10/03/2017 Look East

We start tonight with some breaking news.

Norwich City Football Club have sacked their manager Alex Neil.

of results which has left the Canaries well short

of the promotion places in the Championship table.

What else do we know? Not too much right now. It is all broken in the

last half an hour or so. Alex Neil conducted his pre-match duties. In

the last half an hour, the club have released a statement which roughly

says as follow, they confirmed that Alex Neil, his conduct has

terminated with immediate effect. The club has taken the top decision

thinking it is in the best interest of the club for a new manager do a

crucial summer transfer window and editing the new season. They have

not been a good form over the next month or so. They went to a dreadful

period over the autumn time, dropping from the top of the table,

they put a pretty decent run together over Christmas. Kind of got

into play-off contention but the last five or six matches,

performances have gone backwards and there were certainly signed on

Monday before the Bristol city match on Tuesday night that Alex Neil was

under mounting pressure. This is him from Monday.

The fact is, we just haven't played well enough.

So I don't really know what you want me to say.

The fact is we went to Brighton and we got beat,

We have now gone to Sheffield Wednesday

and we have got beat and we have been beat convincingly.

These players aren't good enough, are they?

It is a strange time to do it. The statement probably alludes to the

fact that they want to get ahead to read crucial summer ahead, there are

lots of transfers, performances have backwards. Alex Neil has been

referring to how the squad does need freshening up, it is an ageing

squad, a squad that has incredible success over the last three or four

seasons, they have spent more time in the Premier League than they have

a need championship. The board have made the biggest decision of all and

this is a board who has a executive in place as an acting executive,

they clearly do not trust Alex Neil to make the decisions required

around the playing staff and they do not feel he is the man to get

Norwich back up to the Premier League. This is breaking news. We'll

have some more -- on it later on in the programme.

There's been a mixed reaction today to news that a new set of traffic

lights is being installed at one of the region's busiest road

junctions - the Fiveways roundabout on the A11 at Barton Mills.

The A11 is one of the most important roads in the region joining up

the economic centres of Norwich and Cambridge.

The government says the investment will make the road "faster,

better and more reliable" but there are concerns it

This from our political correspondent Andrew Sinclair.

Some 30,000 vehicles a day use the Barton Mills roundabout.

While hold-ups on the main A11 are short lived, for those trying

to cross from nearby towns like Mildenhall, it can take a long time

There have been quite a few accidents on that

roundabout, like with people not going in and out

This morning, a lorry was driving on the roundabout.

He was driving like he wanted to turn left

but he went straight so he nearly caused lots of accidents and

my colleague, she nearly got in an accident this morning.

Today, the Transport Secretary announced

funding for a number of congestion relief schemes

and he is going to spend ?400,000

This improvement will address a frustration that's been

there for motorists in East Anglia for a long time.

It is a junction that sees congestion too often.

This will smooth the flow of traffic through it,

it will help the overall flow of traffic up the A11, it is

one part of a programme of smaller schemes to sit alongside the big

But will traffic lights really relieve congestion?

Some regular users of the A11 aren't impressed.

Well, it's just going to make it clog up

Well, it's going to slow everyone down at the same time.

The lights that used to be at the top were a disaster.

Eight mile queues on a Friday afternoon, we don't want to

I'm worried that somebody might die on this roundabout.

Today, local councillors were telling reporters that traffic

lights, though a little disruptive, will make Fiveways safer.

They say it will only be an interim measure

until money is found to divert the A11 away from here.

The A11 is an important trunk road, we don't want

to slow down traffic on the A11 and clearly having

Local people are pleased with today's news.

A11 drivers will nervously wait to see what happens.

Meanwhile, it's been announced that a team led by the world-renowned

architect Sir Norman Foster will design a multi-million pound

scheme for three new crossings at the port in Ipswich.

And for the first time, images have been released to show

It's hoped they'll help ease traffic congestion in the town.

60000 Vehicles Drive over this bridge near Ipswich every day, the

phrase vital economic link does not do it justice. But as the storm

showed as recently when the bridge is close, boast 2500 vehicles are

now have got to go somewhere and that somewhere is through the heart

of Ipswich, about two miles up the river just beyond the bend. And the

result is pretty much guaranteed every time. Gridlock. Which is why

this structure providing a new link from one side to the other is so

vital. Government officials realise how important this is, that is why

they are covering the bulk of the ?100 million bill. Two of the

crossings will be for all traffic, the surge is for pedestrians and

cyclists. And at the waterfront today, a glimpse of the future. --

the third crossing. We are keeping the overall design a combination of

being quite calm but also the sort of dynamic of these branching arms

that support the two routes, the pedestrian and bicycles on one side,

and then the cars and lorries on the other. It is an elegant solution, I

hope. The team were picked from a short list he had an affinity with

Ipswich having designed the landmark building in town. It is

demonstrating now that we've got one of the wild's greatest architects,

one of the 21st greatest architects back in Ipswich building our bridge.

-- world. That will attract developers, it will have an electric

impact on investors and it will create jobs and prosperity in the

way I hoped it would. To come back again a look at a rather different

challenge which is a bigger, urban challenge I think is very exciting.

More consultation on the detail lies ahead but if the plan is approved,

work lasting two to three years good start in 2019. -- could start.

Let's bring in our political correspondent Andrew Sinclair.

We've got this bridge being built, we've talked

about the roundabout at Barton Mills.

We are doing quite well. Yes, we are getting many crossings. The 847

about to be improved, a new junction at Harlow. That was all budgeted for

quite awhile ago and are signs that this funding stream could be coming

to an end. Look at today's's announcement, other parts of the

country got a lot of money. Look at places like Yorkshire and the

north-east, ?33 million. The north east, 27 million pounds. -- the

north-west. ?2.8 million, that was the lowest by a long way in the

whole country. Why is that? There are several things going on here.

Look at this week's budget, Harvey any mention of the east at all, the

spending seems to be going to the northern powerhouse. Cambridge is

getting some as well because they are getting devolution. That is

where the government seems to be prioritising now, and some people

are wondering is this stuff like Norfolk now paying the price for not

going for devolution? One other possible solution given to me by the

MP the other day, he told me he was told by the Minister there are no

marginal seats on the east of goods we are not going to give them as

much money. We've got more reaction

to the Budget and a special report from the German city of Heidleberg

on the subject of elected Mayors. It's in the Sunday Politics,

Sunday at 11 on BBC One. A care home company has been fined

?100,000 after a 16-year-old boy drowned on a day trip

to a former quarry in Norfolk. Umar Balogun drowned in July

2013 at Bawsey Pits. Castle Homes Limited admitted

breaching health and safety regulations, including failing

to adequately train staff. People are being asked to stay away

from the A department at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital

in King's Lynn unless their Managers at the hospital say

they are at full capacity because of 'significant numbers'

of very frail and People are being asked to call 111

before going to A only 86% of patients were seen

within the four hour target time. Today's news that BT is to separate

from its subsidiary Openreach has fuelled hopes that the region's

broadband connections The eastern region is one

of the poorest served parts of England, especially

in rural areas. From garden centres to give shops,

this sells red spent most of his time on the road. There is a lot of

stuff that needs to be seen. Meeting customers face-to-face is the fun

bit, trying to do business with them online is another. In his car, on

his laptop, he can rely on an Internet connection. Not so at his

home in Essex. He moved into a small village in last April, 11 months on

he is still waiting for BT Openreach to get online. Stress levels,

everything is related to Internet access and what's more, high-speed

Internet access. And if you have a back connection, it is one thing but

I have no connection at all is terrible. This is a story of urban

versus rural. In major towns and cities, superfast broadband

availability of speed greater than 30 megabits per second is available

to almost anyone. But delighted the shading, the poorer the reach. Parts

of ethics, 50% superfast broadband or less. If we zoom in on Suffolk

for example, if you live in Castle Hill in Ipswich, be superfast

broadband reaches more than 99%. But in the village in the north, it is

just 20%. Connecting the most hard to reach areas is a challenge but

that is little consultation to the family businesses who are leaving

out. Separation from BT means that Openreach will be accountable to its

customers so says this Suffolk MP who will oversee the role art.

Openreach will be able to make decisions about how to deliver the

investment and work with other partners. We welcome the deal and

now we want to see how it goes. The governed have set a target averaging

95% of homes with superfast broadband by the end of this year.

Graham is resigned to the fact that he may be part of the remaining 5%

who lose out. You're watching Look East,

with Susie and me. Stay with us for the weekend weather

forecast from Jules. and we meet the Chinese artist

who transformed the great wall Now you probably think

the words Milton Keynes It's only 50 years old and was

formed out of a collection of villages on the edge

of Buckinghamshire. But before its American-style

grid roads were built, Today, the story of Milton Keynes

is told in the town's museum and, thanks to a local fund-raising

campaign, the museum is being expanded to explain

to visitors why the area A founder member of the original

Milton Keynes Museum laying the foundations for an ambitious

expansion project. This site is soon to become home

to two brand-new galleries which combined with the current museum

will tell the full story The curves are quite

unique, it's not easy to get curved

steel but, yeah, it's different and the way

that the building works is sort of we call it

a ying and yang because you've got two pictures going either way and

that is to reflect the kind of... To give the museum

this one side being an ancient gallery, one side

being a modern gallery. At the moment, the exhibits

here range from the mid-1800s through to the 1980s

but that is soon to change. The new modern gallery

will focus on more While visitors will also be able

to travel further back The agent gallery will span

prehistoric times, the Bronze Age through to

the War of the Roses. Meanwhile, the modern gallery

will focus on the creation of the It has taken four to five

years to get to this stage, very much working

in partnership with the museum and our builders, Willmott

Dixon, very exciting. And in our 50th year as well,

we are starting something that is a real ground-breaking attraction

for Milton Keynes into the future. The project is costing ?7.2 million

but only enough cash has been raised to complete the

buildings themselves. We still need about a million,

1.5 million to raise the whole standards throughout

the museum and to complete the new Milton Keynes gallery

and that is our unique story in a way and people could say,

I think, that Milton Keynes has been the most successful

new town in the country. This museum already

manages to bring history But there will be even more

to enjoy from April 2019. Kate Bradbrook, BBC Look East,

at the Milton Keynes Museum. A reminder us on breaking sports

News tonight. The Norwich city double manager Alex Neil has been

sacked, it follows a decision by the board. Robb, a press conference this

morning. He looked as if he was full of plans for the future. He did. It

is strange, he was talking about what he was going to do in the

summer, the players he was going to keep and get rid of, the fact it was

not going to be overnight that he was going to get this turned around.

Four hours later, it comes up on the club's tweets that he has been

sacked. Some would say it is a disrespectful way to treat a man who

has taken the club to Wembley, he has struggled, with lots of fans

want him to leave the club. The club have let him do the press and then

suddenly said you are out. Do you think this was a late decision all

he had no idea? For five weeks ago when the board came out with their

unanimous support, and now they have agreed to get rid of Alex Neil. I

think the last five matches or so, they have been on this run without a

victory. Having just got back into play-off contention, it feels like a

watershed moment and Tuesday, a one all draw against a lowly side in

Bristol city, that was a defining point. As Rob said, it does seem a

little bit unfair because they absolutely backed him and it seemed

like hanging a hat on him to lead them forward.

The thing is there will be a lot of fans who will be very pleased at

this news. There will be. We will be back on canary call tomorrow night.

There were lots of fans are the grad who wanted him to go. The timing is

strange because the season is now over, it does not look like they

will make the players, nine points off it. Had they done this the grey

earlier this season, a new man could've in. Do they have somebody

in mind to? I honestly don't know. The Roy Hodgson link is there,

perhaps he's looking for a job. I can't see him coming down to the

championship. Mark Warburton is a man who was sacked recently, he was

interviewed before Alex Neil so he is on the radar. Gary is the other

name, well-known to Cambridge United fans. They have nosedived since

then. He's available, here's a good championship manager but it is just

too late. This season could have been rescued but have left it. Thank

you very much. There has been quite a reaction on

twitter. Robbie has some of them now. There has been lots of reaction

on social media. I have spoken to you in Roberts, the foremost Norwich

city striker, he said he surprised the club has done it after today's

press conference. When asked who we thought the replacement would be, he

said he had no idea. Jake Humphreys has tweeted Alex Neil has gone. Fan

sites, they treated today, finally the board have listened to the fans

and made a smart decision to sack Neal. Let's move on. Other fancied

the timing is strange again. The last two seconds when we have been

down and out of the play-offs. Another fan said, another board

decision to take -- taken too late after our season is over. Let's hope

the next reason is better. Another fan said he would like to thank Alex

Neil foreign or sums are six months but what followed was not up to

standard. -- awesome. Are you surprised? I'm surprised by

the timing of it. He said he was preparing for the summer. I'm

surprised by that, I'm surprised at the timing, that is it happen now

rather than it did before. He managed to turn things around for a

couple of games but when this type of things happen, you will have

another poor run at some point and another one has come again quite

quickly. I think the board had no the decision to make than the one

they did. Even though they banked him, they had gone very quiet but

two weeks, we have not had much from inside the football club down but

now they have made that big decision, the right decision in my

opinion. They could not have gone into next season hoping that he was

going to turn things around because one game in, to gain thing, if you

don't get the right results, it starts again. They have made the

right decision, perhaps a little bit too late.

He was talking about spending a lot of money this summer, have they

stopped him sue the right person spends the money? It is about that.

It is easy to say that he wants changes in the summer but football

has changed. It is not easy to get the players in and out any more.

High earners who are not playing at the moment, however going to shift

them on? The only way to get their reaction from a new group of players

is from a new manager. To come in and take those new players build

things slowly over the coming years. I think that is where they are going

to go with it because there is no way he could gone into the summer,

made whole the changes because it is not possible in football any more.

He would you like to see coming? Darter who would you like to see

come in? I don't think there are a lot of contenders that at the

moment. Gary, I played with him at Leicester. A true kind of

traditional pro. But then -- a defender. He is available on the

market and stock is going up all the time. He will be snapped up before

long. Perhaps he is someone that would fit the criteria of Norwich.

Darren, we are very grateful for you joining us this evening.

There is more coverage on that story on BBC radio Norfolk.

A Chinese artist has flown nearly 6000 miles to transform

Zhang Enli from Shanghai was given the commission to cover

the wall which is part of the Firstsite arts complex.

The wall is 150 yards long it's curved and white.

A cherry picker in an art gallery, not all that unusual perhaps but

when you are putting an artist in it and he's

going to paint trees on the

Zhang Enli is a superstar in China, think Banksy or Damien Hirst in

He's here for an exhibition of his work at the Firstsite Gallery

which includes this space painting of a forest.

It's really exciting because normally we

see the finished object, we see a painting on the wall

and that comes in from Germany or somewhere

fantastic but actually we have been able to see this whole work from

start to finish growing in front of our eyes.

It literally has grown all over the walls.

Interviewing Zhang Enli isn't exactly a walk in the

forest, he speaks very little English, his wife translates and

together, they seem to be suggesting that the space painting was very

Actually, the space painting, it's kind of like the oldest in a way,

like the painting on the wall, like the older way

It's really hard to give you a sense of the scale

of this thing but it is

140 metres long and it took Zhang Enli ten days to complete.

There are other paintings in this exhibition

but for me, the forest is the star of the show.

He painted it in watercolour, at speed, with great

There must've been an element of risk yeah, absolutely.

Yes, totally, totally risky thing to do.

But that is working with artists, you kind of put your faith in

And we knew the direction that he would go in but you never know

the finished result and I think that is really important actually

The Zhang Enli exhibition is free and is on

It is then that the forest will be painted over and

Mike Liggins, BBC Look East, Colchester.

They are going to paint over it! I am gutted, I think it looks great.

They are going to paint over it. I think Mike was surprised at the

cherry picker. We want to know what the weather is going to be like this

weekend. Have you got good news for us?

I will start with some pictures. The sunrise. I finally, I must confess I

am envious of this view. This afternoon, there have been quite a

lot of cloud Iran, the best of the breaks in the east. The thicker

cloud in the west reduced a little bit of rain but for most of us, it

has been a dry day. I think we will have a bit of rain overnight but for

most of us it will be dry, quite cloudy and I think turning quite

misty in places. Perhaps an odd bug patch as well an incredibly mild.

Temperatures rising from about ten to seven Celsius. These are what we

should see as high as in the day. The wind on the light side in the

south. Tomorrow, this weather front stays up to the west. High pressure

just hanging on in the east and it is not looking bad day. The Mr fog

to start the day and then it should and then as drier air starts to feed

from the south, it should help break the cloud up and we should see some

decent sunny spells developing. Temperatures away from the coast,

and onshore breeze, inland around 14 to 15 Celsius. In the best of the

sunshine, we could see as high 18 Celsius. Light winds between the

south-west and the south-east it will feel very pleasant in the

sunshine. I think many of us will have some to finish the day before

it gets dark. A very different story on Sunday. There's a huge amount of

uncertainty as to how quickly these weather fronts are going to move on.

That affects whether we are going to see the rain. At the moment, I think

the further east you are, a fine and dry start. The further west, some

wet weather and then the rain will spread eastwards and summer that

could be on the heavy side. The west will eventually hopefully see some

drier and brighter conditions. It is this a situation we are watching

closely because it depends how quickly those weather fronts moving

and move. That is the weekend, Saturday looking the better of the

two days at the moment. The beginning of next week, Monday and

Tuesday, high pressure in charge. Fine and dry with some sunny spells.

A fresh appeal to things on Monday as the winds swing round to the

north-west, dragging in Calder Atlanta again. Tuesday, the winds

background to the south west so it's starting to climb again tempered a

wise. Do the clocks change next weekend? It is usually late March.

So, like, you get sponsored to swap clothes with somebody for a day.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. OK, I don't get that. So, maybe...

I don't get that. ..you wear your mother's clothes?

I don't get it. What does she wear? No, no, she wears someone else's.

OK, I don't get that, it's too complicated. Do another one.

So, like, you get sponsored to let people lick stuff

No, but, like, you get these flavoured... Cool, yeah.

Not going to happen. Peanut butter. Do another one.

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