:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to the Look East late news.
:00:07. > :00:10.In the programme tonight - the moment a rescue worker
:00:11. > :00:12.from Norfolk nearly dies trxing to save the lives of migrants
:00:13. > :00:26.Almost like this tunnel was closing and then I passed out.
:00:27. > :00:28.The dramatic rise in the nulber of patients in the region w`iting
:00:29. > :00:31.more than hour to be transfdrred from ambulance to A
:00:32. > :00:33.And the science helping wind producers here compete
:00:34. > :00:49.We start tonight with the mhgrant crisis and a dramatic inciddnt off
:00:50. > :00:52.the Libyan coast in which a rescue swimmer from Norfolk
:00:53. > :00:59.Paul Chamberlain is a volunteer with Norfolk Search Rescud.
:01:00. > :01:05.He also works with the charhty Moas or Migrant Offshore Aid Station
:01:06. > :01:09.It means he lives at sea for weeks on end ready to jump in and rescue
:01:10. > :01:14.We'll hear from Paul in a moment, but first, this report
:01:15. > :01:19.And a warning that you may find the pictures you are about to see
:01:20. > :01:24.Paul Chamberlain jumps into the sea as migrants scream
:01:25. > :01:29.In mass panic, some clamber to safety from their flimsy boat.
:01:30. > :01:35.Others are dragged aboard, barely alive.
:01:36. > :01:37.They have swallowed fuel, leaking from their boat.
:01:38. > :01:41.Suddenly, the MOAS team realise Paul Chamberlain -
:01:42. > :01:44.their own rescue swimmer - himself needs rescuing.
:01:45. > :01:54.These pictures were all captured by a Sky cameraman.
:01:55. > :01:57.Ten minutes after these terrifying moments, Paul Chamberlain rdcovers
:01:58. > :02:06.We first met Paul Chamberlahn in April, training in the Norfolk
:02:07. > :02:13.e is a volunteer for Norfolk Search and Rescue.
:02:14. > :02:18.If it was my family in that position, I would want the best help
:02:19. > :02:20.for them, so that is kind of my motivation for that.
:02:21. > :02:24.I just think it is about dohng the right thing, it is about
:02:25. > :02:26.being human, really, at the end of the day.
:02:27. > :02:29.Listen, we want the sick woman first.
:02:30. > :02:32.It is Paul Chamberlain's voice you can hear.
:02:33. > :02:35.Our BBC camera on his head captures the pictures you see.
:02:36. > :02:38.These are just some of the len, women and children he has already
:02:39. > :02:44.He has literally saved hundreds of lives, volunteering
:02:45. > :02:46.for the charity Moas, working in 30-degree heat.
:02:47. > :02:49.A relentless mission rescuing boatloads of people.
:02:50. > :02:52.A couple of times, I have found my little space on thd ship,
:02:53. > :03:01.It is difficult not to be moved by what is going on around xou.
:03:02. > :03:05.Paul Chamberlain has now put his life on the line several
:03:06. > :03:09.times, to rescue people he has never met.
:03:10. > :03:16.This time, maybe, it's been just a little too close for comfort.
:03:17. > :03:19.Paul Chamberlain arrived home yesterday.
:03:20. > :03:24.I asked him to describe the moment when he knew he was in dangdr.
:03:25. > :03:28.I was swimming back to the boat, towing somebodx.
:03:29. > :03:30.I can remember as I was swilming, I knocked into another body
:03:31. > :03:37.So, I turned that person ovdr and I'm then trying to swim
:03:38. > :03:44.We recovered those people to the boat and it was in the space
:03:45. > :03:48.of waiting to be recovered myself that I passed out.
:03:49. > :03:51.It was almost kind of like this tunnel was closing and then
:03:52. > :04:00.I didn't think too much at the time because I was doing
:04:01. > :04:06.But nevertheless, you were `t that point in danger.
:04:07. > :04:11.Has that made you rethink what you are doing?
:04:12. > :04:17.Yeah, it makes you think about what you are doing.
:04:18. > :04:21.Would I stop doing it? No.
:04:22. > :04:26.You are obviously back home now but is there,
:04:27. > :04:30.from this last trip, one im`ge, one overriding situation th`t
:04:31. > :04:42.For me, it is always the chhldren, it's always seeing children.
:04:43. > :04:48.We saw children as young as 12 who were unaccompanied,
:04:49. > :04:52.who were making this journey by themselves.
:04:53. > :04:57.We saw eight-month-old babids held high on rubber boats
:04:58. > :05:02.and the sad thing was, we saw children who were actually
:05:03. > :05:07.orphaned as a result of that difficult rescue.
:05:08. > :05:10.So I guess the question is, how desperate have these people got
:05:11. > :05:15.to be to put themselves into those sorts of positions?
:05:16. > :05:25.The number of patients in the region waiting more than hour to bd
:05:26. > :05:29.transferred from an ambulance into A has more than quadrupled
:05:30. > :05:35.The figures from the East of England Ambulance Servicd,
:05:36. > :05:38.follow a Freedom of Information request from the Labour Party.
:05:39. > :05:41.Our chief reporter Kim Rilex has been looking at the figures.
:05:42. > :05:45.He's at Longwater ambulance station outside Norwich now.
:05:46. > :05:51.We can see very clearly how this problem has grown.
:05:52. > :05:55.Back in 2013-14, more than 3,70 patients waited more than an hour
:05:56. > :06:02.That figure has now grown to over 13,100.
:06:03. > :06:08.Last year at the West Suffolk, 146 patients waited more
:06:09. > :06:15.At the Norfolk and Norwich, the figure was 544.
:06:16. > :06:17.At Colchester General, over 1,400 patients waited lore
:06:18. > :06:23.Hospitals face conflicting pressures when ambulances arrive
:06:24. > :06:29.Increasing numbers of peopld reporting to A for treatmdnt
:06:30. > :06:33.and a shortage of beds when often elderly patients
:06:34. > :06:36.cannot be discharged. Paramedics can only hand ovdr
:06:37. > :06:39.patients when hospital staff are ready to take charge of them.
:06:40. > :06:41.That process is supposed to take no longer than 15 minutes
:06:42. > :06:44.but when the hospital is full, there is little the ambulance crew
:06:45. > :06:50.Within the A departments, the staff are absolutely working
:06:51. > :06:53.flat-out as best they can, but they can only move patidnts
:06:54. > :06:56.through who need admission, be it short-term or longer term
:06:57. > :06:58.providing there is a bed within the hospital complex itself
:06:59. > :07:02.and that is where the probldm often is - there isn't a bed available.
:07:03. > :07:05.Delays of more than half an hour can lead to fines on hospitals
:07:06. > :07:07.but the union Unison blames what it calls chronic underfunding
:07:08. > :07:09.of the NHS and cutbacks in social care.
:07:10. > :07:13.The effect it is having on `mbulance staff means a lot of them
:07:14. > :07:16.are dealing with inappropri`te work and it is creating a lot of stress
:07:17. > :07:19.and pressure in the system and people are leaving.
:07:20. > :07:22.So we are dealing with a recruitment and retention crisis,
:07:23. > :07:24.certainly amongst paramedics, there is a one in ten
:07:25. > :07:27.vacancy rate at the moment, which makes it even more difficult
:07:28. > :07:30.for the Ambulance Service to deal with, the jobs
:07:31. > :07:34.These new figures show the handover problem
:07:35. > :07:40.The East of England Ambulance Service Trust says hospital handover
:07:41. > :07:43.delays have a significant ilpact, keeping crews from attending
:07:44. > :07:49.A spokesman told us it conthnued to work closely with hospit`ls
:07:50. > :07:56.and commissioners on seeking to reduce those delays.
:07:57. > :07:59.Next tonight - if you think of some of the great wine producing
:08:00. > :08:04.regions in the world, East Anglia doesn't
:08:05. > :08:07.feature in that list. But a grape variety called Bacchus,
:08:08. > :08:10.which does well in cooler climates might change that.
:08:11. > :08:13.In fact with the help of sole high-tech science,
:08:14. > :08:17.producers here could outdo their rivals from abroad.
:08:18. > :08:19.Early morning, Pinot Noir grapes arrive at the Flint Vineyard
:08:20. > :08:25.Soon, they are being loaded into the press, destined
:08:26. > :08:28.to become champagne. But it is another great - B`cchus -
:08:29. > :08:31.that this new winery hopes will soon become much better known.
:08:32. > :08:35.This is Bacchus juice, which has been clarifying
:08:36. > :08:41.Does it already have that distinctive aroma?
:08:42. > :08:44.It does. You can smell that.
:08:45. > :08:47.Bacchus, when it is picked, is typically like elderflowdr..
:08:48. > :08:50.Yes, it smells like elderflower It is a really unique character
:08:51. > :08:53.Only really Bacchus smells like that.
:08:54. > :08:56.But nobody really knows what that particular aroma compound is.
:08:57. > :08:59.So he has resolved to find out. Bred in the 1930s,
:09:00. > :09:02.Bacchus is a cross between Riesling and Sylvaner.
:09:03. > :09:06.Its grapes contain compounds called thiles that give
:09:07. > :09:12.In the vineyard's laboratorx, Ben Witchell has taken samples
:09:13. > :09:15.from around 20 types of Bacchus and they have been sent awax
:09:16. > :09:19.for specialist analysis using gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy
:09:20. > :09:22.to identify Bacchus' atomic fingerprint.
:09:23. > :09:25.A lot of research has taken place in New Zealand on Sauvignon Blanc
:09:26. > :09:29.and that has really influenced the winemaking
:09:30. > :09:32.techniques used there. And they are now able to make
:09:33. > :09:35.consistently high quality products in New Zealand.
:09:36. > :09:38.What we hope to do is a verx similar thing to what they have
:09:39. > :09:41.done in New Zealand on Sauvignon Blanc, but on Bacchus.
:09:42. > :09:44.So we are the first people to start looking at the detail of wh`t those
:09:45. > :09:49.The results should be back soon ready to share with fellow
:09:50. > :09:51.winemakers and then the second phase of the project -
:09:52. > :09:58.testing differing wine prodtction techniques - begins.
:09:59. > :10:03.Coming up now - the weather with Alex, but from the rest
:10:04. > :10:14.A decidedly chilly forecast this afternoon with quite a few showers
:10:15. > :10:19.and still a few lingering across parts of Norfolk and Suffolk. They
:10:20. > :10:23.will clear out into the North Sea so the rest of them are looking largely
:10:24. > :10:28.dry. Not as cold as it could get because they will still be ` brisk
:10:29. > :10:33.breeze through the night. The pressure Pan Am tomorrow shows high
:10:34. > :10:37.pressure building in from the south west but low-pressure lurking to our
:10:38. > :10:41.east and that will mean at cool and showery forecast this week. Tomorrow
:10:42. > :10:46.morning, we may get off to ` bright start with some sunshine but the
:10:47. > :10:49.showers are quickly expected to develop, particularly across
:10:50. > :10:54.counties like Norfolk and Stffolk. They could possibly be heavx and
:10:55. > :11:01.thundery. It will be quite cold as well, 13 Celsius, the high. With the
:11:02. > :11:03.brisk north-westerly wind, ht will feel colder. This is our