09/01/2017 Look East (West)

Hello, welcome to a new week on Look East.

On Monday's programme: Sacked after eight months in charge -

the Cobblers manager gets the boot after a run of defeats

Forced to share her ambulance with a dog.

Paramedics apologise to an 86-year-old after picking up

And will we see snow? I'll have all the details in the weather.

The hunt for a new manager for Northampton Town is on.

Rob Page was sacked today after the team's 5-0 drubbing

at Bristol Rovers at the weekend - which he controversially described

It was, though, the Cobblers' eighth loss in ten games,

Another seat needs filling at Sixfields -

this time it's the manager's, Rob Page lasting just eight months.

The Cobblers, who are 16th in League 1, were humiliated

at Bristol on Saturday - 4-0 down after 25 minutes,

The pressure telling in this post-match interview.

Actions speak louder than words, and I thought it was men

Not boys - it was men against girls and that - that is -

His comments didn't cause his sacking,

He was very angry about the way the players had let him down

and he tried to find the appropriate way to describe that particular

disappointment and he came up with completely the wrong kind

of comparison - the wrong kind of versus, if you like.

I don't think it was a reason why he lost his job -

that's to do with the form of the team.

It's all sad to see someone lose their job but I think

it was inevitable with the way the performances have been

It's been going downhill, and Saturday was...well, woeful.

The writing's been on the wall for Rob Page these last few weeks,

and chairman Kelvin Thomas pretty much alluded to that

The pressure to be manager in this dugout has been intense -

particularly when you consider the success of last season

It was always going to be hard for Page to follow

Had he had more time, he might have achieved it.

He was too quick, maybe, to dismantle the side from last

This club has, frankly, had enough drama to last a lifetime.

The club aren't in a relegation battle just yet.

This sacking is supposed to stop the rot.

Rob Page was supposed to offer consolidation, not another

Staying with football, and Cambridge United are out

of the FA Cup after a 2-1 home loss to Leeds United.

Tom, a big disappointment for fans who braved the rain there tonight?

Yes, they did. An entertaining cup tie. 45 minutes looked like a giant

killing was on. You barely would have known there were two divisions

between the two sides. Cambridge United from League 2 dominated early

on and took a deserved lead. Uche Ikpeazu with a goal. The ball came

to him after a free kick. He blasted it in at the near post and great

celebrations. For all Cambridge's determination, they didn't get the

second goal. The championship side punished them early in the

second-half. Stuart Dallas meet 1-1 and a decisive second full squad.

2-1 to Leeds, but the rich fans enjoyed it. The first 20, 30

minutes, it will all Cambridge, brilliant. Did you think the upset

was on? It could have been. Definitely a game of two halves.

Uche held up really well. A totally different game. Lead study to them

in the second half and Cambridge couldn't stay with it. With me this

the chief executive of Cambridge. You pushed them so close. A

disappointing night tonight the club disappointing night tonight the club

can be proud of. The first half, the players were outstanding, the cloud

with outstanding, a full house. We pushed them and we needed the second

goal and were disappointed with their goals, but it is an act the

club can be proud of. We now have to attack the second half of the season

and try to get into the top positions. Thanks very much. Their

FA Cup adventure is over. Attention FA Cup adventure is over. Attention

now back to the leak and those now back to the leak and those

play-off positions. Leeds tonight in the cup proved to be a step too far.

In other news, a man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of murder

Police say they were called to property on Houghton Road

following reports of violence just after midday yesterday.

A man was found dead, while a woman was also injured.

The death is being treated as "suspicious".

Next tonight, the great-great-grandmother forced

to share her ambulance with a stray dog.

Brenda Wilding was being taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital

in Cambridge when, to her amazement, the ambulance crew stopped to pick

For Brenda Wilding, taking heavy medication has

Recovering from chemotherapy, the 86-year-old developed serious

stomach pains in November and called an ambulance.

Minutes after leaving her Littleport home, paramedics pulled over

on the A10 and got out of the ambulance to

All this time this is happening, the paramedics go

After stopping for a second time minutes later, paramedics then took

the decision to bring the dog into the ambulance.

All the while, Brenda was vomiting violently.

It was like living through a nightmare.

The whole experience was very, very bad.

In a statement, the Ambulance Service apologised to

But it was a letter sent to Brenda's granddaughter that has

enraged the family - paramedics insisting Brenda

was happy to share an ambulance with a dog because of ornaments seen

I mean, I've got ornaments of horses in my house but you wouldn't expect

The Ambulance Service has yet to contact Brenda directly.

Her daughter Linda says she deserves better.

My daughter was the one who's fought her grandmother's corner.

There's been no apology whatsoever from anybody to Mum.

In remission from bladder cancer, Brenda will be back in hospital

in the coming weeks but says she'll now think twice before

A woman's dream to create a centre for disabled

people in Hertfordshire - is now a reality.

In five years, the number of people using the workshops run

by Jackie Nealon has grown from three to 300 -

so today she opened new premises in Letchworth.

Thanks for being patient and waiting.

Today is the first time the people who love Jackie's Drop-in got

to see the new centre, welcomed by Billy Byrne

This has been a mammoth DIY project in itself -

from derelict building to a haven for people who can feel isolated.

We've got loads of new good rooms here.

Crochet, making tea and coffees, being on the counter sometimes.

Every day you come here, there's always different people here,

there's always something different going on.

Started by support worker Jackie with ?1 five years ago,

it flourished after her daughter Zoe put an appeal on Facebook.

Also helped by her two sons, the realisation that 300 people

will use this brand-new centre only just beginning to sink in.

It just doesn't seem real that this happened

and it's quite emotional, really, to be honest with you.

Staffed by volunteers, it relies entirely on donations.

After it outgrew its old premises, Jackie's Drop-in received a ?10,000

grant from the local heritage foundation to secure this site.

When you meet the guys, they've got so much energy,

so much enthusiasm and they care so much for all the people

Those visiting here can feel part of the community and part of one

That's all from me - but there's a lot of weather

coming our way this week, so here's Julie with the details.

Well, over tonight, we're going to have a little bit

of patchy rain feeding down from the northwest, but some

The strength of the winds should prevent a frost for many of us,

but under those clear skies, temperatures actually could drop

a degree or so lower than these values -

down to around 1 Celsius - so we can't rule out

And then tomorrow, there may be a bit of patchy

rain around first thing, but for many of us, a fine and dry

start to the day with some brightness and sunshine.

As we head into the afternoon, cloud thickening from the west

and eventually some rain starting to move in.

Temperatures tomorrow reaching highs of around 8 Celsius,

And we finish the day largely cloudy with this mainly light and patchy

Then on Wednesday, we've got a cold front moving through.

Once it's gone, we're going to have much colder air feeding

down from the northwest, so it'll be a mild, cloudy start

with perhaps some patchy rain, then becoming brighter

Temperatures initially around 9 or 10 Celsius,

but as that colder air feeds down from the northwest, I think we'll

actually see the temperatures falling away closer to 7 Celsius.

And then on Thursday, tightly packed isobars,

which means it's going to be a windy day and bitterly cold.

Some spells of sunshine, a scattering of showers

which could turn a bit wintry, perhaps a little bit of snow mixed

in, but at the moment it shouldn't cause any problems.

And it's really the same for Friday - after a very

cold and frosty start, sunshine and showers and, again,

In a minute, Jay has the national forecast,

but I'll leave you with the outlook for next weekend.

precipitation we get will be of a wintry nation and Thursday is one we

have