:00:00. > :00:07.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
:00:08. > :00:09.Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight,
:00:10. > :00:12.Dean Saunders killed himself in jail after being let down
:00:13. > :00:14.Tonight, the Justice Secretary Liz Truss apologises
:00:15. > :00:24.When we detailed Dean's case and pointed out
:00:25. > :00:33.all the failings, Liz Truss said, "Yes, we agree."
:00:34. > :00:34.Rising standards in Norfolk's schools.
:00:35. > :00:49.How this wooden frame appears to be changing some people's lives.
:00:50. > :00:51.And I am here in Northampton, where a multi-million
:00:52. > :01:04.pound redevelopment of the museum has begun.
:01:05. > :01:07.First tonight, the parents of a man who killed himself in prison
:01:08. > :01:10.say they have been given an apology, at last, from the Justice Secretary,
:01:11. > :01:14.Dean Saunders was mentally ill when he electrocuted himself
:01:15. > :01:19.at Chelmsford Prison last January. A year later, the prison ombudsman
:01:20. > :01:21.ruled he should have been treated in hospital.
:01:22. > :01:27.Then, an inquest jury ruled both that there were serious failings
:01:28. > :01:29.in both the mental health and prison systems.
:01:30. > :01:31.Today, Dean's parents met the Justice Secretary
:01:32. > :01:44.Robbie West reports from Westminster.
:01:45. > :01:47.For the parents of Dean Saunders, today's meeting is what they wanted
:01:48. > :01:55.since the day they found out their son was dead.
:01:56. > :02:03.Before the meeting, the more wanting assurances that the prison system
:02:04. > :02:17.would be reformed. I want to know why they have left this sort of. It
:02:18. > :02:20.has been out of sight, out of mind. I want to not just going to be new
:02:21. > :02:26.measures. Dean Saunders was
:02:27. > :02:28.a stay-at-home dad. After a paranoid episode,
:02:29. > :02:30.he attempted to take his own life. His father tried to stop him
:02:31. > :02:33.and was injured in the process. Dean was arrested and processed
:02:34. > :02:36.through the criminal justice system. Whilst in Chelmsford Prison,
:02:37. > :02:38.he took his own life. The inquest discovered that neglect
:02:39. > :02:40.contributed to his death. A jury said there were serious
:02:41. > :02:43.failings in both mental health care The Justice Secretary announced
:02:44. > :02:52.this week there will be up to a ?5,000 pay increase
:02:53. > :02:54.for prison officers in London and the south-east, in an attempt
:02:55. > :02:56.to boost numbers. Critics say that is
:02:57. > :03:09.too little, too late. The parents went into the meeting
:03:10. > :03:12.wanting more than money invested in the prison system. They wanted an
:03:13. > :03:24.apology and an assurance that the mistakes which cost Dean Saunders
:03:25. > :03:29.his life would not be repeated. She did apologise. When we detailed all
:03:30. > :03:38.the feelings, she agreed. I want to see action. Anything that does
:03:39. > :03:45.happiness come too late. But hopefully it will not happen to
:03:46. > :03:50.anyone else's son. They hope the promises made in today's meeting
:03:51. > :03:58.will change the prison system. Any other families going through the
:03:59. > :04:04.same pain that they did. We wanted to contact the Justice Secretary on
:04:05. > :04:08.this issue, but she declined. The family believe that if the promises
:04:09. > :04:10.they were given at the meeting followed through and, it will
:04:11. > :04:15.prevent a tragedy like this happening again.
:04:16. > :04:17.Yesterday on this programme, we looked at the changes
:04:18. > :04:19.to business rates which will be introduced in April.
:04:20. > :04:22.In some places, where property prices and the cost of renting
:04:23. > :04:23.are higher, there will be big increwases.
:04:24. > :04:26.A managing director from Norfolk got in touch to say that
:04:27. > :04:29.Our business correspondent Richard Bond reports from Reedham.
:04:30. > :04:41.Handy for the blind and the partially sighted.
:04:42. > :04:43.The company which founded them was formed by Dick Carey.
:04:44. > :04:45.It employs 18 people in Reedham on the Norfolk Broads.
:04:46. > :04:47.Having recently moved into larger premises,
:04:48. > :04:49.it did expect its business rates to rise.
:04:50. > :04:55.But not to nearly ?9,000 a year, as they will shortly.
:04:56. > :04:57.We were anticipating that they may double,
:04:58. > :05:00.but they have actually gone up more than three times.
:05:01. > :05:02.The government may be claiming that business rates in this
:05:03. > :05:04.area are going down, but that is certainly
:05:05. > :05:06.not our experience. And I very much doubt
:05:07. > :05:12.it is the experience of many other small businesses.
:05:13. > :05:15.The business is in Reedham, which in is the Broadland
:05:16. > :05:17.According to the government, businesses here should
:05:18. > :05:21.see an average reduction in the business rate of 6%, come April.
:05:22. > :05:23.So, what is the experience of other local firms here?
:05:24. > :05:34.The Humpty Dumpty microbrewery in Reedham them supplies
:05:35. > :05:36.The Humpty Dumpty microbrewery in Reedham supplies
:05:37. > :05:42.It employs ten staff and will see a modest rise in its business rates.
:05:43. > :05:44.We are currently paying ?2,870 in business rates.
:05:45. > :05:47.Based on the valuations, I think it is going to
:05:48. > :05:49.go up by a modest amount, to maybe ?2,900.
:05:50. > :05:55.Reedham Ferry is a collection of businesses, including
:05:56. > :05:57.a pub and restaurant, touring park and a car
:05:58. > :06:00.It is another village business to see another small rise in
:06:01. > :06:06.The cost for them is going up from ?17,000 a year to ?18,000.
:06:07. > :06:08.We have been quite lucky here with the company.
:06:09. > :06:13.But you look at other people and they are jumping up and
:06:14. > :06:16.It is an unscientific survey of one village,
:06:17. > :06:19.but in an area where business rates are supposed to be going down,
:06:20. > :06:27.we could not find a single firm paying less.
:06:28. > :06:29.Jackie Crisp is from Roche Chartered Surveyors in Norwich.
:06:30. > :06:32.Earlier this afternoon, I asked her about the confusion over
:06:33. > :06:40.the business rate changes. What was she seeing on the ground?
:06:41. > :06:43.It very much depends on the sector that you are in.
:06:44. > :06:44.Retail has been hit very, very badly.
:06:45. > :06:46.Specifically, as you featured on the programme last
:06:47. > :06:49.night, a couple of places that have seen tremendous retail rent and
:06:50. > :06:57.But does it mean, in places like Southwold,
:06:58. > :06:59.small independent stores are going to be
:07:00. > :07:10.When we looked at a number of companies
:07:11. > :07:12.going in and paying large rents, at that
:07:13. > :07:14.time, with the rates set, it would have an affect
:07:15. > :07:28.on the rateable value for the rest of the town.
:07:29. > :07:30.So should this all have been predictable for
:07:31. > :07:32.those businesses? Should they have seen this coming?
:07:33. > :07:33.I do not think individual businesses could have
:07:34. > :07:35.known about this piece of information.
:07:36. > :07:37.We certainly knew it because we valued premises.
:07:38. > :07:39.We valued specific premises in Southwold and that
:07:40. > :07:42.alerted us to the fact that rent and rates were going to go up
:07:43. > :07:43.substantially in those particular areas.
:07:44. > :07:52.But that was not common knowledge, no.
:07:53. > :07:55.This has comes as a big shock to a lot of businesses.
:07:56. > :07:57.What are they supposed to do about it?
:07:58. > :08:01.Up until April 1st this year, they can check check that the
:08:02. > :08:05.Check the floor areas, check the use of the premises is correct.
:08:06. > :08:07.Check that all the basic facts are correct.
:08:08. > :08:09.They can contact the valuation office and they will
:08:10. > :08:11.hopefully take into account people's views and rectify the situation.
:08:12. > :08:13.After April 1st, you can actualy challenge the value
:08:14. > :08:17.If you cannot agree with that valuation, valuation, you
:08:18. > :08:32.Does this always happen when that there is a
:08:33. > :08:35.restructuring and a look again at the business rates?
:08:36. > :08:37.The last time this happened was in 2010.
:08:38. > :08:40.We are seven years down the line and that is what has
:08:41. > :08:46.created the majority of the problems, yes.
:08:47. > :08:48.The Buttermarket shopping centre in Ipswich has been sold
:08:49. > :08:51.It was bought by The National Grid Pension Fund.
:08:52. > :09:03.The previous owners bought it two years ago for just over ?9 million.
:09:04. > :09:12.Beccles Hospital has reopened to in-patients today,
:09:13. > :09:23.A meeting has been held tonight about the closure of two clinical
:09:24. > :09:26.groups. A petition against the closure has 3000 signatures.
:09:27. > :09:27.Beccles Hospital has reopened to in-patients today,
:09:28. > :09:30.to help tackle the problem of bed blocking at the
:09:31. > :09:33.?1.5 million pounds has been spent on the refurbishment of
:09:34. > :09:36.There are still 20 beds, but there are more
:09:37. > :09:40.The focus is on rehabilitation and getting people back home.
:09:41. > :09:43.It has been designed to be dementia-friendly.
:09:44. > :09:46.including therapists and social workers.
:09:47. > :09:48.Before this, the hospital took referrals from GPs.
:09:49. > :09:50.Now, it will take them from the Paget.
:09:51. > :09:51.Schools in Norfolk are getting better,
:09:52. > :09:53.according to new figures released by the council.
:09:54. > :09:55.For years, they have been criticised for
:09:56. > :09:58.But now the percentage of schools classed as either good
:09:59. > :10:00.or outstanding has reached 89%, which is equal to
:10:01. > :10:06.I need someone to be the decimal point.
:10:07. > :10:08.A year four mathematics class at this Scarning
:10:09. > :10:17.Once rated as "requires improvement", Scarning is now rated
:10:18. > :10:19.It has been helped by the school improvement
:10:20. > :10:27.I think, as a school, it's given us a lot of direction and
:10:28. > :10:30.focus and it's allowed us to tailor things to suit the school,
:10:31. > :10:32.which we have then been able to feed back to the staff,
:10:33. > :10:36.which has then had a direct impact on children.
:10:37. > :10:39.Better To Best provides schools with help from anything, ranging from
:10:40. > :10:42.preparing for a visit from Ofsted to a piece of work on school values,
:10:43. > :10:49.which year six at the school have been looking at.
:10:50. > :10:54.Whenever we are stuck in lessons, the teachers
:10:55. > :11:05.We have got this box that we put tokens into, so when people
:11:06. > :11:07.are helpful and friendly to each other, they get a prize.
:11:08. > :11:10.It was the former head of Ofsted, Sir Michael Wilshaw,
:11:11. > :11:12.who came to Norfolk and gave headteachers a good telling off.
:11:13. > :11:14.And it worked. Because schools here
:11:15. > :11:15.are now improving. Today, headteachers
:11:16. > :11:18.were at the launch of the new Viscount Nelson Education Network,
:11:19. > :11:27.a not-for-profit organisation which will now run the programme.
:11:28. > :11:29.The idea always was from Norfolk County Council,
:11:30. > :11:32.that within a period of time, they would stop pushing school
:11:33. > :11:34.improvement from the centre of the county council and that it
:11:35. > :11:37.would go back to the schools and they would be leading it themselves.
:11:38. > :11:41.Of course, three or four years ago, we weren't in a position for schools
:11:42. > :11:49.to feel strong enough to do that thing and now we are.
:11:50. > :11:51.It is approximately ?3,000 a year to buy into.
:11:52. > :11:54.You can also top up for extra things that you want.
:11:55. > :11:56.We feel, as a school, that it is extremely
:11:57. > :11:59.good value for money. We have got an awful lot out of it.
:12:00. > :12:01.240 schools across Norfolk are now part of the
:12:02. > :12:04.Better To Best programme. At Scarning and elsewhere,
:12:05. > :12:07.across Norfolk, they are proud of the improvements they have made.
:12:08. > :12:26.But also remain aware that there is much more to do.
:12:27. > :12:29.Still to come tonight, Alex will be here with news
:12:30. > :12:32.And "the train that floats in the sky".
:12:33. > :12:44.Rare pictures of a space-age railway with a test track in the Fens.
:12:45. > :12:47.It is nearly three months now since free range poultry flocks
:12:48. > :12:50.were shut indoors, to try to prevent the spread of bird flu.
:12:51. > :12:52.Next week, birds in some places will be allowed out,
:12:53. > :12:58.while others in so-called high risk areas will have to stay inside.
:12:59. > :13:00.Today, an expert in bird migration told Look East
:13:01. > :13:03.that the risk of bird flu could continue all through the summer.
:13:04. > :13:13.But first, our environment reporter Richard Daniel reports.
:13:14. > :13:21.It is an industry which has been in lockdown since December. Thousands
:13:22. > :13:33.of prods potentially at risk from the strain of bird flu kept indoors.
:13:34. > :13:44.If they had to stay indoors, many producers fear they will lose a lot
:13:45. > :13:49.of stock. It is not going away. Last week, confirmation of the first case
:13:50. > :13:57.in the region. Some vets believe that firearms closest to the water
:13:58. > :14:09.remain at the greatest risk. Why is that? It attracts many whale barbs.
:14:10. > :14:15.Politically, ducks. They believed docs are one of the most important
:14:16. > :14:26.characters -- carriers. From the end of the month, certain to certain
:14:27. > :14:31.conditions, barbs will be allowed out once again if they are in the
:14:32. > :14:36.wake area on this map. Those on the red areas will have to remain
:14:37. > :14:45.indoors. But many farmers are unconvinced. They see that no media
:14:46. > :14:50.is completely safe. -- area. Dr Andy Musgrove is from
:14:51. > :14:53.the British Trust for Ornithology. Late this afternoon,
:14:54. > :15:05.I asked him which wild birds Most of the whale barbs that have
:15:06. > :15:16.been found to have it in the United Kingdom have been water-based barbs,
:15:17. > :15:19.like ducks, geese and swans. But that is maybe because only larger
:15:20. > :15:29.birds are more likely to be detected. So it is not likely to be
:15:30. > :15:38.songbirds, the smaller ones? That is not thought likely. He did not give
:15:39. > :15:46.phone carrying disease. It is mostly thought to be more prevalent in
:15:47. > :15:55.water birds. These are large barbs which are congregating in large
:15:56. > :16:04.numbers. These other situations in which evaders can multiply. A lot of
:16:05. > :16:16.things going to change over the next few years? It is a disease which has
:16:17. > :16:19.been with us for many years. It is simply that the strain of it has
:16:20. > :16:26.changed, in the same way as the strain of the likes of influenza
:16:27. > :16:33.virus changes. It is not going to go be any time soon. People treat
:16:34. > :16:37.industry is really going to have to think about what this means. Thank
:16:38. > :16:41.you very much for joining us. A simple wooden frame that allows
:16:42. > :16:43.people with multiple It costs just a few hundred pounds,
:16:44. > :16:49.but some people say it has At the moment, the frame is not
:16:50. > :16:53.available on the NHS. So, a physiotherapist from Norfolk
:16:54. > :16:55.is setting up a national trial Our health reporter Nikki Fox
:16:56. > :17:17.visited one patient, A simple frame, but one which is
:17:18. > :17:24.read a real difference to Linda and Robert. She was diagnosed with MS
:17:25. > :17:30.six years into the marriage. That was 30 years ago. Last year, she
:17:31. > :17:39.could not walk, but the addition of this wooden frame has made all their
:17:40. > :17:43.change. I am able to feel my body again, not just been swamped in a
:17:44. > :17:54.cheer. You do not realise what you lose. It has made me feel a normal
:17:55. > :17:58.person again. The frames cost ?500 and are used in the national rail
:17:59. > :18:05.service for patients with spinal problems. But for them to be made
:18:06. > :18:14.available to MS sufferers, they have to be proven to be effective. That
:18:15. > :18:23.is why a clinician is doing a project involving 70 sufferers of
:18:24. > :18:28.MS. We want to use interventions which have been effective. The only
:18:29. > :18:40.way we can do that is to conduct a random trial. The couple travelled a
:18:41. > :18:44.lot in the marriage. The weather was so bad. Last year, the council do
:18:45. > :18:50.cruise because Brenda could not manage it. But thanks to the frame
:18:51. > :18:55.improving muscle strength, the cruisers once again on the cards. It
:18:56. > :19:02.is amazing the difference between this time last year. She has a
:19:03. > :19:07.totally different person. Just a simple piece of equipment like that
:19:08. > :19:19.can do so much. The trial still needs more volunteers. If results
:19:20. > :19:24.show the difference is noticeable, they could be available for
:19:25. > :19:27.sufferers of MS on the national Health Service.
:19:28. > :19:29.When Northampton Borough Council decided to sell an Egyptian
:19:30. > :19:31.statue called Sekhemka, the story made headlines
:19:32. > :19:35.They may have made ?8 million, but they had broken the golden rule
:19:36. > :19:37.of museums - never sell off your prize exhibits.
:19:38. > :19:38.But the council ploughed on regardless
:19:39. > :19:40.and is reinvesting a lot of the money
:19:41. > :19:43.to build an extension to its museum and art gallery.
:19:44. > :19:45.While the work is carried out, the museum is being packed up,
:19:46. > :19:51.to keep everything safe. This from Louise Hubball.
:19:52. > :20:01.Packing away more than 12,000 shoes. These include Queen Victoria 's
:20:02. > :20:14.shoes from 1840. In more recent additions from the film Kinky Boots.
:20:15. > :20:20.The museum is about to go on a ?14 million refurbishment programme. It
:20:21. > :20:27.will of the new extension. This piece will be larger and brighter
:20:28. > :20:31.and more of a journey through time. It is how the council raise the
:20:32. > :20:40.money to pay for it which was controversial. It sure -- sold off a
:20:41. > :20:43.4000 -year-old Egyptian statue, attracting widespread condemnation.
:20:44. > :20:48.They lost the arts Council accreditation in process. How far
:20:49. > :20:55.has the reputation of the museum been damaged? It has been. We are
:20:56. > :21:00.trying to improve the relationship again. Obviously, that what we're
:21:01. > :21:08.doing, they Babel CBI reinvesting the money. It will be a real asset
:21:09. > :21:17.for the tone. Everyone is focused on getting the museum packed up so the
:21:18. > :21:21.extension work can begin. The Stone Age and Roman section is top of the
:21:22. > :21:34.list for being catalogued. I have got the number. Coming along with
:21:35. > :21:40.Adam is his support worker, I get to support his rule being involved with
:21:41. > :21:43.the objects and the history of Northampton. They are looking for
:21:44. > :21:52.more volunteers to help with the move. It is expected to reopen to
:21:53. > :21:55.the public in automotive X year. -- autumn of next year.
:21:56. > :21:57.The Swinging Sixties were an age of change.
:21:58. > :22:07.The Hovertrain was dubbed "the train that floats in the sky" -
:22:08. > :22:10.a space-age passenger vehicle that would eventually take people
:22:11. > :22:19.It was tested in the Fens until the government withdrew funding.
:22:20. > :22:21.Now, archaeologists at Cambridge University have made
:22:22. > :22:31.a film about this very strange project.
:22:32. > :22:42.It is a little rough around the edges, but that is a certain majesty
:22:43. > :22:57.about the Hovertrain. It was hot news in the 1960s. It was tested on
:22:58. > :23:04.he may track on the Fens. Built in the swinging 60s. There was a great
:23:05. > :23:11.advances in technology. The idea was gay did land transport, which was
:23:12. > :23:20.going to be the future. The vision was that the Hovertrain would run
:23:21. > :23:29.alongside the normal railway. See separate routes had been calculated.
:23:30. > :23:37.150 people were working on the project, some of them the best
:23:38. > :23:49.scientists in the country. The government through ?5.5 million at
:23:50. > :23:55.the project. But costs spiralled as the support structure was unable to
:23:56. > :24:04.keep up. The story captured the imagination of local archaeologist,
:24:05. > :24:07.Christopher. It was almost like nature fighting back. Something is
:24:08. > :24:14.probably could've been resolved with a more effort. But it all added to
:24:15. > :24:22.the suspense. Everyone was very excited. When they heard it was
:24:23. > :24:31.going to close, everyone involved and it was in tears. At the cost of
:24:32. > :24:40.?6,000, it was brought to Peterborough. A team of volunteers
:24:41. > :24:48.are doing their best to care for the landmark carnage. I wonder we're
:24:49. > :24:51.everyone would set? You did not get a chance to go in it? Not at the
:24:52. > :25:14.tame. -- tame. Good evening. Despite the
:25:15. > :25:26.predictions of a lot of cloud, there was a bit of sunshine alone. Changes
:25:27. > :25:32.are under way. The cloud stand too patchy rain and drizzle for of us.
:25:33. > :25:40.Mainly dry for most of us this evening, however. It temperatures
:25:41. > :25:50.for this time of year, again, very mild. The wind building for
:25:51. > :25:58.tomorrow. This will bring a band of rain across the region. It could
:25:59. > :26:03.remain for much of the day. Quite windy, particularly in the morning.
:26:04. > :26:15.Some of that rain could be a Navy side. Some parts may be lucky enough
:26:16. > :26:24.to avoid it altogether. Despite all that, temperatures still comfortably
:26:25. > :26:32.in double figures. 12-13 C. As you may have here, Storm Doris is
:26:33. > :26:41.heading, really on Thursday. That means strong wind across much of the
:26:42. > :26:48.country. There will be a yellow warning across our region. It could
:26:49. > :26:54.be some serious disruption because of the wind. Northants, Norfolk and
:26:55. > :27:02.parts of North Cambs. Keep up-to-date in the next couple of
:27:03. > :27:16.days, there could be gusts of up to 70-80 mph. So, very mixed bag for
:27:17. > :27:21.all this week. Expect some rain associated with a low pressure on
:27:22. > :27:32.Thursday. Things are becoming much more calm on Friday. A court date
:27:33. > :27:45.falling on Friday. Thing is beginning to turn slightly more mild
:27:46. > :27:54.come the weekend. Did you make it into the 60s? Just buy one week.
:27:55. > :28:02.Nawal El Saadawi, the world-renowned Egyptian author