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Fresh hope for the million people who suffer traumatic brain injury

each year as Addenbrooke begins who suffer traumatic brain injury

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Good evening. A man from Luton has been sentenced to a minimum of

Good evening. A man from Luton has years in prison or the murder of a

shopkeeper. Thilak Mohan—Raj beat his employer to death after being

confronted about stealing the days Walking through his draft —— shop in

Bedford, Vairamuthu Thiyagarajah, seen on CCTV just moments before or

he was beaten to death. He went upstairs and confronted Thilak

Mohan—Raj, a man he employed days earlier, who then stole £2500 from

the shop. Thilak Mohan—Raj reacted with a ferocious attack. In the

bottom right of the screen you can see another employee reacting to the

noise he heard. He quickly goes see another employee reacting to the

Vairamuthu Thiyagarajah's body, see another employee reacting to the

calls for help. Running out behind him is Thilak Mohan—Raj, the man who

has been convicted. The family was in court to hear him being sentenced

to life imprisonment with a minimum term of life imprisonment before he

is considered for relief. They are a bit numb with what has been going

on. They have listened to all of the evidence. Today has closed a chapter

in their life. The judge praised the dignity and restraint the family had

shown throughout the trial. As soon as they left the court room, that

emotion came out. There were crying and hugging each other. Sad but

relieved that the man who kills there be spend at least 25 years in

A church in Northampton where a there be spend at least 25 years in

was found murdered in the graveyard Jamie Mackie Marne was discovered at

Saint Giles Church a week ago. Police released new CCTV as part of

murdered in the church's grounds. Today at the snooker club where

murdered in the church's grounds. worked, they talked of a deeply

missed colleague and friend. He worked, they talked of a deeply

a very happy, go lucky guy. We miss him dreadfully and it is an awful

thing to happen to anybody. Jamie was such a soft, nice guy that

everybody is finding it hard to understand why. Jamie was found

murdered outside Saint Giles Church on October the 2nd. Today police

released new seat —— CCTV showing him at a takeaway minutes before he

was murdered. It is believed he him at a takeaway minutes before he

a short cut through this churchyard. Back at the church today, people lit

candles and made tributes to support his family. On a situation might

this that is so tragic, there is always a sense of community and

this that is so tragic, there is deep sense of loss. As a church

this that is so tragic, there is wanted to respond in some way and

opportunity for people to come and sit quietly and to have someone

there with them, is something we tomorrow to help people have some

comfort. But friends said today tomorrow to help people have some

only true comfort would be the Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge

is taking part in a £25 million injury. Every year more than 1

million people suffer traumatic injury. Every year more than 1

injuries, which often leads to physical disability, psychiatric

problems or often both. As part physical disability, psychiatric

patients across Europe will be analysed to see how treatment can be

In this critical care unit at Adam Brookes, is a major trauma centre.

patients. A centre of excellence research programme into traumatic

rain injuries. Working on a farm is Derek Russell, his six years ago was

in the units, his life hanging by a thread. He was loading up his lorry

tarmac. He was taken to the unit by nothing. I don't remember 12 weeks

before the accident and somewhere memory started to come back to me

very sporadic. It takes a long time for your brain to heal. It is like

thousands of chains in your head and each has thousands of links. When a

link becomes broken it has to be mended, and your mind can only mend

one link at a time. Derek's wife, Christine has written a book. It

fills in the blank bits in his memory. When you first saw him,

fills in the blank bits in his did you feel? I had lost him. Really

lifeless body laying there and I scientists, Derek's fight against

the odds produced lessons. Now the hospital is playing a key role in

gathering data from 5000 patients. I getting on with this research. It is

part of the reason we exist, try to improve patient outcome after a

traumatic rain injury. And to try to study it across Europe and use it as

a clinical tool. You are proud to work here? I am extremely proud

a clinical tool. You are proud to Derek is back as Elvis in shows

a clinical tool. You are proud to have raised thousands of pounds

a clinical tool. You are proud to charity. Christine describes him as

her miracle. He is thankful for charity. Christine describes him as

of those who brought him back to The BBC has discovered a school

of those who brought him back to Milton Keynes, which is being sued

by Harvard University in America is also being investigated by police

and trading standards here. The Havard school of management and

investigation by BBC Three counties website cannot be substantiated

investigation by BBC Three counties the founders of the school are being

In the court room they are taking on one of the world 's most prestigious

school's website. An investigation has revealed the school's founders

are the subject of investigations by the police and trading standards.

Why are you being investigated by trading standards? You should ask

them. The Reverend told me she believes she is the victim of a

smear campaign and the News of the investigation is a surprise. I have

not had any one of them coming to say, I am investigating you. It

not had any one of them coming to shock and surprise to me to say

not had any one of them coming to police is investigating me. For

what? ! For what? ! You cannot think of any reason? I cannot think of any

reason. If I am being investigated, thank God because this is a Nelson

Mandela kind of story or Martin Luther King kind of story, when

Mandela kind of story or Martin school says it has a campus in

operates from rented rooms in this What it describes as its admin

headquarters is this block of flats. Its website said it is accredited by

the Institute of management and Its website said it is accredited by

London centre of marketing. But Its website said it is accredited by

say they have never heard of the school and there are no applications

pending. The website also claims to universities including Teeside.

pending. The website also claims to say they have never heard of Havard.

accreditation from the Department of education or the Home Office, which

it would need to educate foreign students. The principal insists

it would need to educate foreign are seeking accreditation and there

is no attempt to deceive. Is this a genuine school? 100% genuine. It is

genuine. The school will not say how many students it teaches, but says

it will not make any changes to many students it teaches, but says

website and will continue to fight legal action from America's Harvard

A 5500 signature petition has been handed in to bed Chichester —— Beds

police. Campaigners are complaining against the possible closure of

it does close, police will remain in the town, but campaigners want more

details about where officers will be based. We want to know it will be in

confidential conversation. We also want to know it will be properly

manned. We don't want an officer in Tesco. We want officers based within

Cosworth engineering will set up a new Centre of excellence to build

high—performance car engines in state—of—the—art manufacturing and

it is worth millions of pounds to crashed at a race track in Cambridge

has been found dead in a hotel room in Spain. Maria lost her right eye

in the accident and it is understood she was on a tour promoting her

The 811 northbound carriageway going into Norfolk this weekend will be

closed. It will be shut from the five ways round about to read large

who will next win week's boat. Could it be possible that we have an

eastern MP in that famous chair? —— vote. Still to come, what you can

expect from the weekend weather, do not miss the forecast. Plus,

interest from around the world in these art treasures which go on sale

in Essex next week. Tonight we're going to introduce you

to one of the most influential people in education. There is a very

good chance you have never heard of him but he has a lot to say about

education and what he says is heard at the very highest level.

He is Theodore Agnew a man who has been instrumental in driving forward

the change—over of hundreds of our schools into academies. And just

look at the pace of change. The first academy opened in Northampton

in 2004. We reckon a total of 550 schools in the region have converted

to academy status since then. Today, a primary school in Lowestoft became

our newest academy. Ray holders could not have faced a

tougher challenge in his first post as headteacher . The only realistic

option was to become an academy and one year on, the official opening.

We have 180 children at the school, aged from nursery up to year six,

and it is an amazing place to be with great teachers, rates parents

and great children. We aren't excited about the future. It used to

be a primary school but now there is a new name, a new uniform and a new

teaching team. It is part of the active learning trust, based in

Cambridge, and they already sponsor for schools. It does not matter what

you call the school. It is what happens within the classroom that

matters. If you as a headteacher are not completely in touch with what is

happening in every classroom then you are not doing your job properly.

They make it fun, it is not boring. They go, we are going to do some

writing today. My teacher is quite fun. Lots more people are behaving

in lessons now. They believed that stabilised teaching in new Morrissey

is important. —— new Morrissey. How hard has it been? It has been a hard

process. But what is great is that we are working with the Trust and

they have wrought assistant to our school that is tailored to our

needs. Ofsted is yet to give its verdict on progress but the team

here are determined to sustain this progress. That was the picture in

Lowestoft today. So let's find out a bit more about this education expert

who is having such a big impact on our schools? Theodore Agnew is a

wealthy man who has tried his hand at everything from sheep farming to

insurance. These days he is a familiar figure in the corridors of

Whitehall. I'll be speaking to him after this, from Mike Liggins.

I was considered too thick to do the sciences as individual subjects.

Theodore Agnew was talking to students at this new academy in

Norwich. In truth, the students want sure who he was, but why would they

be? Theodore Agnew is a private man and much more comfortable staying

out of the limelight. He is the son of a Norfolk farmer and at age 18 he

travelled to Australia for work. A year later he bought his first sheep

farm. He always wanted to work for himself but he did once have an

interview with computer giant IBM. At the end they said to me that they

did not think I would be a good person for IBM. Thank God. They

wanted someone to be an homogenised drone. In 1989, he started an

insurance business. He could not find enough staff to expand so we

moved part of his business to India. They were all maths and science

graduates and they were being paid is $1800 a month. I realise in a

globalised world that if we do not lift the whole game of our

educational system, the living standards for the next generation

are going to be dramatically low because they are competing with

people in India. Today he is a family man, a multimillionaire and

spends three days a week at the Department for Education for

government adviser. He is not beyond having a chat in the kitchen but he

is clearly driven. Failure at the Trust on which has seven academies

in Norfolk, is not an option. He brings the best business practice

and is very loyal and hard—working. He makes phone calls at seven

o'clock in the morning, he really works hard. There was a lot of work

to be done. Academies remain controversial. A spokesman for the

Nu Teed told me that they are the beginning of privatisation. —— N U

T. He said the break—up of the authority system is preventing any

strategic planning. How are you going? I am enjoying it. Theodore

Agnew is chatting to A—level chemistry students and he is

impressed by them. He is passionate about driving up standards in

education and believes that academies are the way forward.

Theodore Agnew is here now. The National union of teachers is that

the beginning of privatisation. We should remember that Ofsted carried

out an inspection of schools in Norfolk and told us that half were

less than good or outstanding. This is about raising standards. Is it

about breaking up the education system? No, absolutely not. There is

no prospect of it becoming privatised. I cannot understand

where they got that from. People say somebody is making a big buck out of

it. Are you making a big buck? I wish I was. I made a commitment to

our first school in extending the school day but there is no way I'm

taking a penny out of it, quite the opposite. What is the most important

thing in a successful school? Good teaching and learning and good

leadership. That is the main priority. Are you able to find those

people? That is the challenge but what the Academy does is take an

outstanding head and put them in charge of several schools. Rachel,

who was in the clip a moment ago, was outstanding in a school in

Norwich, and she can take that knowledge and put it into several

other schools. Why can they not do that in the state system? They have

not done it. One of the first things we are doing is identifying future

leaders. Does that mean you are cherry picking them from state

schools? No, all of these teachers are all existing teachers in the

schools that we took over a month ago. Why can they not do that in the

state system? One problem is that they cannot attract headteachers.

Academies are state schools. You will have two direct that question

to the local authorities. That goes to the heart of the problems. Good

leadership is what turns schools around and that is what I am focused

on in our trust. That is what will lift the standards. Is there too

much politics in education? That is the other advantage of academies. It

strips out politicians. I'm here to where my cap as the head of an

academy chain and not as the face as director in Whitehall. I can speak

with some passion about my trust. We want to get bureaucrats out. Those

bureaucrats would say that what you can do, if you keep all the schools

together, is how strategic planning. If you take some out and

give them priority treatment, they cannot do that. As a businessman, I

look at outputs, and the standards in schools is not good enough. They

have had plenty of time to do all these things and they have not done

it. Academies still have to work closely with their local authority

on pupil placed planning because at the moment we have the largest surge

in infant population since records began. We have to work with local

authorities on that. Will there be any local authority schools in five

years' time? I cannot look into the future and I think it is important

to remember that two thirds of schools they become academies do so

of their own volition. It is only struggling schools that are pushed

towards becoming an Academy. So, our sister programme Sunday Politics is

covering the subject of Academy schools this weekend. That's with

Amelia Reynolds at 11.15 on Sunday, here on BBC One.

Buyers from across the world are expected in Essex next week for a

remarkable auction. The entire contents of a country home owned by

one of our most important architects the man who designed New Scotland

Yard. The interest has been sparked by

works of art, collected over a lifetime, by Bobby and Virginia

Chapman. The treasures are being exhibited in an auction room which

has been designed to look like their original home. Richard Daniel has

been for a preview. Debord and manner Debdon Manor. His

commissions included new Scotland Yard and the refurbishment of London

St Pancras station. Now the contents of Debdon Manor have been

reassembled for sale a few miles down the road. It is an eclectic mix

and we have works here that Mr Chapman commission. Other items are

also here and what I love about this collection is that it is 40 years of

the Chapman is 40 years of the Chapmans building this. We get to

the Lowry 's. They stick figures from the 1970s. I was always naive I

am quite struck by it. It is almost a Halloween typeface. There was

quite a skull like, slim, scary person. Every piece has a tail. Take

this seat, made of mahogany. No upholstery. It was designed for

servants visiting stately homes and they didn't want them passing on any

illnesses. The main reason for us doing the sale was to keep it all

together as a house, at the home, as the collection. It shows what they

enjoyed. Various items like the sardine dishes. The collection of

over 1000 lots is being sold after the family moved to a smaller home.

Some estimates exceed £30,000. A lifetime 's collection goes under

the hammer next week. Amazing. Let's get the weather. I do

not think it is looking too great, is it? We have had better weather

around. It will be unsettled in places. It has been wet and windy in

many regions. That is thanks to this front which is moving across the

country. You can see the blue on this map where the rain was. That is

where the heaviest rain was and in fact we had 15.2 millimetres

reported, that is about a quarter of a month's rain in one hour. We could

have problems on the roads, particularly in Essex. A windy day

in the region with gusts up to 43 mph. Many places reaching 40 miles

an hour. The Met office does have a yellow weather warning out

indicating 20 millimetres more rain in parts of Essex. That is where the

heaviest rain will be. Temperature is will be around 11 or 12 Celsius.

Not too cold but with that fresh north—easterly winds, it will be

chilly. There will be unsettled weather in places tomorrow but the

rain will become more confined to the north as we go through the

afternoon. In fact, down in the south, we may see the sun break out.

Tomorrow's temperature is raising from 11 or 12 Celsius. We could see

14 Celsius in places. The other thing to notice is lighter winds so

we will have a light and variable breeze. It will be a bit warmer

tomorrow then. You can see the rain in the north of the region and it

spreads into other parts of the region overnight. We start Sunday on

a wet picture. This area of low pressure still with us at the end of

the week and it will bring us rain through the day on Sunday. Rain

mainly in the north of the area on Saturday, spreading across most of

the region on Sunday. The low begins to weaken and things improve on

Monday. A drier day on Tuesday. Temperature around 12 or 13 Celsius

on Tuesday. No frost to worry about yet. Thank you. Saturday night,

Monday morning looks a real gem! Have a great weekend, goodbye.

Bye—bye.