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A Luton faith school hits b`ck at Ofsted.

?6 million of cannabis uncovered in Cambridgeshire after polhce

How where you live may affect your treatment as some areas decide

Final preparations as the Tour de France heads our way.

An independent Islamic primary school in Luton is threatenhng legal

The Olive Tree School says the inspectors were unfair.

And that a draft report givdn to governors portrays the school

Governors say they'll seek a judicial review unless Offsted

When Ofsted inspectors calldd at the Olive Tree School earlier this month

their findings left the staff reeling. The emergency inspdction

reeling. The emergency inspection rated the school as inadequ`te. In

rated the school as inadequate. In their draft report the inspdctors

say the school fails to prepare pupils for life in modern day

Britain. It also says books in the Britain. It also says books in the

library contains views abhorrent in Britain's shouldst `` British

society and the books in thd children's library contained

fundamentalist Islamic views. Today the school is chair of governors say

they reject the entire report. He says inspectors came with an agenda.

Some of the questioning to the children was completely

inappropriate. They were asking children about their views on

homosexuality and gay marri`ge and terrorism. We do not teach sex

private `` primary school. When private `` primary school. When

parents found out they were upset parents found out they were upset

the children had been questioned without their consent. The dmergency

inspection was triggered after the school's headteacher expressed views

on a local radio station about Islam and homosexuality. There is concern

handling of the case has bedn unfair. My concern is about how they

conduct the inspection and whether they are under specific orders

conduct the inspection and whether they are under specific orddrs and

did they treat this differently from a regular mainstream school? The

school is urging what inste`d a regular mainstream school? The

school is urging what instead to school is urging what instead to

withdraw its findings. We are challenging the entire report and we

have said in a letter to Ofsted that unless there is a reinspection we

will seek a judicial review. Ofsted have yet to comment on the

inspection but they say thex had inspection but they say they had

shared a copy of the draft report with the school in confidence. It is

expected to be published in the next few weeks.

Dr Simon Gibbons is Head of Teacher Education at the Unhversity

of Bedfordshire. He told me preparing pupils

for a multi cultural society is the responsibility of every school.

Every school, regardless of whether they are independent state

maintained, has a duty to educate for spiritual, moral and cultural

education. What has happened in recent years that there havd

education. What has happened in recent years that there have been

additional guidance publishdd recent years that there havd been

additional guidance publishdd which has come after the government

produced a strategy about combating Terrorism Act extremist beh`viour.

It has been incorporated into the Ofsted guidelines, to tightdn

It has been incorporated into the Ofsted guidelines, to tighten up

about how students are inducted into British values and appreciating

these kind of values that are meant these kind of values that are meant

to make society a diverse society that runs on a cold EEC of ``

cohesive way. That has been the case since 2011.

With all of that in the back of the mind of an Ofsted inspector, is a

likely perhaps that some inspectors may be going into schools and

perhaps being a little heavx`handed. There is additional guidance to

Ofsted inspectors who are going into faith schools. Ofsted publish

guidance as to what the inspectors might find within Jewish schools,

Muslim schools, seek to schools X Factor, the codes of conduct and

dress and behaviour and the ways the boys and girls might be segregated

and inspectors should not use those as part of their judgement and

and inspectors should not use those as part of their judgement `nd they

as part of their judgement and they should look beyond that when they

are seeing how the school is functioning and of how `` developing

the moral, cultural and sochal the moral, cultural and social

Department of the children. What are the inspectors allowed to ask. We

heard that in the instance of this school there was a lot of anger

among governors and parents that an stead inspector was talking to a

child or children about homosexuality. Is that a perfectly

reasonable thing for an stead inspector to do? I think wh`t is

inspector to do? I think what is reasonable is not `` is for Ofsted

inspectors to look for eviddnce of inspectors to look for eviddnce of

bullying which would includd homophobic bullying. They might ask

homophobic bullying. They mhght ask students if they have ever heard

words like gay being used in a derogatory sense. It will bd

derogatory sense. It will be questions that go right abott the

issue and skirt around, I would have thought. There would not be direct

questions about homosexuality in the guidance that the inspectors are

given. Thank you very much. the responsibility of every school.

given. Thank you very much. A huge cannabis factory with

a potential yield of up to ?6 million has been found in an

industrial unit in Cambridgdshire. The operation was uncovered

after two police officers patrolling nearby smelled

the drug and got a warrant to search What they found is one

of the biggest cannabis farms ever Seemingly empty for six years, but

behind the derelict facade, and illegal gardening business thrived.

A police raid revealed a makeshift warren crammed with thousands of

cannabis plants, from seedlhngs to cannabis plants, from seedlhngs to

fully grown. This cradle to grave factory could have been herd in so

factory could have been here in so for a year. It is one of thd largest

we have encountered in our police force. I am surprised we did not

come across it before. This is a busy industrial estate and H can

only imagine that the people busy industrial estate and I can

only imagine that the peopld within only imagine that the people within

the premises who were growing the cannabis never left the building and

certainly not in daytime hours. They would have drawn attention to

themselves. In the gloom, the air hangs heavy and warm, the slell

themselves. In the gloom, the air hangs heavy and warm, the smell is

hangs heavy and warm, the slell is overpowering. Mothballs, which until

last night disguised the stench, are scattered all around.

This is the drying room, row upon row of literally hundreds of plants

being dried out. If you think that this little amount here has a street

value of around ?7 50, this whole operation is worth literallx

millions. Scenes of crime officers are now investigating before the

entire operation is dismantled. We need to harvest all the plants

here, the individual plants and the drying cannabis, it needs to be

bagged up and exhibited and taken away from here. All the othdr

bagged up and exhibited and taken away from here. All the other assets

that would be useful for a criminal in the future needs to be removed

from here and seized as exhhbits in the future needs to be rdmoved

from here and seized as exhibits and from here and seized as exhhbits and

taken away from future court cases. We want to deprive the crimhnal

taken away from future court cases. We want to deprive the criminal of

We want to deprive the crimhnal of the asset in the future. One person

who lived on site has been `rrested who lived on site has been arrested

but the scale of production suggests a much bigger workforce.

The police have named the man who was found dead hn

an underpass in Peterborough in the early hours of yesterday morning.

The body of Michael Green was discovered

Three teenage boys and a 16`year`old girl are being

Volunteer in your community, and for every hour of your time you give

To go swimming, see a local sport, or go to the cinema.

The scheme is called Time Credits and in Kings Lynn has 1,200 signed

There are now plans to try ht in other places too.

Let us just see if you know all of the parts in the body? Tina and Nick

are volunteers at this centre in Kingsley, a charity set up to

support homeless people. It now does much more and today Joanna is

support homeless people. It now does much more and today Joanna hs having

an English lesson. In return for giving her time, Tina spends her

credits at the cinema but she is planning to go swimming and even get

her nails done. I really enjoyed working here, it is boosting my

confidence a lot, especiallx working here, it is boosting my

confidence a lot, especiallx talking to people. I used to be really shy

but I have really come out of my shell since working here. Can I have

shell since working here. C`n I have a cappuccino, please? To date Norman

Lamb came to King 's Lynn to see how these time credits are working. This

is a coffee bar at the council offices which is run by volunteers

offices which is run by voltnteers and in two years they have served

6000 cups of coffee. I go bowling and swimming and cinema and the

speedway. I learned football. One hour's volunteering gives you one

time credits note to spend. It can be spent at any organisation and

business signed up for the scheme and no money ever changes hands.

business signed up for the scheme and no money ever changes h`nds Of

and no money ever changes hands. Of the 200 volunteers 66% have learned

new skills and 64% said thehr new skills and 64% said thehr

quality of life had improved. 49% quality of life had improved. 4 %

feel more confident. The state feel more confident. The st`te

cannot do this on its own. If we feel more confident. The state

cannot do this on its own. If we can collaborate and get more people

involved in the community, people who want to help, want to do

something, but the great thing here something, but the great thhng here

is they get something back `s well. Right now West Norfolk is the only

place in the region to use time credits but there are plans to

expand it across the East. Shops in Hertfordshire may stop

selling super strength alcohol under Fingerprinting remains a vital part

of evidence gathering but it is not always possible to screen for

fingerprints on every surface. If you get a receipt from an ATM

machine or any other shop, the chances are the paper it is printed

on is thermal paper and using traditional screening technhques

fingerprints generally cannot be seen on this kind of paper. Most

fingerprints are enhanced with chemicals and unfortunately the

solvents tend to react with the dye in the thermal paper and thdy

solvents tend to react with the dye in the thermal paper and they turned

the paper black which oblitdrates the paper black which oblitdrates

the fingerprint that might be there. Thermal paper is a problem surface

to recover fingerprints from. Thermal paper is a problem surface

to recover fingerprints from. With the AWB light and special fhlters,

the problems disappear. When I looked at thermal paper with the

light source on the Prince immediately become visible as

light source on the Prince immediately become visible `s black

covered by the dye in the paper, covered by the dye in the p`per

against a white background and when against a white background `nd when

I switch the light off they disappear and you cannot sed them.

disappear and you cannot see them. Although seemingly simple, ht

disappear and you cannot sed them. Although seemingly simple, it could

Although seemingly simple, ht could be used to ID criminals in a wide

be used to ID criminals in ` wide range of cases. You can imagine a

case of vehicle theft where you know that a piece of paper that has been

found in the vehicle does not belong to the victim and may have come from

the perpetrator and they may to the victim and may have come from

the perpetrator and they may have touched it, you can imagine any sort

of robberies scenario, maybd at touched it, you can imagine any sort

of robberies scenario, maybd at an ATM, where a perpetrator grabbed

of robberies scenario, maybe at an ATM, where a perpetrator gr`bbed a

piece of receipt that came out of an ATM, anything like that is where it

has the greatest potential for help. Earlier this month the technique was

demonstrated that you conference and it has attracted attention from

America. Doctor Bond is looking for a manufacturer to help in Selby

technique to police forces `round the world. What a clever idea.

Those are your top stories tonight. Now we can join Stewart and Susie

Still to come, we catch up with gymnast Max Whitlock. And Chris

Packham from Springwatch he`d from Packham from Springwatch he`d from

Ghana back to Minsmere, to track down his elusive Cuckoo namesake.

Do you know that at any timd in this country,

about one couple in every sdven is having problems with fertility?

Many of those couples turn to the NHS for

help, but how much they get depends very much on where they livd.

Earlier this month, the government's health advisers at NICE upd`ted

They said that all women under 40 who are not pregnant after two years

of trying should be offered 3 full cycles of IVF treatment on the NHS.

They also suggest that women aged 40`42 should receive 1 full cycle.

But in some parts of the East, health commissioners say they can't

afford both options, and they've decided to fund just two

This woman played ?25,000 ftrther IVF treatment 15 years ago. It was

not available then on the NHS in Norfolk or Essex, where she lived at

the time. The result, Bethany and Tamsin. But it took for IVF attempts

before it was successful. Without before it was successful. Whthout

all four, her twins would not be here. The body has to be used to

all four, her twins would not be here. The body has to be usdd to the

here. The body has to be used to the medication. Every person is

different, so it will often take to, three, or sometimes more

attempts. It is a bit of an unfair system. Why treat people differently

because of where they live? We will end up moving to have children, just

like we moved to go to good schools. 3000 IVF treatments are performed

across the East each year, costing the NHS ?10 million. There hs

concern our region will not provide such a high service in future.

Commissioning groups in the East are starting to disinvest in fertility

treatments, and the strain from the nice guideline, and we are seeing a

domino effect, and we are sdeing that throughout your region. NICE

recommends offering free full cycles of IVF to women under 40. Each

recommends offering free full cycles of IVF to women under 40. E`ch one

costs around ?3000. These clinical commissioning groups currently meet

those guidelines, although some are consulting about what they offer in

future. The ones you can see here future. The ones you can see here

now are offering one cycle for 0 to now are offering one cycle for 40 to

42`year`old, but some say that is at the expense of the under 40s, who

will now be offered only two cycles, not three. Finally, in these

will now be offered only two cycles, not three. Finally, in thesd areas,

not three. Finally, in these areas, those under 40, one cycle is being

offered. This doctor, a GP and offered. This doctor, a GP `nd

chairman of the North Norfolk clinical commissioning group, says

nice guidelines recommended they widen the service, so they `re

offering a two more patients, spending the same amount of money by

reducing the number of attelpts spending the same amount of money by

reducing the number of attelpts We are successful at a rate of about

one in four. Subsequently, the second and third. These are

difficult decisions. In an ideal difficult decisions. In an hdeal

world, we would like to provide a more comprehensive service, but your

viewers will be aware that we are constrained with the budgets we have

and we have to get the best value out of them. NICE says that if their

guidelines aren't followed, it creates variations in treatment,

going against the fundament`l aims going against the fundamental aims

of the NHS. Kate Brian is

from the support group Infertility Network, and was in the guideline

development group for NICE. Times are tight in the NHS `

some people might think this isn't Well, I think it should be `

priority. It is very, very difficult for people who can't conceive, and I

think it is often underestimated quite how difficult that can be I

know you yourself have been through IVF and you now have childrdn.

know you yourself have been through IVF and you now have children. But

IVF and you now have childrdn. But what impact did it have on your

what impact did it have on xour life? The moment I finally got

pregnant, it was as if a grey veil pregnant, it was as if a grey veil

had been lifted, and all of a sudden the world was colourful agahn.

had been lifted, and all of a sudden the world was colourful again. In

the world was colourful agahn. In fertility causes depression. It

impacts on every single are` of your impacts on every single are` of your

life, and I think people often underestimate that. So what do you

make of the postcode lottery that make of the postcode lotterx that

seems to exist? I think it is make of the postcode lottery that

seems to exist? I think it hs really seems to exist? I think it hs really

unfair. I think the difficult thing is that fertility funding is really,

really easy to cut. Some people suffering from fertility problems

don't even tell their closest friends and relatives. They will not

be out there with placards, shouting about it, and that is why it is an

easy thing to God. That does not make it right or fair. And what do

you think of this new advicd make it right or fair. And what do

you think of this new advice on you think of this new advice on

women over 40? Because commhssioning women over 40? Because commissioning

groups are saying they cannot afford to fund that as well as thrde cycles

to fund that as well as three cycles for younger women. In reality, it is

actually a very small group of women over 40 who would qualify for this,

so I think that is not entirely accurate to say that cutting in one

area is giving in another. I accurate to say that cutting in one

area is giving in another. H don't area is giving in another. I don't

think it is. And as we heard, the success rate is such that one round

of IVF is statistically unlhkely success rate is such that one round

of IVF is statistically unlikely to make you pregnant. Yes, that is

true. That is why you need three cycles. NICE suggests funding for

what is clinical and cost effective, and that is why all areas should be

following their guidelines. Thank you very much.

I'm sure you know by now ` the Tour de France is coming to

In early July, it will travdl through Cambridge into Essex

and then on to London, with a big finish outside Buckingham Palace.

Ben Bland is in Essex for the very latest on the plans.

Yes, preparations are being stepped up to try and build that excitement

as we get closer to the big day, Monday the 7th of July. Leaflets

like this one going out to dvery like this one going out to dvery

household in Essex. They have started putting them through letter

boxes this week. Inside, thdre are boxes this week. Inside, there are

details of the route, timings of road closures, different events

going on in the towns and vhllages, and also suggestions of where to

watch the race. When I was walking round Chelmsford this afternoon,

watch the race. When I was walking round Chelmsford this afternoon it

is hard to tell that a huge sporting event is coming to the county. There

were no posters, or banners. Admittedly, Cambridge, it is fairly

low`key there as well. But there are now flags on the street lamps. There

is a banner near the starting line, and there are notices in thd

is a banner near the starting line, and there are notices in the car

and there are notices in thd car parks telling drivers about road

closures and disruption, getting them to plan their journeys ahead of

time. When you think about the fuss that Yorkshire made, with fhreworks

and the like, celebrating their part of the race, I asked the Essex

County Council in charge of the plans here why this region doesn't

seem to be treating it a little more boldly. Yorkshire made the bed for

the race to come to England, and Essex and Cambridge were followers

on. And we made a decision on the county council that it shouldn't

cost the taxpayer any more loney of cost the taxpayer any more money of

his or her council tax, so that means that you have to use the

budget that you can get frol means that you have to use the

budget that you can get frol the organisers of the tour. But what

about the disruption all of this is going to cause, especially to

transport and especially on the roads? Well, we know that some of

the road in central Cambridge will be closed from the evening before,

so from the Sunday night. Other roads through saffron Walden,

Braintree and Chelmsford will close to the morning on the race itself.

They are expecting anything up to 1 million people to turn out to watch

the race through our region. For the really committed fans, East Midlands

trains have a announced that they are putting on an extra special

train service on the Sunday from Yorkshire to Cambridge for those who

want to watch as much of thd Yorkshire to Cambridge for those who

want to watch as much of thd race as possible. Thank you very much.

Since 2010, the gymnast Max Whitlock, who trains in Essex, has

It's the best haul in that time by any British gymnast.

Last weekend he won two mord at the European Championships in Bulgaria.

And it sets him up very nicely for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

We are getting used to seeing this ` Max Whitlock on the Golden step

after another successful competition. Confirmation that the

South Essex gymnast is Brit`in's number one. I've been training

really hard, as long as anyone else, and each competition, I look

at the same, go in there, hopefully try to enjoy the experience, and the

main piracy is clean routines. try to enjoy the experience, and the

main piracy is clean routinds. His main piracy is clean routinds. His

bomb almost routine is now regarded as the most difficult the world has

ever seen. His winning score at the ever seen. His winning scord at the

European Championships will have won him gold at the London 2012. But

what he really wants is to create a new and unique skill, one which will

leave his name in the sport's code points forever. I nearly did on the

floor, and they nearly did on the rings, but it is very hard. You have

to compete in the major championships for it to be credited

with your name. It is just about with your name. It is just `bout

finding it and becoming a bit creative, and that's what I hope to

do. And leave your mark in history? Yes, I hope so. To see my n`me in

the code of points would be really nice. This manoeuvre on the floor

came close, but it was an extension of another move, not quite `

came close, but it was an extension of another move, not quite a Max

Whitlock in the gymnastics Bible. Still, 12 medals in four ye`rs has

seen him fill the considerable void left by Louis Smith, but does he

left by Louis Smith, but dods he want the pommel horse pioneer

alongside him in the Commonwealth Games squad? And going to ptt you on

Games squad? And going to put you on the spot. Lewis is here. He also

made the Commonwealth game 's team. Would you like to see Alonso during

the teamsyes, he is one of the best team`mate is possible, and whoever

the selectors pick, I assure you the selectors pick, I assure you

they will make the right decision. We just have to wait and see.

they will make the right decision. We just have to wait and sed. Many

We just have to wait and see. Many feel Louis Smith when the England's

team, but Max's performances have left the selectors in no dotbt.

Barring injury, he will be the first name on the team sheet.

We are just so blessed in this region with gymnast!

I'm sure all of you who have been watching Springwatch whll

Chris is the only survivor of three cuckoos which were fitted

with radio beacons by the British Trust for Ornithology.

When the radio signal showed that Chris the cuckoo was in West Africa,

his namesake and Springwatch presenter Chris Packham took off

Sadly, Chris the cuckoo gave human Chris the slip.

But we know from the radio tracker that he's still alive.

He went from the Ivory Coast, headed off towards Mauritania up here, like

off towards Mauritania up hdre, like this, and then he went back to

Morocco like this, took an easy Morocco like this, took an dasy

route through Gibraltar, over Morocco like this, took an easy

route through Gibraltar, ovdr into route through Gibraltar, ovdr into

Spain, and then, in another leap, went to northern France, and then

came over here into Suffolk. So we came over here into Suffolk. So, we

know both prices are now at Minsmere,

and tonight we'll find out if the team have been able to get

we know the bird has been transmitting from here.

Yes. And we will call it using your Yes. And we will call it using your

gadgeteer. It is the moment of truth than.

I've got it! I've got it! It is just sat up there, giving is a fabulous

sat up there, giving is a f`bulous view. It is off. A big question, of

course, is is that Chris, or is it just any old coq?

It is nice to know he likes Suffolk so much.

Yes, it is a long way to come back! Yes, it is a long way to come back!

Yes, but he did take the easy route.

Find out in Springwatch tonight. route.

Find out in Springwatch tonhght And now, the weather.

Thank you. Another day and the fluids of low pressure, so we have

had cloudy conditions across the region. For most of us, although

some have seen some sunshind. Places some have seen some sunshind. Places

like Norfolk, they have really lot of low cloud, some light rahn

like Norfolk, they have really lot of low cloud, some light rain and

of low cloud, some light rahn and drizzle. Across southern counties,

drizzle. Across southern cotnties, some breaks in the cloud, some

sunshine breaking through. We also saw some showers developing across

those Southern counties, and they really were quite heavy and slow

moving. They have not quite disappeared just yet. They are

disappeared just yet. They `re around parts of Northamptonshire and

Hertfordshire. Heading westwards, we also have some showers getthng

Hertfordshire. Heading westwards, we also have some showers getting into

also have some showers getthng into the Norfolk coast as well. They may

creep a little bit further down towards Suffolk. It is not dntirely

towards Suffolk. It is not entirely dry everywhere overnight tonight,

but it will become so, and by the end of the night, it looks largely

dry and a bit misty in placds end of the night, it looks largely

dry and a bit misty in places as well, but not a particularlx

dry and a bit misty in placds as well, but not a particularly cold

night. Temperatures have been similar over the last few d`ys.

similar over the last few days. Between ten and 12 Celsius for most

of us. Some may get down into single figures, perhaps eight or 9 degrees.

Like East or north`easterly winds. Tomorrow, a mainly dry day. Maybe a

few spots of rain first thing. Rather cloudy throughout much of the

day, but brighter spells, particularly for coastal parts. You

might just see a few spots of rain first thing. It may remain quite

first thing. It may remain puite overcast for inland areas, and

first thing. It may remain quite overcast for inland areas, `nd there

is a risk of one or two light showers, but across the coast, we

will start to see the sunshhne coming out. With an easterly wind,

it will remain cool on the coast, highs of around 14 Celsius. The

inland, highs of around 17 degrees. For the afternoon, a better

prospect, with everything brightening up, particularlx

prospect, with everything brightening up, particularly across

the South. Then you are probably wondering about the weekend dustup a

ridge of high pressure starts to build, which is good news. A

build, which is good news. @ southerly wind starts to warm things

up. But this is our next system approaching. It probably won't reach

us until later on Sunday. So we have a reasonable day for Saturd`y, sunny

a reasonable day for Saturday, sunny spells, warmer at 21 degrees, but by

Sunday, it is expected to cloud over later, which might bring a few

showers. Next week, it returns to unsettled conditions. Our b`rometer

unsettled conditions. Our barometer reading tonight on the bottom of the

chart, 1017 millibars. 30.03 inches. Thank you very much. I got so

excited about the coq, I nearly hyperventilated!

That is all from us tonight. Goodbye.