:00:00. > :00:00.Hello and welcome to the Look East late news.
:00:07. > :00:09.Ipswich becomes the region's second opportunity area,
:00:10. > :00:11.it will be get millions of pounds to raise
:00:12. > :00:15.An inquest into the death of Dean Saunders at Chelmsford Prison
:00:16. > :00:16.hears there was a "lack of leadership, supervision
:00:17. > :00:21.and support" at the jail and it would be the region's biggest
:00:22. > :00:23.We report on the transport challenges posed by
:00:24. > :00:46.The switch has been named as one of the government's new opportunity
:00:47. > :00:48.centres, the government 's target places where it is not young people
:00:49. > :00:53.are failing to reach their potential. The towel in Sicily
:00:54. > :00:55.intends to develop better ships, create links with universities and
:00:56. > :01:00.colleges in building relationships with employers. Last year Norwich
:01:01. > :01:05.became one of the first opportunity areas in the country.
:01:06. > :01:09.Two months ago this high school was celebrating a leap then it Ofstead
:01:10. > :01:14.rating from requires improvement to good. The government says not enough
:01:15. > :01:19.schools are making progress. It is giving 6 million to schools in
:01:20. > :01:22.Ipswich, to raise aspiration. Each opportunity area including this ends
:01:23. > :01:28.in East Cambridgeshire will have a research school to share evidence on
:01:29. > :01:31.boosting the performance of disadvantaged children. Justin
:01:32. > :01:35.Greening was a Norwich after naming the city among the first batch of
:01:36. > :01:40.opportunity areas. It is vital we leave no stone unturned to find out
:01:41. > :01:46.what it will take to have them aim high and go along way in their
:01:47. > :01:48.lives. Baroness separate former Education Secretary is welcome
:01:49. > :01:53.opportunity areas. We definitely need them, certainly be social
:01:54. > :01:57.mobility commission is delighted when the government announced it
:01:58. > :02:00.would set it up. Because what we have done is identify areas where
:02:01. > :02:06.children from poorer backgrounds were falling behind more rapidly
:02:07. > :02:12.than their counterparts in affluent areas. We needed the extra
:02:13. > :02:16.attention, the extra re-sources and the boost that these areas are going
:02:17. > :02:19.to give us. The thousand word she will have to write them, that is
:02:20. > :02:25.like a university level dissertation. The University of East
:02:26. > :02:30.Anglia has an active programme to tackle the mobility problem, here a
:02:31. > :02:34.Ph.D. Graduates judging the brightest ten and 11-year-olds.
:02:35. > :02:37.Airlie is the key and the earlier you can do things the better it
:02:38. > :02:43.isn't that is one of the problems with policy in this area this point,
:02:44. > :02:46.the earlier you can talk to people about getting a good job and have a
:02:47. > :02:50.negative even going to university and better it is fed them in June.
:02:51. > :02:54.Teaching unions welcomed the government's concern over the impact
:02:55. > :02:56.of deprivation on children's education but they fear the new
:02:57. > :03:05.money will not be enough to offset damage done by spending cuts. The
:03:06. > :03:09.principle of Chantrey Academy in Ipswich joined us and I asked them
:03:10. > :03:14.for a reaction to the opportunity area programme. I think we are very
:03:15. > :03:17.pleased with the announcement, it gives us the opportunity to work
:03:18. > :03:21.with disadvantaged students to raise their aspirations and gives them an
:03:22. > :03:27.opportunity to see what else is out there. There is a huge untapped
:03:28. > :03:29.resource in this area which given the right chance you can get some
:03:30. > :03:34.really talented people into those top positions. But the donor what to
:03:35. > :03:38.expect or how to expected or how to get there. The government says
:03:39. > :03:45.expert has a problem with social mobility. Why is that? Two reasons,
:03:46. > :03:52.one is that a lot of the families in the area don't have the pioneers in
:03:53. > :03:58.the family so they have no idea in terms of what going to university
:03:59. > :04:02.can mean for them and their futures. Secondly, you have the aspirin
:04:03. > :04:05.seeing it is not for me. We have to raise expectations and say it is for
:04:06. > :04:08.you, it is just for students like you and there will be a job at the
:04:09. > :04:15.end of it. After university you will go into a job and into a career.
:04:16. > :04:19.Somewhere where you have a work ethic and go on and on improving and
:04:20. > :04:23.improving and recognising the fact that your development doesn't just
:04:24. > :04:28.stop at the end of the day. There is money that comes with being an
:04:29. > :04:34.opportunity area, what would you like to see it spent on? We want to
:04:35. > :04:37.see generational change, it is not about the next three or four years,
:04:38. > :04:40.it is about getting the kids the results of the next three or four
:04:41. > :04:44.years to deal with the shortfall but beyond that the knowledge and
:04:45. > :04:46.expertise goes back into the community so the next generation
:04:47. > :04:51.promotes the next generation promotes the next, until you
:04:52. > :05:06.establish a learning culture in this area. Thank you.
:05:07. > :05:11.Dean Saunders electrocuted himself in his cell in prison last January
:05:12. > :05:14.despite warnings from his family that he was suicidal.
:05:15. > :05:20.Day eight of the inquest and Dean Saunders's parents and his partner
:05:21. > :05:23.Clare have had to sit through disturbing evidence. The 23-year-old
:05:24. > :05:27.died in January last year after allegedly hitting himself with a
:05:28. > :05:30.television caught in his prison cell. Within days of arriving he was
:05:31. > :05:36.taken off suicide watch and put on half hourly observation. Health care
:05:37. > :05:39.at the prison operated by care UK, the inquest that heard that none of
:05:40. > :05:42.the team who made the decision to take Dean of constant watch was
:05:43. > :05:48.medically qualified. Today the company's medical director said that
:05:49. > :05:53.was unacceptable. Care UK she said that since tightened up its
:05:54. > :05:57.procedures and the commission must now be part of the team.
:05:58. > :06:01.A review into Dean Saunders's definitely no lack of leadership
:06:02. > :06:04.supervision and support and in her opinion as a former prison GP Doctor
:06:05. > :06:08.Bromley said she felt Dean should not have been in prison, he was
:06:09. > :06:14.clearly unwell she said and it was not the right place to be. Earlier a
:06:15. > :06:18.forensics psychiatrist who assessed Dean before he died still the
:06:19. > :06:21.inquest he was in a place of safety but noted that without safety his
:06:22. > :06:25.mental state with be likely to deteriorate further. Dean hadn't
:06:26. > :06:30.on remand, the Governor of on remand, the Governor of
:06:31. > :06:34.Chelmsford prison for eight after the death except that this was a
:06:35. > :06:37.prison had a duty of care to ensure prison had a duty of care to ensure
:06:38. > :06:41.the prisoners could speak to their families. The review into Dean
:06:42. > :06:46.Saunders's that said it was both predictable and preventable, was
:06:47. > :06:51.killed in prison and care UK city have made a number of changes but a
:06:52. > :07:00.year on some of the recommendations have yet to be fully implement it.
:07:01. > :07:04.We have been looking at plans to build a new power station on the
:07:05. > :07:05.Suffolk coast. The new Sizewell C would be up
:07:06. > :07:09.here, there would be a contractors compounds over
:07:10. > :07:11.here and accommodation for 2,400 Our environment reporter
:07:12. > :07:14.Richard Daniel reports now on the transport challenges
:07:15. > :07:20.for the area around Sizewell. Middleton Moor on a winter's
:07:21. > :07:22.morning, an idyllic scene It sits on the B1122,
:07:23. > :07:29.the main route for Sizewell traffic. EDF estimates nearly 5000 vehicles
:07:30. > :07:34.pass by here each day, the construction of Sizewell C
:07:35. > :07:37.could had another 2000. Plans to improve the road's junction
:07:38. > :07:40.at Yoxford and introduce new speed EDF are talking about putting 1500
:07:41. > :07:49.trucks per day down this road, that is 100 an hour down
:07:50. > :07:53.a little country road. Now to give you a sense of scale,
:07:54. > :07:56.there are sections of motorway in this country that don't take that
:07:57. > :08:01.number of HGVs. EDF points to the Hinkley C project
:08:02. > :08:04.in Somerset where contract worth ?460 million have
:08:05. > :08:05.already been placed. It says Sizewell C would bring
:08:06. > :08:09.similar economic benefits. But that could also mean an extra
:08:10. > :08:12.1300 vehicles per day passing This hazardous corner in Farnham may
:08:13. > :08:19.have to be widened or Farnham and neighbouring Strafford St Andrew
:08:20. > :08:26.could be bypassed. His caravan business
:08:27. > :08:32.relies on passing trade. Massive implications,
:08:33. > :08:34.I don't think we really know what those implications are until it
:08:35. > :08:36.actually happens but it is a little bit late then,
:08:37. > :08:39.we are as seasonal business, that relies on passing traffic,
:08:40. > :08:41.we've been here since the 60s and we would like to see it
:08:42. > :08:50.continue like that. EDF is proposing to park and ride
:08:51. > :08:54.sites at Wickham Market and Darsham. And up to five freight train Friday,
:08:55. > :08:58.possibly on a new track built That would mean upgrades
:08:59. > :09:05.to the east Suffolk line EDF say Sizewell C would bring
:09:06. > :09:15.significant benefits to the local economy but campaigners say not
:09:16. > :09:17.at any price. The battle lines are
:09:18. > :09:19.already being drawn. This region is bucking the trend
:09:20. > :09:27.in the latest unemployment figures. The national figure
:09:28. > :09:29.is down, but here it's up 4.6% of the workforce
:09:30. > :09:32.here is unemployed compared One of the biggest hospitals
:09:33. > :09:42.in the region has come out The Care Quality Commission says
:09:43. > :09:45.significant improvements have been made at Addenbrooke's Hospital
:09:46. > :09:47.in Cambridge thanks to In 18 months it has has moved
:09:48. > :09:53.'from inadequate' to 'good". It follows a visit by
:09:54. > :09:58.inspectors last September. Football, Norwich City's
:09:59. > :10:00.third-round FA Cup replay And there's another third
:10:01. > :10:06.round replay, Norwich City go to Southampton of the Premier
:10:07. > :10:14.League. Coming up next the weather
:10:15. > :10:24.with Chris But from me, goodnight. Dry weather with others across the
:10:25. > :10:28.region tonight, we see clear spells as well but especially the further
:10:29. > :10:33.south and east, arts of Essex could drop off 2-3 or 4 degrees and maybe
:10:34. > :10:39.even a -5 for a low tonight. North and of the region near freezing
:10:40. > :10:42.under more cloud and into Thursday cloudy conditions, Misty and murky
:10:43. > :10:46.for West Norfolk but otherwise some bright spells breaking through the
:10:47. > :10:51.cloud at times and highs on Thursday reaching around 4-6 . About average
:10:52. > :10:56.but feeling chilly under cloudy conditions. Misty and murky I think,
:10:57. > :10:59.or in the way of cloud on Friday and high-temperature reaching up to 6
:11:00. > :11:01.degrees, maybe seven at the coast. The National forecast is up next,
:11:02. > :11:05.this is the next few days, no great changes over
:11:06. > :11:12.the next few days, more sunshine on the way.
:11:13. > :11:20.Despite high-pressure sitting across the country so only slow changes in
:11:21. > :11:25.the weather, we have had a variety of different weathers, for example
:11:26. > :11:29.this beautiful sunset in Southampton which was shared by a Weather
:11:30. > :11:33.Watcher, but grey and misty in Derby thanks to an awful lot of cloud
:11:34. > :11:36.around and very little deviation by day or night from the rather grey
:11:37. > :11:42.routine. That is because we have a weather
:11:43. > :11:43.front, albeit very weak and very little wind to move the cloud and