are we going to get there? And if I get there, will I be
:14:38. > :14:43.able to hack it, or will I just come home? I going to spend the rest of
:14:44. > :14:47.my life living at home with my parents? Which I do not want. This
:14:48. > :14:51.is an induction run by the University for students with
:14:52. > :14:54.disabilities, or who requird extra help. One of the reasons Kate chose
:14:55. > :15:01.East Anglia was because of the support it offers. We want students
:15:02. > :15:04.with disabilities, whatever their disability, to be able to access the
:15:05. > :15:10.full range of what the univdrsity has to offer, the learning `nd
:15:11. > :15:14.teaching, the social experidnce and the opportunity to get involved in
:15:15. > :15:18.volunteering and all sorts of clubs and societies. But many young people
:15:19. > :15:22.believe there are still too many barriers preventing them from going
:15:23. > :15:32.to university. The figures have improved ` up from 5.4% of the
:15:33. > :15:33.student population to 8.6%. But less than 15% of disabled people have a
:15:34. > :15:45.degree. The next three years will bd long
:15:46. > :15:49.and hard for Kate. Just getting here was tough enough. But she is
:15:50. > :15:54.determined to succeed, no m`tter what.
:15:55. > :15:56.Sport now, and it is an important weekend for golf fans,
:15:57. > :16:01.Plenty of football, too, with the battle at the top of
:16:02. > :16:07.Yes, potentially very excithng for followers of Ipswich and Norwich.
:16:08. > :16:10.Ipswich today have signed former West Ham midfielder Jack Collison
:16:11. > :16:14.on short`term deal after a successful trial.
:16:15. > :16:17.Town have enjoyed a stunning September.
:16:18. > :16:23.Tomorrow, they're at home to Rotherham and looking at
:16:24. > :16:33.the table, a chance to move into the top six with a fourth straight win.
:16:34. > :16:41.It gives an optimism around the town, and at the ground tomorrow.
:16:42. > :16:44.That has to be to put slightly, because Rotherham are no mugs, and
:16:45. > :16:47.it will be a tough game, as are all games in the Championship. But it
:16:48. > :16:50.helps the spirit, and it helps individually how you feel about
:16:51. > :16:52.yourself, and collectively `s a team.
:16:53. > :16:55.The season so far couldn't have gone much better for Norwich.
:16:56. > :16:57.Free`scoring, just the one league defeat, second in the table.
:16:58. > :17:01.But a draw with Birmingham `nd a surprise exit in the Capital One Cup
:17:02. > :17:03.Saying that, victory at struggling Blackpool
:17:04. > :17:15.We do not have to go all guns blazing, we have just got to win the
:17:16. > :17:20.game. It would be ironic and nice at times if we could just win ` Game
:17:21. > :17:21.1`0 and it is an awful game. We have not had too many of those this
:17:22. > :17:22.season. Now for all golfers out there,
:17:23. > :17:26.have a look at this. Ian Poulter from Milton Keynes
:17:27. > :17:31.missing a tiddler A heavy defeat meant he was dropped
:17:32. > :17:36.from this afternoon's foursomes And from some of the world's best to
:17:37. > :17:40.the best juniors in the country The Essex under`18s will have
:17:41. > :17:43.their own Ryder Cup hopes one day. They've just been crowned
:17:44. > :17:56.national champions. These guys at this level all have a
:17:57. > :18:02.natural ability, and our job has been to home that ability. They all
:18:03. > :18:05.have the ability to go further. They are good golfers individually, but
:18:06. > :18:14.put them together and they have proved to be the best in thd
:18:15. > :18:19.country. The Essex U18s boys team have been on quite a journex. We won
:18:20. > :18:26.the singles in the afternoon, we never lost a game. Ryder Cup
:18:27. > :18:34.format? Similar, yes. Georgd is one of seven golfers with a new, silver
:18:35. > :18:39.companion. They spent hours striking balls at this course near M`ldon.
:18:40. > :18:43.But there was time today for a quick look at the mother of all m`tchplay
:18:44. > :18:47.competitions, the Ryder Cup, a tournament any aspiring golfer would
:18:48. > :18:51.love to be part of. Some of them will perhaps become professhonals.
:18:52. > :18:58.Some will become touring pros. Some will become citydwellers and play
:18:59. > :19:02.golf as a past time. But I would like to think we give them the
:19:03. > :19:07.opportunity to fulfil their dream. It is too early to say wherd golf
:19:08. > :19:12.will take these Essex boys, but in the short term, a new piece of kit
:19:13. > :19:18.should help them on their w`y. Radar tracks the ball, `information about
:19:19. > :19:25.speed, distance and accuracx. What is next for you? This is my last
:19:26. > :19:29.year of juniors, so next ye`r I will be going to play the amateur events.
:19:30. > :19:37.Then hopefully I will go to America to play golf, with a scholarship.
:19:38. > :19:42.This victorious Essex boys team will be broken up, as they each love on.
:19:43. > :19:43.The county coaches players from 12 years old, so there is more talent
:19:44. > :19:54.being developed. Two of English rugby's biggdst
:19:55. > :19:57.beasts go head to head tomorrow Champions Northampton host darly
:19:58. > :20:03.leaders Bath ` the form teal so far. It is a game the Saints can't wait
:20:04. > :20:14.for, in front of a capacity crowd. People are coming here to bdat us,
:20:15. > :20:19.and we know that, and we like that, we want that. We want to make sure
:20:20. > :20:24.that every game we go into, we want to win. We do not want to bd a
:20:25. > :20:30.trick pony, we want to get to the finals again and again. We have got
:20:31. > :20:31.a settled squad. Pre`season was good, and we have shown that in our
:20:32. > :20:33.first three games. Finally cricket, and
:20:34. > :20:36.Northamptonshire's dismal sdason After last year's promotion,
:20:37. > :20:40.they are relegated without winning Better news for Essex today,
:20:41. > :20:44.after their promotion quest came up just short ` Ravi Bopara has signed
:20:45. > :20:50.a new contract. On a brighter note,
:20:51. > :20:52.cracking weekend ahead. Previews to all the fixtures are
:20:53. > :20:57.on the website. A garden dedicated to injurdd
:20:58. > :20:59.veterans has been officiallx It is called Hope on the Horizon,
:21:00. > :21:04.and it won a prize at the Chelsea Flower Show `
:21:05. > :21:15.including a People's Choice Award After the show, the garden had to be
:21:16. > :21:21.taken apart and put back together in its permanent home. Moving `n
:21:22. > :21:25.award`winning garden from Chelsea to Colchester has had its challenges.
:21:26. > :21:31.Simple things like trying to move A40ft treat! It is not very
:21:32. > :21:35.straightforward! Just making sure that everything is dealt with very
:21:36. > :21:40.delicately. For many injured in war, the road to recovery is long. We
:21:41. > :21:44.Hope on the Horizon garden hs designed to represent that journey,
:21:45. > :21:49.a journey more than 600 vetdrans have made here at the Help for
:21:50. > :21:53.Heroes recovery centre. It hs about convincing people they are safe it
:21:54. > :21:58.is an environment we have tried to engender from the start, th`t when
:21:59. > :22:01.people arrive here, they fedl safe. If they feel safe, they can forget
:22:02. > :22:06.about their concerns and st`rt thinking about the future. Lark was
:22:07. > :22:10.diagnosed with post`traumathc stress disorder a decade ago. Last year he
:22:11. > :22:16.left the services and spent four months receiving treatment here You
:22:17. > :22:19.can hear the water, you can see what the garden represents, but lore
:22:20. > :22:25.importantly, you are surrounded by recovery. Yes, it is a warm blanket
:22:26. > :22:32.around you, but you have thd ability to let that blanket go and be able
:22:33. > :22:36.to treat yourself. The hard landscaping material I have used
:22:37. > :22:40.is's, to represent the physhcal well`being of the soldiers. As you
:22:41. > :22:44.move through the space, it becomes more and more refined, like the
:22:45. > :22:48.soldiers do in recovery. Out the back, it is essentially finhshing
:22:49. > :22:52.recovery and using the spacd to go on into their futures. The garden
:22:53. > :23:03.took 12 weeks to replant following Chelsea. Now the garden has been
:23:04. > :23:08.officially opened, the healhng can start ` a safe place for those to
:23:09. > :23:12.reflect, with a symbolic horizon giving hope to the future.
:23:13. > :23:15.Back now to our lead story ` the decision by the House of Commons
:23:16. > :23:18.to approve plans for air strikes in Iraq against Islamic State.
:23:19. > :23:25.Our political correspondent Andrew Sinclair was in the Commons
:23:26. > :23:37.How did our MPs vote? As expected, most of them voted for air strikes,
:23:38. > :23:44.but four voted against, the Essex MP John Baron, Richard Bacon, the
:23:45. > :23:49.Cambridge MP Julian hump it and the MP for Luton, Kelvin Hopkins. But
:23:50. > :23:52.the vote masked some real concerns held by a number of our MPs about
:23:53. > :23:57.what exactly we are getting into here. Peter bone, for
:23:58. > :24:01.Wellingborough, said today that he questioned whether air strikes would
:24:02. > :24:06.really be enough. He feels ht is only a matter of time beford we get
:24:07. > :24:10.involved in Syria as well. James Pace, the Cambridgeshire MP, said he
:24:11. > :24:14.was worried about the lukew`rm support of neighbouring Arab states.
:24:15. > :24:18.There is a sober feeling here that we could be at the start of
:24:19. > :24:23.something very big, which whll go on for a very long time. What struck me
:24:24. > :24:26.was how many of our MPs havd felt the enormity of the decision they
:24:27. > :24:31.are taking. Many have consulted with constituents, many have felt and
:24:32. > :24:36.thought long and hard about how they will vote. This is an incredibly
:24:37. > :24:40.difficult decision, just like last year, when we were asked to vote on
:24:41. > :24:47.Syria. The question is, are we going to save lives or put more lhves at
:24:48. > :24:50.risk? I am new into Parliamdnt, I look back at the lessons of things
:24:51. > :24:56.like Iraq, and it is clear that these things are complex, there can
:24:57. > :25:03.be no more grave decision for an MP and to send our Armed Forces into
:25:04. > :25:08.fight. This leaves the way open for jets from RAF Marham to go hn? Yes,
:25:09. > :25:12.and it could happen as soon as tonight. The Prime Minister paid
:25:13. > :25:17.tribute to what he called otr inspirational Armed Forces, who will
:25:18. > :25:22.be putting themselves in harm's way. He was talking about the personnel
:25:23. > :25:25.of RAF Marham. So, they havd decided we are going in, and we now await to
:25:26. > :25:31.see what happens. Let's have a look at the we`ther. It
:25:32. > :25:35.is going to be a pretty good weekend of weather, feeling quite w`rm, but
:25:36. > :25:44.there will be quite a bit of cloud around at times. Today was ` case in
:25:45. > :25:49.point. Some of us had beauthful sunshine, others had quite ` lot of
:25:50. > :25:55.cloud. This front has not qtite cleared through yet. It is where we
:25:56. > :25:58.get these breaks that we cotld get some mist and fog patches overnight
:25:59. > :26:04.tonight. They are likely to be quite patchy. In the early hours of
:26:05. > :26:11.tomorrow morning, the frog could be quite dense in places. Therd is a
:26:12. > :26:13.real variation in temperatures expected overnight tonight,
:26:14. > :27:47.depending on the cloud.