:00:00. > :00:00.On tonight's programme: It's official.
:00:00. > :00:08.As the Commons says yes to a June election, we ask our politicians
:00:09. > :00:16.what they think the big issues will be.
:00:17. > :00:24.The shocking state of the NHS and social care for instance at a time
:00:25. > :00:28.when Britain is sending ?13 billion a year in foreign aid. We need
:00:29. > :00:31.better infrastructure and more investment in schools.
:00:32. > :00:33.Away from Westminster, what's the mood in this region?
:00:34. > :00:36.We've been talking to fishermen and to farmers.
:00:37. > :00:39.Also in the programme: A radical shake up in the way we look
:00:40. > :00:44.And six marathons in six days in the Sahara.
:00:45. > :00:52.We catch up with the first double amputee to stay the course.
:00:53. > :01:01.First, another general election campaign gets into gear,
:01:02. > :01:04.as the House of Commons decides we will go to the polls on June 8th.
:01:05. > :01:07.Tonight, how the vote might affect two industries in the region.
:01:08. > :01:09.Gareth George has been speaking to farmers,
:01:10. > :01:11.while Leigh Milner has been to Great Yarmouth to hear from
:01:12. > :01:15.But we'll start with another big day at Westminster
:01:16. > :01:26.and our political correspondent, Andrew Sinclair.
:01:27. > :01:34.Well, they've done it. MPs have handed control over their futures to
:01:35. > :01:39.us, the voters. 13 MPs voted against the idea of I general election, one
:01:40. > :01:43.of them Clive Lewis, the MP for Norwich. He said it was because he
:01:44. > :01:48.feels the Prime Minister should not be able to call a general election
:01:49. > :01:51.so easily. Attention turns to the campaign itself. The government had
:01:52. > :01:56.most of today's newspapers are convinced this will be all about
:01:57. > :02:03.Brexit. But surely the selection will be about more than that. This
:02:04. > :02:07.is the constituency of Waveney. Conservative majority 2408. The most
:02:08. > :02:14.marginal seat in our part of the region. What do voters here think
:02:15. > :02:20.this is all about? Brexit, whether we should come out or not. It has
:02:21. > :02:25.got to be followed through. Implement, health care. It is quite
:02:26. > :02:32.important, the NHS. Getting rid of the bedroom tax. At Westminster, the
:02:33. > :02:37.world's media watched as MPs voted for a snap election. Brexit is
:02:38. > :02:41.important and it will be at the forefront of the campaign but there
:02:42. > :02:44.are other issues as well. We need better infrastructure, more
:02:45. > :02:48.investment in skills and making it a more enticing place to set up
:02:49. > :02:52.business. We have delivered on the mandate we were delivered by
:02:53. > :02:56.triggering Article 50. In Parliament, the Prime Minister was
:02:57. > :02:58.keen to talk about Brexit but most of the questions she faced were
:02:59. > :03:04.about issues like the economy and school funding. Opposition MPs say
:03:05. > :03:09.elections are rare events and they cannot just be about one issue. Some
:03:10. > :03:12.people will want to make this solely about Brexit and for some people it
:03:13. > :03:15.will be. But for some people, this is a chance to have their say on
:03:16. > :03:20.lots of issues that have been aggravating them. The state of the
:03:21. > :03:25.NHS and care services, care for elderly people and for disabled
:03:26. > :03:28.people. The system is close to tipping point. Everyone outside
:03:29. > :03:37.government knows that. We are seeing a rise in violent crime and public
:03:38. > :03:42.concern about soft law and order. For us in the east, grammar schools
:03:43. > :03:45.could also be a big issue. Norfolk and Suffolk are rumoured to be among
:03:46. > :03:49.the first places that could get them. Those behind the various
:03:50. > :03:51.campaigns for improved road and rail links will be looking for guarantees
:03:52. > :03:57.they will still be funding available. As always, it will be
:03:58. > :04:00.down to voters in places like Beccles, to say what they think is
:04:01. > :04:09.really important in this snap election. When will campaign
:04:10. > :04:14.properly begin? In a sense, it has already begun. A number of MPs told
:04:15. > :04:19.me they are starting to accept more invitations to events in their
:04:20. > :04:22.constituency. Expect a raft of government announcements. Expect
:04:23. > :04:26.quite a few big speeches. All of those will have to be seen through
:04:27. > :04:29.the prism of this forthcoming election and then once we have got
:04:30. > :04:34.the local elections out of the way, Parliament will be dissolved, the
:04:35. > :04:38.manifestos will be published and that is when the campaign proper
:04:39. > :04:41.will take to the road. We heard some of the issues that might be
:04:42. > :04:46.discussed. What kind of things you were expecting any manifestos? There
:04:47. > :04:49.is a big debate under way about what should be in the Conservative
:04:50. > :04:53.manifesto. Grammar schools will definitely be in there. And a
:04:54. > :04:57.commitment to spend more money on science and research but what about
:04:58. > :05:03.those promises made by David Cameron and George Osborne? Will they be
:05:04. > :05:08.kept? Will the commitment to foreign aid be dropped? The triple lock on
:05:09. > :05:11.pensions. The promise never to increase taxes. Labour meanwhile are
:05:12. > :05:18.saying they will produce a manifesto which will be very fair, especially
:05:19. > :05:24.having fair taxation, they are also seeing their manifesto promise big
:05:25. > :05:28.spending on public services. These manifestos will be important for
:05:29. > :05:33.those people who believe this election should be about more than
:05:34. > :05:39.just Brexit. Have we heard what Douglas Carswell is planning to do
:05:40. > :05:43.in Clacton? No, we haven't. He has not yet said if he will be standing
:05:44. > :05:47.as an independent or if he will be doing something else. He said he
:05:48. > :05:51.will make a statement in the next few days. That is leading to
:05:52. > :05:55.speculation that perhaps he might just decide not to stand at all. He
:05:56. > :05:59.has been telling friends that his main aim in life was to get us out
:06:00. > :06:01.of the EU and that is happening. Watch this space.
:06:02. > :06:04.So that's the situation with the politicians at Westminster.
:06:05. > :06:06.But what about the voters here in the East?
:06:07. > :06:08.For our next report tonight, Gareth George has been
:06:09. > :06:11.What will they be looking for from the different political
:06:12. > :06:25.Essex farmer Thomas Bradshaw checks on a crop of Bali. Winter has been
:06:26. > :06:31.kind. It is looking good but there is one thing he is still haven't --
:06:32. > :06:36.hoping for. All it needs now is rain. He says he was shocked when
:06:37. > :06:38.Theresa May called a snap election and worries that if the
:06:39. > :06:43.Conservatives increased their majority it could mean a harder
:06:44. > :06:48.Brexit. The harder Brexit may well mean that access to the EU market is
:06:49. > :06:51.more difficult and migrant labour is a lot more challenging. Those two
:06:52. > :06:55.things will put the agricultural industry at a major disadvantage.
:06:56. > :06:58.When you couple that with the fact the government will be the first in
:06:59. > :07:02.many generations to make a new agricultural policy, we need them to
:07:03. > :07:08.show their support for our industry and how important we are to managing
:07:09. > :07:12.the countryside. Farming uses three quarters of the region 's land, the
:07:13. > :07:18.climate and soil ideally suited for growing wheat and barley. The pig
:07:19. > :07:24.and poultry industries are centred here, an estimated 39,000 people
:07:25. > :07:27.work directly in the farming sector. The regional director of the NFU
:07:28. > :07:32.says the looming election campaign will be a chance to underline
:07:33. > :07:37.farming 's importance. It is an opportunity so we have got seven
:07:38. > :07:40.weeks in which to get our message of farming being front and foremost at
:07:41. > :07:47.everything the government does in its trade negotiations, Mickey Joe
:07:48. > :07:54.Ledley -- the mandate is really bright for East Anglia 's farmers.
:07:55. > :07:57.In Cambridge, they were planting potatoes. The farmer had this
:07:58. > :08:02.message for the politicians. Don't forget the countryside. The city
:08:03. > :08:07.people, where do they want to come on the weekends? They come to the
:08:08. > :08:11.countryside. We need to be able to preserve it and we needed to be
:08:12. > :08:14.looked after. Farmers told me they need stability and certainty,
:08:15. > :08:16.something they say they have not had since the referendum.
:08:17. > :08:20.An industry which has been in decline in recent years.
:08:21. > :08:26.Leigh Milner reports from Great Yarmouth.
:08:27. > :08:28.Paul has been a fisherman for most of his life.
:08:29. > :08:31.He spends most of his time at sea, catching the likes of cod,
:08:32. > :08:35.So, how does the politics of Theresa May and the general election
:08:36. > :08:38.Well, the general election will affect fisherman
:08:39. > :08:43.because she will clearly have the country behind her
:08:44. > :08:48.and she will have all the rural areas behind her to go ahead and get
:08:49. > :08:55.Fisherman, for one, want to see all their water is back
:08:56. > :08:58.and all the fish that live within them waters come back
:08:59. > :09:07.We want the hardest Brexit she can ever dream at and I quite honestly
:09:08. > :09:13.think Theresa May will want a little bit of Margaret Thatcher DNA in her.
:09:14. > :09:15.The UK authorities only give small boats 4% of the UK quota.
:09:16. > :09:18.Paul now lands whelks because he says he's not allowed
:09:19. > :09:20.to catch enough whitefish to make a living.
:09:21. > :09:22.Well, at the moment, Paul can only fill ten of these
:09:23. > :09:27.If he gets the hard Brexit he wants after the next general election,
:09:28. > :09:31.Rules without quotas and instead a certain amount of days
:09:32. > :09:33.at sea for fisherman, where they can keep whatever
:09:34. > :09:36.they catch to keep the number of unwanted fish being thrown back.
:09:37. > :09:38.But critics say without regulations, there's a chance of overfishing
:09:39. > :09:42.Down the road in Lowestoft, this fishmonger is a little less
:09:43. > :09:54.I don't think any thing will change, not at all.
:09:55. > :09:56.Where the fish and the quotas are, that's the way
:09:57. > :10:04.Whether they stay or go, negotiating fishing rights
:10:05. > :10:07.is expected to take two years but at least in seven weeks' time,
:10:08. > :10:16.we should know who will be negotiating them.
:10:17. > :10:19.And there's lots more on the general election on the BBC website.
:10:20. > :10:23.Among the articles, the former Ukip donor Arron Banks on his plans
:10:24. > :10:33.to challenge the sitting MP Douglas Carswell in Clacton.
:10:34. > :10:35.You're watching Look East from the BBC.
:10:36. > :10:37.Coming up later: Back home from the desert.
:10:38. > :10:39.We catch up with Duncan Slater, after he became the first double
:10:40. > :10:50.amputee to complete a gruelling 156 mile multi-marathon.
:10:51. > :10:52.American stealth fighters have been deployed outside
:10:53. > :10:54.the United States for the first time, at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk.
:10:55. > :10:57.Over the next three weeks, the F35s will be flying alongside
:10:58. > :11:01.Today, American Air Force commanders said this region would be a home
:11:02. > :11:19.One by one, they flew into Suffolk and into history. Six over the
:11:20. > :11:23.weekend, two more do this evening. For the first time outside America,
:11:24. > :11:29.these F35 's will be getting their pilots battle ready in their first
:11:30. > :11:31.visit to the region. In three years, RAF Lakenheath will be their
:11:32. > :11:37.European home from home. It is amazing. You feel like you are on
:11:38. > :11:43.the cutting edge. You feel like you are able to provide a lot. Today is
:11:44. > :11:49.such a big deal that the US acting ambassador, American, British top
:11:50. > :11:54.brass came to enthuse about this cutting-edge fighter. RAF Lakenheath
:11:55. > :11:58.will have the privilege of welcoming the first U.S. Air Force F35
:11:59. > :12:04.aircraft permanently stationed overseas. And as Russia flexes its
:12:05. > :12:09.military muscle, the message was also meant to be heard in Moscow.
:12:10. > :12:12.Our objective is to maximise our training to be as ready as we could
:12:13. > :12:17.possibly be. It will build confidence in the forces that
:12:18. > :12:20.partake in operating with this system and the purpose of the
:12:21. > :12:25.deployment is exactly that. The U.S. Air Force says this is an aircraft
:12:26. > :12:32.with and I quote, unmatched lethality. It also comes with an
:12:33. > :12:37.unmatched cost. By the end of next year, a squadron will be flying out
:12:38. > :12:43.of RAF Marham in Norfolk. Construction of new facilities is
:12:44. > :12:49.well under way. They will replace Marham 's ageing tornadoes. I think
:12:50. > :12:55.this sends a number of messages. The first is just how important
:12:56. > :12:58.Lakenheath and Marham is to the country and to Natal because this is
:12:59. > :13:06.where the F35 is going to be operating from. These F35 sword be a
:13:07. > :13:11.novelty. To air forces add to RAF stations just 60 miles apart will
:13:12. > :13:14.become home to the most advanced combat jet.
:13:15. > :13:17.A new way of looking after patients at home is to be
:13:18. > :13:19.tried out in Suffolk, based on a system already
:13:20. > :13:23.The care is given by qualified nurses with the emphasis on spending
:13:24. > :13:26.The Dutch say it helps people stay out of hospital,
:13:27. > :13:31.Half a million pounds for a 12 month trial in West Suffolk.
:13:32. > :13:33.For our special report tonight Vikki Irwin has been
:13:34. > :13:40.to Holland, to see how the Buurtzorg project works.
:13:41. > :13:42.Nanda Janssen cycles to see her patients.
:13:43. > :13:44.She's a Buurtzorg nurse with 20 years' experience.
:13:45. > :13:46.Today she is providing personal care and checking up
:13:47. > :13:49.on the well-being of this Diny, who has complex health issues
:13:50. > :14:05.She comes here to shower me and we talk also.
:14:06. > :14:12.When I'm not well, Nanda talk me out.
:14:13. > :14:25.It's not just home care but nursing care that Nanda provides.
:14:26. > :14:29.She had a serious back operation and needs help
:14:30. > :14:45.As a former nurse herself, she knows the value of having
:14:46. > :14:49.They help me for not going back in the hospital.
:14:50. > :14:51.They help me for not having depression.
:14:52. > :14:55.When you sit here and you have nothing to do and you sit
:14:56. > :14:58.here for 24 hours, then your day is very long.
:14:59. > :15:00.Talking about your illness with everyone all with a professional.
:15:01. > :15:11.If these patients lived in Suffolk, they'd be looked after by less
:15:12. > :15:13.qualified and cheaper care workers, instead of more expensive
:15:14. > :15:17.The visit would last minutes, instead of an hour and if any
:15:18. > :15:19.medical care is needed, extra nurse visits would
:15:20. > :15:25.The other difference is the way Buurtzorg is managed.
:15:26. > :15:37.I am very satisfied with my job because I can explore myself.
:15:38. > :15:40.But I also think if I have a problem, I would
:15:41. > :15:46.Within another organisation, you go to your manager and say,
:15:47. > :15:48.please, that's the problem, solve it for me.
:15:49. > :16:00.The Buurtzorg model in Holland started out with just four nurses.
:16:01. > :16:04.So it can boast about its higher satisfaction levels for nurses
:16:05. > :16:06.and for patients, but does it stack up financially?
:16:07. > :16:09.Valuation by consultants Ernst and Young found it was much more
:16:10. > :16:12.expensive to set up the model in the short term but people got
:16:13. > :16:14.better quicker and emergency admissions to hospital were reduced
:16:15. > :16:18.The overall cost of providing care was also 30% lower.
:16:19. > :16:20.Now the question health bosses in Suffolk need to ask
:16:21. > :16:32.is whether this model can deliver the same in our region.
:16:33. > :16:38.I think it is depending on do they want and evolution
:16:39. > :16:48.I think it is able to the management and to the organisations
:16:49. > :16:52.I think for the professionals, it can work either way.
:16:53. > :17:05.We could see Buurtzorg the style nurses in Suffolk within months.
:17:06. > :17:07.Dr Simon Arthur is from the West Suffolk Clinical
:17:08. > :17:25.They invited me to go to Holland to see this expensive model I didn't
:17:26. > :17:29.think could possibly work. I went out there and saw the patients and
:17:30. > :17:34.the figures and went through all the lectures they give you telling you
:17:35. > :17:36.how much of it -- it eventually costs and the scales fell from my
:17:37. > :17:41.eyes. Since then, I have been absolutely indicate that addicted to
:17:42. > :17:47.supporting this model, anything I can do to help this model. We heard
:17:48. > :17:52.in the reported is whether or not we want an evolution in our health care
:17:53. > :17:57.or a revolution. Do you think we are ready in the UK for a revolution? We
:17:58. > :18:03.have to be. We are failing. You have seen last year we are trying our
:18:04. > :18:06.best. Everybody is working hard. The government is pumping money into the
:18:07. > :18:11.system and it is still failing. We have to do something completely
:18:12. > :18:15.different. It is a revolution we require. We need health and social
:18:16. > :18:21.working together to re-able our citizens so they can live to a fall
:18:22. > :18:26.and profitable old age. It is quite an expensive prospect upfront. Is
:18:27. > :18:30.that money coming growth -- both from the NHS and the social care
:18:31. > :18:36.budget from councils? It is the two things working together. Yes the
:18:37. > :18:41.priming funding is coming both from councils and from the health care
:18:42. > :18:46.system. The CCG, the hospital trust, as well as the local councils and
:18:47. > :18:48.the county councils. It is absolutely everybody joining in
:18:49. > :18:53.because everybody is convinced this is worth a try. The idea is that it
:18:54. > :18:56.works over the long term and you get that money back because people are
:18:57. > :19:01.fit over the long term but this is a pilot project for a year. How will
:19:02. > :19:08.you assess whether it has worked or not? I would assess it by the amount
:19:09. > :19:16.of time patients spent in hospital that were having macro: dash-macro
:19:17. > :19:19.and care and those who weren't. -- Buurtzorg. The statisticians are
:19:20. > :19:24.much cleverer than me. They will work out some way of doing it. But
:19:25. > :19:32.simplistically, it costs up to ?1000 a week on average to keep someone in
:19:33. > :19:36.a complex nursing home and Buurtzorg is costing half a million for a
:19:37. > :19:41.trial. That is ten patients. Ten patients and we have Rogan even.
:19:42. > :19:48.There are a lot of people who need care who don't necessarily get
:19:49. > :19:50.better. We won't be able to help everybody get back to full able
:19:51. > :19:54.nurse and looking after themselves but even if we give them a small
:19:55. > :19:56.part of that journey, so that instead of being able to feed
:19:57. > :20:01.themselves, they can feed themselves. That would be better and
:20:02. > :20:05.it would be better for the patient, better for us, because it is a gas
:20:06. > :20:10.cost of care. It is all about better quality of life for people. I think
:20:11. > :20:14.this is actually going to save money as well. Thank you very much. You
:20:15. > :20:17.are welcome. This time last year, the race
:20:18. > :20:20.they call the toughest on earth, The former RAF man, Who lost both
:20:21. > :20:24.legs while serving in Afghanistan, was forced to pull out,
:20:25. > :20:27.when the pain from his prosthetic But this year, Duncan,
:20:28. > :20:30.from Scole in Norfolk, completed the Marathon des Sables
:20:31. > :20:32.in the Sahara, to become the first double-amputee to finish the race,
:20:33. > :20:35.equivalent to running six marathons In the process, he's
:20:36. > :20:38.raised thousands for It was just magic, you know,
:20:39. > :20:57.we saw the finish line from probably I just remember this feeling of,
:20:58. > :21:05.I'm going to make it and I was with my best friend
:21:06. > :21:08.and we were both looking at each other, saying,
:21:09. > :21:10.that is a good view. The closer you get, every step
:21:11. > :21:12.becomes a little bit lighter and a little bit easier
:21:13. > :21:15.as you finally feel like you are making progress
:21:16. > :21:18.to the finish and I was just like, All the people that helped me and,
:21:19. > :21:28.you know, that have supported me I'm sure you've had loads and loads
:21:29. > :21:39.of well dones, congratulations. The one that just struck me
:21:40. > :21:42.when I arrived was the one I think as a parent you always
:21:43. > :21:49.want to make your children, You want to sort of instill in them
:21:50. > :21:53.a little bit of yourself. You want to show them that life
:21:54. > :21:56.will always be all right. And for her to be proud and say well
:21:57. > :22:04.done, that's praise. And have you got another
:22:05. > :22:08.challenge in mind? When I got married,
:22:09. > :22:13.I never got a chance She said, I don't mind
:22:14. > :22:17.you going back again, So I really need to get that one
:22:18. > :22:27.sorted so that is the next challenge You know, we are up
:22:28. > :22:49.against it, yeah, yeah. Duncan Slater ending that report.
:22:50. > :22:51.Well done, Duncan. We think you deserve the best honeymoon in the
:22:52. > :22:55.world. Let's get the weather forecast. Lots
:22:56. > :23:00.of sunshine across the region today and some fantastic photographs to
:23:01. > :23:04.show you. We can't get enough of bluebells at the moment. Look at
:23:05. > :23:07.that one. A lovely scene on the coast in Norfolk. If we look at the
:23:08. > :23:11.satellite image, you can see the extent of the sunshine across the
:23:12. > :23:16.region today but look further north and there is a lot of cloud coming
:23:17. > :23:20.our way. A much cloudier picture for the weather tomorrow. We end the day
:23:21. > :23:24.with some clear sky across the region. It is expected to be quite
:23:25. > :23:31.chilly. Temperatures could be close to freezing. There is a risk of a
:23:32. > :23:35.frost but more cloud coming in by the end of the night. These are the
:23:36. > :23:41.sorts of temperatures we are expecting to record by the end of
:23:42. > :23:44.the night. High still holding firm but with this weather front heading
:23:45. > :23:48.southwards, that will mean more cloud generally and although most of
:23:49. > :23:52.the day looks as if it will stay dry, it is possible that out of the
:23:53. > :23:57.thickest of the cloud there could be a food spots of light rain or
:23:58. > :23:59.drizzle. Generally more cloud for the afternoon. Having said that, it
:24:00. > :24:06.is still going to be relatively mild. Temperatures may be cut 14
:24:07. > :24:12.degrees. This is a spread of temperatures we can expect. A light
:24:13. > :24:17.westerly wind. Despite that cloud, not feeling too chilly. Looking
:24:18. > :24:21.ahead, it is going to turn chilly by the weekend. This weather system is
:24:22. > :24:25.coming down from the North. Not a great deal of rain but much colder
:24:26. > :24:29.air coming in from the north and that will mean a chilly forecast for
:24:30. > :24:34.the weekend. Friday doesn't look bad. In fact, that weather front
:24:35. > :24:40.coming in much later bringing that cloud. Good spells of sunshine for
:24:41. > :24:46.Friday. Temperatures may be 15 or 16 Celsius at best. Quite a sharp
:24:47. > :24:50.change in fortunes for the weekend. Top temperature 11 degrees for
:24:51. > :24:54.Saturday. Those temperatures are expected to recover by Sunday.
:24:55. > :24:59.Tonight is the chilly night for the first half of the night. A couple of
:25:00. > :25:05.milder nights and then a chilly night on Saturday. We are in a
:25:06. > :25:10.transitional stage at the moment. Thank you very much. That is all
:25:11. > :25:11.from us. We will be here with the late bulletin after the ten o'clock
:25:12. > :25:18.news.