09/12/2013 Look East - West

light rain. It will be damp across the north and west. That's all from

the BBC news at six. Good evening. She bled to death and

nobody noticed. The teenager who died in hospital after a routine

operation. The road that keeps claiming lives.

Survivors now join the safety campaign. Struggling to find a door

and could not find a door handle. At that point I thought I was taking my

last breath. And later, poured into a bin, the Co`op's ban on

super`strength beer is coming to a store near you. And three times

snooker champ, we will be talking live to Neil Robertson.

Good evening. First tonight, the teenager who bled

to death after a routine appendix operation. Victoria Harrison was

just days away from her 18th birthday. She was booked into

Kettering General Hospital and told her mother she'd be home the next

day. But overnight she was left bleeding, unnoticed by staff. Mike

Cartwright joins us live from Corby, where an inquest is taking place

into her death. Victoria Harrison had everything to

live for, her mother said. She was training to be a nutrition and she

was engaged. Today the family sat in there and listen to one of the

nurses apologise. In tears, she said, I am so, so sorry, I have

tried to move on from this but I don't know how.

Victoria Harrison. A teenager who lost her life after a routine

operation. This is the surgeon who carried out the operation. I saw a

small belief committee told the `` small bleed, he told the committee.

But he was confident it had stopped. The family today, sitting through

evidence from a string of hospital staff, responsible for the care of

Victoria. Gillian Joy asked in the inquest, worth the talk about the

bleed? `` were you told. Victoria Harrison went into hospital

on the 15th of August last year. At 2:30pm she arrived in theatre. At

3.20, Pete `` surgeons noticed the bleeding. Just before six, Victoria

went back to the ward. At 5.30 the next morning, she was found in bed,

it paled, stiff and unresponsive. She could not be revived.

A staff nurse told the inquest that if she had known about the bleeding,

she would have checked on her more during the night. Victoria

Harrison's dressing was changed and she was given morphine when she

complained of pain. But when asked if the outcome could have been if

rent if regular observations at second place, possibly was the

response. `` have been different. An investigation found that Victoria

was felled in 43 different ways. `` was felled in 43 different ways. ``

failed. The hospital say they have made improvements. There is better

communication, they say, between staff in the theatre and on the

ward. They say that checks are better on patience. They are more

structured and more frequent. The inquest is likely to Tim `` to

finish tomorrow. Next tonight, the patients waiting

up to four hours in an ambulance before being admitted to hospital.

People taken to A by ambulance should be admitted to hospital

within 15 minutes of arriving. But the BBC has learned that some are

waiting far longer. The four`hour delay happened at Princess Alexandra

Hospital in Harlow. Louise Hubball has more.

What the statistics refer to is handover time. That's the time from

the patient arriving at A in an ambulance to the A staff taking

over care. The figures released today show that, on occasion, every

hospital in our region has exceeded an hour's waiting time.

Ambulances delayed at A can slow down response times. And every

second can count in an emergency. It's recommended patients should

only wait 15 minutes in the vehicle, but figures released today of the

longest time people were left waiting at each hospital show it's

often much worse. Milton Keynes Hospital recorded the shortest

single wait, and that was one hour 15 minutes. They've recently opened

two new ambulance bays to process patients more quickly. We have been

working hard to prioritise our emblems patience among the whole

workload of the emergency department. You don't go to the back

of the queue. We prioritise you according to need. We have set up

areas we can use specially for ambulances to do rapid assessment.

We start the treatment on the trolley.

But elsewhere in our region, the longest single wait was at the

Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow. On one ocassion, a patient

was left waiting for nearly four hours. People I spoke to there were

concerned. It is quite shocking. concerned. It is quite shocking.

Yeah, that is not good at all. I work in the hospital and I would say

yes, approximately. It is a long time. Yes, but it is putting

patients at risk. The longest single wait in England

was recorded nearby at Broomfield Hospital in Essex. The figures were

collected over a 12`week period from August. NHS England say waiting

times are improving. Of course, winter leads to more

pressure on our hospitals as falls and infections both increase. If you

want to know how your hospital is coping, there's now a new BBC

website to help you. By simply entering your postcode you can find

out whether waiting time targets at A are being met, how many beds are

closed because of the winter vomiting bug, how many planned

operations are being cancelled. The figures are updated every week. It's

called the NHS Winter Tracker, and you can find it on the health

section of the BBC News website. It's one of our most notorious

accident blackspots, and in the last few weeks alone it's claimed two

lives. The North Bank road runs alongside the river Nene near

Whittlesey in Peterborough. Now pressure is growing for safety

improvements. Campaigners held a rally at the weekend.

The flowers at the roadside tell their own tragic story. In the last

two years there have been six major accidents here, resulting in ten

casualties, three of which have been fatal. And last month Neil Pridmore

feared his car journey along North Bank would be his last. We were

driving at about 45 mph, going around the bend. The backing of the

car went from behind us. We did a fish, started to roll. I was knocked

out. The next thing I remember is going in the water, and splashed it

was soaking wet. We won the lottery that night. No money, but we won the

lottery. It should have been four dead people in the car.

Last month 18`year`old Hannah Yates died after an accident here, and

this weekend her sister joined campaigners to call for new safety

measures. Very outgoing, bubbly lovely young lady. She had a lot

going for her. If it has happened to her and can stop another family from

going through this, it is an aim. Over the years Fenland roads have

claimed many lives, and there's an ongoing campaign to improve safety

along the roads. But many feel that this particularly road needs

immediate attention. We absolutely need to protect people and vehicles

going in on that bend. The way to do it is to install a safety barrier.

It is here where barriers are said to be needed most. This is an unlit

road with the river on one side and a sharp right bend, which often

catches drivers unaware. North bank will close tomorrow as engineers

begin to test to see if the river bank can support barriers.

Later this week, the City Council is holding a meeting to discuss the

possibility of installing safety barriers. Campaigners say they would

cost around ?45,000, which they say is a small price to pay to save

lives. The Prime Minister travelled to the

East Anglian coast today to see for himself the damage caused by last

week's surging tides. Coastal communities have spent another day

mopping up and counting the cost of the flooding. Andrew Sinclair

reports. All along the coast, there are

plenty of people with stories to tell. This morning the Prime

Minister heard a few of them. On the quayside in Norfolk, John Crook told

how his shop field like a swimming pool. All of this is wet? In Wells,

they had the highest tide on record on Thursday. Mr crooks says that in

40 years, it has never flooded. Although shops on the quayside were

flooded, only a handful of homes were affected. The Environment

Agency has spent ?1 million on flood defences. The Prime Minister says it

is why places like this got off lightly. Here we are, flood the

given 9053, this time fortunately only 1400 homes were flooded. ``

bigger than the flood in 1953. Now they can get rid of the furniture

and carpets and get money for the loss. He also met those involved in

the emergency operation. He was told the emergency services works well

but that there were also problems with mobile phone reception along

the coast. They say it is all very well being in Cobra, but to come

here and see out there and to see the houses and how high the sea

came, this is appalling. Today the government set up a committee to

oversee the reconstruction of homes and businesses. The Prime Minister

that `` was determined that those affected are not forgotten.

Well, the impact of the rough seas is also being felt by RSPCA staff

near King's Lynn. They are dealing with dozens of injured seal pups

washed up on the shore after being separated from their mothers in the

stormy conditions. The pups are being fed and treated, but the

rescue centre at East Winch is now over capacity and fears it won't be

able to save them all. Those are

Campbell's future in the game depends on the outcome of a police

investigation. Still to come: The police launch

this year's Christmas drink drive campaign. So our reporter has a few

drinks and goes for a drive. Stay with us to see what happened next.

A ban on super strength drinks in Ipswich is being rolled out across

the rest of the region. The Co`op said today all cheap drink with an

alcoholic content of 6.5% or more. Was being withdrawn immediately.

It's claimed the Ipswich scheme reduced anti social behaviour and

problems associated with on`street drinking. It received national

recognition and some other stores followed suit. Today, the regional

Co`op group ceremoniously dumped its super`strength drinks.

At an East of England Co`op in Norwich, they're pulling

super`strength beer and cider from the shelves. From today, you won't

find it in any of their 140 stores in Norfolk, Suffolk or Essex. On the

pavement outside, a publicity stunt to drive the message home. That this

sort of booze should be binned. Those who work with homeless people

have seen how this quick hit of alcohol affects them. Liver problems

which can be related to causing cancers. I think this is the tank of

choice because it is cheap, readily available and it has a high

percentage of alcohol and sugar so it gets into peoples systems very

quickly. Last year the Co`op followed the lead of smaller of

licences in Ipswich and was the first big chain to ban to sale of

high strength booze. Police say the number of street drinkers in Ipswich

has halved. But others told us they've simply moved elsewhere.

People walk past the matter is not right. But they are going to do it.

Whether a policeman comes up to us or not. Take a look at all the

offers another alcohol in the store. For an off online. Half`price. Even

the beer is on offer. Isn't the court giving out a mixed message?

Not at all. The product we have removed is a designer product to get

people drunk quickly. Wine and other products are there for you to enjoy

in a very controlled way. If you drink enough of anything, you will

probably get drunk. Other major outlets told us they have local

initiatives limiting alcohol sales, but none has imposed a blanket ban

like the Co`op. Street drinking is a complex problem and the Co`op's

action isn't meant to work in isolation. They're relying on other

agencies such as drug action groups and the NHS to play their part. The

hope that more addicts can bin their dependency for good Meanwhile, the

region's police chiefs have launched their Christmas drink drive

campaigns. Last year was the first for some

time where convictions for drink driving actually went up. Police

forces across the region. Have decided to combine their resources

to get the message across. Now how about this for an assignment. We

asked Mike Liggins to have a few glasses of wine and then try to

drive. Three senior officers representing

six Police forces across the region with one message. Don't drink and

drive. You feel you are UK. Someone might do something from which does

not give you time to react because of senses being dull. You end up

having a collision that you would have avoided when you were so were.

`` sober. But have you wondered what happens to a person when they drive

under the influence of alcohol? To put that to the test, I drove a

Lotus Evora at the Hethel test track with Chris Inspector Chris Spinks as

my passenger. Driving sober, I was accurate and entirely safe. But then

I had two small glasses of wine. I should say at this point that this

demonstration has been carefully risk assessed. We are carrying a

tent under controlled circumstances under the supervision of Norfolk

Police and our friends at Lotus cars. Technically I was under the

drink drive limit but my driving was nowhere near as safe. The only safe

way you know you know where near the safe limit and that your driving is

not impaired is not to have a drink at all. Then I had two more glasses

of wine and I was drunk. Can I drive through these columns? I could

operate the car. But was I fully in control? No. My driving through the

cones was exaggerated and any my reaction on the brake test, nowhere

near good enough. Reaction time is much slower. The consequences of

being breathalysed our loss of items, loss of livelihood, domestic

problems and inability to pay your mortgage. In the early hours of

Saturday morning.Essex Police went to the M11 near Saffron Walden. A

young driver in her 20s had lost control of her car. It went up the

embankment and rolled. With her breath smelling strongly of alcohol,

she was taken to hospital with a broken shoulder. If you are caught

drink driving, you will lose your licence, you could lose your freedom

or even lose your life. One again this Christmas, the Police are

urging you not to do it. As they say, please don't try that

at home. Next, the challenge to get the region's schools up to the mark.

Over the next three nights we'll be looking at what schools are doing to

improve teaching and exam results. We're going to start in

Peterborough. Last year, only a quarter of the city's most

disadvantaged pupils achieved five good GCSEs. So what's being done

about it? An extra maths class at St Joseph

Fisher Hgh School in Peterborough. Some of the these students are from

disadvantaged backgrounds. And for each of them the school gets an

extra ?900 a year. It's called the pupil premium and it's meant to help

raise standards. Almost half the pupils at this school qualify and it

can be used for classes like this. Previously, I used to be in the

lowest class. Now I am second top. I was predicted grade F. Last month I

got a grade B. Now I am aiming for grade C. I am close to grade C no.

This extra maths revision class is one of the things this school can

now do, paid for using the pupil premium. And it seems to be working.

Of the pupils who qualify for the premium, this year, half achieved

the grades expected of them at GCSE level. That's an increase on the

year before when it was fewer than a third. It could be providing a taxi

home, breakfast club on the day of an exam or a summer school. Across

the East, just over a third of disadvantaged children are achieving

the minimum level at GCSE. And in That's below the average across

England of 38.5%. Some local authority areas did better than

others. In 2012, Luton did best at nearly 44%. While Peterborough was

the worst performing at just over 26%. But they say they've since

improved. In 2008 inspectors said this school was failing. In October

this year, they rated it as good. The turnaround of the school has

been significant over a short period of time. Part of that has to be

attributed to the Pupil Premium funding. In the school, that is over

?300,000. But even here poorer pupils fall well behind their peers.

The real challenge now is closing that gap.

If your school is working hard to lift its performance, we want to

hear from you. The Cambridge snooker star Neil

Robertson has added another title to his impressive collection. He is the

new UK Champion after beating Mark Selby in a dramatic finish last

night. It means that Neil has become only the eighth player in snooker

history to win the Triple Crown. That's the World Championship, the

Masters and the UK titles. Congratulations! How does it feel?

Incredible. Forced to win the world title and then the Masters in 2012

and then the UK just after that. It is incredible. To join the likes of

Alex Higgins and Terry Griffiths and Steve Davis, it is incredible.

Something I'll always trained all. This is the trophy that was missing

from my CV. Parting the winning balls last night was the most

satisfied been winning a tournament. We have pictures of that important

mess on the black. Was that crucial for you? It was, because I should've

won the frame about 15 minutes before that. Mark Foster is way

back. You should have won it. Healer of white and black cleaned before

the shop and I I think that put too much pressure on. I potted the black

and just quickly gained my composure. 9`7 is very different to

8`8. You came over to Cambridge from Australia in your early 20s. My mum

came over midway through the internment and she doesn't get to

watch me live very often. Usually as it `` usually it is in the middle of

the night. It was fantastic to have there. She flew over on the day of

the world final to watch me. I was just joking around about keeping her

run for the Masters in January because she is good luck. Thank you

for joining us. Keeping on top of the household DIY

chores can be time`consuming and expensive, especially if you live in

an older house. So imagine what it's like looking after a castle which is

1,000 years old. Imagine no more. The castle is in Colchester.

Renovation work is nearly finished. And soon they will be welcoming a

steady stream of new admirers. In the oldest recorded town in

Britain stands the biggest Norman keep. It is the largest surviving

one ball in the whole of Europe. Looking over Colchester for 1000

years, it has seen many changes. The latest is a big renovation to the

museum inside. Here we are inside. We will turn left up the staircase.

Ancient graffiti on the walls. This is said to be the largest Norman

spiral staircase in the country. A strange fact but true. Preserving

history is modernising the inside is the challenge for builders. The

dramatic incident change the castle in the 1500. The woman's had built a

vaulted structure and there were certain weaknesses. One of the

Norman walls collapsed which brought down the roof. We know that the

number of prisoners escaped. Some managed to escape, though I think

some people will have died under the rubble. We want people to realise

they are in a castle, but also have modern technology and display things

that Colchester has to offer. These fireplaces and Norman toilet are

also available for people to look at. The renovation should be

complete next year before it reopens.

A fairly settled weather pattern for us this week. We are on the

periphery of this area of high pressure. This is acting to prevent

any of these low`pressure weather systems from pushing from the West.

Essentially, it will be quite settled for much of this week.

Expect try and bright days. Will be some code around a pack. Looking at

the satellite image at the moment, you can see there have been some

areas of high and medium level cloud around, but some breaks in them.

That will mean for so most temperatures will drop the low

freezing. Expect a widespread ground frost. Locally and here frost in

places. Visibility not so great. These are the sort of temperatures

we can expect. It is possible we could get them to freezing or just

below in rural spots. We start tomorrow quite chilly. Some missed

to clear first time. It should get away into mid`morning. Then things

will brighten up. We said see some sunshine. Some code feeding through.

It could turn out the skies... Not quite as comfortable as today. The

winds are southerly. Largely by up right into the afternoon with some

areas of cloud moving in from time to time. Tomorrow night, mist and

fog is expected to become more widespread. The pressure pattern not

changing a great deal. Eventually the weather front will make its way

into our part of the world. Later in the day on Thursday and into Friday.

We're looking at a dry few days. Some mist and fog to clear first

thing on Wednesday. Quite chilly. In terms of cold nights, Tuesday and

Wednesday night have the potential for a frost. Some rain will arrive

by the end of the day on Friday. Being on the edge of high pressure

has cost something lovely. We have had some great sunsets. Let's finish

with some of those. We are back at 10:25pm. Goodbye.