:00:00. > :00:07.Hello and welcome to Look East with Stewart and me.
:00:08. > :00:09.The headlines tonight from Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk:
:00:10. > :00:11.The vulnerable teenagers living in squalor
:00:12. > :00:14.after moving out of a children's home.
:00:15. > :00:22.Armed police called out in the middle
:00:23. > :00:25.of the night in Ipswich after a gunshot and an arson attack.
:00:26. > :00:33.Tesco angers beet farmers across the region
:00:34. > :00:35.by dumping their sugar in favour of imported cane sugar.
:00:36. > :00:37.And the region's top music venue plays host to
:00:38. > :00:55.hoping to hit the right note in tonight's big concert.
:00:56. > :00:58.We start tonight with some breaking news
:00:59. > :00:59.about the disappearance of Corrie McKeague.
:01:00. > :01:04.Suffolk Police have told us that a man arrested last week
:01:05. > :01:07.in connection with the inquiry will face no further action.
:01:08. > :01:09.But crucially, there has been an update
:01:10. > :01:12.which carried rubbish from Bury St Edmunds
:01:13. > :01:17.Police began a search of the landfill site
:01:18. > :01:23.In tonight's statement, they say this is now the
:01:24. > :01:26.Leigh Milner has the police statement.
:01:27. > :01:33.What are the police saying tonight, Leigh?
:01:34. > :01:37.This is a significant development. You may remember, in the early
:01:38. > :01:43.stages of the investigation police originally said that the rubbish
:01:44. > :01:50.inside the way Corey Wade 11 kilograms. Obviously, that wasn't
:01:51. > :01:52.heavy enough to include a body. Tonight, crucially, the weight
:01:53. > :02:01.supply to the investigation was incorrect. By higher...
:02:02. > :02:02.A 26-year-old man arrested By higher...
:02:03. > :02:25.The police have said, through the as part of the continuing
:02:26. > :02:37.The police have said, through the persistence of officers, the data
:02:38. > :02:43.provided was incorrect. The 11 kilos is actually more than 100 kilos.
:02:44. > :02:46.We now know the weight of the waste collection from the horseshoe
:02:47. > :02:49.on the night Corrie went missing was over 100kg, when the original
:02:50. > :02:51.information we were given indicated that this was 11kg,
:02:52. > :02:54.and this makes our search of the landfill the next logical
:02:55. > :02:58.The investigation has identified that the company who provided
:02:59. > :03:03.This could take six to ten weeks. The family are aware of the
:03:04. > :03:07.information now also. Norfolk County Council has
:03:08. > :03:08.promised urgent action found evidence that some vulnerable
:03:09. > :03:13.teenagers were living The 16 to 18-year-olds
:03:14. > :03:16.have recently left care. Norfolk County Council
:03:17. > :03:17.pays a company called SixteenPlus to provide
:03:18. > :03:19.accommodation for the teenagers. The deal includes
:03:20. > :03:20.advice and supervision with the aim of helping the
:03:21. > :03:23.teenagers lead independent lives. But we've uncovered allegations
:03:24. > :03:24.of serious failings and living conditions
:03:25. > :03:27.which are quite shocking. The council has now launched
:03:28. > :03:29.an urgent investigation This, the home of a 17-year-old
:03:30. > :03:37.care leaver living The smell of cat urine
:03:38. > :03:53.hit me as I walked in. Not day-old rubbish, but dirt
:03:54. > :03:55.and grime built up over time. We decided not to show the teenager
:03:56. > :03:58.to protect their family. I am just going to
:03:59. > :04:00.show you the kitchen. And there is quite a lot of broken
:04:01. > :04:03.crockery on the floor. And there is quite a lot of cat
:04:04. > :04:09.faeces on the floor. Cigarette butts are
:04:10. > :04:11.trodden into the carpet. What's worrying upstairs is not just
:04:12. > :04:19.the level of mess, but also Some of them are
:04:20. > :04:24.hanging off the wall. And then, if I show you this
:04:25. > :04:27.one over here, in one of the rooms upstairs,
:04:28. > :04:30.it is cracked, it is off the wall, and there are bare
:04:31. > :04:38.wires actually exposed. We spoke to the 17-year-old
:04:39. > :04:47.living at the property, who said they hadn't seen anybody
:04:48. > :04:50.from SixteenPlus for two months. Neighbours said they were also
:04:51. > :04:52.concerned about the level Hours after we told
:04:53. > :04:55.Norfolk County Council we'd filmed At the time we recorded this video,
:04:56. > :05:02.SixteenPlus says it was no longer It says it did fit new
:05:03. > :05:06.fire safety equipment, and it is the responsibility
:05:07. > :05:13.of residents to report damages. WE filmed there after being
:05:14. > :05:15.shown these photographs Last year, the council paid
:05:16. > :05:20.SixteenPlus ?1.5 million. A lot of the staff have raised
:05:21. > :05:30.concerns but nothing hasn't done. It has been reported so many times
:05:31. > :05:38.about the disrepair of the house. Staff had to go in with white suits
:05:39. > :05:40.and masks because of We showed our footage
:05:41. > :05:47.to one councillor who has These people need
:05:48. > :05:50.support and guidance. And clearly, this isn't
:05:51. > :05:52.happening in this situation. He was told by children's
:05:53. > :05:55.services officers the houses 84 elected members at County Hall,
:05:56. > :06:02.we are all responsible, we are all corporate parents
:06:03. > :06:04.for Norfolk's children. The vulnerable children
:06:05. > :06:07.need looking after. I don't believe that's looking
:06:08. > :06:12.after a vulnerable person. The condition of the houses isn't
:06:13. > :06:21.the only criticism of the company. Theresa's son Zak has
:06:22. > :06:22.epilepsy and autism. He lives in a SixteenPlus
:06:23. > :06:24.house because of his The company apologised after
:06:25. > :06:30.untrained staff looked after him. He couldn't get in and ended up
:06:31. > :06:38.sleeping rough outside Because it came to light
:06:39. > :06:43.later on that the support And I expect he's
:06:44. > :06:46.still employed by them. And how do you feel,
:06:47. > :06:50.knowing that your son had Through its lawyers,
:06:51. > :07:00.SixteenPlus said... Unfounded allegations had been made
:07:01. > :07:07.by two this constant ex employees. And that SixteenPlus
:07:08. > :07:10.limited is a well-run, It added it was not providing any
:07:11. > :07:14.support to residents at the time The accommodation isn't
:07:15. > :07:16.independently inspected. It is up to the county council
:07:17. > :07:19.to ensure these teenagers have decent living conditions
:07:20. > :07:23.and are properly supervised. Norfolk County Council says
:07:24. > :07:25.it agrees the conditions the 17-year-old were living
:07:26. > :07:27.in were unacceptable and will be inspecting
:07:28. > :07:29.all of the properties run The council says it's visited eight
:07:30. > :07:35.so far, and have found Chloe Cockett works for Become -
:07:36. > :07:42.a charity for children in care She told me it's vital that those
:07:43. > :07:47.living independently get the support I think we have to remember
:07:48. > :07:55.that these are children who have had the state intervene in their lives
:07:56. > :08:06.in the most severe way because they've been removed
:08:07. > :08:08.into the state's care. And therefore they have become
:08:09. > :08:16.the States's children. And we should want, as a society,
:08:17. > :08:20.for the children to be cared for. As we would want our own
:08:21. > :08:22.children to be cared for. When you have been in the care
:08:23. > :08:26.system, I guess also you might not have had the kind of parenting
:08:27. > :08:29.in a care home, then to the kind of skills that you need
:08:30. > :08:31.to live on your own? We know children, particularly
:08:32. > :08:36.to June who live in children's So they don't have the opportunity
:08:37. > :08:40.to build a stable relationships. They are so crucial
:08:41. > :08:42.for a successful adult hood. And that means that they maybe
:08:43. > :08:44.don't stay to develop their cooking skills
:08:45. > :08:46.are perhaps their The important thing is that,
:08:47. > :08:50.as a young person coming up to leave care, those discussions
:08:51. > :08:52.are happening with all the adults who work with them in support,
:08:53. > :08:55.as with the young person themselves so that, when they leave care,
:08:56. > :08:58.they are moving into the right Are there dangers if they don't get
:08:59. > :09:02.the support they need that they can fall into other traps,
:09:03. > :09:05.maybe get involved with people that they shouldn't get involved
:09:06. > :09:07.with, or suffer from mental health We know that, when transitions don't
:09:08. > :09:18.happen in the way that they should. When they are too quick,
:09:19. > :09:20.when they don't happen when the young person wants,
:09:21. > :09:23.we know that that puts the young A greater risk of mental health
:09:24. > :09:28.problems, an increased risk of entering the prison population,
:09:29. > :09:32.we know that this puts And so we would want to see
:09:33. > :09:36.young people leaving care The law has changed quite recently
:09:37. > :09:43.so that people can stay But that doesn't apply at the moment
:09:44. > :09:48.to children's homes, does it? The Government are currently
:09:49. > :09:57.rolling out pilots, or about to begin pilots,
:09:58. > :10:00.into something called Staying Close. Which will enable young people
:10:01. > :10:02.to maintain those close relationships with the staff
:10:03. > :10:07.in the children's homes. And while we don't know
:10:08. > :10:11.what will happen from the pilots, we obviously want to see that young
:10:12. > :10:14.people are able to get the support And leaving care isn't
:10:15. > :10:20.like jumping off a cliff, and isn't something that abruptly
:10:21. > :10:22.happens to them. But actually they are able
:10:23. > :10:24.to maintain those relationships. In other news, Suffolk police issued
:10:25. > :10:31.a re-assurance today after they were called
:10:32. > :10:32.to two firearms incidents In one, a bullet was fired
:10:33. > :10:47.at the front door of a house. Two men and a woman
:10:48. > :10:56.are being questioned. Sources have told Look East
:10:57. > :10:58.they thought the trouble Fluorescent paint and fairy lights -
:10:59. > :11:05.are helping to protect people with dementia at a care
:11:06. > :11:07.home in Essex. Called Light Your Night
:11:08. > :11:09.walking frames, the route to the lavatories -
:11:10. > :11:11.and even the lavatories themselves have been illuminated at
:11:12. > :11:13.the Haven Care Home in Colchester. The number of falls have
:11:14. > :11:15.been dramatically cut. Luminous footprints have been
:11:16. > :11:17.placed on the floor. With further illumination
:11:18. > :11:19.on light switches and loos. Most falls at the care home
:11:20. > :11:26.were happening at night time. All of my falls, or a lot
:11:27. > :11:29.of them, where at night. So I spoke to my staff,
:11:30. > :11:32.and after a few ideas we came This time that you,
:11:33. > :11:37.in January and February, From January and
:11:38. > :11:40.February this year, I So that is a dramatic
:11:41. > :11:43.decrease very quickly. The supermarket company Tesco has
:11:44. > :11:45.been criticised today for taking sugar made
:11:46. > :11:47.here off the shelves are big contributors
:11:48. > :11:52.to the Silver Spoon brand which is packaged
:11:53. > :11:53.in Bury St Edmunds. say it is "hugely
:11:54. > :11:56.disappointing" that Tesco has opted to stock
:11:57. > :12:01.Tate Lyle instead. The British Sugar factory
:12:02. > :12:09.at Bury St Edmunds. Home to a plant that can produce
:12:10. > :12:12.4 million one kilogram packs Across the other side
:12:13. > :12:16.of the A14, a branch of pesto. So this superstore just
:12:17. > :12:20.couldn't be any closer But it doesn't really
:12:21. > :12:24.make any difference, because if you pop in now,
:12:25. > :12:27.you are looking for a one kilogram bag of granulated sugar,
:12:28. > :12:35.this is what you get. That company's sugar cane
:12:36. > :12:40.is important from around the globe. The sugar beet industry behind
:12:41. > :12:42.Silver Spoon supports some The company works with more
:12:43. > :12:47.than 3000 growers and supplies Many consumers in the region
:12:48. > :12:51.will know that we produce sugar beet to some of the highest standards
:12:52. > :12:54.in the world. And it is processed in some
:12:55. > :12:57.of the most efficient factories. And it is a pity that people don't
:12:58. > :13:04.have the opportunity to support it. If it comes to buying sugar,
:13:05. > :13:06.what would influence you? But to be honest I am not a big
:13:07. > :13:12.buyer of sugar in general. Tesco are not stocking
:13:13. > :13:22.the Silver Spoon version now. Because I would like to
:13:23. > :13:27.support the local farmers We tend not to buy a lot of sugar
:13:28. > :13:35.in bags like that anyway. But we would particularly support
:13:36. > :13:45.the British farmers on sugar beet. We probably should be thinking
:13:46. > :13:47.local, UK, not cheaper abroad. Tesco says it aims to provide
:13:48. > :13:53.the best quality products and prices to its customers in a way
:13:54. > :13:56.that is fair to both It says it will continue to stock
:13:57. > :14:00.a combination of both Tate Lyle Stay with us for the
:14:01. > :14:17.hairdressers being trained to spot signs of domestic
:14:18. > :14:19.violence in their clients. Jules has got news of
:14:20. > :14:21.warmer weather to come. And hundreds of young
:14:22. > :14:23.people from across the region tuning up for
:14:24. > :14:30.the big concert tonight. The Chancellor Philip Hammond
:14:31. > :14:32.presents his first Budget and the care sector will be pinning
:14:33. > :14:36.its hopes on substantial help. The ageing population
:14:37. > :14:40.and uncertainty over Brexit are both combining to put pressure on
:14:41. > :14:43.council budgets. But that's not all.
:14:44. > :14:46.The impact of the Living Wage is already hitting
:14:47. > :14:47.the care home sector. a pay increase is good news
:14:48. > :14:51.for people on low wages, but the owners of some care homes
:14:52. > :14:54.say the added cost could force Another busy morning
:14:55. > :15:04.at Langdon House in Cambridge. 51 people being cared for by up
:15:05. > :15:07.to 30 staff covering three The home already pays them
:15:08. > :15:11.above the Living Wage, with many people on up
:15:12. > :15:14.to ?10 per hour. We ask all of our staff
:15:15. > :15:25.to take level 2 and level And our managers have level 5
:15:26. > :15:31.or degree qualifications. But Langdon House is in a more
:15:32. > :15:36.privileged position 80% of its clients are privately
:15:37. > :15:40.funded, only 20% by the state. Meaning with careful budget planning
:15:41. > :15:42.they can tackle the Living Wage rise in salaries head on,
:15:43. > :15:45.or even ahead of time. I think they are being
:15:46. > :15:50.confronted with, you know, Do they need to change
:15:51. > :15:58.their business model? Do they need to move into taking
:15:59. > :16:01.in a different type of client? Do you think there are going to be
:16:02. > :16:04.some care homes that And there are care homes who have
:16:05. > :16:09.closed nationally over the years. Particularly small homes
:16:10. > :16:12.that won't be viable East Anglian law firm
:16:13. > :16:22.Ashtons recently hosted They asked care home bosses
:16:23. > :16:25.which would have more impact - Unexpectedly, two
:16:26. > :16:28.thirds said the latter. The main worry is how much
:16:29. > :16:30.councils will pay for care. The amounts which local authorities
:16:31. > :16:38.are able to pay is much lower than the rates
:16:39. > :16:41.which private people pay. And as wages are the biggest
:16:42. > :16:45.component of fixed cost, anything which drives up costs
:16:46. > :16:48.where revenue is following These students hoping to go
:16:49. > :16:59.into the sector say better salaries would encourage more people
:17:00. > :17:01.to do the same. There are things in the health care
:17:02. > :17:04.job that people don't want to do. Who doesn't like more
:17:05. > :17:07.money, I suppose? But it is, yeah, it sounds
:17:08. > :17:10.like a really good idea. Hopefully, it will tempt more people
:17:11. > :17:13.into the care system. With an ageing population,
:17:14. > :17:15.the demand for care home places The fear is, if managers haven't
:17:16. > :17:22.planned for the salary changes forecast for the next three years,
:17:23. > :17:30.their businesses may not survive. Our political correspondent
:17:31. > :17:32.Andrew Sinclair is here...the Chancellor will talk about social
:17:33. > :17:45.care tomorrow won't he? Yes, he was criticised in the Autumn
:17:46. > :17:49.Statement for not talking about social care. Everyone's council tax
:17:50. > :17:54.is going up next month to help pay for it. And yet, all the extra money
:17:55. > :17:58.is just a drop in the ocean. Partly because of the increase in the
:17:59. > :18:04.National Living Wage. Essex, the money through council tax will buy
:18:05. > :18:08.11 days extra social care. We will are told we will get an announcement
:18:09. > :18:15.tomorrow about the future funding of social care. What else can we
:18:16. > :18:20.expect? The budget is likely to be big picture stuff. Not expecting big
:18:21. > :18:27.local announcements. Mainly because all the money for roads, rail and
:18:28. > :18:30.the like has been allocated for the foreseeable future. Perhaps extra
:18:31. > :18:37.money for Denbighshire because of devolution. Backtracking business
:18:38. > :18:43.rates which has upset businesses in our region. -- Cambridgeshire. And
:18:44. > :18:47.also this extra money for free schools and grammar schools. We
:18:48. > :18:50.won't get details tomorrow. But increasingly I am hearing
:18:51. > :18:54.speculation that those schools could be set up in places like Norfolk and
:18:55. > :18:55.Suffolk, and I think we will talk about this issue in the next year or
:18:56. > :18:58.so. For some women, a trip to
:18:59. > :19:01.the hairdressers is an opportunity - not just for a new look -
:19:02. > :19:04.it's chance to have a natter I know my hairdresser
:19:05. > :19:08.hears all sorts of stuff. It can be something very personal,
:19:09. > :19:11.something quite dark. When things are not
:19:12. > :19:13.going well at home, the special relationship
:19:14. > :19:15.between client and hairdresser is being seen as a way
:19:16. > :19:17.of tackling domestic abuse. So do you always go to the same
:19:18. > :19:29.hairdresser or do you For many, going to a hair
:19:30. > :19:33.salon isn't just a chance Sometimes my clients will sort
:19:34. > :19:44.of share their problems with me. If you can help at all,
:19:45. > :19:46.and you'll kind of advise them of something that has happened
:19:47. > :19:49.in my life and say, well, You know, you do kind of share
:19:50. > :19:52.problems, definitely. If you can confide in someone
:19:53. > :19:56.and sort of talk to them about anything, it's better
:19:57. > :19:58.than hiding these things in. I really do think it will benefit
:19:59. > :20:02.a lot of women that perhaps don't To Illinois, where law makers have
:20:03. > :20:06.proposed a new approach They are looking to the beauty
:20:07. > :20:09.profession to help spot It is thought to be the first law
:20:10. > :20:13.of its kind in America. It requires hairdressers to undergo
:20:14. > :20:15.training to recognise Now, this salon in Norwich
:20:16. > :20:22.has taken up the idea. In November, when I saw that
:20:23. > :20:25.Illinois in the USA has brought about a landmark decision to request
:20:26. > :20:28.that hairdressers are trained in domestic abuse, I decided that it
:20:29. > :20:32.would be a good opportunity for me to bring the two areas
:20:33. > :20:39.of my life together, owning a hair salon
:20:40. > :20:41.and working for Leeway. And what kind of signs
:20:42. > :20:46.are you looking for? It would be more of if a client
:20:47. > :20:50.feels that they can confide in their hairdresser and tell them
:20:51. > :20:52.about the experiences The idea here is supported
:20:53. > :20:56.by Leeway, which helps those The most dangerous point in any
:20:57. > :20:59.relationship where there is domestic abuse happening
:21:00. > :21:01.is the point of leaving. So the hairdressers will be able
:21:02. > :21:07.to support that person, explain that this is a dangerous
:21:08. > :21:10.time, and that there And in order to get that help,
:21:11. > :21:19.they can signpost them. Hairdressers are not being asked
:21:20. > :21:21.to become therapists, just to encourage their clients
:21:22. > :21:24.to get help. Every year - at about
:21:25. > :21:45.this time of the year - the music venue Snape Maltings
:21:46. > :21:47.in Suffolk has hosted And they wanted to make
:21:48. > :21:55.it a bit special. Will be taking part in rehearsals
:21:56. > :22:16.and a nightly concert. Snape Maltings, what an amazing
:22:17. > :22:20.venue for a school music concert. Children already up on stage hair
:22:21. > :22:30.ready to go on and on in just a few minutes time. If you look at the
:22:31. > :22:34.statistics here at Snape Maltings over history, 45,000 schoolchildren
:22:35. > :22:48.have performed on the stage. 90,000 people have come here to see them.
:22:49. > :23:01.Over the years, some of the greatest names in classical music have
:23:02. > :23:06.performed at Snape Maltings. Alongside them, since 1987 pupils
:23:07. > :23:16.from Southwark have performed. It has become a much loved annual
:23:17. > :23:24.event, a celebration. This is the choir from Claydon high school. I am
:23:25. > :23:31.a keen musician. I play piano and guitar. We wear at two make a song
:23:32. > :23:37.for the celebration. -- we were asked to make a song. Its field the
:23:38. > :23:44.criteria and I was really excited to do the event. When our music has got
:23:45. > :23:46.told it was an opportunity, I thought that it was a great
:23:47. > :23:53.opportunity and something I really wanted to do. Performing at a big
:23:54. > :23:59.venue like Snape Maltings is a great opportunity to show what we can do.
:24:00. > :24:03.This year, a fresh challenge. Every school has to learn a new specially
:24:04. > :24:07.commissioned 30th anniversary song -- 30th anniversary
:24:08. > :24:20.It is called I Wage. The logistics are crazy. Some of the songs are
:24:21. > :24:24.only hearing the song for the first time. There are six different parts
:24:25. > :24:28.to piece together in a short space of time. And then one hour on the
:24:29. > :24:35.stage to sew it altogether. Maybe talk to me tomorrow! Today is a
:24:36. > :24:41.personal milestone for the head of the county music service, Philip
:24:42. > :24:47.Shaw, who started these causes 30 years ago. Now, teachers bringing
:24:48. > :24:55.students here once performed themselves. Just to enjoy stepping
:24:56. > :25:03.out here in this incredibly inspiring place, you remember your
:25:04. > :25:13.De Gea at dandelion. -- De Gea at Snape Maltings. This venue given
:25:14. > :25:16.over to the children for one special day.
:25:17. > :25:22.Concerts every evening till Saturday. Tonight, it kicks off in
:25:23. > :25:51.around seven minutes time. A sunny start to the day. HIV-1,
:25:52. > :25:59.too. At the Norfolk- Suffolk border. The satellite picture shows why we
:26:00. > :26:02.had the best of the sunshine. That helped temperatures up to around
:26:03. > :26:08.nine Celsius. We could see temperatures tonight falling as low
:26:09. > :26:12.as two or three Celsius. And then, cloud thickening up and out rates of
:26:13. > :26:18.rain moving eastwards. Some of these on the heavy side. One of those
:26:19. > :26:22.nights where after the temperatures fall to around two Celsius, they
:26:23. > :26:28.should right again with mild air. Up to seven or eight Celsius. A mild
:26:29. > :26:32.end to the night. Tomorrowweather dependent on weather front. A
:26:33. > :26:37.nightmare to work out how quickly it will equip tomorrow. As it stands, a
:26:38. > :26:41.lot of cloud with further outbreaks of rain on and off throughout the
:26:42. > :26:47.day. But by this transaction also. Probably the best of that further
:26:48. > :26:54.north. With the cloud and the rain, temperatures could get up to around
:26:55. > :27:01.12 Celsius. 13 or 14 in the sunshine. And like to wind. In the
:27:02. > :27:10.Sergeant, a thousand. -- very pleasant in the Sergeant. Some of us
:27:11. > :27:19.holding onto more cloud than others. On the whole, a dry day on Thursday.
:27:20. > :27:24.Friday is looking largely cloudy with some outbreaks of many light or
:27:25. > :27:33.patchy rain. If we are going to see by this and sunshine, later on. In
:27:34. > :27:40.the weekend, the rain should clear and decent sunny spells developing.
:27:41. > :27:43.Excellent, thanks. Goodbye.