23/01/2017 Look East

Following the death of Dean Saunders in Chelmsford jail, warning that

lesson still need to be learned. The government unveiled its new

industrial strategy with a focus on Norwich science Park.

Tonight we have frost and freezing fog in the forecast. All the details

for your weather for the week ahead. All the details for your weather

for the week ahead. A campaign group which is supporting

the family of a man who died at Chelmsford Prison has told

Look East that jails have become "dumping grounds" for people

who are mentally ill. Dean Saunders was on remand

after attacking family members with a knife and trying

to kill himself. He was initially placed on suicide

watch, but a decision was made against his family's wishes

to reduce his observations. Just days later, in January last

year, the 25-year-old On Friday, an inquest jury ruled

that Mr Saunders had been let down by Care UK,

which provides health Today, the Prison Ombudsman said

he was "seriously mentally ill" September 2015, Dean Saunders

at home, opening presents Months later, he was

in Chelmsford prison. Today, a report into his death

criticised almost every The investigation by the Prison

and Probation Ombudsman concluded that the criminal justice system

"did too little to protect this Dean was at "high risk of suicide"

when he arrived at Chelmsford and the people who took him off

constant watch "weren't I said to Mark, "Why didn't

we save him at home?" Why didn't we save him

because if we had let him go then, he would've been with people

that loved him. He would've been

surrounded by his family. He wouldn't have been shut away

thinking nobody cared about him. He suffered for another 14 days,

to die in a cell on his own. He was getting no comfort,

no love, no phone calls. I feel that they just took away

all of his human rights, stuck in a cell and just

left him to die. The health care in the prison

was run by Care UK. Just last week, a report

by the prison's Independent Monitoring Board raised concerns

about the company's running Care UK have since announced it is

quitting its contract at the prison. A former prisoner told me

about his experience Fights in the queue

to get into medical. People going, "Oh, my needs

are greater than yours". Just because in case

someone doesn't get seen. Then, at this point,

some people were itching There have been 14 suicides

at Chelmsford since 2011, each Tonight, the Ministry

of Justice says it accepts there were significant failings

in the case of Dean Saunders. It says Chelmsford Prison has

already put into place a number of measures to better support those

with mental health problems. The Saunders family say

they are keeping a close eye to make Deborah Coles is the Director

of Inquest, the charity that supports families of those

who die in custody. Earlier, I asked her

for her reaction to The scandal, I think,

of this case is that Dean was ever It does say something

about how our sentencing policies and magistrates operate,

that a man who is seriously mentally ill ends up in a prison system

that is so obviously incapable In the case of Dean Saunders,

cost was clearly an issue. How worrying is that,

that in the prison system people are trying to save money,

so not proper care and attention So, of course that's an issue,

but I think this is an issue across the prison system

in the sense of, you know, there are just far too many people

in prison who don't need There are far few staff,

there are far few staff able to cope with the vulnerabilities

of the prison population. What we desperately need to do

is to dramatically reduce the prison population and then you can invest

in the proper mental health provision and the proper regimes

that can address the reasons behind people's offending and actually

rehabilitate people, because at the moment

what we are doing with prison is pretty much not more

than warehousing people in extremely The Ministry of Justice have told us

that improvements have been made. Does that go any way

to reassure you at all? I have to say that following every

inquest where failings have been identified by coroners

and by juries, we hear the very empty words

"lessons will be learned". Well, I'm sorry, if lessons

had been learned then Dean Saunders would not have died

in such appalling circumstances. Too many people are going to prison

who simply shouldn't be there. We also need a Government that

properly invests in mental health facilities so that prisons don't

become dumping grounds for people Plans to widen 19 miles of the A12

in Essex have been unveiled One plan is for three lanes each

way between Chelmsford The preferred option will be

decided in the summer. Highways England hopes

work will start by 2020. There are 90,000 vehicles

per day in peak time. The road is in excess of capacity

most of the day these days and, clearly, there is a need

to desperately improve that. A man who shot and seriously injured

a millionaire businessman during a raid on an Essex mansion

has been jailed for 24 years. Charlie Sims, from Great Yeldham,

was convicted last month of attempted murder after shooting

the man in his home The Science Minister says

the Government's new industrial strategy will particularly benefit

this region with its emphasis on supporting science,

research and innovation. He came to Norwich to unveil

the new policy, which could see millions of pounds of investment

coming to our science parks. In the new Leaf Laboratory

at the Norwich Research Park, the Science Minister learns how

plants are producing proteins, This is where the next cure

for Ebola or Zika could be found and it's because of research

like this that the Government is upgrading the role of science

in post-Brexit Britain. We are world class at science,

but you've got to continue to invest in your science base

to stay world class. We always said we would put science

and innovation at the heart of the industrial strategy and,

today, we can see The growth of the Norwich Research

Park is proof that science has been getting a higher profile

in recent years. Putting it at the top

of this new industrial Ministers see a sector

were Britain can excel, so there will be extra funding,

less regulation and ministers will fight for new deals

to drive up exports. There will also be a big attempt

to ensure that scientific discoveries get the help they need

to become commercial successes. There is something that is generally

known as the 'Valley of Death' between pure research

and its translation, where investment has probably been

less than it might have been Also part of this new strategy

is a promise to upgrade infrastructure, to support low

carbon energy schemes and a push to set up more schools,

like this one in Norwich, which specialises in

maths and science - an attempt to produce more

British scientists. Labour gave today's plans a cautious

welcome, saying science needs the extra investment,

but some scientist groups sais that to succeed there would have to be

a good Brexit deal which allows staff to move freely and take

part in EU research. Today was a very positive Government

vision for the East, Coming up now is the weather

from Julie, but from the rest Apart from a little bit of light

rain and drizzle, I think tonight will be dry. Cloud will come and go

so temperatures will fluctuate, but in rural spots the cute get down to

about minus five. We have a yellow warning in place from the Met office

for widespread fog, some of that freezing fog so tricky travelling

conditions not just for tonight but tomorrow as well as some of the fog

could linger throughout the day. Some spots will brighten up with

hazy sunshine developing. In that highs of six Celsius, but where the

fog lingers temperatures will struggle to get above freezing. We

finished the day dry under the clear skies with the fast and frog --

frost and fog reforming. The winds will pick up a little bit. We may

have frost and fog on Wednesday morning but the wind should help it

clear for red leave on Tuesday. Hopefully the cloud will break to

allow some sunshine and brightness. On Thursday, the winds will go more

south-easterly, dragging in much colder air from the near continent

so cold frosty start. A lot of sunshine but that the pictures for

many' linked together about two or three Celsius. The wind chill from

the south-easterly is will make you feel even colder, so a better day on

Thursday. Hopefully not quite as cold on Friday. It should be largely

dry but more cloud around on Friday, but hopefully some brightness and

sunshine, too. John will have the National forecast in a moment, but I

will leave you for the outlook for next weekend. It looks to give will

be largely dry with some sunny spells, but always quite a lot of

cloud around. Cold For the weekend we will have dry

weather with sunny spells and it will be a little bit milder.

Good evening. We are continuing to see huge righty in the weather.

Getting the detail right is proving to be a challenge. This was in

Pembrokeshire and other parts of the UK were gloomy throughout the