17/01/2017 Look East

Hello and welcome to Look East with Stewart and me.

The headlines tonight, from Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk: The region's

biggest train operator sells 40% of the Greater Anglia franchise

We explain what it means for passengers.

This dog walker from Suffolk says she warned her local council

about the dangerous state of the cliffs, just two days

One of our heritage hotspots has got it licked.

And tonight's big TV match sees Ipswich Town trying again to get

It's been announced today that a Japanese investor has agreed

to take a 40% stake in the main rail service in this region.

The train operator Abellio says the partnership with Mitsui

will lead to "significant improvements" for passengers.

But the surprise announcement was criticised by unions

who said it made a "mockery" of the Government's

You may remember that Abellio won a nine-year franchise

to run the Anglia line into London Liverpool

Abellio is committed to an ambitious upgrade of the service,

including faster journey times and new carriages.

It's emerged tonight that the Government has

Let's get the full details now from our business

It was only last week that an Italian firm said it was buying

the c2c commuter franchise in Essex from National Express

This time a Japanese firm buying a big chunk

In the's a deal that comes at a critical time

It is only three months since the Dutch firm Abellio started

It was won on the back of a promise to transform services in Essex,

Suffolk and Norfolk through a ?1.4 billion investment.

A completely new fleet of trains will be introduced with the aim

of cutting average journey times by 10%.

Hundreds of carriages will be made in this yard in Derby.

The company Abellio is selling a stake to is Mitsui,

a Japanese conglomerate with interests in everything

Abellio won't say how much Mitsui is paying for it's 40% stake,

but this will be the first time a Japanese company

will be a shareholder in a British rain company.

It makes a mockery of the tendering process because tendering processes

are quite tough and they must satisfy safety grounds, customer

We have got this company who's coming out of the blue,

never been in the process and suddenly they are buying

Sports Direct getting involved in the train industry?

Japan's rail system is best known for it's 200 mile

Unfortunately for local commuters, there's no chance of any

Abellio says Mitsui was the best partner to help transform

Its promises include introducing regular 90-minute

services between Norwich and Liverpool Street,

all passengers will care about is whether such

So, Richard, why does Abellio want to sell such a big

Well, you need to remember that when Abellio first pitch for this

franchise it did so as part of the joint bid with another transport

company called Stagecoach. Stagecoach pulled out of the bed and

Abellio ploughed on on their own and won the franchise. It is now saying

that it was always it is intention and wish to be part of a

joint-venture. Basically you have got to bear in mind that when you

are running a major franchise like this over nine years, there are huge

risks and being part of a joint ventures breads those risks. --

spreads. Should we be concerned that this

company Mitsui was not part of the bidding process

considering it now owns 40% I think that is a fair point. Their

own mind, the Government was unaware of this Japanese interest before it

awarded the franchise, but bearing mind Abellio is still in charge. It

still owns 60% of the company and is still in charge of the operations of

the company. All terms and conditions of this new franchise

will have to be met otherwise the operators will be in hot water.

Mitsui is being vetted by the Department for Transport and the

Government act to put out a statement to light saying that it

would only approve this partial sale once both parties have satisfied us

that passengers will benefit from it. They were, basically checks are

being made to ensure that Mitsui is a fit and proper partner for

Abellio. A dog walker from Suffolk has told

Look East that she had contacted her local council

about the dangerous state of the cliffs at Thorpe Ness

two days before a man was killed. Maggie Scorer told Suffolk Coastal

Council about the dangers the day before the tidal surge

threatened to overwhelm I was just amazed

and horrified at the Maggie Scorer often walks her dog

Oscar along the speech. Maggie Scorer often walks her dog

Oscar along this beach. After noticing the clips

are being severely eroded, This was the day before Friday's

high tide, two days before I rang the council and reported my

concern and said that my point view unless something

was done, either putting a cordon to stop people going above and also

below, and certainly big signs to warn people about the dangers,

tragedy would happen. It is on Saturday that the cliff

collapsed, burying the man under tonnes

of clay and sand. Despite 40 people desperately trying

to dig him out, he was found Just three weeks ago,

there were 12 metres of clifftop between this

park bench and the sea. This cordon and signs have been

erected warning of the dangers, but there are still no

signs on the beach. The council says it

notified the landowner. I have spoken to the landowner

who didn't want to go on camera, he said he had spoken

to the family concerned. They are desperately

upset and he didn't want to add to their trauma, but he has

said that there were signs here before warning of the dangers

and he plans to put them back. I think it is important

to have signs on the beach now especially that the tides

are coming in higher than they used to because of the changes

in beach profile. People have been forced to walk

near the cliffs at higher tides. You just have to be careful

and he was unlucky, Maggie Scorer just wishes action

could have been taken to Tonight, he still hasn't

been officially named. His inquest is due

to be opened shortly. Police have released images

of the final two people who were in Bury St Edmunds

at the same time Corrie The airman from RAF Honington

disappeared after a night out Officers say these could be

potential witnesses. Essex has become the latest county

to announce an increase in council tax to help pay

for adult social care. Bills will be going up by 3%,

which will mean an extra ?35 pounds But many people in the care

industry believe it will be After the last minimum-wage

increase, it's really So that goes up, our utility bills

go up, our mortgage goes up, but yet Essex County

rates don't go up. Care home manager Ryan

telling it how it is. Essex County Council leader

David Finch has come to visit front-line care

workers in Colchester. Money is incredibly tight

in the care sector and there Where are residents expected to go

when care homes close? They can't possibly

live on their own. And carers coming in two or three

times a day is not the answer. The answer to is that is that

I don't have a short answer. My ask for both residents

and indeed care home providers is join us

that lobbying of Government to get Government to recognise it needs to

I said it earlier on, 22% of my population

The number of 85 year olds is doubling.

This is a disaster waiting to happen.

There is little Essex County Council can do to improve the look

There is a growing black hole for care that

councils like Essex are struggling to fill.

For this coming year, they are having to make ?106 million

And that is because central Government has been

As well as the financial pressure of a

And this year, more than ever people will turn 70.

The only thing Essex County Council can do is raise

The 3% rise in April will bring in ?17 million, but that

will only cover this year's wage increases for care workers.

Money is not the answer to everything.

We will continue to work with our suppliers,

If a care home goes bust, that does not suit us at all.

We will continue to work with how we innovate.

The crisis in care was never going to be

solved with this budget and Conservative administration says it

next month with their majority at full council.

Armed police are still in the village of Crowfield

near Ipswich investigating concerns about the welfare of a man

They were called last night and are trying to talk to the man.

They say there are no other people involved.

The police helicopter has also been in the area.

Stone Street is currently sealed off at the junction with Ipswich Road,

In football, some transfer news tonight.

The Norwich City defender Martin Olsson is going to Swansea

The clubs have agreed a fee of around ?4 million.

People living in Essex were urged today to have their say over

The section which links Braintree to the A12 is seen as an important

Today, a public consultation period was launched into five possible

Another busy day on the A120. Although described by one leader bys

resembling nothing more than a country lane, it is one of the main

arteries in the east. It links stance of airport to the docks in

Felixstowe. As well as being one of the most important roads, it is also

one of the most congested. It is suffered severe underinvestment for

years. A lot of it is still single carriageway. It is a very important

day because it is what we're calling a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Now people are being asked to their views for plans to build a better

road. From Braintree up until Marks Tay, a dual carriageway can take one

of these five possible routes. Our key is it that this road is

upgraded? Absolutely key. In addition to seeking genuine

consultation about the route that it should take, what we are also asking

is for the communities back the idea of the principal venue link between

Braintree and the eight well. It is vital to the trunk network system

that serves Essex and the surrounding communities. More

businesses will go up. It will be attracted to create jobs and people

to live here. Existing road is costing businesses money. You can

have orders that are delayed, people missing or being held up for

appointments, it is not just the time that is lost, it is the costs.

It is hoped the Government will find the money the next five years or so.

Not everyone will support the plan or the routes proposed. It

inevitably will mean a lot of countryside. -- a loss of

countryside. You're watching Look East

with Stewart and me. Stay with us for the story behind

the Royal Mail's new stamps. We're looking ahead to Lincoln

against Ipswich in the FA Cup. And how a satellite from this region

will be helping to improve Time is running out for people

who want to have their say over plans for a new nuclear power

station in Suffolk. French energy giant EDF wants

to build a new type of reactor Sizewell C would be the biggest

civil engineering project ever It would take up

to ten years to build The second round of

public consultation ends Our environment reporter

Richard Daniel has been looking A world-renowned nature reserve that

sits cheek by jowl to Sizewell. The project of the massive construction

site nearby is causing concern. From that, potential

to disturbed birds in the non-breeding season,

in the winter, but also in their breeding territories

if there is too much noise, impact on the water levels,

that could potentially affect their EDF say they are carrying out

surveys, but will not release detailed information until the final

stages. The building was a huge project, but with its twin reactors,

the building of Sizewell C would be on a completely different scale.

This is the existing site. It was objectively double its size. Added

to that, construction elements. There is an accommodation campus for

2400 workers. This is where part of the campus accommodation as EDF is

proposing is likely to be. Our position all along has been in order

for the region to benefit truly and for the local community's impact to

be reduced, it would be much more effective to split the campus

accommodation into more urban settings. Right next to the site

lies side well marshes. It is described as irreplaceable. A lot of

it would be loss of the road was built. A lot of that is of a

significant concern. We would also begin certain about the wider

platform build. The rating ground water through the more. We have our

moral and ethical right to minimise disruption and we accept there will

be disruption. There is a lot of benefits to be brought by this

project images up to us to get the balance in terms of minimising it

but also getting the benefits. Conservationists say that at this

stage they don't have sufficient information to get an understanding

of what the impact will be. It is clear now that there is plenty at

stake. A flint mine in Norfolk which dates

back 5,000 years is being featured in a new set of postage stamps

from the Royal Mail. In its heyday, Grime's Graves

was of national significance. The prehistoric site

near Thetford has been preserved It's one of several images

of Ancient Britain to be It looks like a lunar landscape,

the grass covered craters are what remain of more than 350 mineshafts

excavated between 3000 and 2000 BC. Miners used antlers

for picks in the hunt Miners used antlers for picks

in the hunt for rich seams of flint The miners at Grimes Graves

at this historic site now Despite the name, there

are no bodies buried here. This is the only Neolithic

flint mine in Britain that opens to visitors and for school

parties, it's the perfect history At Glade Primary in

Knappers Way Brandon, and their teacher who took

a school trip to the site. They visit filmed by

English Heritage including a I had lots of people

who were there and my friends were encouraging me to go

down there and not be scared, but I Once you go down, you see

all these kind of flint rocks When I go down there,

it was like my room They thought that Flint was really

special and they could make weapons The ancient house

Museum in Thetford has original artefacts from Grimes

Graves including this large slab of dark, glossy Flint

and this replica acts. It's beautiful natural science

as well as being of very great And you can go down the shafts,

the mineshafts, following in the footsteps of the Neolithic miners

and you can get a real sense of what A very atmospheric,

evocative and wonderful site. Grime's Graves comes

out of the shadows tonight is one of eight ancient

Britain's stamps available from Amazing pictures and the kids were

so enthusiastic. Next, how our region is helping

to improve the accuracy Yes, a satellite made in Stevenage

will be the first to measure wind The Aeolus satellite

is about to head for France for testing before being

launched into orbit. In Greek mythology, Aeolus

was the keeper of the winds. Now, it's the world's

first ever satellite designed to study the Earth's wind

patterns from space. It's going to collect more data

in one week than we have It's been built in a clean room

at Airbus to keep its glaze is It shines it through the atmosphere

and a telescope picked up the reflections of that

signal from the dust particles and the aerosols

in From this, we concede

the wind speed throughout At the minute we don't measure

of the wind in this way, we just use weather balloons that pop up

in individual points and radio songs There are huge parts

of the planet where we actually This will make it

much more accurate. It means that there

will be actual data rather than estimated data and that

should feed into more accurate Aeolus works by firing

a laser into the atmosphere It's reflected back

by molecules and clouds, that at a subtly different frequency

in what is called the It is the difference between these

two signals that gives This satellite which weighs

about the same as a Mini is going to be travelling

around the Earth at 27,000 When in its three-year

life span it will orbit There is all sorts of

fundamental building blocks to making a weather forecast,

but none really more important than But the wind is a really

complicated thing. It varies very dramatically

as you go up through What we can do with the satellite

is just get a much broader image and we needed know

what the winds are doing right now to be able to predict

the weather in the future. The data that Aeolus sends

back could lead to a breakthrough in our understanding

of the Earth's climate. The big football match

on the TV tonight is the FA Cup Third Round replay

between Lincoln City It's on Match of the Day

at eight o'clock. The studio line-up tonight includes

Ipswich legend Terry Butcher. How I do Terry? This could be a

banana skin, couldn't it? It could well be. Mick McCarthy's team have

not won two games in succession this season they would have to win to

play Brighton in the next round of the cup. As was in the first game,

Lincoln are a very good side frame National League team. A good number

of Ipswich Town fancier. They are buoyant, they have not lost at home,

they are a really good run. How important is to knight in far as

Mick McCarthy is concerned? Ipswich has gone out in the third round of

the cup over the last seven years, so it would be no shock if they do

go out, but it would be an absolute shocker they do go out to National

League opposition. The budget is around half a million mark whereas

Ipswich is considerably higher. They have got ambitions themselves. When

you look at the weight of the teams have played, there was no difference

between the sides. Lincoln was the better team. I expect them to come

out fighting because they know and a lot of the players know that Mick

McCarthy and their job is might be on the line if they go out. With a

very different state of affairs when you were there and things were going

so well. Yes, is so long ago. Remember playing against Bradford

and we drew a home to them and they were in the bottom division then we

went up to another team and we had to battle hard to win the replay. It

was a will have two battle very hard to win the replay today. If Tom

Lawrence can get on the ball, do against Lincoln and two against the

other team, then it will be very tough. A very old-fashioned cup ties

just like the old days. Does it matter to the club whether they stay

in the cup? Should they beat concentrating on the league? Any win

is a great win for Ipswich Town's point of view. The win against

Blackburn was great for three points. A win tonight will take them

through. A win is a win and when you are Ipswich's position, any kind of

win is a moral boost and a huge boost to the club. They will be

looking to just make progress and win a football match. It all breeds

confidence. Ipswich has some really hard matches coming up, but we every

team in the top nine. If they get through this, they have to play

Brighton as well who are playing very well. This is going to be as

tough as a championship match, if not tougher. What will be the final

school? I think you will go to extra time. So, it could be 1-1, it could

be won - whatever. I've got my fingers crossed for Ipswich.

Brilliant. Amazing how a bit of January start

to Lee Mack Sunshine lift the spirits. Here are some is on the

water. A reflection of sunshine and blue sky. Plenty of sunshine in

Frinton on Sea. If this does not help you feel a bit better,

hopefully this little chap wealth soaking up the winter sunshine. This

was the Norfolk coast. What a fantastic photograph. Today we have

had high pressure. That has kept is largely fine. This weather front has

been away to the north-west. The closer you word that front, the more

cloud you saw. Over the last few hours, this cloud has cleared away

for a time being. Under these clear skies, we've already got loads of

minus 12 minus two. Overnight tonight, a fairly widespread frost.

-- minus one or minus two. Thicker cloud coming down from the west. A

big question mark about how quickly this cloud will spread in. It may

produce a bit of drizzle, but most will be staying dry. Once the cloud

arrives, we will see the temperature is rising again. By the end of the

night, we could be a degree or so above freezing again. We will hold

onto light winds. Tomorrow, high pressure in charge. That front sits

to the north of us. The Linux sits west to east. It doesn't look like

that will generate more cloud and push it down further south. For many

of us, it will be a cloudy day compared to today. It will thin and

break at times. This out these in corner, we are expecting the best of

the brightness. Temperatures at best, well, I think about three and

five Celsius. We will hold onto light winds. The largely dry

conditions will continue into tomorrow evening. Thicker cloud will

produce a bit of patchy rain and drizzle here and there. That is

Wednesday. Some of this seeing more sunshine than others, but generally

more cloud around. Thursday and Friday, question marks over how much

cloud will be there. Pressure keeping it largely fine and dry.

Both days will be largely cloudy. Best chance of any sunshine in the

south. Debra disclosed to average. We may lose the frost overnight. We

may see the return of frost on Saturday night for some of us under

clear skies. Thank you very much. That is all from us. Having evening.

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