19/04/2017 Look East

On tonight's programme: It's official.

As the Commons says yes to a June election, we ask our politicians

what they think the big issues will be.

The shocking state of the NHS and social care for instance at a time

when Britain is sending ?13 billion a year in foreign aid. We need

better infrastructure and more investment in schools.

Away from Westminster, what's the mood in this region?

We've been talking to fishermen and to farmers.

Also in the programme: A radical shake up in the way we look

And six marathons in six days in the Sahara.

We catch up with the first double amputee to stay the course.

First, another general election campaign gets into gear,

as the House of Commons decides we will go to the polls on June 8th.

Tonight, how the vote might affect two industries in the region.

Gareth George has been speaking to farmers,

while Leigh Milner has been to Great Yarmouth to hear from

But we'll start with another big day at Westminster

and our political correspondent, Andrew Sinclair.

Well, they've done it. MPs have handed control over their futures to

us, the voters. 13 MPs voted against the idea of I general election, one

of them Clive Lewis, the MP for Norwich. He said it was because he

feels the Prime Minister should not be able to call a general election

so easily. Attention turns to the campaign itself. The government had

most of today's newspapers are convinced this will be all about

Brexit. But surely the selection will be about more than that. This

is the constituency of Waveney. Conservative majority 2408. The most

marginal seat in our part of the region. What do voters here think

this is all about? Brexit, whether we should come out or not. It has

got to be followed through. Implement, health care. It is quite

important, the NHS. Getting rid of the bedroom tax. At Westminster, the

world's media watched as MPs voted for a snap election. Brexit is

important and it will be at the forefront of the campaign but there

are other issues as well. We need better infrastructure, more

investment in skills and making it a more enticing place to set up

business. We have delivered on the mandate we were delivered by

triggering Article 50. In Parliament, the Prime Minister was

keen to talk about Brexit but most of the questions she faced were

about issues like the economy and school funding. Opposition MPs say

elections are rare events and they cannot just be about one issue. Some

people will want to make this solely about Brexit and for some people it

will be. But for some people, this is a chance to have their say on

lots of issues that have been aggravating them. The state of the

NHS and care services, care for elderly people and for disabled

people. The system is close to tipping point. Everyone outside

government knows that. We are seeing a rise in violent crime and public

concern about soft law and order. For us in the east, grammar schools

could also be a big issue. Norfolk and Suffolk are rumoured to be among

the first places that could get them. Those behind the various

campaigns for improved road and rail links will be looking for guarantees

they will still be funding available. As always, it will be

down to voters in places like Beccles, to say what they think is

really important in this snap election. When will campaign

properly begin? In a sense, it has already begun. A number of MPs told

me they are starting to accept more invitations to events in their

constituency. Expect a raft of government announcements. Expect

quite a few big speeches. All of those will have to be seen through

the prism of this forthcoming election and then once we have got

the local elections out of the way, Parliament will be dissolved, the

manifestos will be published and that is when the campaign proper

will take to the road. We heard some of the issues that might be

discussed. What kind of things you were expecting any manifestos? There

is a big debate under way about what should be in the Conservative

manifesto. Grammar schools will definitely be in there. And a

commitment to spend more money on science and research but what about

those promises made by David Cameron and George Osborne? Will they be

kept? Will the commitment to foreign aid be dropped? The triple lock on

pensions. The promise never to increase taxes. Labour meanwhile are

saying they will produce a manifesto which will be very fair, especially

having fair taxation, they are also seeing their manifesto promise big

spending on public services. These manifestos will be important for

those people who believe this election should be about more than

just Brexit. Have we heard what Douglas Carswell is planning to do

in Clacton? No, we haven't. He has not yet said if he will be standing

as an independent or if he will be doing something else. He said he

will make a statement in the next few days. That is leading to

speculation that perhaps he might just decide not to stand at all. He

has been telling friends that his main aim in life was to get us out

of the EU and that is happening. Watch this space.

So that's the situation with the politicians at Westminster.

But what about the voters here in the East?

For our next report tonight, Gareth George has been

What will they be looking for from the different political

Essex farmer Thomas Bradshaw checks on a crop of Bali. Winter has been

kind. It is looking good but there is one thing he is still haven't --

hoping for. All it needs now is rain. He says he was shocked when

Theresa May called a snap election and worries that if the

Conservatives increased their majority it could mean a harder

Brexit. The harder Brexit may well mean that access to the EU market is

more difficult and migrant labour is a lot more challenging. Those two

things will put the agricultural industry at a major disadvantage.

When you couple that with the fact the government will be the first in

many generations to make a new agricultural policy, we need them to

show their support for our industry and how important we are to managing

the countryside. Farming uses three quarters of the region 's land, the

climate and soil ideally suited for growing wheat and barley. The pig

and poultry industries are centred here, an estimated 39,000 people

work directly in the farming sector. The regional director of the NFU

says the looming election campaign will be a chance to underline

farming 's importance. It is an opportunity so we have got seven

weeks in which to get our message of farming being front and foremost at

everything the government does in its trade negotiations, Mickey Joe

Ledley -- the mandate is really bright for East Anglia 's farmers.

In Cambridge, they were planting potatoes. The farmer had this

message for the politicians. Don't forget the countryside. The city

people, where do they want to come on the weekends? They come to the

countryside. We need to be able to preserve it and we needed to be

looked after. Farmers told me they need stability and certainty,

something they say they have not had since the referendum.

An industry which has been in decline in recent years.

Leigh Milner reports from Great Yarmouth.

Paul has been a fisherman for most of his life.

He spends most of his time at sea, catching the likes of cod,

So, how does the politics of Theresa May and the general election

Well, the general election will affect fisherman

because she will clearly have the country behind her

and she will have all the rural areas behind her to go ahead and get

Fisherman, for one, want to see all their water is back

and all the fish that live within them waters come back

We want the hardest Brexit she can ever dream at and I quite honestly

think Theresa May will want a little bit of Margaret Thatcher DNA in her.

The UK authorities only give small boats 4% of the UK quota.

Paul now lands whelks because he says he's not allowed

to catch enough whitefish to make a living.

Well, at the moment, Paul can only fill ten of these

If he gets the hard Brexit he wants after the next general election,

Rules without quotas and instead a certain amount of days

at sea for fisherman, where they can keep whatever

they catch to keep the number of unwanted fish being thrown back.

But critics say without regulations, there's a chance of overfishing

Down the road in Lowestoft, this fishmonger is a little less

I don't think any thing will change, not at all.

Where the fish and the quotas are, that's the way

Whether they stay or go, negotiating fishing rights

is expected to take two years but at least in seven weeks' time,

we should know who will be negotiating them.

And there's lots more on the general election on the BBC website.

Among the articles, the former Ukip donor Arron Banks on his plans

to challenge the sitting MP Douglas Carswell in Clacton.

You're watching Look East from the BBC.

Coming up later: Back home from the desert.

We catch up with Duncan Slater, after he became the first double

amputee to complete a gruelling 156 mile multi-marathon.

American stealth fighters have been deployed outside

the United States for the first time, at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk.

Over the next three weeks, the F35s will be flying alongside

Today, American Air Force commanders said this region would be a home

One by one, they flew into Suffolk and into history. Six over the

weekend, two more do this evening. For the first time outside America,

these F35 's will be getting their pilots battle ready in their first

visit to the region. In three years, RAF Lakenheath will be their

European home from home. It is amazing. You feel like you are on

the cutting edge. You feel like you are able to provide a lot. Today is

such a big deal that the US acting ambassador, American, British top

brass came to enthuse about this cutting-edge fighter. RAF Lakenheath

will have the privilege of welcoming the first U.S. Air Force F35

aircraft permanently stationed overseas. And as Russia flexes its

military muscle, the message was also meant to be heard in Moscow.

Our objective is to maximise our training to be as ready as we could

possibly be. It will build confidence in the forces that

partake in operating with this system and the purpose of the

deployment is exactly that. The U.S. Air Force says this is an aircraft

with and I quote, unmatched lethality. It also comes with an

unmatched cost. By the end of next year, a squadron will be flying out

of RAF Marham in Norfolk. Construction of new facilities is

well under way. They will replace Marham 's ageing tornadoes. I think

this sends a number of messages. The first is just how important

Lakenheath and Marham is to the country and to Natal because this is

where the F35 is going to be operating from. These F35 sword be a

novelty. To air forces add to RAF stations just 60 miles apart will

become home to the most advanced combat jet.

A new way of looking after patients at home is to be

tried out in Suffolk, based on a system already

The care is given by qualified nurses with the emphasis on spending

The Dutch say it helps people stay out of hospital,

Half a million pounds for a 12 month trial in West Suffolk.

For our special report tonight Vikki Irwin has been

to Holland, to see how the Buurtzorg project works.

Nanda Janssen cycles to see her patients.

She's a Buurtzorg nurse with 20 years' experience.

Today she is providing personal care and checking up

on the well-being of this Diny, who has complex health issues

She comes here to shower me and we talk also.

When I'm not well, Nanda talk me out.

It's not just home care but nursing care that Nanda provides.

She had a serious back operation and needs help

As a former nurse herself, she knows the value of having

They help me for not going back in the hospital.

They help me for not having depression.

When you sit here and you have nothing to do and you sit

here for 24 hours, then your day is very long.

Talking about your illness with everyone all with a professional.

If these patients lived in Suffolk, they'd be looked after by less

qualified and cheaper care workers, instead of more expensive

The visit would last minutes, instead of an hour and if any

medical care is needed, extra nurse visits would

The other difference is the way Buurtzorg is managed.

I am very satisfied with my job because I can explore myself.

But I also think if I have a problem, I would

Within another organisation, you go to your manager and say,

please, that's the problem, solve it for me.

The Buurtzorg model in Holland started out with just four nurses.

So it can boast about its higher satisfaction levels for nurses

and for patients, but does it stack up financially?

Valuation by consultants Ernst and Young found it was much more

expensive to set up the model in the short term but people got

better quicker and emergency admissions to hospital were reduced

The overall cost of providing care was also 30% lower.

Now the question health bosses in Suffolk need to ask

is whether this model can deliver the same in our region.

I think it is depending on do they want and evolution

I think it is able to the management and to the organisations

I think for the professionals, it can work either way.

We could see Buurtzorg the style nurses in Suffolk within months.

Dr Simon Arthur is from the West Suffolk Clinical

They invited me to go to Holland to see this expensive model I didn't

think could possibly work. I went out there and saw the patients and

the figures and went through all the lectures they give you telling you

how much of it -- it eventually costs and the scales fell from my

eyes. Since then, I have been absolutely indicate that addicted to

supporting this model, anything I can do to help this model. We heard

in the reported is whether or not we want an evolution in our health care

or a revolution. Do you think we are ready in the UK for a revolution? We

have to be. We are failing. You have seen last year we are trying our

best. Everybody is working hard. The government is pumping money into the

system and it is still failing. We have to do something completely

different. It is a revolution we require. We need health and social

working together to re-able our citizens so they can live to a fall

and profitable old age. It is quite an expensive prospect upfront. Is

that money coming growth -- both from the NHS and the social care

budget from councils? It is the two things working together. Yes the

priming funding is coming both from councils and from the health care

system. The CCG, the hospital trust, as well as the local councils and

the county councils. It is absolutely everybody joining in

because everybody is convinced this is worth a try. The idea is that it

works over the long term and you get that money back because people are

fit over the long term but this is a pilot project for a year. How will

you assess whether it has worked or not? I would assess it by the amount

of time patients spent in hospital that were having macro: dash-macro

and care and those who weren't. -- Buurtzorg. The statisticians are

much cleverer than me. They will work out some way of doing it. But

simplistically, it costs up to ?1000 a week on average to keep someone in

a complex nursing home and Buurtzorg is costing half a million for a

trial. That is ten patients. Ten patients and we have Rogan even.

There are a lot of people who need care who don't necessarily get

better. We won't be able to help everybody get back to full able

nurse and looking after themselves but even if we give them a small

part of that journey, so that instead of being able to feed

themselves, they can feed themselves. That would be better and

it would be better for the patient, better for us, because it is a gas

cost of care. It is all about better quality of life for people. I think

this is actually going to save money as well. Thank you very much. You

are welcome. This time last year, the race

they call the toughest on earth, The former RAF man, Who lost both

legs while serving in Afghanistan, was forced to pull out,

when the pain from his prosthetic But this year, Duncan,

from Scole in Norfolk, completed the Marathon des Sables

in the Sahara, to become the first double-amputee to finish the race,

equivalent to running six marathons In the process, he's

raised thousands for It was just magic, you know,

we saw the finish line from probably I just remember this feeling of,

I'm going to make it and I was with my best friend

and we were both looking at each other, saying,

that is a good view. The closer you get, every step

becomes a little bit lighter and a little bit easier

as you finally feel like you are making progress

to the finish and I was just like, All the people that helped me and,

you know, that have supported me I'm sure you've had loads and loads

of well dones, congratulations. The one that just struck me

when I arrived was the one I think as a parent you always

want to make your children, You want to sort of instill in them

a little bit of yourself. You want to show them that life

will always be all right. And for her to be proud and say well

done, that's praise. And have you got another

challenge in mind? When I got married,

I never got a chance She said, I don't mind

you going back again, So I really need to get that one

sorted so that is the next challenge You know, we are up

against it, yeah, yeah. Duncan Slater ending that report.

Well done, Duncan. We think you deserve the best honeymoon in the

world. Let's get the weather forecast. Lots

of sunshine across the region today and some fantastic photographs to

show you. We can't get enough of bluebells at the moment. Look at

that one. A lovely scene on the coast in Norfolk. If we look at the

satellite image, you can see the extent of the sunshine across the

region today but look further north and there is a lot of cloud coming

our way. A much cloudier picture for the weather tomorrow. We end the day

with some clear sky across the region. It is expected to be quite

chilly. Temperatures could be close to freezing. There is a risk of a

frost but more cloud coming in by the end of the night. These are the

sorts of temperatures we are expecting to record by the end of

the night. High still holding firm but with this weather front heading

southwards, that will mean more cloud generally and although most of

the day looks as if it will stay dry, it is possible that out of the

thickest of the cloud there could be a food spots of light rain or

drizzle. Generally more cloud for the afternoon. Having said that, it

is still going to be relatively mild. Temperatures may be cut 14

degrees. This is a spread of temperatures we can expect. A light

westerly wind. Despite that cloud, not feeling too chilly. Looking

ahead, it is going to turn chilly by the weekend. This weather system is

coming down from the North. Not a great deal of rain but much colder

air coming in from the north and that will mean a chilly forecast for

the weekend. Friday doesn't look bad. In fact, that weather front

coming in much later bringing that cloud. Good spells of sunshine for

Friday. Temperatures may be 15 or 16 Celsius at best. Quite a sharp

change in fortunes for the weekend. Top temperature 11 degrees for

Saturday. Those temperatures are expected to recover by Sunday.

Tonight is the chilly night for the first half of the night. A couple of

milder nights and then a chilly night on Saturday. We are in a

transitional stage at the moment. Thank you very much. That is all

from us. We will be here with the late bulletin after the ten o'clock

news.