25/10/2011 Look East - East

Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight:

Selling their home, the family facing a massive legal bill to get

their son out of jail in Spain. They will come out and be proved to

be innocent, but it is going to take a lot of hard work and hard

cash. Announced by the Prime Minister,

the huge defence contract coming here.

The emergency call centre for fires in Suffolk has been moved to

Cambridgeshire. And training on the trampoline for

First tonight, the family putting their financial future and their

home on the line to get their son out of a prison in Spain.

Kyle Thain and his friend James Harris have been locked up for 111

days without charge after two men were attacked in a bar. They were

arrested as they prepared to board a plane home from a holiday in

Alicante, but say they'd never even been to the bar. Now Kyle Thain's

family are trying to raise more than �100,000 to fight the case.

Georgina Harris reads a letter from her brother, Kyle, precious words

home from his prison cell in Spain. Never been away from home for so

long ever. Miss the family like crazy. I still look around, even

now, and think, this is not real. It can't be. Kyle Thain and his

friend James Harris were arrested by Spanish police in July, accused

of stabbing two men in a bar fight. They have spent 111 days in custody,

much of it here in a prison in Alicante. Family and friends are

convinced they are innocent. The campaign to free them is gathering

momentum. Sponsored events are being run -- hole to raise funds.

Now the family is planning a whole roast and raffle, but legal costs

of bracketing so they are trade -- taking a drastic step: The family

home is now on the market. worked hard at it and got it how we

wanted, but Kyle is my son, a very special, kind, caring guy, and I am

not talking as a parent through rose-tinted glasses because other

people tell me the same. The fact that he is my son is reason enough,

but more the fact that he is totally innocent. We will support

him with everything we have got. are looking to downsize, just to

free up some money for all of this that is going ahead, the fees for

the lawyers, the campaign, everything. We are not happy about

it, we don't want to sell, but at the end of the day, it is just

bricks and mortar. This is our brother and our family. The house

is up for sale for �255,000, but the family fears it could cost

�150,000 or more to get justice for Kyle and James.

Earlier I spoke to Jago Russell from Fair Trials International,

which supports people who are on trial in foreign countries. I put

it to him that people might expect Spain to have a similar justice

system to ours, but that clearly isn't the case.

It certainly isn't the case. The Spanish legal system is radically

different to ours. Although thousands of people go to Spain on

holiday or for work every year, those that do come into contact

with the law or criminal justice in Spain are in for an enormous shock.

Four years you can be held without being tried. There are major

problems with their system, particularly his pre-trial

detention eat -- idea, the idea that an innocent person can be

deprived of their liberty for four years. During that time, the

families here are having to raise money to pay the bills. Could they

come to the court case and say there is not enough evidence?

have been involved with cases where the week before the trial was due

to start, after four years in detention, the prosecution had

dropped the case because there was not enough evidence. I hope that

does not happen in this case, but sometimes it does. And then you

have got an uphill battle in trying to get back from the Spanish

government all the thousands of pounds you have inevitably spent on

legal fees, on trying to defend your son's right to a fair trial.

So what is the best advice you can give families like this? Debate

throw money at it? His family is thinking of selling their home to

fund it. Do you get better lawyers or politicians involved? It is

crucial to get a good local lawyers. You need to get local lawyers who

speak the language. Many people who contact us who have been arrested

in Spain have lawyers who cannot speak Spanish. It is tragic when

people saved all their lives are to buy a family home and then have to

sell it for this kind of case. But really, it is not a time to scrimp

on legal fees. In a country like Spain, all in any country, you need

to get legal wrapper -- good legal representation. It is during this

trial preparation stage but that is so important. Frankie very much.

A massive contract to upgrade the Warrior Fighting Vehicle has been

won by Lockheed Martin UK in Bedfordshire. It's worth �1 billion

and will safeguard 150 jobs. The announcement was made during a

special visit by the Prime Minister and the Defence Secretary. Let's go

live to Ampthill and Stuart Ratcliffe.

Companies like Lockheed Martin UK are hi-tech, high value companies,

certainly higher than you in terms of what they put into their

regional economy. Here, this is where the design work or take place

for the upgrade of the Warrior Fighting Vehicle. Let me tell you a

bit about it. It dates back to the 1980s and has seen active service

is in place like the first Gulf war, Bosnia, Iraq, and also Afghanistan.

This amounts to a total rebuild of those vehicles, including the

installation of a new canon. When that is done, the vehicle should

have the life extended until 2040. Then the worry up will be a war

winner. It will make a tremendous difference to our people. Rather

than having to worry about where to stop to fire, it will be able to

operate continuously through battle. It will make us more survivable and

make us a better army. Lockheed Martin UK were delighted

by this news and said that the warrior programme will provide a

highly capable vehicle. The company has secured itself a 642 million

pound slice of a �1 billion contract. That should secure 600

British jobs across the whole of the UK. All about work or take

place in Britain. Here, that contract has secured 150 design

jobs. We are told that that work will begin here almost immediately.

Later on Look East, our 13 rebel MPs who voted for a referendum on

getting out of the European Union. And winning smiles at the Olympics,

the man in charge of teeth for Emergency 999 calls from Suffolk

are now being answered in Cambridgeshire. A new joint control

centre opened today and it will save each fire service thousands of

pounds. But critics say the changes could put lives at risk, as Fatima

Manji reports. When a fire breaks out and you dial

999, getting firefighters to you as quickly as possible is crucial. But

that is something that Suffolk Fire Brigade's union says is being

jeopardised. Ultimately, without being too dramatic, we are

concerned about greater potential life lost because of the fact that

we will have less five fighters. The local knowledge has been lost,

we have lost 80 % of our control rooms. 23 members of the staff used

to work in the control room at Ipswich. Just five of those have

moved to the new joint control room, but the merger will save each fire

service �400,000 every year. While no one was available to talk

to us today, inside they have been busy with the merger. From today,

anyone calling for the fire service in Suffolk will be redirected here.

But many shoppers in Ipswich were worried today. They will have

problems when the mood the ambulance service. The quicker they

get there, the better. It is better to keep it local. People who work

here it obviously know the area. they'd got through to them quickly

enough, it would be OK, but you don't know how quick it is going to

be, do you? It is ridiculous. Buckinghamshire Fire Service is

also considering becoming part of the Joint Centre. As the new way of

working begins, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire will be proved --

keen to prove that cost cutting will not put lives at risk.

A book wholesaler in Norwich is claiming that one of its workers

conned them out of nearly �2 million. A false customer account

was created at Bertram Books and �1.9 million has gone missing. The

police are investigating. Anglian Water has taken on an extra

60 staff ready for the winter. The company says the new staff will

deal with leaks and frozen pipes. They have also set aside �6 million

in case we get extreme weather. Over the last two winters, calls to

the company rose by 150%. MPs vote tonight on a proposal to

end the Agricultural Wages Board which has protected the pay of farm

workers since the 1920s. The government says it's outdated, but

the unions insist the Board safeguards the conditions of

thousands of rural workers. They were not scaremongering in

Westminster today, instead protesters dressed as scarecrows.

Rural workers, including some from the east, worried about their

future pay and conditions. Their aim: Trying to stop the

Government's capping a board which sets farming wages. It creates a

ladder for people to develop their careers in farming. Without that,

we will be hit hard once again. Back in Suffolk at this farm, the

bomb has been in the family since the 18th century and they can see

the work of the Board. We have people there and all the facts and

figures at their disposal. I think somebody has got to give us help.

What is the agriculture will pay board? It was set up in 1924 to

help protect workers. It was historically important for the

trade unions movement. It has helped set wages over the last 87

years, but today many people feel it is obsolete.

The government feels the board is too expensive. Unions are worried p

-- workers will be left exposed. are into the 21st century, farming

is a very progressive business like industry and it has also too much

of a purpose anymore. MPs will tonight vote on the future of the

board. The outcome will affect more than 150,000 rural workers across

the country. Police are looking for a burglar

who stole campaign medals from a serving soldier in Colchester. The

property on Grosvenor Place was ransacked and among the stolen

goods were three medals awarded for service in Afghanistan, Iraq, and

Northern Ireland. It happened sometime between Sunday afternoon

and midday on Monday. A couple of our football league

teams are in action tonight. In League One, Colchester are at home

to Bournemouth while in League Two, Southend are at Barnet. All games

kick off at 7.45pm. We all know how important it is to

recycle and to save energy. So when staff at a centre in Norfolk which

deals with waste discovered a way to generate electricity as well it

wasn't long before they were doing The Waste recycling facility on the

outskirts of Norwich takes anything that people of Norfolk pro in their

recycling bins. The plant uses a lot of electricity so it made sense

to use the south-facing roof to make some of their own. We looked

at various alternatives and the best one was using solar panels,

which have helped reduce electricity we use and say does

money. As prices rocket, there is a big trend for solar panels. The

city councils in Norwich and Cambridge are installing them on

the roofs of their council houses. This system has 420 panels and cost

�320,000. We have found that the facility is using all of the power

that has made the operational team in the business look at where the

power is being used. They are not switching off lights -- they are

switching off lights to save power. Since the system was switched on,

nearly 15 tonnes of carbon dioxide You're watching Look East from the

BBC. Coming up: England's women bouncing their way

MPs from the East played a big part in last night's Commons rebellion

calling for a referendum on our membership of the European Union.

13 Conservative MPs from this region voted against the government

and in favour of a referendum. It was the biggest ever Tory rebellion

over Europe. Here's our chief reporter Kim Riley.

Politically, the east is a Tory heartland, but it was unlucky 13

for this man. The Prime Minister on a visit this morning to a defence

contractor in Bedforshire. An impression of business as usual

despite the biggest challenge to his authority in his six years as

Tory leader. What were the rebels voting for? The motion called for a

referendum by May 2013 with three options: Maintaining the status quo

in our relations with Europe, renegotiating the terms of British

membership or leaving the European Union altogether. The Tory rebels

included five from Essex - John Baron, Douglas Carswell, Bernard

Jenkin, Priti Patel and John Whittingdale - five more from

Northamptonshire - Andrea Leadsom, Brian Binley, Peter Bone, Philip

Hollobone and Chris Heaton-Harris - also Nadine Dorries from

Bedfordshire, Stephen Mc Partland from Hertfordshire and last but not

least Stewart Jackson, the Peterborough MP losing his junior

government post after registering This was the reaction to his stand

today in his constituency. I thought he was a very honest man

and I agree with him. Doing a brilliant job. Why? We need to get

out of it, don't we? It is a democracy so he is entitled to

voice his opinion. I think it is wrong that he should be sacked.

They should have a voice of their own, not just follow a party.

That is the view from the constituency.

Well, it's not just the Conservative Party that's divided

over Europe - Luton North's MP Kelvin Hopkins was among 19 Labour

MPs who defied their party leadership. In the end the

government comfortably defeated the motion, but for David Cameron, an

uncomfortable reminder of the strength of Eurosceptic sentiment

We were hoping to speak to Stewart When the circus clowns in London,

there will be 10,000 officials, 15,000 backroom staff and almost

15,000 athletes have. That is around 1,280,000 teeth. Essex

dentist Tony Clough will be ready for them. Tony is in charge of the

dental services, which means making sure using ball's gnashers are not

giving him grief. We have got three clinics: One in Eaton and another

one in the athletes village. Based on his expense in Beijing, to any

reckons his team will have to deal with around 700 Dental related

incidents. The biggest priorities will be emergency care, so it will

be anything that happens, any injuries, broken trees, abscesses,

which will happen amongst 40,000 people. It is well known that

athletes from poorer companies will avail themselves of enter -- a

dental facilities because they can. We do have a duty and a

responsibility, and there will be many people coming to the Olympics

to get their teeth done. Why shouldn't they? If we can help, we

can contribute, then it is our privilege. Athletes are more prone

to dental problems than you might think, mainly because of deep sleep

sports drinks they knocked back. Tony and his team will be on hand

to deliver a Olympic winning smiles. As we all know, the England rugby

team had a very disappointing World Cup, both on the field and off it.

But for the women it's very different: champions of the Six

Nations and World Cup runners up last year. With big matches coming

up against New Zealand and France, they have to look for any advantage

they can get. And as James Burridge reports, they've turned to

trampolining. It is not the most likely of

training venues for a rugby player, but this is the new front line for

a forward where the appliance of science parks you go the extra mile.

England's women are some of the best in the world. Their game is

based around a strong set-piece. But when it comes to the line-out,

you need a head and a body to cope with the heights. It is sometimes

very difficult to their comfortable in the air so sessions like this

look to develop their confidence in the air so they can be more stable

in their jumps and improve their performance. It is also to improve

the safety of the players in the air. Get the chance wrong and you

could sustain serious injury. The point of today is to use the

technology on offer to get the Small Things Bright and hopefully,

gain more confidence in the air. have been videoing what they are

doing, we can see their jumping and their height, their body tension.

It helps them get a Vishal as to what they look like in the air,

especially if their coach is asking them to be tight. It is very

difficult if you cannot see what your body looks like. It has been

nice to look at where you are going wrong. We do lots are jumping when

we pay -- play and get coached on the pitch, but being on the

trampoline and seeing yourself on the air and having a camera to

analyse the details has been very helpful.

It is not the first time in other sports have benefited from

trampolining technology. High jumpers have also invested time and

money in it, but it can take time to get used to wear. I did squeal

quite a bit because I did not want to jump too high, but it felt

natural on the trampoline. They are very brave because they are going a

lot higher than we are. We have got two people coming -- bringing us

back to earth. You need those edges, with it is nutrition or things like

this they keep you going. It can make a great impression on the

other team. The difference between winning and losing often boils down

to its more details, details which should help them against the All

Blacks and the French. Well, some of them at least.

Now we can go back to the Tory rebellion over the vote on a

referendum for Europe. One of the people who has lost his government

job is Stewart Jackson, the MP for Peterborough for how did it work,

did you phone them and tell them you were going or did they? I have

not received any correspondence or phone calls from Number Ten Downing

Street. There was some confusion this morning in the parliamentary

lobby for journalists in Westminster as to whether I had

actually resigned or been sacked. I is in with reference to the

ministerial code that my resignation that speech spoke for

itself. I am deemed to have sacked myself. Was it worth it over a vote

that he could not win? Absolutely, I have no regrets it. I was

listening to the these and the legitimate concerns of my

constituents. We could have had a debate without a whip where we

could have had a proper discussion, which would have been good for

Parliament, but unfortunately the government has decided to have a

pretty heavy whip. You could say that it would not have mattered to

the government, it wasn't legislation, it would not have

caused the fall of the government, why could they not have let it go

ahead without a heavy whip? It has caused discord within the

government. But funny, it is an insured up principle, putting

constituents in country first. you part of renewed Tory awkward

squad? I hope not. I am the Member of Parliament for Peterborough and

I continue to support the government on a wide range of

issues, such as education reform, welfare reform and reducing the

deficit that we inherited. I am very proud to be a Conservative

Member of Parliament, but I could not agree with the Prime Minister

and the government on this issue. I consider it prudent to stand down

and make my views abundantly clear. Has anyone said you how long it

might be before you are given an opportunity for advancement?

and I would not bother about any use of that sort. It is far too

early to think about that. My job, I'm proud to be the MP for

Peterborough and to look after the interests of my constituents. Party

Government is not something in my mind at the moment. I had been

enormously supported by people in Peter Brand across the country. I

think I took the right decision It has been a mixed bag of whether

due to this weather front across the country yesterday. It caused

problems to Northern Ireland, West Wales and north England. By the

time it cost us, it did not produce a lot of rain fall, but it took a

long while to clear. This is the satellite image from 5pm. It has

just cleared, but it lingered around Norfolk and East Sussex

where it was cloudy with rain. Behind it, some gaps so some

sunshine, but then some shower clouds. The rainfall lingered

around the north-east corner, gave it some brighter spells, and then

some heavy showers. The showers are lingering so expect further showers

tonight, the odd rumble of thunder is not out of the question, but

also clear spells, meaning it will be chilly tonight. During the first

part of the evening, the risk of showers inland, but as the

temperatures got -- a drop, they will fade. Beware if you were in

parts of East Sussex and Essex. They could be further showers along

the coast. Under the clearing skies, we are looking at lows of around

seven degrees. Bear in mind, it got down to about 10 degrees at the

lowest last night. The winds are generally starting to turn south-

westerly and light throughout the night. For tomorrow, that weather

front is well out of the way. The isobars are closely together so a

breezier day on the way for tomorrow. Watch this area At here,

it is an area of low pressure and it will eventually bring rain on

Thursday. Before tomorrow, it will be sunny. As the temperatures rise,

some scattered showers. A bright start for many, especially in the

West. The cloud will build, bringing in a few showers. The wind

speed will take the edge of temperatures a bit. It will be

generally a moderate south-westerly tomorrow. Expect highs of 15. The

really afternoon, further sunny spells and scattered showers.

Towards the end of the day, find, cloud developing from the south.

That sets the scene for a cloudy day on Thursday with outbreaks of

rain. It will have an impact on the temperatures. But it will dry up by

the end of the week and into the weekend with light winds. The

overnight lows are not getting down to know at all.

That's it for now, but before we go, just time to mention a BBC Two

documentary tonight. It tells the story of William Tutte, the wartime