:00:00. > :00:08.The world leading research centre we have the writer
:00:09. > :00:15.The world leading research centre being built in Norwich looking at
:00:16. > :00:20.food and its impact on health. The headteacher who says he is prepared
:00:21. > :00:26.to resign over the government's new funding formula. I will either have
:00:27. > :00:31.to leave all they will have to get rid of me. And wet and windy weather
:00:32. > :00:35.on the way. I will have the details later.
:00:36. > :00:37.First tonight, the multi-million pound hub for food
:00:38. > :00:43.It's being built at the Norwich Research Park and today
:00:44. > :00:47.marked an important stage in its construction.
:00:48. > :00:50.It's set to strengthen the life sciences triangle we have
:00:51. > :00:57.The sector is worth some ?10 billion a year
:00:58. > :00:59.to the whole region's economy and employs 18,000
:01:00. > :01:03.people, working for some 780 companies.
:01:04. > :01:08.from the Norfolk MP and former minister for life sciences,
:01:09. > :01:13.but first, Debbie Tubby reports on today's developments.
:01:14. > :01:15.It is hoped this will be a world leading hub.
:01:16. > :01:20.300 scientists, 100 hospital staff researching food, diet,
:01:21. > :01:24.health and treating patients under one roof.
:01:25. > :01:26.It is a vision now turning into a reality.
:01:27. > :01:31.It is a year into its build, a year before it opens its doors.
:01:32. > :01:34.Bringing it all together in one place at one time,
:01:35. > :01:37.it's nice in terms of the timing of it, it's at the right
:01:38. > :01:40.place at the right time to deliver the right science.
:01:41. > :01:46.It will be run by the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital,
:01:47. > :01:49.carrying out 40,000 endoscopies a year, looking at the digestive
:01:50. > :01:53.system, screening the bowel, discovering the early
:01:54. > :01:58.We are trying to bring the research and the clinical staff that
:01:59. > :02:03.are involved in medical procedures closer together, but it is also
:02:04. > :02:08.They will be able to see and understand that it is not just
:02:09. > :02:12.They are understanding there is research taking place
:02:13. > :02:15.in an institute that will one day hopefully lead to new treatments.
:02:16. > :02:18.The facility will be twice the size of the existing one at the Norfolk
:02:19. > :02:22.Seriously ill patients will still be admitted here,
:02:23. > :02:25.but outpatients could help with research at the
:02:26. > :02:30.That ability to take routine biopsies while patients
:02:31. > :02:34.are undergoing their diagnostic tests, if they can be sent to do
:02:35. > :02:37.that in an ethical way, we can build up tissue banks
:02:38. > :02:40.with huge amounts of clinical data for study and to understand
:02:41. > :02:44.scientific advances at that interaction point.
:02:45. > :02:47.It is not until you come into this new building that you realise how
:02:48. > :02:51.Over there is the University of East Anglia's medical research
:02:52. > :02:54.centre, then you've got the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital and just
:02:55. > :03:11.The Quadram Institute hopes it will be recognised globally for its
:03:12. > :03:14.research and expertise, discovering new foods and treatments.
:03:15. > :03:17.Earlier, I spoke to the Norfolk MP and former life sciences minister
:03:18. > :03:22.George Freeman and asked him how significant the Quadram Insitute is.
:03:23. > :03:32.It is a great day for Norfolk and Norwich. Our cluster here with the
:03:33. > :03:38.John Innis, Sainsbury laboratory, Norfolk and Norwich is becoming
:03:39. > :03:40.recognised globally as a centre for excellence. Post Brexit we will have
:03:41. > :03:47.to be exporting internationally. The to be exporting internationally. The
:03:48. > :03:50.crops of tomorrow, the food, the medicines and the technologies to
:03:51. > :03:54.allow the developing world to develop sustainably and Norwich is
:03:55. > :04:00.leading in that globally. You yourself as life sciences Minister
:04:01. > :04:07.said that you were concerned about the impact of Brexit. Are you saying
:04:08. > :04:12.those concerns no longer you have? I was concerned and of course Brexit
:04:13. > :04:16.comes with challengers which the Prime Minister has set about
:04:17. > :04:21.tackling, but it does come with opportunities. On balance I felt it
:04:22. > :04:25.was a challenge to far given everything else, but we must seize
:04:26. > :04:29.those opportunities and the important message is we are home to
:04:30. > :04:34.some great science, that will mean we will be home to some great
:04:35. > :04:38.companies. You paint a positive picture but there will be plenty of
:04:39. > :04:49.people working in the buildings you have been to today and across the
:04:50. > :04:52.region in our life sciences sector that are concerned post Brexit, the
:04:53. > :04:53.funding will not be there and potentially the expertise will be
:04:54. > :04:55.difficult to get. We have to difficult to get. We have to
:04:56. > :04:59.negotiate a package that works but I am confident that my sector, the
:05:00. > :05:06.rest of Europe respects our intellectual ball leadership, our
:05:07. > :05:11.universities. We will not put less money in and I think you will find
:05:12. > :05:16.we will continue to be a powerhouse of research, working with our
:05:17. > :05:21.European neighbours. Science is collaborative. European scientists
:05:22. > :05:25.club rate with Americans and other scientists around the world. This is
:05:26. > :05:29.a very exciting day for Norwich and for Norfolk.
:05:30. > :05:31.A court has been told there were systemic failures
:05:32. > :05:35.at a residential home before a 16-year-old boy drowned on a trip
:05:36. > :05:42.Umar Balogun died on a visit to Bawsey Pitts in July 2013.
:05:43. > :05:45.Castle Homes Ltd, based in Kettering, admitted breaching
:05:46. > :05:52.The police forces in Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk have
:05:53. > :05:54.all been rated as good by an independent watchdog.
:05:55. > :05:58.The Inspectorate of Constabulary says Norfolk Police is outstanding
:05:59. > :06:02.at preventing crime, tackling anti-social behaviour
:06:03. > :06:09.the force in Essex needs to work on how it protects the vulnerable
:06:10. > :06:16.Essex's Chief Constable arriving at the BBC for
:06:17. > :06:23.Stephen Kavanagh welcomed a report that had just been published
:06:24. > :06:24.by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.
:06:25. > :06:27.All of those officers and staff who have just come off night duty,
:06:28. > :06:30.who are going home to bed, they should stop and have a little
:06:31. > :06:33.smile to themselves, because it is all their hard work
:06:34. > :06:34.that has been recognised in this report.
:06:35. > :06:37.The HMRC rated Essex Police is good at preventing crime,
:06:38. > :06:40.tackling anti-social behaviour and keeping people safe,
:06:41. > :06:43.but it said the force requires improvement in how it protects those
:06:44. > :06:47.who are vulnerable from harm and supports victims.
:06:48. > :06:50.I never want to see requires improvement, but the officers
:06:51. > :06:54.and staff are complemented in this report about the substantial
:06:55. > :06:57.changes they have made that still require embedding,
:06:58. > :07:00.but the enormous investment that my officers and staff have made
:07:01. > :07:03.in changing the way that they deal with the vulnerable.
:07:04. > :07:06.In Norfolk the Chief Constable paid tribute to his staff after the HMRC
:07:07. > :07:10.said the county's force is outstanding at preventing crime.
:07:11. > :07:14.It places us as one of the best performing forces in the country
:07:15. > :07:17.and real credit has to go to the men and women of the Norfolk
:07:18. > :07:24.It gathers 27 different agencies, including the police in one room
:07:25. > :07:27.so people's problems can be addressed quickly before they reach
:07:28. > :07:39.Back in Essex a PC and PCSO work on the beat.
:07:40. > :07:43.The force's policing was praised but maintaining the performance
:07:44. > :07:49.will be tricky with more cuts on the way.
:07:50. > :07:52.The head teacher who featured in the Educating Essex series has
:07:53. > :07:55.told Look East his school will be one of the big loosers
:07:56. > :07:57.under the government's new funding formula.
:07:58. > :08:01.Vic Goddard says he'd rather resign than be forced to sack staff.
:08:02. > :08:05.Passmore's Academy in Harlow is one of nearly 1,000 schools in the East
:08:06. > :08:12.Vic is a busy man, a man who could put himself
:08:13. > :08:23.He is facing a cut of ?750,000 and he could lose up to 20 teachers.
:08:24. > :08:27.I have let them know that for that year I will draw the plan up on how
:08:28. > :08:30.they can save that money, but I will not implement it.
:08:31. > :08:33.There will be a difficult choice for me and them in the fact that
:08:34. > :08:38.I will either have to leave or they will have to get rid of me,
:08:39. > :08:44.There were always going to be winners and losers as a result
:08:45. > :08:54.Around 11,000 schools are set to benefit with 9,000 losing out.
:08:55. > :08:57.Across the country there have been protests and at least one
:08:58. > :09:05.According to the government, funding is at an all-time high,
:09:06. > :09:09.but bills are going up so in real terms, schools are feeling poorer.
:09:10. > :09:13.Under the changes, all schools will be given a lump sum but take
:09:14. > :09:31.Passmore was the school that entertained audiences in educating
:09:32. > :09:40.Essex but if the budget cuts bite, how much longer will this
:09:41. > :09:43.headteacher be educating pupils? The Department for Education said school
:09:44. > :09:51.funding for schools in Essex would go up by ?20 million if the new
:09:52. > :09:52.funding formula is implemented. More Sunday on Sunday Politics. Now the
:09:53. > :10:03.with Alex. We have some wet weather on the way
:10:04. > :10:08.tomorrow and it will last into the weekend. This evening is currently
:10:09. > :10:13.drive but we have this system spreading rain across many counties
:10:14. > :10:19.tonight, but under clear skies it will get quite chilly. Temperatures
:10:20. > :10:22.down to two or three Celsius but cloud starting to encroach on
:10:23. > :10:28.Southern counties by the end of the night and possibly with some rain
:10:29. > :10:34.will interpret Chiswell left. Rain spreading in across all areas
:10:35. > :10:38.tomorrow. Some of this could be on the heavy side. It will start to
:10:39. > :10:45.clear from Southern counties in the afternoon. Temperatures on the mild
:10:46. > :10:53.side. Nine or 10 Celsius our expected high. The National weather
:10:54. > :10:55.but here is the outlook and it will be a rather wet and windy weekend.
:10:56. > :10:59.Rain spreading in on Saturday.