22/12/2016 Look East

She was such a lovely, bubbly person, always smiling. It is a

shame. A real shame. Placed in special measures

because of serious problems - this private mental health hospital

has only been open a few months. With Christmas just around the

corner, I am at Chelmsford city with a racecourse celebrating.

And after yesterday's delay, the Queen and Prince Philip

arrive at Sandringham to start their Christmas break.

We start tonight with tributes for a mother and her 12-year-old

daughter who died in a house fire in Braintree.

The police and the fire service have launched a joint investigation.

Her teachers say Emilia Kordaszewska was a delightful, friendly

and positive student who was always smiling.

Two other women were in the house at the time, but managed to escape

The family is Polish and tonight, there will be a special mass

This tragedy has been felt very deeply in the Polish community here

in Braintree and 100 or so members have gathered here at the church

where a mass has just started for Alina and Emilia, a mother and

daughter who could not escape a fire that torso quickly through their

home. Flowers and candles for a mother and daughter who died in a

fire, placed by colleagues who worked alongside Alina Kordaszewska.

She was such a lovely, bubbly person, always smiling. A shame, a

real shame. I literally spoke with her a couple of days ago and I asked

how was she doing for Christmas. She said she was still far away, as we

mentioned, they have been taken far too soon, far too soon. The fire

began around 10:30pm last night and neighbours told me the house went up

very quickly. There is desperate to help beaten back. Just could see a

glow in the back, oh my God, the house is on fire. I husband tried to

help her. She was trying to break the window. It had literally come

through, iPhones the Fire Brigade and about ten minutes after, they

arrived. But it is very scary to watch. The roof was alight, it

really went quickly and it kept stopping and starting up again. It

is a tragedy. Very, very heartfelt sympathy goes out to them all.

Living down this road, it is heartbreaking that something could

happen so quickly. Within hours, a fundraising page had collected

thousands. The timing of this fire so close to Christmas has heightened

the sense of tragedy. Kept the house, there were prayers for Alina

and the media as the investigation goes on. Emilia's score have issued

a tribute to her. The headteacher has expressed an article surplus.

This news is all the more distressing so close to Christmas.

The Fire Service still have not said how big in this fire may have

started. A mental health hospital in Norfolk,

which has only been open a few months, has been placed in special

measures by inspectors and could be forced to close

if improvements aren't made. The Care Quality Commission found

a number of "serious problems" at Mundesley Hospital,

including "staff not up Beds at the private hospital

are often taken up by NHS patients if no provision can

be found elsewhere. Mundesley Hospital wants to become

a renowned centre of excellence. Its Victorian building is said

to be more like a hotel than a private hospital,

but the CQC has rated It was inspected after

Terence O'Shea from the Campaign to Save Mental Health Services

reported their concerns to both the local mental

health trust and the CQC. I think it is unusual that

you can register a 27-bed psychiatric hospital,

start admitting patients in February, only be inspected

in September and have action taken During all of that time, people have

been receiving what appears to be This hospital used to be home to

a drug and alcohol treatment centre. It has since been taken over

by Elijah Adeyemi and Lee Allison who suffered a breakdown

16 years ago. He wanted to change the way mental

health is viewed and treated, but the hospital has been criticised

for staff not completing Strangulation risk assessments had

also not been reviewed. Amongst the criticisms in this CQC

report was that the hospital never reported any serious incident

since it opened despite In one case, a detained

patient left the hospital, was absent without leave,

the police were involved, but the CQC wasn't informed

and the staff did not log it fully. In the last six months,

the local mental health trust has sent 171 patients here,

allowing them to be treated The trust says it has been

reassured they are safe. No-one was available

from the hospital to talk to us today, but in a statement,

it says they are undoubtedly disappointed to read the report,

but with their ongoing developments, they are in a much different place

now to what they were three months The CQC says it will carry out

further inspections, including unannounced visits,

to ensure the necessary The north Norfolk MP Norman Lamb

is a former health minister who has campaigned for better care

for mental health patients. Late this afternoon,

he gave me his reaction These are serious failings and the

CQC has acted decisively on them. I think it is important to note that

the CQC found that the quality of care given by staff was good and

that is important to know. It is a very interactive environment that

people are in when they are there, but they have to address these

failings. They are trying to do things differently. Do you applaud

that? Yes, the traditional mental health ward is often absolutely not

therapeutic in any and particularly when people are held for a long

time, and so treating people in a nice environment which can be

therapeutic I think is incredibly important. We have to be much better

at keeping people out of hospital, much better preventive care,

supporting people at home but if people do need hospital care, that

sort of environment is a good one. Do you think the NHS should stop

sending people that? There is a responsibility on the trust to

ensure they are satisfied that patients will be safe, because that

is one of the critical things, ligature points which increase the

risk of suicide. You cannot get more serious than that. They have to be

satisfied that patients are absolutely safe, received good care

and stand a chance of recovery because that is ultimately what the

system should be aimed at. Does it bother you that so much time goes by

from a inspection to the time we hear about this? There is sometimes

a delay. These inspections are quite substantial and quite robust. I have

more faith in the Care Quality Commission now and the work that

they do because -- we should be reassured the findings they reach

are substantial. As far as you are concerned, this centre can keep

going into the New Year but needs to be checked regularly? Monitored

closely and it is important the trust continues inspecting.

The Newmarket-based jockey Freddy Tylicki has been moved out

of hospital to a specialist spinal unit The 30-year-old fell

He's paralysed from the waist down after a four-horse pile-up

He tweeted: "I've been waiting on this day for a long time."

So far, ?330,000 has been raised to help fund his rehabilitation.

Figures obtained by Look East show the number of rough sleepers

in Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk has gone up by 68% over

There are now 300 people sleeping rough in the three counties.

The biggest increase is in King's Lynn, where the figure

On the longest night of the year, a special service at all Saints Church

for the homeless. If you were here last night. Family break-up and

unaffordable rents forced leaked onto the streets for seven months.

Now he has a room in a house run by a local charity. The trust ensures

that he and other rough sleepers have a home for up to two years. I

just felt like it was better off ending it but glad I stuck it

through. One false move, you are out on the streets and there is not a

lot you can do about it which is when a lot of people turn to alcohol

and drugs. Figures obtained that show that while Southend has the

highest number of rough sleepers, King's Lynn has seen the biggest

spike from five to 42. EU migrants make up 25%, 40% are under 25 but

37% are women. Wade not for the trust, to date making up hampers,

the numbers would be even higher. Two of the main reasons are mental

health, a reduction in services there and the other one, key one is

around relationship breakdown. That is a big problem. We found evidence

of rough sleepers in car parks and back streets but many find refuge

away from potential danger. At this site, I was due to meet a rough

sleeper but was told he was reluctant to be filmed. He did not

pick up the phone? He picked up but put it down. Among those finding

themselves homeless or military veterans, a chef and architect and

it is not just about lack of accommodation, mental health

problems, addiction, fear of domestic abuse all played their

part. Carla has chosen to live in a caravan. There is a lot of suffering

going on, there are disabled people sleeping under car parks, not enough

hospital beds, it is exasperating. The plight of rough sleepers is

raised at this time of year but those who help the homeless note

that in the wake of Christmas, many on the streets will again become

invisible. Still to come tonight: Alex will be

here with the Christmas Day weather. We're at the races in Chelmsford

as Great Leighs celebrates And the amazing voice of 14-year-old

Breeze Redwine with her version As I'm sure you're aware

there are just two more shopping days until Christmas and tonight

is the last late night Of course, some people deliberately

leave their shopping until the very last moment,

hoping to pick up Our business correspondent

Richard Bond is with shoppers Did you know that these days we do a

quarter of our Christmas shopping online, but actually it is now too

late to place orders that way with most retailers, so what can you do?

All you can do is shop in person which is what people here have the

option to do tonight. Mike has been in Milton Keynes. Christmas Day now

just around the corner. Only two shopping days to go. As the UK's

largest single story shopping centre, this year pattern. Started

with Black Friday, the majority of online shopping takes place then, it

follows into December. We see significant increases and we expect

about 80% of shoppers to shop in the last two weeks of this month. Today,

long lines outside some shops. What they are calling here the man-.

Last-minute shopping by men. I have a list here. Take everything off and

then I can go home. Last-minute trip. 200 shops, one million square

feet. This year some retailers really busy. Sometimes you cannot

move in the store and this week it has been that way. Sales slowing

down for others. It has been unusual this year. Over the last eight

years, there has been steady growth. This year it has gone backwards.

There are a lot of people about, however full four has been down.

More than 2 million shoppers are expected in the run-up to Christmas,

around 600,000 in the last week, 100,000 on Christmas eve alone. Have

you done most of the shopping online? Online. We are just getting

a view last bits now. Note online. -- loads online. I like looking

around, I love the atmosphere and the decorations. A perfect present

for retailers, a late surge in sales. In this centre, that would

make it a magical Christmas. Here, they monitor shopping numbers using

their cameras and last week, a year ago, there were 195,000 people here.

The same week this year, 208,000. Colin is general manager. More

shoppers, are they spending more? Definitely. All of the managers have

been very happy with Christmas this year. Our people deliberately

leaving their shop late in order to catch bargains? I think it is very

much a man thing. We all tend to leave it a little bit late. Many of

the ladies have been shopping early. Christmas this year probably started

in the middle of November and carried through. Christmas Eve for

the on a Saturday. What difference will that make? Last time this

happened was 2011 and then we had 45,000 visitors on that Saturday

alone. A lot of experts are predicting it will be panic

Saturday. Thank you. The message from shopping centres like this is

if you have not done your shopping for Christmas this year, get a move

on but there is still time. As you have probably seen,

the Queen and Prince Philip have arrived at Sandringham in Norfolk

for their Christmas break. They should have travelled

yesterday, but they both They travelled by helicopter

and landed this afternoon. I spoke to the BBC's royal

correspondent Peter Hunt and put it him that there'd been quite

a change of plan. Very much so. The plan yesterday was

that the train would take the strain but as the Palace later revealed,

they have heavy colds so they could not go on the train, then this

afternoon, a helicopter whisked them away from London to Norfolk and now

they can start their delayed Christmas break at Sandringham. Has

the Palace given any update on their health? No. Once they are talking

about the Private health of these elderly monarchs, they believe they

are entitled to protect some of the information about them. It was

earlier this week that the Queen announced she would be stepping down

from some of her charity roles. How significant was that? What was

significant was that it reminded us that she is a 90-year-old head of

state who does not intend to resign, abdicate and so something has to

happen to insure her workload is eased and so that is why she has

given up these patronage is and you see she has not done any long-haul

travel outside of Europe in five years, and when she does invest a

chirpy 111 more of those are done by Prince William and Prince Charles.

What she will see is that she will continue to delegate some of her

duty is which she -- while she continues to reign. What more do we

know of her plans for Christmas at Sandringham? Christmas Day we will

be able to establish the nature of the recovery of the Queen and Prince

Philip. The Queen is normally driven to church and Prince Philip, he

always tended to favour walking the short distance to the church. Thank

you. I'm sure lots of you

remember the Great Leighs It opened in a blaze of publicity

and closed soon after. It re-opened a couple of years ago

as the Chelmsford City Racecourse and now it's celebrating

it's second birthday. And business at the new all-weather

circuit is booming. It's had more than 250,000

racegoers, lots of fixtures and prize money has also

been going up. Tom Williams has spent

the day at the races. What a difference two years can

make. Chelmsford city racecourse today in all its glory. Still

looking shiny and new and a festive feel for its final fixture of the

year on its second anniversary. We have raced 120 times since we

opened. We also trade seven days a week. Christmas parties have gone

fantastic and the investment, we have put a lot of money into this.

It is an independent West Coast. They have transformed the venue

which now makes money on no -- non-race days. In two years, over a

quarter of a million people have gone racing. We have ?100,000 in

prize money today. It is superb. We have a champion jockey here, all the

trainers, the big training centre is good, the best racing surface in the

world. It is quite buzzing today, really busy. Everyone seems in well

festive spirit. We are here for a good laugh. What a lovely day. Great

please closed in January in 2009. It went into administration less than a

year after launching. It was a sorry sight. I'm not but now cherished

again. It is improving all the time. One or two problems with the service

because it had been dormant for a long time. But they have done a

great lot of work on it and it is much better now. First race and a

winner for this year 's champion jockey and by some distance. Best

start in a new job so great to get a winner. The racecourse has only been

open for two years. What is it like? A good track. The prize money is

critically important. We attract competitive racing and good horses.

They plan to build a new grandstand, grass track and on-site training

facilities to make Chelmsford not only one of the finest racecourses

in the country but in Europe also. Now the weather. If you are hoping

for a white Christmas, you will be disappointed. It will be

exceptionally mild and quite windy. Some cold weather today but

beautiful weather as well. A frosty start for many of us this morning.

Quite chilly out there at the moment with clear skies across much of the

reason -- region. High-pressure does mean we will be in for another

chilly night tonight. Right overnight with long, clear spells.

Temperatures for many getting down to freezing. We are expecting a

force to form and these are the sorts of temperatures we will record

in towns and cities. A chilly start tomorrow. The big feature of

tomorrow's whether his storm Barbra, heading to the north of Scotland.

What it will mean for us is it will get increasingly windy but it is

expected to stay dry through the day with that Wayne arriving later on.

Mist and fog. These winds whipping up from the south-west, so by the

afternoon, these are our average wind speeds. As this rain band comes

through, and those winds pick up even more, it will be through the

evening very windy. We could record gusts of around 40 mph. That rain

clears and we are into a dry forecast for Christmas Eve and for

Christmas Day, they get this push very mild air. We may set some

records for Christmas Day, but before then, Christmas eve is a

little chilly. Temperatures around eight Celsius and then into the

mid-teens for Christmas Day. He wins he is a little bit for Christmas Eve

but then pick up again for Christmas day. Next week some fine days and

cold nights. Tonight and tomorrow,

we're ending the programme Tomorrow, it's the choir

of Norwich Cathedral singing Ding Dong Merrily On High,

but tonight, something It's a song made famous

by Greg Lake, who died So here is 14-year-old

Breeze Redwine, who was discovered by BBC Introducing, accompanied

on guitar by Lisa Redford # They said there'll

be snow at Christmas # They said there'll be peace

on earth # But instead it

just kept on raining # A veil of tears for

the virgin birth # The winter's light

and a distant choir # And that Christmas tree

smell # And their eyes full

of tinsel and fire # And I remember one

Christmas morning # And I looked to the sky

with excited eyes # 'Till I woke with a yawn

in the first light of dawn # And I saw him and

through his disguise # I wish you a hopeful

Christmas # I wish you a brave

new year # All anguish, pain

and sadness # Leave your heart,

let your road the clear # They said there'd

be snow at Christmas # They said there'd

be peace on earth Let's make this the best

Christmas ever. If it's going to be my last

Christmas, we might as well make it one to

remember.