:00:00. > :00:07.In the programme tonight, failing schools and finances.
:00:08. > :00:11.The academy trust running nine schools in our region pulls out.
:00:12. > :00:14.What is particularly worrying is the Department for Education did not get
:00:15. > :00:17.a grip on this trust and actually prevent them,
:00:18. > :00:19.or put in, some sort of external mechanism,
:00:20. > :00:24.to control the way in which they were spending money.
:00:25. > :00:26.Ten years of European funding under threat,
:00:27. > :00:31.as museums and researchers fear Brexit will leave the arts behind.
:00:32. > :00:44.How this woman is now helping young people believe in themselves.
:00:45. > :00:50.And tedious venues. It is changing fast. BBC School report will tell
:00:51. > :00:55.you why. First tonight,
:00:56. > :00:57.they failed to improve the schools they had
:00:58. > :01:01.taken onand they failed the schools they had
:01:02. > :01:03.taken on and they failed to manage their finances,
:01:04. > :01:06.now an academy trust which runs nine schools in Northamptonshire
:01:07. > :01:08.is pulling out. The Education Fellowship Trust
:01:09. > :01:10.was educating around 6,500 pupils in total, but has decided
:01:11. > :01:13.to hand back the schools it runs to the Department for Education,
:01:14. > :01:15.following a financial review. Mike Cartwright reports on what went
:01:16. > :01:39.wrong and what it means for pupils. At the Academy in Wellingborough,
:01:40. > :01:45.the class carrying on as usual. But the school and eight others, for
:01:46. > :01:54.them, things are far from normal. The Wilson be taken away from the
:01:55. > :02:00.underperforming trust. People are talking about changes. No changes
:02:01. > :02:09.will be made. We are just carrying on. We have got very supportive
:02:10. > :02:12.parents, fantastic students and we having a fantastic area. Nothing
:02:13. > :02:28.will change. We will carry on as normal. The trust was regarded as
:02:29. > :02:36.having a regular expenditure. The likes of ?1000 being spent on
:02:37. > :02:40.Christmas cards, and ?20,000 being spent on a trip to New York. When it
:02:41. > :02:44.came to recruitment, family members were being appointed without
:02:45. > :02:55.interview. Some jobs are not advertised. Founded five years ago,
:02:56. > :03:05.the Education Fellowship Trust has been the subject of two reports of
:03:06. > :03:13.the financial management. They say they are with the constraints of the
:03:14. > :03:23.education sector. This in the Arab hoping the move will not have these
:03:24. > :03:27.impact on pupils or staff. If it comes down to resources and
:03:28. > :03:32.capability, you want them to run the school as they would see fit. You do
:03:33. > :03:38.not really meant is running the school is so long they do it well.
:03:39. > :03:42.We just want their children to get the funding they should get. Should
:03:43. > :03:49.the trust be monitored better? What is particularly worrying is the
:03:50. > :03:52.Department for Education did not get a grip on this trust
:03:53. > :03:54.and actually prevent them, or put in, some sort of
:03:55. > :03:56.external mechanism, to control the way in
:03:57. > :04:06.which they were spending money. The problem though is to find the
:04:07. > :04:09.new trust, following the failure of the Education Fellowship Trust.
:04:10. > :04:12.Expanding the academy system has been a key policy
:04:13. > :04:15.Earlier, I asked Wellingborough MP Peter Bone, if this situation proves
:04:16. > :04:25.I fundamentally disagree. If you look around the country, academies
:04:26. > :04:39.are low performing many other schools. What has gone wrong in this
:04:40. > :04:46.instance is that we put in an Academy which did not have a
:04:47. > :04:51.connection with the area. A report three years ago found lots of
:04:52. > :04:58.financial irregularities. It was the trust themselves that asked for the
:04:59. > :05:07.funding to be with their own. The department did not tell them. I do
:05:08. > :05:16.not think you can see that. Schools are very well scrutinised. That is
:05:17. > :05:24.wrong. The schools were funded by baby just before the government
:05:25. > :05:29.forced her to happen. Clearly, that would not be tolerated for longer.
:05:30. > :05:34.But it is three years that the financial problems one known about.
:05:35. > :05:38.Why has it taken so long for the sanction to be taken? I think if it
:05:39. > :05:50.was an ordinary school, the exactly same process would of been followed.
:05:51. > :05:55.At the end of the day, you can get rid of one Academy and replace it
:05:56. > :06:00.with another. But only be better scrutiny? All schools, further the
:06:01. > :06:09.local authority or Academy, the all inspected by Ofsted to the same
:06:10. > :06:22.vigorous standard. -- rigorous. In this case, the Academy was just not
:06:23. > :06:27.improving enough. I want the best education for the people here and
:06:28. > :06:31.they think this is an opportunity, so I regard it as a positive thing,
:06:32. > :06:33.not the negative things. A couple from Northampton have been
:06:34. > :06:36.found guilty of 84 charges relating to sex and drugs
:06:37. > :06:37.offences against children. Joan Taylor, who is 43,
:06:38. > :06:40.and 47-year-old Nicholas Taylor At the same time that he was
:06:41. > :06:43.committing these offences, Nicolas Taylor was speaking out
:06:44. > :06:46.about his past criminal life and how he was a reformed character.
:06:47. > :06:51.Stuart Radcliffe reports. For ten years, Nicolas Taylor
:06:52. > :06:54.and his wife Joan committed the most Between 1996 and 2006,
:06:55. > :07:01.mostly at their home in Briar Hill, children were given Class A drugs,
:07:02. > :07:04.after which they were assaulted, sexually abused and,
:07:05. > :07:11.in some cases, raped. Today, they were convicted of 84
:07:12. > :07:13.charges against ten children. Speaking outside court,
:07:14. > :07:14.Northamptonshire Police said they were pleased with the convictions
:07:15. > :07:17.and that Nicolas Taylor had shown Throughout the entire time of this
:07:18. > :07:27.investigation and every engagement we had with him,
:07:28. > :07:29.he was aggressive and violent. And he demonstrated
:07:30. > :07:32.that behaviour to his victims through their
:07:33. > :07:34.lives, as well. Clearly dominating them
:07:35. > :07:36.and abusing them - sexually, physically and in every possible way
:07:37. > :07:39.- for his own gratification. So, I am delighted with
:07:40. > :07:45.what has been said today. At the same time he was abusing
:07:46. > :07:48.children and supplying them with drugs, he was presenting himself
:07:49. > :07:51.as a reformed criminal. After an earlier prison sentence
:07:52. > :07:54.for burglary and drug offences, he regularly gave interviews
:07:55. > :07:56.with the local media about his new so-called
:07:57. > :08:04.crime-free life. He appeared on Look
:08:05. > :08:06.East, talking about crime on his estate,
:08:07. > :08:08.on behalf of his local That is what it is
:08:09. > :08:14.going to have to take. It is going to have
:08:15. > :08:16.to take more people like me to look out for people
:08:17. > :08:19.like Peter and others, Because the police
:08:20. > :08:21.are not going to do it. no-one else is going to look out
:08:22. > :08:24.for them on this estate. He was also interviewed
:08:25. > :08:26.several times by BBC And perhaps, more surprisingly,
:08:27. > :08:32.he was also a guest speaker at Northamptonshire Police
:08:33. > :08:34.headquarters, where, ironically, he spoke about about ways
:08:35. > :08:41.to reduce crime. Unusually, his previous criminal
:08:42. > :08:43.history was revealed to the jury. They were told that, before this
:08:44. > :08:46.trial began, he was already serving time for previous
:08:47. > :08:47.sexual offences. Today's verdict mean
:08:48. > :09:08.he will be returning to prison For another lengthy period. For her
:09:09. > :09:10.part, his wife is known also facing prison.
:09:11. > :09:13.A member of staff at Oakhill Young Offenders' Centre
:09:14. > :09:15.in Milton Keynes is in a critical condition' after being attacked.
:09:16. > :09:18.Five boys, aged between 14 and 16 have been arrested,
:09:19. > :09:21.Earlier this month, an Ofsted report said Oakhill was "inadequate"
:09:22. > :09:33.This week marks the 10th anniversary of the European Research Council.
:09:34. > :09:36.Set up with the aspiration that Europe should become the world's
:09:37. > :09:38.leading knowledge economy, projects across the region have
:09:39. > :09:40.While many have been scientific, millions of pounds
:09:41. > :09:43.have also been given to research in the arts and humanities.
:09:44. > :09:46.And with Brexit, there is now a concern about how
:09:47. > :09:57.the gap will be filled. Louise Hubball reports.
:09:58. > :10:05.Treasures from India at this Cambridge museum. With items from
:10:06. > :10:12.around the world on display, it requires collaboration. A recent
:10:13. > :10:18.event from the European research Council was for more than ?1.6
:10:19. > :10:27.million. Research funds have been really crucial. That means we can
:10:28. > :10:38.embark on ambitious, comparative projects. If we cannot access those
:10:39. > :10:45.funds, that will not happen. This is one of the University museums which
:10:46. > :10:54.are open to the public. It also supports academic research. The
:10:55. > :11:05.research came to the current madonna exhibition receives Deco from the
:11:06. > :11:10.research Council. It is not just museums. Over the past three years,
:11:11. > :11:19.Cambridge University has offered the highly successful college studies
:11:20. > :11:24.course mixing language and culture. The enthusiasm for the language and
:11:25. > :11:39.the culture and it has led to great discussions. Ever since the Brexit
:11:40. > :11:42.forward, we have seen the divisions. There are many people know from
:11:43. > :11:49.Poland who may be less happy about that. The work closely with
:11:50. > :11:55.colleagues abroad and are also worried about the cut in European
:11:56. > :12:01.funding. There are funding structures in place which mean no
:12:02. > :12:05.longer be the case. Some collaboration cross border will
:12:06. > :12:07.doubtless continue, but the lack of access to that central funding could
:12:08. > :12:09.be crucial for the future. And we will hear more
:12:10. > :12:11.about the conflicting hopes and fears for Brexit in our region
:12:12. > :12:14.in just a few moments. For that and more, we can
:12:15. > :12:38.join Stewart and Susie Report Day. We have eight pupils
:12:39. > :12:40.with us. And we meet Jordan Bone campaigning to help inspire young
:12:41. > :12:43.people and help them believe in themselves.
:12:44. > :12:46.It's day four of the Look East Referendum Road Trip and this
:12:47. > :12:49.morning, Article 50 received Royal Assent.
:12:50. > :12:53.It was signed in Norman French by the Queen, which means
:12:54. > :12:56.the Prime Minister can start divorce talks with the European Union
:12:57. > :13:04.This week, we have been revisiting some of the people and places
:13:05. > :13:05.we featured in the referendum campaign last year.
:13:06. > :13:08.Tonight, our Brexit mini is in Norfolk where 59%
:13:09. > :13:14.Now both sides are talking about trying to make Brexit work.
:13:15. > :13:26.Our political correspondent Andrew Sinclair is in the driving seat.
:13:27. > :13:32.Across the Cambridgeshire border lies the port of King's Lynn. For
:13:33. > :13:41.centuries, people here have traded with Europe. First it was wall then
:13:42. > :13:46.grain, now it is shellfish. Cockles, shrimps, whelks, nearly all of which
:13:47. > :13:51.are sold overseas. I would rather see a quick Brexit. People like to
:13:52. > :13:56.know where they stand, I'd like to know where I stand. Owner Steve was
:13:57. > :14:02.a supporter of the Leave campaign so he's pleased that Article 50 is
:14:03. > :14:05.about to be triggered, but now he wants the Brexit negotiations
:14:06. > :14:12.concluded quickly, ideally this year. A quick Brexit could be messy
:14:13. > :14:17.and Kyle Artic. Maybe. It could be messy for a week, a month, maybe two
:14:18. > :14:22.or three months, but it will get to the result we want faster. With
:14:23. > :14:27.nearly half his exports going to the EU, you might expect him to be
:14:28. > :14:31.worried about the sort of Brexit we have, but far from it. We have a
:14:32. > :14:37.product that is a good product that the EU wants. They might put in the
:14:38. > :14:45.duty is on what you want to sell. Maybe so but we spend more on
:14:46. > :14:49.countries than they spend on us. If it goes on we will be on the winning
:14:50. > :14:56.side. Here they are not worried about Brexit. Fishing was a big
:14:57. > :15:00.issue in last year's referendum. They used to be hundreds of
:15:01. > :15:07.fishermen working in this county. Now just a handful remain and many
:15:08. > :15:13.are bitter. The Dutch, the fun chat all the fish we use to catch. We
:15:14. > :15:18.want it back and we want it back soon. At Great Yarmouth I hitch a
:15:19. > :15:23.ride with fishermen Paul. He says this sport and others can be
:15:24. > :15:27.transformed with Brexit. At the moment our fishermen shared the
:15:28. > :15:31.North Sea with others from other countries. He hopes that soon they
:15:32. > :15:35.will have all the coast to themselves. If it doesn't happen,
:15:36. > :15:43.there will be problems because we have big waiting all these years. We
:15:44. > :15:49.want ten years to rebuild it and we will employ people and produce food
:15:50. > :15:54.in this country again. Fishy will be a key issue in the negotiations. We
:15:55. > :15:59.may have to compromise, many fishermen will not be happy if we
:16:00. > :16:03.do. While fishing used to be important to North, farming still is
:16:04. > :16:10.and many farmers have had to change their minds about the EU. The EU is
:16:11. > :16:16.about 500 million consumers and we can trade with them in an unfettered
:16:17. > :16:21.way and that has to be a benefit. Last year, farmer Tony told us why
:16:22. > :16:25.he was supporting remain. It was disappointing to come out of the EU
:16:26. > :16:31.but we will have a Brexit of some sort and so we have to get on with
:16:32. > :16:41.it. Now he's trying to be pragmatic. He says could also do well out of
:16:42. > :16:48.Brexit. There are 65 billion meals a year that the British food industry
:16:49. > :16:54.has to deliver and so that is a huge positive, a huge constant and I need
:16:55. > :16:59.to focus on that. He has concerns over the future of subsidies and
:17:00. > :17:03.access to foreign workers, but he accepts it is time to move on and
:17:04. > :17:10.try to make Brexit a success. The sort of trade deal with have an
:17:11. > :17:13.impact on the farming and fishing in our region. There is a lot at stake.
:17:14. > :17:15.Our road trips will continue on Monday when we go to Suffolk
:17:16. > :17:19.and look at the impact Brexit might have on trade in our ports.
:17:20. > :17:22.It's School Report Day across the BBC.
:17:23. > :17:24.900 schools are taking part across the country with pupils
:17:25. > :17:27.making reports on the radio, TV and online.
:17:28. > :17:31.And today, some young people from East Bergholt School,
:17:32. > :17:33.on the border between Essex and Suffolk, have been
:17:34. > :17:39.We'll speak to them in a moment, but first let's see the film
:17:40. > :17:54.you made about how social media has changed the way we get our news.
:17:55. > :18:02.Hello and today we are here at the BBC to see its news today is
:18:03. > :18:07.relevant to us. I get the news from my phone, it is quicker and
:18:08. > :18:12.accessible. We always want to hear about stories that are out there,
:18:13. > :18:19.that you guys know about. We also use Facebook and Twitter. Most of my
:18:20. > :18:24.news comes from my phone but I also like the wider world news, so what
:18:25. > :18:28.is going on in other parts of the world. My attention drifts between
:18:29. > :18:35.loads of different things. I want something quick. Here about the BBC,
:18:36. > :18:42.journalists are better using their phones to bring us the news. How
:18:43. > :18:47.important do you think that utilising new technology is? The
:18:48. > :18:51.world of gathering news is changing and we need to up our game and make
:18:52. > :19:01.sure we are using these devices to produce content for news. It is
:19:02. > :19:07.quite difficult for people to get to real news. With the news it is a
:19:08. > :19:12.problem because it is the stuff that is not the best news on the inside
:19:13. > :19:15.but has a good headline. We are probably never going to be
:19:16. > :19:25.traditional viewers of the news but there is still a place for TV news.
:19:26. > :19:33.It just needs to live in our world. They are impressive! They are here
:19:34. > :19:38.with us. Let's ask you, has it turned out to be the kind of day you
:19:39. > :19:50.thought it would be? Definitely, even better. It is so amazing to be
:19:51. > :19:55.here. Oscar, you deliver papers but you regional News online. It is
:19:56. > :20:00.quicker and it is on me on the time, my phone. Whenever I want to know
:20:01. > :20:07.the important information, just take out my phone. Jake, I am interested
:20:08. > :20:12.that all of you are interested in the news. What kind of news do you
:20:13. > :20:17.like hearing about? I tend to look at the news on my phone but I look
:20:18. > :20:28.at the stuff that is international rather than mainly this country.
:20:29. > :20:34.Global news? Yes. I won't embarrassing Dee and Paris Oscar by
:20:35. > :20:39.saying he looked at a story about a puppy but how long do something have
:20:40. > :20:47.to be to get you reading? I don't really mind. Depending on if it is
:20:48. > :20:52.something I am interested in, then I will read it but if it is not
:20:53. > :20:59.interesting, I will spend about 30 seconds. Where you surprised by what
:21:00. > :21:04.goes into making a TV news programme, the amount of work?
:21:05. > :21:15.Definitely. It is amazing. I had no idea. We all didn't really. But you
:21:16. > :21:24.will watch a longer report, won't you? Yes. You have been asked your
:21:25. > :21:31.views of the NHS which people can see online. If you go to our
:21:32. > :21:32.Facebook page. Thank you all so much for coming in. You have been
:21:33. > :21:34.brilliant. Jordan Bone was 15 when her
:21:35. > :21:37.life changed for ever. She was paralysed
:21:38. > :21:42.from the chest down and had to rebuild her
:21:43. > :21:45.life from scratch. She's a video blogger and has shared
:21:46. > :21:51.a lot of her journey with millions of followers
:21:52. > :21:53.on social media. Jordan's also been chosen
:21:54. > :21:56.as an ambassador for a campaign by L'Oreal-Paris and the Prince's
:21:57. > :22:15.Trust, which encourages young people I had this complete change of
:22:16. > :22:20.perspective. My life is in my hands. I started to believe in myself a lot
:22:21. > :22:25.more and just think, I have one life just like everyone else, why should
:22:26. > :22:31.I not live a good one? People need to realise that it is OK not to be
:22:32. > :22:36.OK because that is real life. The best piece of advice I would give is
:22:37. > :22:42.to believe in yourself. You have to believe in you before anyone else
:22:43. > :22:48.can. Jordan came in and we asked her what it was like to be chosen to be
:22:49. > :22:52.part of this campaign? It feels incredible. Years ago I would never
:22:53. > :22:58.have thought to be a part of something like that. I am so proud
:22:59. > :23:03.to be a part of it, because it can help change lives. So many people
:23:04. > :23:08.have self-doubt and for people to get confidence, it will make such a
:23:09. > :23:13.difference to their lives. I was looking at one of your earlier
:23:14. > :23:19.videos about your depression after your injury and how you didn't want
:23:20. > :23:25.people to see a wheelchair. I wanted people to see Jordan and I wanted to
:23:26. > :23:30.still be me. I just happen to be in a world share now and I got
:23:31. > :23:35.depressed because I did not think I would be successful or do the things
:23:36. > :23:41.that I am doing now and I turned that around by doing meditation and
:23:42. > :23:46.it really helped me. Now I think positively all the time. I have bad
:23:47. > :23:51.days because I am human but that is normal. I think people need to
:23:52. > :23:56.realise it is OK not to be OK and to seek out, but I do know now that
:23:57. > :24:03.despite being in a world chair I can live an amazing life. Your honesty
:24:04. > :24:07.has come out in your videos. You decided to do that because people
:24:08. > :24:15.were making comments about your make up videos where you do not have full
:24:16. > :24:20.use of your hands. I cannot move my fingers because of my paralysis and
:24:21. > :24:25.so people would ask, why can't you use your hands? I thought I would do
:24:26. > :24:30.a video and I explained my quadriplegia, I explained
:24:31. > :24:34.everything. I was an open book with what happened to me and people were
:24:35. > :24:40.surprised because although I have never hidden it, I had not discussed
:24:41. > :24:45.it. Have you had any particular people who have come to you and
:24:46. > :24:52.said, I was depressed, now I am doing something special? I have a
:24:53. > :24:57.lot of messages being sent to me, some well will say I needed your
:24:58. > :25:03.video today and that is a lot to me because someone had a bad day and
:25:04. > :25:07.has seen something that has inspired them. There have been so many people
:25:08. > :25:13.that have said it and it is so humbling. I feel like I am doing my
:25:14. > :25:20.job right. Seeing yourself on the billboards, what is that like?
:25:21. > :25:25.Crazy, surreal but amazing. Jordan great to speak to you.
:25:26. > :25:35.Congratulations. We hope you will go far. Such an impressive young woman.
:25:36. > :25:44.Good evening. The sunshine held on but it has turned much cloudier
:25:45. > :25:48.across the region now. Temperatures got to 16 Celsius. It will be cooler
:25:49. > :25:52.tomorrow and a cold night for tomorrow and a cold night for
:25:53. > :25:57.tonight. A lot of cloud across the region but it is dry. During the
:25:58. > :26:03.course of the evening, a weather front will bring some showers, some
:26:04. > :26:09.will be heavy. Colder air will be introduced behind. Although many of
:26:10. > :26:16.us will get down to four or 5 degrees, frost prone spots could be
:26:17. > :26:20.down to around two Celsius. The pressure pattern for tomorrow shows
:26:21. > :26:26.high-pressure holding on. This weather front coming in from the
:26:27. > :26:31.North but it will turn increasingly windy. A chilly start to the Dart
:26:32. > :26:38.break day and cooler. Sunny spells across eastern counties but the
:26:39. > :26:43.crowd is coming in from the West and it will cloud over much quicker than
:26:44. > :26:50.it did today. Temperatures will be cooler, around ten or 11 degrees.
:26:51. > :26:55.The wind swinging round to the north-west. A freshening wind and an
:26:56. > :27:02.area of rain, but generally for most of us, some rain across the region
:27:03. > :27:05.crossing from the North West and clearing out into the North Sea.
:27:06. > :27:11.This is the pressure pattern for the weekend. A little bit unsettled,
:27:12. > :27:17.windy. This weather system taking its time to clear on Saturday, so he
:27:18. > :27:24.could be a cloudy start to Saturday with outbreaks of rain. Temperatures
:27:25. > :27:32.are covering, up to 40 degrees. Mainly dry for Sunday but the odd
:27:33. > :27:38.isolated shower. -- 14 degrees. The weather has been beautiful this
:27:39. > :27:44.week. That is all from us. Have a good evening. Goodbye.
:27:45. > :27:51.It was the most beautiful view I've ever been through.
:27:52. > :27:57.For one second, I was swimming on my back, and I was looking to the sky.
:27:58. > :28:02.I was swimming across the Aegean Sea.
:28:03. > :28:18.I was a refugee, going from Syria to Germany.
:28:19. > :28:23.MasterChef is back, to find the country's best home chef.