:00:00. > :00:00.In the programme tonight: BBC News
:00:00. > :00:13.Once held up as a beacon of education, now in bits.
:00:14. > :00:14.The Barnfield Federation in Luton splits.
:00:15. > :00:16.Parents and pupils are warndd of disruption.
:00:17. > :00:24.400 posts across the region are vacant.
:00:25. > :00:26.A successful start for the first couple of badlinton
:00:27. > :00:45.How a computer game is helping to save the rhino.
:00:46. > :00:49.It was set up as a flagship, showing the way forward in education.
:00:50. > :00:53.Today, it was announced the Barnfield Federation in Luton would
:00:54. > :00:58.be broken up, following a sdries of damning government reports.
:00:59. > :01:02.The federation includes a college and a number of academies.
:01:03. > :01:05.Educating one in five young people in the town.
:01:06. > :01:07.The decision to split means a summer of uncertainty
:01:08. > :01:14.And tonight, the fallout begins as the governor who tried to steer
:01:15. > :01:17.Barnfield throughout the chain's troubled period has
:01:18. > :01:24.As an organisation, it was once top of the class.
:01:25. > :01:28.The Barnfield Federation runs a college and six academies,
:01:29. > :01:31.teaching thousands of pupils across Luton and Bedfordshire.
:01:32. > :01:33.But, since October, there have been three investigations
:01:34. > :01:39.into the manipulation of gr`des and financial mismanagement.
:01:40. > :01:43.Last year, Judy Oliver becale chair of governors,
:01:44. > :01:45.aiming to sort out the problems and keep the federation going.
:01:46. > :01:55.Judy has quit, and is speakhng publicly for the first time.
:01:56. > :02:00.Do you think the Barnfield problem was it simply got too big?
:02:01. > :02:04.Yes, Barnfield has become overstretched.
:02:05. > :02:07.It did a great job locally and some of the aspirations of the
:02:08. > :02:12.previous chief executive went beyond the capabilities of the strtcture.
:02:13. > :02:15.The governors themselves were criticised for poor oversight
:02:16. > :02:17.of finances, including a large payoff for Sir Peter
:02:18. > :02:23.Birkett, the former princip`l of the college, who left last @ugust.
:02:24. > :02:25.The board accepted changes were needed, but felt the Governlent
:02:26. > :02:36.Two ministries, the Departmdnt for Education and the Business Linistry,
:02:37. > :02:40.they had to funding agencies, the EFA funding to schools,
:02:41. > :02:52.It was very confusing, very frustrating.
:02:53. > :02:54.Probably made it more difficult than it needn't have been.
:02:55. > :02:56.So, what effect will the split actually have?
:02:57. > :03:02.They can continue wearing the same uniform,
:03:03. > :03:06.be the same name for several years because it is an amicable solution.
:03:07. > :03:09.The benefit to Barnfield College is we can concentrate
:03:10. > :03:11.on further education for those students, we can give them
:03:12. > :03:35.the skills and everything they need to become employable in Luton.
:03:36. > :03:37.It has been acknowledged in partnership with this college has
:03:38. > :03:41.standards at the academies, in particular, among pupils
:03:42. > :03:44.After the split, there will be a separate bo`rd
:03:45. > :03:47.of governors and in college and another one in the acaddmy.
:03:48. > :03:50.In a joint statement, they said the priority would be to
:03:51. > :03:51.ensure students continue to receive an excellent education.
:03:52. > :03:54.Gavin Shuker is one of the town's MP.
:03:55. > :03:56.I asked him whether the dechsion to split was the right one.
:03:57. > :04:11.I think it is the right decision, to be frank
:04:12. > :04:20.Most worrying is who will bd the new sponsor. They might be worrxing
:04:21. > :04:27.about the academic standard. Today, we had praise by the Sutton Trust.
:04:28. > :04:31.Are you convinced, with all the shake up, we will still see good
:04:32. > :04:38.education in these academies? My concern would be we need more
:04:39. > :04:43.change. The many schools, they have gone through three or four
:04:44. > :04:49.iterations as a result. It would be harder to deliver good standards of
:04:50. > :04:54.people care. My hope would be that, actually, the problems will be put
:04:55. > :04:59.behind them, and we can push through a good students for our students.
:05:00. > :05:06.Do you think a fundamental problem is it got too big, too quickly? We
:05:07. > :05:10.know from the Government report a big issue was the structure which
:05:11. > :05:17.facilitated its growth. Prior to 2010, we welcomed them as a
:05:18. > :05:24.provider of decent education. That changed after 2010 with the
:05:25. > :05:28.coalition policy. It allowed them to massively expand. There was no local
:05:29. > :05:32.accountability. The lack of accountability, a
:05:33. > :05:38.criticism often levelled at academies, Labour brought in the
:05:39. > :05:46.academy system in the first place. We welcomed this local educ`tion
:05:47. > :05:51.provider, working with two of the most challenging secondary schools.
:05:52. > :05:56.The evidence was clear it w`s working. What has not worked is a
:05:57. > :06:02.massive expansion, shedding costs, a business model focused on profit.
:06:03. > :06:07.When I spoke to you in Febrtary you told me your commitment to parents
:06:08. > :06:10.and pupils was that the truth comes out. We are
:06:11. > :06:15.that. I think that is right. The puestion
:06:16. > :06:18.tonight many parents will bd asking is who is accountable? At the
:06:19. > :06:21.moment, the only answer Education Secretary. There `re
:06:22. > :06:23.serious questions to be answered. A strike over pathology staff pay
:06:24. > :06:24.at Northampton General Hosphtal has Biomedical staff agreed to go back
:06:25. > :06:30.to work, after ACAS, government mediators, helped broker
:06:31. > :06:33.a deal with hospital managers. A new agreement will see ch`nges to
:06:34. > :06:36.staff contracts It's thought the 55 employeds
:06:37. > :06:40.who'd gone on strike will Figures gathered by BBC Look East
:06:41. > :06:53.show that there are more th`n 4 0 nursing posts vacant
:06:54. > :06:55.at hospitals around our reghon. In some cases,
:06:56. > :06:57.managers are trying to actively recruit, but there still relains
:06:58. > :06:59.a national shortage of nursds. Well, we've been to Addenbrookes,
:07:00. > :07:06.a hospital that admitted to us only last week, it was struggling to cope
:07:07. > :07:07.with Louise Hubball is
:07:08. > :07:26.at the hospital for us now. I have spent the afternoon on one
:07:27. > :07:31.board here, nurses working 02 hour shifts.
:07:32. > :07:33.Throughout Addenbrookes' history, nurses have been
:07:34. > :07:37.Although A may have changdd a bit, the challenging hours,
:07:38. > :07:40.and the physical nature of the job has remained the same.
:07:41. > :07:42.But now, more nurses are needed than ever before.
:07:43. > :07:44.Here, on the trauma and orthopaedics ward, the numbers on shift lust meet
:07:45. > :07:49.It's a constant struggle to reach them.
:07:50. > :07:55.A combination of our ageing population and the increased needs
:07:56. > :07:58.of our patients coming through our doors mean we nded more
:07:59. > :08:02.nurses, and it seems like an increasing number wd need.
:08:03. > :08:04.Often, there is a shortage of more experienced, specialist staff
:08:05. > :08:11.And one of Addenbrookes? 2,700 registered nurses identifies
:08:12. > :08:23.Like London, house prices can be quite expensive.
:08:24. > :08:28.For me, if you want to work in a le`ding
:08:29. > :08:32.hospital, with the developmdntal opportunities, you pay the loney.
:08:33. > :08:34.I contacted all the region?s hospitals to ask for the current
:08:35. > :08:40.Some are being actively filled, but Addenbrookes had 31.
:08:41. > :08:48.And the Luton and Dunstable, over 100.
:08:49. > :08:57.Six of the region's hospitals, including Addbenbrookes, currently
:08:58. > :09:03.recruit nurses from Spain bdcause of their high level of training
:09:04. > :09:05.Seven paediatric nurses will soon be starting here from Scotl`nd.
:09:06. > :09:07.One Lithuanian nurse can understand the attraction of working
:09:08. > :09:16.It offers me a professional development
:09:17. > :09:19.as a staff nurse, with courses at university and in hospit`l.
:09:20. > :09:23.More nurses are needed, and more hospitals are lookhng
:09:24. > :09:39.Apologies for the technical problems there. Increasingly, hospit`ls are
:09:40. > :09:43.conducting formal recruitment programmes overseas to attr`ct the
:09:44. > :09:48.brightest stars. That looks a trend set to continue.
:09:49. > :09:50.It's one of the fastest growing cities in Britain.
:09:51. > :09:52.And now its home to one of the largest city centre
:09:53. > :09:55.The old Peterborough District Hospital land
:09:56. > :09:58.will soon make way for more than 300 homes and a new primary school.
:09:59. > :10:01.But developing it isn't without its challenges.
:10:02. > :10:05.The size of more than 20 football pitches.
:10:06. > :10:10.Buildings covering 600,000 square feet.
:10:11. > :10:12.Now, the developers can push ahead with demolishing them to
:10:13. > :10:23.Turning a scheme of this nature a former hospital,
:10:24. > :10:29.different buildings, cleaning it up, making the area feel better.
:10:30. > :10:32.The building has eight stordys, that would be a massive change.
:10:33. > :10:54.And hopefully the residents will have a better environmdnt.
:10:55. > :11:06.Not all the buildings on site will be demolished, but
:11:07. > :11:12.Developers say it would be an integral part of the sitd.
:11:13. > :11:14.It became empty more than three years ago when staff moved to
:11:15. > :11:19.The land was sold for more than ?7 million, but the trust might get
:11:20. > :11:22.extra money when it?s developed to help offset its ?40 million debt.
:11:23. > :11:24.But there are concerns over hundreds of homes being built here.
:11:25. > :11:28.And schools, will one extra here be enough to cope?
:11:29. > :11:31.Absolutely, our aspiration as an authority is education.
:11:32. > :11:33.We want local places for local children in this development.
:11:34. > :11:36.But, before building works starts, it's demolition time.
:11:37. > :11:38.The kit is pretty advanced compared to 20 years ago.
:11:39. > :11:41.We should be able to contain it manage and use some
:11:42. > :11:44.Wherever possible we will use the existing bricks etc
:11:45. > :11:47.Work's expected to start in weeks, with families planned to move
:11:48. > :12:02.It's emerged that more than 50 jobs have been lost in the region,
:12:03. > :12:04.as the car parts business Uniparts Automotive went into administration.
:12:05. > :12:07.The HQ of the company is in the Midlands,
:12:08. > :12:09.but the company had branches in many of our towns, including
:12:10. > :12:17.Peterborough, Luton, Cambridge, Northampton, Bletchley and Bedford.
:12:18. > :12:20.Northampton Museum will havd to wait until next week to discover
:12:21. > :12:22.whether it's the majority of its funding will be lost.
:12:23. > :12:24.The Arts Council England saxs it?s very disappointed with the sale
:12:25. > :12:27.of the 4,000`year`old Egypthan statue to a private collector.
:12:28. > :12:33.The statue fetched ?15.7 million, and there are concerns it whll now
:12:34. > :12:47.Now, we can join Stewart and Susie for the rest of the programle.
:12:48. > :12:54.can from the wreck of the most powerful ship in Cromwell's navy.
:12:55. > :12:56.It's the first day of the school holidays for lany
:12:57. > :12:58.and with temperatures reachhng the mid twenties, people will be
:12:59. > :13:06.According to the RNLI, five people died as a result of
:13:07. > :13:11.accidents along the coast of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk last ye`r.
:13:12. > :13:15.69 more were rescued, the highest number in four xears.
:13:16. > :13:23.Our Chief reporter Kim Rilex is in Gorleston now.
:13:24. > :13:31.That's right, there is a big crowd on the pier hey, watching a
:13:32. > :13:38.demonstration put on by the lifeboat. Take a look if yot can,
:13:39. > :13:48.that is a seeking hovering over there. `` see King. We had ` fishing
:13:49. > :13:51.boat there, a man overboard. Around our coasts, it is increasingly
:13:52. > :13:55.involved, the RNLI in saving lives. It is the first year that RNLI
:13:56. > :13:57.lifeguards have patrolled A beautiful beach, but like others,
:13:58. > :14:01.a potentially dangerous one when the If you get tired at any point,
:14:02. > :14:05.the best thing to do is swil In just two weeks,
:14:06. > :14:10.Sophie and her colleagues h`ve saved a 17`year`old Portuguese yotth, and
:14:11. > :14:13.a 10`year`old girl, who got caught She had a very sore chest
:14:14. > :14:20.from inhaling the water, shd had a very high breathing rate, we
:14:21. > :14:24.placed on oxygen and called for an The scenario
:14:25. > :14:28.of a young child getting catght in the flood, is what accounts
:14:29. > :14:33.for about 95% of our rescues. While the 10`year`old girl was being
:14:34. > :14:36.treated by Sophie, Joe Middleton was dealing whth
:14:37. > :14:39.another potential emergency. There were two young swimmers,
:14:40. > :14:43.one of them got out of depth, I put the youngest on the board
:14:44. > :14:46.the other was capable of swhmming. The younger was holding onto him
:14:47. > :14:52.pulling him under. The Roberts family from Newcastle
:14:53. > :14:54.were enjoying their holiday today, but keeping a close eye
:14:55. > :14:56.on the children, The lifeguards keep an eye
:14:57. > :15:02.on them very closely, it is We notice, we were further
:15:03. > :15:07.along the other day, it comds in very quickly, the water was right up
:15:08. > :15:10.against us, if you don't kedp an eye 28 people lost their lives on this
:15:11. > :15:16.coast in the last four years. The RNLI aims to halve accidental
:15:17. > :15:21.coastal deaths by 2024. Would you say this is
:15:22. > :15:23.a dangerous beach? I wouldn't say it is
:15:24. > :15:26.a dangerous beach, I would say that This beach has its dangers
:15:27. > :15:32.as does every one. If you're here during 1000 `nd 800,
:15:33. > :15:36.when the lifeguards are herd, Today saw the launch
:15:37. > :15:42.of a major awareness campaign, Enjoy our coastline and beaches
:15:43. > :16:02.but never underestimate the power Back here, you can see a man being
:16:03. > :16:08.dropped from the helicopter to carry out a rescue there. I'm with Alan,
:16:09. > :16:15.an official commentator, just grab you quickly. This is all? It is
:16:16. > :16:21.this evening is twofold, we are promoting the RNLI understood get a
:16:22. > :16:27.safety message across. We would rather be proactive than re`ctive.
:16:28. > :16:32.But if we are reactive, this is what you will get. You also want to raise
:16:33. > :16:40.money to lie? Yes, it takes thankfully because of volunteers and
:16:41. > :16:44.everything else, but we alw`ys need more. You are a crewman, wh`t
:16:45. > :16:52.satisfaction do you get frol it Well, it depends on the weather you
:16:53. > :16:56.have to do what you can to save a life out at sea. Doing that is
:16:57. > :17:02.phenomenal, especially as a volunteer. Alan, thank you. There we
:17:03. > :17:10.go, it's all happening behind me, all unfolding here. We have had a
:17:11. > :17:13.fire, a man in the water, someone is being pulled from the water now
:17:14. > :17:17.This is what goes on, also work looking after children and
:17:18. > :17:20.other people and our beaches. After the opening ceremony last
:17:21. > :17:21.night the athletes have been getting down to business today
:17:22. > :17:22.at the Commonwealth Games. We in this region are very close to
:17:23. > :17:25.winning our first medal with Norfolk Judo player Colin O`tes
:17:26. > :17:34.guaranteed at least a silver. Jonathan Park has been
:17:35. > :17:48.watching today's action. There is only one colour of metal
:17:49. > :17:54.that Colin wants from Glasgow. It is not a silver or bronze. Fending off
:17:55. > :18:01.a Scottish opponent, the 31`year`old had too much power and technique. In
:18:02. > :18:07.a few minutes's time, he has the gold medal match against a Cypriot
:18:08. > :18:12.eight years his junior. It would be a great upset at the Norfolk man
:18:13. > :18:18.didn't bring gold back. A long way to go for our badminton pair, the
:18:19. > :18:26.Northern Ireland pair of Chris and Gabby, playing in the team dvent for
:18:27. > :18:34.England. It's all over, quicker horribly done the Northern Hrish and
:18:35. > :18:39.wanted. Britain's best singles player also found a way tow`rds
:18:40. > :18:53.victory. Essex's Sarah Walkdr completed the victory five now. ``
:18:54. > :19:02.5`0. Lyndon's record medal winner at the games, helped England to victory
:19:03. > :19:09.against Jamaica. `` England. It is a good job England's boulders packed
:19:10. > :19:16.their shorts. The triples got the competition underway. `` bowlers. It
:19:17. > :19:24.was a nail`biting game which they eventually won. Later tonight,
:19:25. > :19:26.England's hockey team with three suffered players, start thehr bid
:19:27. > :19:31.for glory with the opening latch against Trinidad and Tobago ``
:19:32. > :19:35.Suffolk. Across the world conservationists
:19:36. > :19:37.are working to protect endangered species, but getting the message
:19:38. > :19:42.across is not always easy. Now a computer game company
:19:43. > :19:45.in Cambridge has joined the fight by adapting one of
:19:46. > :20:02.its most popular games to hhghlight This animal is in grave danger,
:20:03. > :20:06.every day, every night, it hs pray for poachers. Now, this ongoing
:20:07. > :20:13.threat has been highlighted in a computer game. They were brought to
:20:14. > :20:17.life at an online game studho in Cambridge as part of the Unhted for
:20:18. > :20:23.wildlife campaign. Their pl`yers, of which there are more than 200
:20:24. > :20:29.million, have to answer questions to win a rider. Everybody is chatting
:20:30. > :20:33.about the game, they are all meeting up and enjoying it, they have all
:20:34. > :20:39.embraced it. It is exactly what we wanted, a new way to reach ` younger
:20:40. > :20:44.audience about conservation. We are conservationists, and we ard here to
:20:45. > :20:51.dash out that this conservation student is now immortalised on
:20:52. > :20:58.screen. In two weeks, over ` quarter of a million rhinos were adopted in
:20:59. > :21:03.the game, ten times the wild number. There are people who want rhinos as
:21:04. > :21:07.a commodity, they don't know it s consequences of killing thel in
:21:08. > :21:15.Africa. Something needs to be done. One way of doing so and to plant a
:21:16. > :21:22.seed it is the young people to get more aware of the problem. Baby they
:21:23. > :21:26.can influence the parents, who want to choose medicines of rider in
:21:27. > :21:32.them. 100 black rhinos are detected in this conservation area in Kenya.
:21:33. > :21:40.It is not always protection enough. People often coming to shoot
:21:41. > :21:44.rioters, they see these anilals but they have been monitoring, that they
:21:45. > :21:50.know intimately. It's prettx devastating. The rhinos sorry story
:21:51. > :21:52.has reached a tipping point. If a computer game can raise awareness
:21:53. > :21:57.quickly, so be it. Back in 1664 the battleship London
:21:58. > :21:59.was the biggest, newest, most Then one day there was a massive,
:22:00. > :22:06.unexplained explosion. The London went down and 300
:22:07. > :22:09.people on board were killed. The wreck lies just
:22:10. > :22:12.off Southend`on`Sea and is now Divers are working against the clock
:22:13. > :22:30.to salvage what relics they can This treasure Trail is taking us
:22:31. > :22:42.down the tracks, along the railway on Southend Pier. Almost to the very
:22:43. > :22:48.end. There, waiting already is a crowd keen to see the latest chapter
:22:49. > :22:52.in the story of the London tnfold. As anglers fish for mullet hn the
:22:53. > :23:00.distance, divers are fishing for much more. These divers havd their
:23:01. > :23:04.work cut out, there's a strong tidal flow here, they only have
:23:05. > :23:12.window in which to operate, visibility is poor. They cotld just
:23:13. > :23:16.about see the end of their `rm on a good day, it is like working in a
:23:17. > :23:21.washing machine. A work by the Dutch artist captured the magnificence of
:23:22. > :23:28.the ship. She had 64 guns, but at the time of the tragedy, thd mood on
:23:29. > :23:32.board would have been regatta like. We know from diaries, that the
:23:33. > :23:39.captain and crew had females on board, they were not ready for war.
:23:40. > :23:43.A bit of a party atmosphere, which is why there was such a loss of
:23:44. > :23:50.life. After painstaking work, the dive team returns to the pidr. It
:23:51. > :23:53.has been in the past, and is now at risk because of climate change and a
:23:54. > :24:00.sifting sea bed. Volunteers logged and wrapped the latest finds,
:24:01. > :24:05.including musket balls, a c`ndle, and bits of wood. It is gre`t, when
:24:06. > :24:10.you go to museums or archivds, it has already been sorted and
:24:11. > :24:14.preserved. It was great seehng something that has come out of the
:24:15. > :24:24.water and that you can handle. a big ship, not a lot is known about
:24:25. > :24:29.it, don't think, it is a major find, it is really cool to be part of it.
:24:30. > :24:35.The work is an evaluation for a bigger operation next year, could we
:24:36. > :24:41.see another Mary Rose, with the structure lifted up the watdr? That
:24:42. > :24:45.is very unlikely, it is of lajor significance, of course, but that
:24:46. > :24:51.isn't enough Museum capacitx. They described Iraq as a time capsule of
:24:52. > :24:59.the 17th century `` they described the rack. Its treasures are destined
:25:00. > :25:05.for the local museum. Isn't that a fascinating story? So interdsting.
:25:06. > :25:10.Another hot and sunny day, virtually unbroken sunshine. It allowdd the
:25:11. > :25:18.Mercury declined to the high 20s. I will hot spots they were in Bedford.
:25:19. > :25:25.`` it allowed at the Mercurx to climb. Overnight, we started clear
:25:26. > :25:31.spells, but an increasing alount of cloud and mist moving in from the
:25:32. > :25:37.North Sea. Particularly in North Norfolk, this could move inland
:25:38. > :25:42.perhaps affecting Cambridge. Temperatures in teams for m`ny
:25:43. > :25:48.places, anywhere between 15 and 18 Celsius, a light North eastdrly
:25:49. > :25:54.wind. Our pressure pattern for tomorrow, a settled day tomorrow,
:25:55. > :25:59.high`pressure dominating. A risk of showers developing later, btt
:26:00. > :26:03.actually, the predominant theme for the day is a dry day. Some darly
:26:04. > :26:07.mist and clouds to thing, then into long spells of
:26:08. > :26:14.sunshine in Sunshine could be followed by
:26:15. > :26:19.showers, Essex is at risk, not quite as warm tomorrow, temperatures in
:26:20. > :26:25.are getting up to 26 Celsius. Still a north`easterly breeze, a cooler
:26:26. > :26:31.coastal forecast, temperatures at 21 or 23 Celsius, it is mainly dry a
:26:32. > :26:38.lot of sunny weather across the region. The only have a bit of a
:26:39. > :26:41.shift, this is the pressure pattern for the weekend, a cold front
:26:42. > :26:47.heading southwards, introducing cooler conditions, at the rhsk of
:26:48. > :26:54.showers as well. Saturday looks OK, cloud then sunshine, later hn the
:26:55. > :27:00.day, increasing cloud could bring one or two showers, drive S`turday.
:27:01. > :27:06.Sunday is a bit cooler, sunshine, but the odd shower possible. The
:27:07. > :27:13.Monday, it is still cool, btt after Monday, high`pressure coming in A
:27:14. > :27:53.quick barometer reading. We have 1017 millibars. That's for ts, have
:27:54. > :27:59.Well, when did we start funding projects in Gaza?
:28:00. > :28:00.How do you know people are telling the truth?
:28:01. > :28:09.Well, when did we start funding projects in Gaza?
:28:10. > :28:18.I should never have done this. I should never have agreed to this.
:28:19. > :28:31.ECHOING HEARTBEATS LOW, THROBBING BUZZ