11/07/2014 Look East - West

And that is all from us. There is more throughout the evening on the

some of our hospitals are ttrning away patients. Almost ?16 mhllion, a

final price tag for this Egxptian statue. But be protests over the

sale go on. I will be here later, 25 years after her transplant, this

heart patient goes back to celebrate with her surgeon. And the

Cambridgeshire children with their own version of the Tour de France.

First tonight, the hospitals in this region having

to close maternity units and turn expectant mothers `way

Figures obtained by the BBC show that the Quden

Elizabeth Hospital in Kings Lynn is the fifth worst in England, closing

Peterborough Hospital closed 20 times and the Rosie

The Royal College of Midwivds says there simply aren't enough lidwives

Back at home with baby Gracd in saffron Walden, but when Katie

Edwards went into labour last August, the hospital in Cambridge

where she had planned to give birth told her they were full and could

not accept. She was told shd may have to to Harlow instead. Hearing

the news that my hospital w`s shut was enough to slow my contr`ctions

down to sort of once every ten, 15 minutes will stop they got very

infrequent. I went to bed and tried to get some rest because it is just

hard work when they are constant. Luckily, for about three hotrs

later, I got a call to say they had freed up a bed for me. In the end, I

was very lucky. In our region, the Rosie maternity hospital based at

Addenbrooke's was the one that was shot for the greatest amount of time

last year, a total of 242 hours On one occasion they had to shtt the

maternity doors for more th`n 4 hours in one go. That is according

to Freedom of information fhgures obtained by the BBC and basdd on

responses from 19 hospital trusts across the East. Because of the

unpredictable nature, maternity units can suddenly find thelselves

full and it would be unsafe to admit more expectant mothers if they do

not have enough beds or staff. Our figures tell us that we are 450

midwives short. You can unddrstand why head midwives have to m`ke these

difficult decisions to turn women away by closing the doors on a

temporary basis. But the government says it has invested ?35 million to

provide more beds and staff in maternity units. We had historical

decline in midwives about tdn years ago. We now see there are 1700 more

midwives working in the NHS and there are 6000 currently in

training. It is a big step forward and will help a lot more mothers

have that personalised one`to`one care which only a midwife c`n

provide. Pregnant women can choose where they want to give birth so

high demand on a maternity tnit can be seen as a sign of success. But

for expectant mothers, that will be of little comfort if their chosen

maternity hospital is full. Earlier I spoke to Ruth Robdrts

from Healthwatch, which represents patient's rights,

and asked her how serious If you are expecting to havd

your baby there, everything is prepped, ready for that, and then

you are suddenly told at thd last minute that is not possible and you

have got to go somewhere else. And at a time when you are perhaps

feeling stressed, tired, anxious and excited,

it is a difficult spot to bd in We are told that a lot of this

is down to not enough midwives. Why is it

so difficult to recruit midwives? It takes a long time to do

the training, of course. So it is probably difficult to

afford as many as might be needed as well, if we are absolutely

honest. What is Healthwatch trying to do to

improve maternity care for women in the region? A couple of things.

One is that we have been aw`re of the closures

and monitoring them for somd time. The other thing is that we `re

making links with the maternity The Rosie one is being funddd

by Catch, the local commisshoning group in Cambridge, or one

of the local commissioning groups. For Hinchingbrooke

and some of the others, thex are struggling along with whatever they

can find on kind of goodwill. That is a good way

of making sure that people's voices are heard in the planning of these

services and that professionals understand what it means

when there are lot of closures. We have a general election coming up

next year, what do you think the Well, obviously they need to have

some very hard looks at what it means if the money for the NHS

continues to be fairly stathc. I know the line is that there are no

cuts in the NHS, as such, although there were the savhng

efficiencies they had to make, But if you are not getting

an increase, then in real tdrms when everything else is going up,

effectively it is a cut. So the money is tight,

there is no doubt about that. So politicians do need to h`ve

a hard look at what kind of resources they are going to put

into the NHS, and whether they are A disabled woman has died

in a fire in Peterborough. It happened in Risby in

North Bretton yesterday aftdrnoon. The victim, who was in her 40s,

died at the scene. It happened while Fire Brig`de Union

members were on strike. But the fire service says that

its contingency plans meant that three crews WERE on the scene within

their normal response time. A 22`year`old man has been

arrested on suspicion of terrorist He was trying to board

a flight to Istanbul. The Metropolitan Police say he's

been taken to a south London station for questioning on suspicion of

being involved in the "prep`ration Campaigners who failed to prevent

the sale of an ancient Egyptian statue say they will do everything

they can to stop it Northampton Borough Council decided

to sell the 4,000`year`old Sekhemka statue to fund the redevelopment

of the town's museum. Yesterday it sold at auction

for ?15.7 million. Selling here on my right, the

Sekhemka at ?14 million. Sold to you... It took less than five

minutes to reach the record`breaking price, a moment we were not allowed

to capture on camera. Outside the auction room, a small but vocal

group of campaigners expressed their anger at the sale. They shotld look

after it, not sell it. It bdlongs to Egypt, it does not belong to hear,

it belongs to us. Our history is not cheap, not to be sold to anxone

Northampton Borough Council stands to make ?8 million from the sale of

the Sekhemka statue, the relainder will go to Lord Northampton who this

evening announced he will donate ?1 million to local charities. The

borough council says the money will be used to redevelop the town's

Museum. We have to make a ddcision on what is right for Northalpton and

we made a decision that we don't think it is relevant to our museum,

we want something that refldcts Northampton's history, heritage and

culture and this money will allow us to invest in that for futurd

generations in our town. Yesterday the Egyptian ambassador told me he

thought the sale was unethical and that the statue is not

Northampton's to sell. He ddmanded its return to Egypt. A view shared

by a group of local campaigners who are now planning their next move.

The whole thing has upset all of us but we also feel very angry, the

anger has not gone away and we are still very passionate and wd will be

working very much on sorting out the legalities of this sale. Thd buyer,

thought to be an international collector, has chosen to relain

anonymous. Arts Council England says it is very disappointed by the news.

It says it will now review Northampton's Museum accredhtation

later this month. Almost two in five doctors surgeries

are in buildings that are unfit for purpose,

according a national survey. They included one in Northalpton

where they say their building simply isn't adequate

for the provision of servicds. From the outside it looks more

like a house than a medical centre, and inside it doesn't look luch

like a doctor 's surgery either A warren of corridors,

narrow doorways and no lift. One doctor says she hates sdeing

patients struggle to even gdt You only have to come

inside to see that domestic architecture is not suited to modern

medical practice and to the needs We have consulting rooms th`t are

upstairs, This presents a lot of problems to

people with difficulties with The patients struggle and

so do the eight doctors, seven nurses and various he`lth

visitors and midwives who work in this Northampton surgery.

Rooms are all different sizds. The bigger one is in such ddmand,

the doctors have to hot desk. Someone else needs this rool and I

still have paperwork to do, And that room is ready

for the next doctor. I am going to take my name off the

door and head down the corrhdor And the patients are not happy,

either. The stairs are quite steep `nd you

come up here for blood tests, etc. I think it should all be

on one floor. The surgery took part

in a national survey by the Almost half of all practices

have seen no investment or And the BMA questions

the Government's plans to move more care into the communitx,

asking if the existing GP We recognise the financial

difficulty the NHS is in, So we are willing to work whth

the Government and the Department of Health to move forward to

improve the resources that we are having, but also make sure that we

use them in the most effecthve way. An NHS England spokesperson

said two thirds of the NHS budget They said they wanted to sed

more investment, but finding more money in one area will inevhtably

mean reductions elsewhere. The aim here is now to provhde

the best care for patients. And make sure the far

from ideal working conditions don't Fresh pleas are being to discover

the identity of a young man with amnesia found

in a park in Peterborough. He's been cared for

by health professionals since May, who say it's extremely rare to

suffer memory loss for so long and that Robert, as they've namdd him,

is becoming increasingly upset. The police are

following up leads from all over A man from Houghton Regis h`s been

banned from feeding birds Neighbours claim Clifford John Coots

left trays of bread, pork phes and raw sausages in front of his garage

on Dunstable Road which attracted up Central Bedfordshire council said

they've tried since 2011 to help him understand the impact

of his actions and behaviour, It is time to hand you back to

Stuart. A school gets on its bite for its

version of the Tour de France. And celebrating a wartime heroine, a

world premiere concert in mdmory of Edith Cavell.

Two months from now, Scotland could become an independent country.

Now the BBC has been told that a yes vote in the referendul could

be good news for the offshore industry in this region.

It could mean more work and more jobs for companies here

because the government wants contracts given to UK companies

And that could be good news for places like Great Yarmotth

This platform, one of 140 fhelds in the southern North Sea. Hugd wind

farms, 65% of the UK's offshore generation, lies in East Anglia The

Eastern region is being dubbed England's energy powerhouse.

Scotland might be hundreds of miles away from great Yarmouth but here

they know the ramifications of a yes vote could be immense. In p`rt

because the Coalition Government wants to see great `` more contracts

awarded to UK manufacturers. We will tried to look for more UK companies

for gas and offshore wind. Hf Scotland isn't part of the TK, does

that mean goods and services manufactured in the in Scotland are

no longer in the running? So that might head south? We hope that work

might end up here. Look at ` local company, they build accommodation

blocks, what would that mean for them? If those waters of Scotland

remain part of the UK, that would still be UK content, so those people

would be preferential. If, however, Scotland tried to reclaim those

waters and say they're no longer UK territory but part of Scotl`nd, then

who knows. Many questions rdmain unanswered, among them who would

halt the exploration rights for oil, gas and wind should thd Scots

go it alone. Glenn McCurdy hs a Glaswegian by birth but property

solicitor in East Anglia now. He sees a yes vote as a business

potential. There is potenti`l in the energy industry. The Scottish

Government cannot match the British government in incentives to get

companies in, particularly DU membership, and if there is an

exodus from Aberdeen, East @nglia is well placed to pick up the business.

Most people in great Yarmouth at already in renewables, so the

infrastructure is already there the people is there, and it is ` good

idea to go from it rather than starting afresh elsewhere. So, there

is plenty at stake. A yes vote north of the border would have major

repercussions from `` for one of our most important businesses.

And there is more on that story in the Sunday Politics this wedkend.

There is also a report about a petition to keep thd street

The idea was to save millions of pounds

The Sunday Politics, 11 o'clock on Sunday on BBC One

Back in 1989, Sue Tuxford's life changed forever.

She had a genetic heart disdase and any exertion would causd her

But all this changed when strgeons at Papworth Hospital in

This week is the 25th annivdrsary of her operation and today she went

back to Papworth to help thdm celebrate National Transplant Week.

On this Day 25 years ago, soon had her transplant. Ever since, she has

been thankful for every single second, every minute, every single

hour given to her. I wake up, look out of my window, and every day I

celebrate, because it is wonderful. I am a very optimistic person, I

always have been. She had the same heart problem that took her

mother's life when Sue was 06. And her son's life. He was only 12. Life

now, she says, is there to be lived. From a very early age, I'd been

quite ill. I couldn't participate in any sports or anything. Since my

transplant, one of the things I wanted to do, because I lovdd

tennis, I wanted to learn to play tennis, and one of the first things

I did is learn to play tennhs, and I have learned to sail, I do ` lot of

hillwalking, I cycle, I went out on my bike last night. I live life to

the fullest. A special anniversary marked by the medical teams at

Papworth and other transplant patients. At this world`renowned

hospital, where last year alone more than 40 received life`saving heart

operations. That is what he`rt transplantation is about, ghving the

chance for people to live ftll lives for a long period of time. @nd while

the survival rate is about 03 years, we have a lot of people livhng about

20 years. This place is special and the people that have prolonged my

life have almost become part of my family, really, because, in a way,

it is lovely to come back hdre and see everybody. Papworth is

wonderful. It's just means the world to me because it has given le my

life back. With her husband, Brian, they look forward to the next

quarter of a century togethdr. We started this week with one

of the biggest sporting events A million people lined the route

as it travelled from Cambridge, Today, the celebrations continued

in the village of Cottenham 600 children from the local school

had their very own Grand Depart Not since the Tour de Francd graced

us had semi`bikes been seen in one place. This was Cottenham's concert

to the world's biggest annu`l sporting event, with a spechal guest

to deliver a very good mess`ge. Have fun! Will Clark went to the school

in this village. Now he's in the Olympics. How excited I you to see

these kids on bikes? It's great and it is part of the legacy th`t the

Tour de France leaves. They are getting their taste of it hdre. They

will enjoy it. And, hopefully, get a taste of cycling and maybe one day

they will want more. By now, the streets were filling up, and

everybody was looking for their son, daughter or Big Brother. The

only thing missing was the helicopters. What do you thhnk? It

is amazing, a once`in`a`lifdtime opportunity because the roads won't

be closed again. We've had to get lots of bikes ordered out, because

some of them didn't work. Is this your Tour de France? This is a tour

of cotton, actually. A masshve amount of work for many people. To

get 590 children out into the streets of Cottenham, enjoyhng

themselves, a huge amount of planning. But no amount of planning

could bring the Sun that shone on the Tour de France earlier hn the

week. Cottenham primary School have used this week to teach maths and

science, but this was all about negotiating a two mile course, and

having a good grip on the bhcycle. How was it for you? Did you have a

good time? Yes. How was it for you? Good. When I went past my mtm, that

was the best. We hope the ldgacy can go on. This will live long hn their

memory. So, the week when the bike race came to town, followed by

Cottenham first ever Grand Depart. This Pella tom won't forget it in a

hurry. `` this Pella. There's a world premiere in Norwich

this weekend in memory of Edith Cavell the nurse from Norfolk

who was executed by the Gerlans in 1915 for helping hundreds

of allied soldiers escape Her story inspired the composer

Patrick Hawes to write a major choral work and tomorrow it will be

performed in Norwich cathedral, Let's see how we feel

our way through it. It's early March and the Shdringham

and Cromer Choral Society is getting The work is called Eventide,

marking the courage and faith of Edith Cavell as she prep`red for

hard death by German firing squad. Tonight, the composer is putting

the choir through its paces. Here we go again.

After three. This work is a coming together

of Norfolk. We've got the Sheringham and Cromer

Choral Society, we've got the work written about this amazing woman,

who was born and lived in Norfolk. The Sheringham

and Cromer Choral Society r`ised They will be joined by the Dnglish

Chamber Orchestra and one It's the most ambitious work

they've ever performed. I suppose it's a challenge

because it's something completely new, quite different, it's,

I suppose, like making a film. You're learning your bits

and hoping it all fit together It's great because we've got

four months to go, and by then it Edith Cavell was

a vicar's daughter from Sawston She was nursing in Brussels at the

start of the war and helped hundreds After the war, her body was returned

and buried at Norwich Cathedral Righty Eventide was eight months

work for Patrick Hawes. It hs based around Edith Cavell's letters and

had deep Christian faith. I've got a photo of her over here and one on my

piano. It is extraordinary. As I have been writing this piecd of

music, I feel I have really got to know her from a spiritual point of

view, certainly. I can feel her here, almost. One of the final

rehearsals. And months of work has paid off. As people walk out of the

cathedral after the premierd, it is my hope that they have got to know

this amazing woman, Edith C`vell. So, my hope is that people will be

deeply moved. The whole thing tomorrow night in

Norwich Cathedral. And stunning music. I am looking forward to a

great day on the coast at Sheringham on Sunday.

I am feeling the pressure! Ht might just rain. We will see some rain

showers of the weekend. And the last couple of days, we have been over

the influence of this weathdr front. It's meant a huge bank of cloud

some rain earlier, and it is also cloudy and misty. If you live in the

West, a glimmer of brightness before the sunset. It is a dry night,

perhaps with some drizzle, `nd it turns misty in places but also

feeling mucky because that weather front has brought in humid `ir with

it. Temperatures, many of us staying in the mid teens. A light whnd. The

temperature is probably not falling lower than 13 tonight. We start

tomorrow, this is the presstre pattern, not looking great, but the

weather front moves out of the way, with another one coming in out of

the Atlantic, and it will bring us some overnight rain. Hopefully, the

day should stay mostly dry, but there is an exception that hn the

form of showers. The morning looks cloudy, but there is a chance of it

brightening up as the morning progresses. This is a computer

prediction of where they cotld fall, it could be anywhere, and it doesn't

mean it will rain where you live because it might stay dry and stay

quite pleasant. And temperatures could shoot up to about 24. But

where the showers fall, thex are likely to be very heavy and

thundery, so you could be in for quite a downpour. Then we h`ve the

weather front coming in, coling in overnight for most of us, mdaning

some wet weather, some rain, and this will clear on Sunday morning.

To summarise, there will be some rain or showers, also some sunshine,

and it will feel warm over the weekend, although the temperatures

are cooler on Sunday. The r`in clears on Sunday, then brighter

skies, so hopefully staying dry with the chance of some showers in

Sheringham, and anywhere across the region. Then it is more settled next

week with a bit of sunshine and cloud.

I shall keep my fingers crossed In case you missed it last night, we

told about the 4,000 `year`old Egyptian statue that was put up for

auction by Northampton Borotgh Council. It sold for ?60 million

last night at Christie 's in London. The estimate was about 6

million. `` ?16 million. Th`t is all from us. Good night.

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