20/09/2011 Look East - East

Welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight. The Dale Farm

gates still closed as the council submits a detailed plan to clear

the travellers' site before a high court hearing on Friday I think we

have bought ourselves another week or two, and then we need to sit

down and negotiate properly. Fears of more development in the east are

unfounded, according to the Deputy Prime Minister. The Olympic

restrictions that could ground some of our flying schools. And I am at

Newmarket with a filly making a difference. Meet Feel The

Difference. She is raising loads of First tonight, stalemate at Dale

Farm in Essex as the gates of till legal travellers' site remain

closed. They are supposed to allow access under the terms of a court

injunction. The eviction brs due to start at 8.00am yesterday, the

bailiffs were poised to move in, the protestors had chained and

concreted themselves to the barricades. At 4.45, the shock news

that the travellers had won a high court injunction, stopping the

council from removing structures on the sie. Today the council

submitted a plot by plot plan for clearing the site as requested by

the high court. Both sides will be back in court on Friday. What a

difference an injunction makes.. Inside Dale Farm dogs dominate the

empty roads where 24-hours ago hundreds of protestors and act

swrirst celebrating a last minute reprieve Think about staying down

for a few more days. And when the weekend comes we will be ready for

them. Norah and Mary woke up knowing the bailiffs are at bay but

they know they have to open their gate behind them to the council.

Will you allow council officials to come on to the land? Once they put

it on our ground they can come in. That's a no. That's a no. I said

that should be left on if they want to look and see what is lil and

illegal. But Candy Sheridan told me both sides will have to negotiate.

We have to up hold the law. I wish we can continue working in a

negotiated way. So they will be evicted even though they have

nowhere to go. They will live with that There is no other choice. I am

confident they can stay round where they are at the moment on the

lawful bit. Where we argue about each pitch. There is a lot of

lawful pitchs in there So this is a turn round. When will they leave

Dale Farm n the next few days? they won't be leaving Dale Farm in

the next few days. Let us go back to korm court and talk about it in

a proper measured way and work out where people would go. When do you

see this eviction taking place? Think we have bought ourselves

another week or two, then we need to sit down an negotiate properly.

But today the barricades are still in place and the activists don't

want to dismantle them. They have erected them using anything that

comes to hands, from dolls to a barbecue and if we swing round you

can see another barrier that the junction and beyond that, yet

another one. As we saw at the attempting eviction yesterday

people are willing to put their bodies in the way to save this

community and stop them becoming homeless. People will be employed

people to stop the eviction going ahead. For now a window of normal -

- normality. The council insist the eviction will still go ahead. The

question is when? Basildon Council says it is confident the eviction

also go ahead when it goes back to the high court to try to lift the

injunction that has put the clearance on hold. The council says

the travellers must stick to their part of the bargain, particularly

in dismantling the barricades blocking the site. Our chief

reporter has this report. At the fortified gate leading to the site,

brickwork still in place. The complex eviction plan with a price

tag of up to �18 million in limbo. In Basildon town centre patience

seems to be running out. It is just delaying tactic, they know they

have to go eventually. It has been go on for ten years. It It is going

to go on long I think. But they need to go. You think they should

be evicted soon. Yes I think so it has gone on long enough. It keeps

going back-and-forth. They got away with it for ten years, haven't they.

No, I have no sympathy with them whatsoever. If they are travellers,

travel. With support from the Department for Communities and

Local Government, Basildon Council itself is ploughing �8 million into

the mass eviction. The council leader interviewed by everyone

remains determined, despite the latest delay. After ten years we

can wait another three days, but I am confident that once the court

hears the council's case, which of course it hasn't yet, that they

will be satisfied with the clarity they need for to us proceed. Do you

think this can still come to a relatively peaceful conclusion?

think if the travellers comply with what the courts have asked them to

do, and the supporters are, you know removed, moved off, and they,

and the travellers allow the council officers and their bailiffs

access to the site in a peaceful way, I think that will help to

achieve that solution. The key question could the temporary

injunction lead to another long- drawn-out dispute in the courts?

suspect it is nearly the end of the road and one has to have regard to

comments of the judge, on Monday, where I think he mentioned there

was no point in prolonging the agony for the travellers and they

would reach the end of the road soon. But for now the cameras are

drifting away. They will be back. The Deputy Prime Minister has told

Look East that changes to the planning laws will not lead to

large parts of the region's countryside being concreted over.

The Government wants there to be a presumption of development when

planning applications are considered. But Nick Clegg said the

fears of environmental groups about the proposal are unfounded. This is

the outskirts of Knorr folk where there has been talk of building

thousands of new homes. If the planning law is changed, that could

happen. This is becoming one of the Bic issues of the new political

year. Environment a r groups have mobilised claiming the new rules

could lead to agers of -- countryside being concreted over.

Their fears are shared by many at the Liberal Democrat conference

you make the planning system easier, it is easier to get more develop:

You don't allow villages to grow naturally and developers can come

in and the real fear is that villages will grow too large, too

quickly. There is a need for Mo more housing werk need to make sure

the villagers across the east of England retain their ka character

and feel comfortable with the level of housing they are having.

while it is politically contentious we will reform the planning system.

Note the silence that greeted that from the Chief Secretary to

Treasury. The Government says there is a big shortage of new home, the

average age of a first time buyer is now 37. The Deputy Prime

Minister doesn't deny there will be more building in the countryside

but he says any development will be carefully concontrolled. T It if

the sustainable, the presumption should be get on with it, but that

doesn't mean there are no checks and balances, it doesn't mean the

green belt will be conceet over. Absolutely not. But the national

trust t Countryside Alliance, they are worried we will see more

building in the countryside. Are they wrong? We need to speak to

them. I spoke to the head of the national trust just the other day

about this, and our view, and our judgment, is that their fears are

exaggerated. Environmental groups aren't convinced. They will keep on

fighting as they are hoping for a climb down. At the moment that

seems unlikely. Well, later on Look East our unsung sporting hero, who

do you want to nominate for this year's award. I am at Newmarket wa

filly making a difference. Meet Feel The Difference, she is raising

loads of money for charity. I will tell you how after the news from

Soldiers from Suffolk feature in a BBC documentary tonight about the

teams who work in Afghanistan searching for explosives. It is

called The Bomb Squad and it is is a stark reminder of the dangers

they face. It is a delicate potentially deadly job, and one

which the MoD hasn't allowed to be captured on film to show us how

deadly until now. This operation to search out explosives involved 90

soldiers from this barracks in Suffolk. These lads, if it wasn't

for them, then there would be a lot more people getting injured and

getting hurt. These lads put their lives daily, these lads who have

come back and the ones out there at the moment, every day b, putting

their lives at risk to clear the device. When you find and IED it is

the best feeling, you know you have beat them at their own game. Their

game is to kill you and yours is to neutralise their device. IEDs are

the number one killer of British stroops in Afghanistan. In 2010

they koirld wounded almost 8,500 coalition troops and for the

searchs during their six months in Helmand province they took their

toll. There is seven in a team. There is only four of us left. We

lost three in three months. We have another three months to go. I have

trust in my team. We all work together, and I could trust the man

next to me with my life. They are expecting to return to Afghanistan

in 2013, to face more of the same. They hope this documentary will

help people appreciate what they do and the dangers. Newmarket's

longest serving trainer has died at the age of 73. Michael Jarvis had

been suffering from cancer and retired only last season after 43

years. His most famous win came with Carroll House in the 1989 Prix

de L'Arc de Triomphe. Three people have been charged in connection

with the death of a man in Norwich earlier this year. Honorato

Christovao died from head injuries after an tact in a car park. A

woman from Norwich and two men from London face manslaughter charges.

Protestors gathered to oppose plans for a so-called superschool in

Bishop's Stortford. A planning inquiry is being held to decide if

two schools should be merged, land on the outskirts of the town has

been earmarked. Hertfordshire County Council says it has to meet

a rising demand for school places locally They haven't really made a

case for it. They haven't made the educational argument for it. In

doing so they will destroy communities across the whole town.

It is an overwhelming rejection to this proposal by over 90% of the

commune ties of this town. world paratriathlon champion and

BBC east's disabled Sports Personality of the Year says he is

lucky to be alive, after crashing his tandem at nearly 45mph. Iain

Dawson who has less than 10% vision was defending his word title in

Beijing Basically we have more or less wrote off the front wheel and

this is pretty much all that is left. Iain Dawson has written off

his tandem. Lost his world title but survived to tell the tale.

is probably the worst crash I have had in 20 odd years of riding a

bieng. He lies on his guide for his sight and steering. But at 45mph,

they lost control as they went down a hill and round a sharp bend.

Unfortunately we ended up going between some posts, clipping one of

them, the bike and my guide Liam ended up in a concrete drainage

ditch and I travelled a bit further, hit a brick wall, with some iron

railings. Soy knew it was going to be a bit of a closical. But really

after that, I didn't know anything until we hit the ground. None what

is worse, being able to see what is going to happen or not knowing what

is going to happen because you can't see I think probably seeing

it was worse. I think it was probably worse for Liam because he

knew what was coming. This season has been one to forget at the

British Championship his tether became tangled. The Europeans his

wheel disintegated and now tat World Championships he's has

crashed. He is trying to get up to speed to compete in Spain this

weekend. He had borrowed a bike, he hopes it will bring him some luck.

Suffolk Police say lessons need to be learned after their handling of

last season's Derby between Ipswich and Norwich. The force has

apologised that off r after officers mistakenly told fans the

match had been delayed. Ipswich beat Coventry 3-0 in the the

championship last night. Martin Cranie gifted them an own goal

before Keith Andrews made it two. Jason Scotland scored the third in

the second half. A sailor from Essex is among the first athletes

to be select my Lord the Olympic Games. Saskia Clarke from Mersea

Island is one of 11 sailors named for the British team. She finished

eighth at the Olympic game in the Beijing but will go into next

year's games as one of the favourites. A �1.2 million project

to regenerate the waterfront at haar wich has just finished. It is

hoped it will encourage people to visit the town. It a town with a

rich history. But for several decades haar Rich has been in

decline. Now it seems its fortunes are changing. It has become a base

for wind farm construction and the Quayside has had a makeover. There

are wider payments. New benchs and a new visitor attraction. Light

vessel 18. It has cost �1.2 million. Funding which at one stage was

threat and by Government spending cuts. It's a vote of confidence in

the town, which has been sadly missing for a long time. How it has

been declining, so that sad decline, this is about saying it is open for

business. We believe in the town, bring your businesses here, invest

in the town because it's a worthwhile place. Not Erne is

convinced. This wine bar had a good summer but it believes for other

reasons. At the moment I don't think it has made much of a

difference. We have had a good summer business wise. A lot of that

is to do with the new wind farm business, in that we have a lot of

people in from there The work took eight month, today there were a

handful of visitor, the hope is in time the improvements will

encourage many more. -- visitors. You are watching Look East from the

BBC. Coming up. The moth that could do some serious damage if it ever

got into your wardrobe! Small flying schools in the region say

they could be forced out of business by flight restrictions

being imposed during the Olympic. Small aircraft won't be allowed to

fly across much of Essex and Bedfordshire unless they

supersubmit a flight plan. The east of England is studded with small

airfields. Plays with flying schools and private pilots will

enjoy the freedom of the skies, but airspace restrictions being imposed

could force them out of business. To reduce the threat of a terror

attack, UK airspace is being locked down for a month. The strictest

controls will be in the London area, but much of this region will be

part of a wider restriction zone. Normal commercial flights from the

main airports will be permitted but small aircraft won't be able to

take off unless they file a flight plan. This will be difficult for

flight schools such as this one near Braintree. Their schedules

vary and depend on the weather. period is in the summer. It is our

busiest time for flight training. We have looked at it an it equates

to a third of our yearly income we could lose. Today Cambridge airport

hosted an aviation show. A chance for manufacturers to show off their

latest hard wear. A panel discussed the challenges thrown up by the

Olympic flight restrictions. There is no doubt that flying schools and

light aviation will have to be very constrained. I don't think there is

an easy away round that. The security concerns round the

Olympics mean that the authorities can't afford to be very flexible.

Cambridge airport is just outside the restriction zone but it faces

challenges. It expects 500 extra aircraft movements which will

stretch it to capacity. We are one of the few regional airports that

have 24 slot capability. We estimate at additional 40 staff for

that period but we will resource up and give a great stroirs the people

coming in. The Civil Aviation Authority admits libt a difficult

month but says it will do all it can to allow them to operate. Now

autumn must be near, because the BBC has started its search for this

year's unsung sporting hero. For the last two years the winner of

the east regional award has gone on to take the national title. Can we

make it three out of three? We went to meet last year's winner. And the

unsung hero for 2011 is Lawrence. He was the test of the big BBC bash

in Birmingham. The basketball coach winning the national title Thank.

You it's a great award and a great honour. He is shooting and he goes,

box, like that. It is solid. It is box. Lance teaches basketball to

all kinds of groups from young offenders to people with

disabilities. He didn't need to win a trophy to be a hero in these

young people's lives. It has given me somewhere to improve. We saw the

Sports Personality of the Year. We were happy for him, he has done a

lot for us. It gives them a choice. They might not want to be in a gang.

This gives them an excuse. They can come here, they can be part of a

team. Make new friends, and this is their gang. Lance isn't just a

coach, he set up a chain of charity sports shops. The idea is simple.

He gets sports kit that no-one wants and he gives it to people who

need it. A few months ago we had a couple of brothers who were going

to football every other week, because they only had one pair of

football boots, they were sharing a pair. We just gave a free pair and

it meant they could both go. Congratulations well deserved. For

the last two years the east region has produced the national winner.

Last year it was lance, the years before Doreen from Milton Keynes.

Can we make it three in a row? That would be something, wouldn't it. To

nominate someone for this year's award go to the website. Simply

fill in the form. We need your entries before the end of October.

Now there are lots of ways to raise money for charity, but how about

doing it by breeding a racehorse? That is what Mandy Whitlock did and

it is paying for research into breast cancer. The filly is called

Feel The Difference, she is being trained by Sir Henry Cecil. He

winnings go to the Pink Rose Appeal at Addenbrooke's hospital. A well

earned snack. Meet Feel The Difference, a filly who is two

years old, but already making a real difference. To so many. I was

dying noesd with breast cancer last year. I thought that breast cancer

was an old woman's disease, I never dreamed I would be at risk.

Although you are frightened when you are first tote told, it is

nothing to be afraid of and you know there is hope, and it is like

racing, there is always hope until you told otherwise. After winning

her battle against breast cancer Mandy wanted to give something back.

So she bred the filly. Gave away shares to 11 of her friends and

packed her off to ten time champion trainer Sir Henry Cecil to work his

magic. It didn't take long. A win on her second start. I think she

will improve. Physically she is doing very well. She is very

athletic. Even when she won she was green, so with a bit more

experience that will be an advantage to her. Once she knows

what it is about, I like to think she will be even more effective.

What a start to her career! Weth well it is beyond what we thought

she would do we hoped she would win and we hoped she would raise money

but that was secondary to the awareness, and the fact that we

have raised money already. She is has only just started her career is

fantastic, that is down to Sir Henry. While he trains her, Carrie

has been looking after her, attending to her every need. She is

is a lovely filly. A pleasure to look after, really join her, she

was a bit naughty to begin with but she has settled in. I am pleased I

am looking after her because it is all for a good cause. Feel The

Difference has already raised 4,500 for the Pink Rose Appeal. No doubt

more to come, so plenty more of these to keep her happy. Now what

is the biggest moth, I thought that said mouth, you have ever seen

buzzing round your light fittings? An inch? A couple of inches. I am

sure it is nowhere near as big as the Giant Atlas Moth. They are

thought to be the big nest the world and some have been hatched in

Bedfordshire. Let us go live to Shuttleworth College. Well, imagine

this belongs to a hungry caterpillar, you would imagine it

would hatch into something spectacular. You would not be

disappointed. This is a Giant Atlas Moth. It is more than a handful.

This is a magnificent animal. It really is. It is a large giant moth

from southern east Asia and it is very very interesting. The

anatomical parts means it has no mouth parts. They are very very

highly prized by collectors, and often collected to preserve them

for future, generations to study. However, we are trying to study

them here so we can study the life cycle, which is really interesting,

because we were beginning to get eggs today. Let me show you this,

you can see the female is actually pupating. You can see the small

eggs to the side. This must be really exciting for you. It is

really really energising. I can't wait. I hope we are successful with

these eggs because it enables the learners to study the life cycle of

the caterpillars and how they change into wonderful animal, which

ununfortunately are shortlived when they are adults, about four to 12

days maximum. So So the sad news this moth is probably on its last

legs. So, the fact of the matter is that she has to look her best, have

all her children and she can't even complain about it because she

hasn't got a mouth to do it with. But a spectacular creature and with

a 32 centimetre wing span one of the biggest you are ever going to

see. That won't last that long. There are some people who wish I

didn't have any mouth parts. I won't name them. They are quite

won't name them. They are quite close! Thank you. Good evening. Say

it busy evening of weather. Today the focus has been thon weather

front. It has been very slow-moving, and it has brought some rain to the

region already, but not as early as we expected. It has made conditions

cloudy and if we look at the radar chart, you can see the track of the

rain on that front. So, ahead of it, patchy rain, but as the front

becomes more active, heavier bursts possible. So for this evening most

places should see rain, but whether or not you are under the front when

it is at its most active will depend on how heavy it is. It is

this evening and overnight. It will track south-east wards so clearing

in the west as it does, so that will have an impact on the

temperatures. It will introduce cooler fresher air, so the

overnight low expected to be 18C. Further east, perhaps 11 to 13C.

The wind is generally going to be light in strength, it will be

mainly south-westerly but as that front moves through, we will see

the winds turning north-westerly for a time. Now tomorrow, does

bring a fine day. There will be rain to clear first thing, and it

will start to feel freber, because that front will introduce cooler

and fresher air so you will see where the rain is. Fairly cloudy to

start with, but then, a glimmer of brightness further west. Sunny

spells starting to develop. Now, our expected high for tomorrow is

about 18C, which is 64 Fahrenheit. Most places between 16 and 18. And

we have got a fairly moderate south-westerly wind through the day,

so a bit breezy at time, that wind speed picking up as we head through

the day. You see we end the day on a fairly fine note with clearer

skies and more sunshine. So, if we look at the pressure chart you will

see what happened to the rest of the week. We have this ridge of

high pressure. That is keeping the weather systems from coming towards

us. They are going further north. For the next five days it looks

fine and settled. This is how it looks. Daytime temperatures near

normal. And, you know, some sunny spell, there will be some cloud

round at times but it should stay dry for the next five days. These