06/07/2011 Look East - East

Hello and welcome. The headlines: condemned in Parliament and

condemned across the country. The naming of the Soham murder

victims in connection with the phone hacking scandal sparks a

public backlash. It is just beyond wickedness that people could think

that this is an appropriate thing to do.

The MP for Colchester wants people to stop buying the News of the

World. We are told about this hacking into the bones of murdered

children. This is Sioux word journalism -- sewer journalism.

Campaigners claim victory as plans for another Tesco store our turn

down. And hours of cleaning, the not so

There has been a growing chorus of condemnation today after the

victims of their Soham murders were dragged into a rout over phone

hacking. A in an emergency Commons debate

today, MPs spoke of their repulsion and and that after claims of a

newspaper last and then to conversations of the parents of

Polly Wells and Jessica Chapman. -- Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

Today their parents said they were co-operating with police but did

not want to make any further comment.

This time last night the MP for at Soham put out a statement that --

saying that he was totally appalled at these allegations. Today in

Parliament Ed Miliband brought up Soham at the beginning of Prime

Minister's Questions as evidence of how serious this scandal has become.

Today, there has been no shortage of MPs calling for inquiries. Even

for a boycott of the News of the World.

We still do not know what went on at the News of the World or how

many people were responsible, but there is a feeling among our MPs

that a line has been crossed. you're talking about victims of

horrific crimes or their families, that is so far over the top, and

maybe this is just the tip of the iceberg, so I want an inquiry into

the whole media to see how bad this business of hacking has become.

that anger was very much in evidence this afternoon. I rise to

speak in this debate with considerable sadness. I am a

passionate believer in the freedom of the press but, like other

Freedoms, that freedom must be exercised within the rule of law.

number of MPs for the -- from the region were in the chamber for the

debate, and it was not just journalists they were concerned

about. There is a real concern about public trust in the police.

We have to be sure that the police will investigate people regard plus

of how powerful they may be and regardless of how it -- of whether

they had been taking illegal payments for them. This MP came

into criticism -- came under criticism. Meanwhile, another MP is

calling on the public to stop buying of the News of the World.

This is sue a journalism and people should react by saying they will

have nothing to do with it. -- sewer journalism. And could this be

another hacking Beckton? Essex teenager Danielle Jones, murdered

10 years ago. -- hacking victim. This has been one of those rare

days in Parliament where MPs have been united in anger and a feeling

that one of these stories after which life will never quite be the

same again. I was talking to one MP today who said that just as the

heart and inquiry was a seminal moment for BBC journalism, she

thinks this scandal could be a seminal moment for newspaper

journalism. The Soham murders took place nine

years ago, but those events are still fresh in the minds of local

people. Today, there was astonishment in the local area over

the claims being made about phone hacking.

In Cambridge that as across the country, there is revulsion over

these allegations. It is just beyond wickedness that people could

think this is an appropriate thing to do. It is disgusting. I think it

is really awful. I live in Soham and Holly's dad does his -- my

windows. I would take it to happen to me. If the families of the

murdered schoolgirl say, in a But there is much comment and

speculation circling around the families. Who knew what? Who did

what? And who did nothing? Some of the question is now feeding into

the media coverage. This man is a former assistant editor of the News

of the World. Let us see the evidence, not just claims by people

who think their phones may have been interfered with or the fact

that their phone numbers were on a Leicester held by a private

investigator. OK, that causes suspicion, but suspicion is not

enough to condemn individuals and it should not be enough to condemn

the whole of the media. We have paid the police for information in

the past. Since that 2003 statement by News International's chief

editor, a police have been given fresh information. One former

police officer told BBC Look East today that he thought it highly

likely that police in the Met and surrounding area had passed phone

numbers to journalists. Met Police would not elaborate. What ever the

outcome of the inquiry, the families of the murdered girls are

now having to consider the real possibility that their mobile

phones racked during the worst time of their lives. -- where hacked.

I am joined by a local newspaper editor. Where are you aware at the

time of the investigation that some newspapers were getting information

that you were not getting? colleagues were not aware as to

what was going on. We get so unused -- used to Fleet Street buying its

way into our community that they could have been doing anything.

This happened in March at a prison where a prison officer was

suspected of passing information to them. Fleet Street coming end and

kicking local communities around is something we are quite used to.

This is a whole new ball-game, a whole new level. In the in to

review with the former editor up earlier, there was no humanity in

anything he said. There is the contrition? A few apologies would

not have gone amiss. In fairness, he was saying what he did not know

any of the details or any of the proof and so we should wait and

opera comes out. Proof is pouring out of every orifice of Fleet

Street. Every inquiry is throwing forth evidence over Murdoch. He is

enabling these newspapers. Even he is now at least apologising on

behalf of what was happening at the time. For goodness sake, what are

we to say about the young people of this community who want to get to

Fleet Street? I do not think they will be seeing the red tops so much

tomorrow. It really is unbelievable that people sat in these offices

not knowing what their colleagues when engaged in. Journalists were

doing nothing while their colleagues were involved in these

illicit practices. We know that for a fact and the sooner it gets

hammered out and resolved, the better. One-word answer - are you

ashamed of journalism? I am deeply ashamed of what masquerades as

journalism in that place and in those areas that we used to call

Fleet Street. I am not ashamed of anything done in the proper since -

- provinces and certainly not of my newspaper. Sorry, that was not a

one-word answer! Ros more to come, including what

happens behind the scenes to keep the Formula One show on the road.

We at the day's big tennis tournament and we had been to a

factory in King's Lynn to see the connection between this command

this. The supermarket chain Tesco has

once again been a new -- refused planning permission for a store in

Hadleigh in Suffolk. Tesco had wanted to build on land near the

High Street. 200 people turned up to hear the decision.

The poet Sir John Betjeman described Pat -- Hadleigh as one of

the most perfect small towns as -- in England. Today, the town was

almost perfect we split over plans for a new Tesco. After a passionate

debate, council has opted to reject. We know very top to shoppers in the

area that they cannot get what they want and have to travel for to

supplement their basic food shopping. And we wanted to bring

convenience to Hadleigh. Tesco has been trying for a store in Hadleigh

since 1987 but every application they have made has come up against

fears of -- opposition. Many fear it would suck business from local

shops. Would you worry for your business

if it had gone ahead? It would not have helped. I would have had to

have been more careful because the supermarkets have to -- can sell

stuff for cheaper than I can. Ultimately, it was concerned for

its design that paved the way for at the rejection. A rejection that

some people here feel would be to the detriment of the time. They

feel it would have provided at 200 jobs for the time. The site is rat-

infested. We need something built on there, something that is vital

and vibrant to the people of Hadleigh. At Tesco store would

provide that. Anti- Tesco campaigners know that today it was

a hollow one. The community was just -- split down the middle and

only able to reject the application on the grounds of design, leaving

Tesco able to appeal. Roads in Southend have been

cordoned off as are much -- armoured police surrounded a house.

Officers went to Elizabeth Road to arrest a man at lunchtime but were

threatened. Parts of the road have been closed.

A woman who died at a campsite near Great Yarmouth has been named as

Hazel Woodhams. It is believed that he and her partner move to ashes

from a barbecue in to their tent which caused fumes to build up and

kill her. A man and a woman are still in

hospital tonight after a crash between a train and a motor home at

a level crossing. It happened on the A10 yesterday afternoon. The

couple were taken to hospital and police are investigating.

Engineers at the scene of the crash today. Police are trying to figure

out how the motor all and was able to try is it -- drive into the side

of the train. 34 people on board where injured and the Cup world in

that can perm than were airlifted to hospital. -- couple in the

camper van were airlifted to hospital. When our team arrived,

the camper van was on all four wheels and had smashed into the

side of the train. We are used to attending medical emergencies every

day. It is incredibly lucky that the train did not be real and that

passengers do -- survived. Debris littered the side of the road.

Police are now talking to eye witnesses to find out what happened.

The level crossing is now just a few hundred yards from the station

at Littleport. The trainer was slowly pulling away from the

station when the crash happened. Police say if the train had not

been moving so slowly bend more people could have been more

seriously injured. It is imperative that drivers always imply it --

complied with safety regulations. To fail to do so all his people at

huge risk. In the worst-case scenario, it could cause derailment.

Police are warning drivers to approach all level crossings with

A painting of Newmarket has been sold at auction for nearly �22.5

million. Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath, by George Stubbs, was sold

at Christie's in London to an anonymous bidder. The analogue TV

signal for BBC Two was switched off last night in Essex and most of

Suffolk. The changes affect the Sudbury transmitter, and it is all

part of the move towards digital television. The remaining channels

from Sudbury will go digital on July 20th. The University of Essex

is being urged to cap the number of students renting houses on a nearby

estate. People living in Greenstead in Colchester say the area is

suffering because too many houses are rented out.

The University of Essex, more than 10,000 students study on this

campus on the edge of Colchester. Locals say this housing estate is

now part of the campus as well because so many students live here.

In this close, more than half the houses are rented by students.

Students like the Greenstead mistake because it is close to the

university and went is cheap. But these two say some are noisy and

untidy, and it is driving locals out.

They can be quite noisy, they love their music. I often do go and

knock on their door and say, please, could you turn the music down?

landlords, or should I say investors, they're coming in,

buying up the properties, putting the maximum number of students in

to get the maximum amount of money. A I know that in a number of cities

up and down the country, which are student towns, the same problem

arises. One student I spoke to seemed unaware of the problem. Have

you ever had complaints from the neighbours about noise or anything?

All my neighbours are students, and we have pretty much the same

schedule so we didn't have any complaints. The university and the

students' union says it does all it can to encourage students to be

Coming up - it looks like weather for tennis.

Now, at one o'clock this a Sunday lunchtime, the eyes of the world

will be on Silverstone. Between now and then, an army of technicians,

caterers and support staff will be working hard to make sure

everything is ready when the cars move on to the starting grid.

Jonathan Park has been behind the scenes at Team Lotus.

Walk around the Formula 1 paddock, and you will see the biggest names

in motor sport, young and old. Without the not so famous faces,

however, the show would not come to town. We all have to do our bit,

and it all comes together. It is a massive task. There are 45

technical staff at Lotus, including this one, and they travel 100,000

miles a year. We have a lot of races outside of Europe. It

increases the time and the mileage involved. Before, the majority of

the races would have been in Europe, but it has changed over the last

few years. It has a knock-on effect for everybody with jet lag and

things. It is a lot of miles. the 240 mile round trip to

Silverstone this weekend for the drivers, including Steve. Yes, you

have got very expensive equipment in the back. You can't be bombing

up and down the motorway willy- nilly, you have got to be nice and

steady. You have got millions of pounds' worth of equipment. You do

not want him driving around in an old banger. This is where they

transport lots of the kit between races. About 25,000 parts, they

reckon, things like hydraulic hoses, disc brakes, and simple things such

as wheel nuts. Two other very important things, the cars. After

the race in Valencia, for instance, we waited a couple of hours for the

FIA to make sure everything was legal, and there we stripped the

car down and send it back in a crate. Getting everything in place

is one thing. Then, there's the accommodation to arrange. The list

goes on. And of course, in Formula 1, it all has to be dust-free. Any

part of the job you do not enjoy? enjoy it all, although the

polishing of the truck does get a bit tedious from time to time.

driving Formula 1 cars around does have its downside, then.

On Friday, I will be at Silverstone for agenda edition of the programme.

We will be looking forward to the The biggest tennis tournament in

the region started today in Suffolk despite a summer downpour. It

features some of Britain's best young players, and just days after

more disappointment at Wimbledon. The search is on for a champion.

Mike Liggins spent the day in Felixstowe.

The more astute among you will notice that I'm pretending to watch

a tennis match. That's because there isn't one. And that's because

it has been raining. We were keen to see 16-year-old Lydia Green from

Suffolk in action, but no sooner had she warmed up for her first-

round match, then guess what, it rained. We needed that chirpy,

tennis-playing crooner Cliff Richard...

# We're all going on a summer So, while there is no tennis, in

the best BBC tradition, here's something we made earlier. Question

- what is made from four cows and can make a tennis ball travel very

fast? Not Roger Federer, as it happens. The answer is racket

strings. Did you know, a lot of the top professionals still prefer gut,

and the only country making them in the country is in King's Lynn? To

make natural gut strings, you need one of these. Actually, in need

more than that, way more. In this store room in King's Lynn, they've

got the intestines of about 80,000 join. This factory needs 600 cattle

a day slaughtered to keep up production. This is has will it

gets received from suppliers. It just feels like dry straw at the

moment. So, how do you turn that into streams which do this? --

strings. You start by washing the sold out of them. It feels like it

has been in washing up liquid, it is really soft. Then, they're

measured and trimmed into 40ft a lengths. Next, the individual

strands are selected. This will make 15 strands together. For

tennis, we used 15 or 16, depending on the finishing diameter. They're

given a final management, and then put through nine different chemical

treatments in a very big tank. Then, they're spun, and start to look

more like strings and less like bits of a what a. This lady has

worked at this factory since the 1970s, and she knows string

production inside out. From the point of view of the sport, we

always think it is better, because once for a string hits the ball, it

will try to go back to its original size. We have great pride in the

product. It is very hard for people to understand without physically

seeing it that it actually starts off as something from the animal.

It takes six weeks to go from this, Back in Felixstowe, we eventually

get some tennis. 16-year-old Lydia Green, from Suffolk, has an

ambition to play college tennis in America. But she's struggling today.

She has been used to playing on the grass, I think it is tough

switching to hold court. And I think she's a bit nervous. It is

the 113th East of England jam- packed. Fred Perry played here. So

how long will it be before we get another champion? It is a worldwide

game now, you have got players coming out of the everywhere. You

have got good players springing up, like Andy Murray. It was a good

Wimbledon this year. Heather Watson and Laura Robson did well, and we

did well in the boys' matches, so there is cause for optimism. Either

way, Lydia Green recovered in her match to win 7-5 in the final set.

The finals here are on Saturday. Play continues on the hard courts.

Sadly, no play here on the Centre Court because of rain. You have

probably guessed by now that this is not exactly a grand-slam event.

But it is a grand day out. I went into a building and it was

thunder when I went in, and 15 minutes later I came out and it was

minutes later I came out and it was hot sunshine. That sums it up today.

Some of you will be wondering about the weather for the British Grand

Prix. It looks as though for qualifying there is the risk of

showers. We should get away with a dry day for the race itself. All

the coverage on BBC One and Radio 5 Live. At the moment, the unsettled

weather is caused by an area of low pressure to our South West. This

evening we have still got one or two showers around. The next thing

we have got to deal with his this band of Showunmi rain, which will

come from the west during the course of the night. Temperatures

down to about 11 Celsius. Still quite breezy. Tomorrow, it is going

to be rather cloudy, a bit more cloud than sunshine. We have got

that band of showery rain. It will try to track eastwards. As it does

so, it will become more fragmented. Behind it, all too fairly hefty

showers, and the odd rumble of thunder possibly. It will stay

fairly breezy. In the afternoon, still a further risk of showers.

Getting towards the end of the day, there could be some heavier bursts

of rain. Friday, still the risk of some heavy, thundery showers. Less