20/12/2011 Look East - East

Hello and welcome to the programme. The headlines: be training now

coming into Platform One is about to get more expensive.

There are enough time delays anyway, without any added percentage

increase on the price of the ticket. It makes you start to wonder if it

is worth taking on not. Double from Stuart and me.

Tonight we explain how the train fares increase will affect all of

Plus, the church pulled out all the stops to encourage all of us to

make it a Christian Christmas. Christmas is about the birth of

Christ, that is the core element of We go behind the scenes of a new

dual carriageway. And 12 centuries after his death,

claims denied that Edward was not really body to in Bury St Edmunds.

-- was not really buried in Bury St Edmunds.

Commuters and day-trippers across the region would set to bear the

brunt of a new round of fare increases on the trains.

increases come into effect in 2 weeks. On average, travellers must

pay an extra 5.9%, with season- ticket holders in particular having

to fork out more. The average cost of travelling from Peterborough to

London will cost more than �5,600, a rise of �300. Call centre to

London will be 4376p, up �236. Bedford to London will be just over

�4,000. An increase of �224 per year. Any moment, or correspondent

has the details for passengers on the Anglia line, but let's start in

Northampton. This station is served by London

Midland trains and Virgin trains, and like all operators, their

prices are on the way up. That means that in the New Year, on

average it will cost passengers around 23p. If you are a commuter

travelling into London every day, that cost soon add up. Does their

rises cake in on 2nd January, making it an expensive start to the

media. More of us are using the new rail

network than in any other time since the second world war. The

cost of using trains keep on climbing. If you are a commuter in

Northampton who travels to London, you season ticket will rise from

�4,448, to �4,756. An increase of �308 per will stop if you travel

from King's Cross to Cambridge you can expect to pay an extra �240.

In Luton, the London season ticket rises from �3,400 to �3,604. I have

my own business, and we are struggling. If fares go up, that is

another expense for us. We have no choice, we do not drive. That is it.

I do not use the train that often, normally because of the cost. Even

if going to London, I would tend to die because it is cheaper to drive

and get the train. It is not just the cost of the train tickets

people have to worry about, it is the cost of the parking. Two-part

here for a day it would cost �8. If you are a season-ticket holder with

easily pass, it because she 815p. The government has pointed out that

they have already acted to reduce the scale of the fare rises. Train

companies say the extra money will be used to improve services. For

many commuters, these promises seem both distant and costly.

The Christmas year continues on the railway, as the festive period is

when network real buzz most of their engineering work. We have not

fared too badly on this side of the region. Services are working as

normally in the region. On Christmas Day and Boxing Day, there

will be made its work. But there will be serious disruption from

27th December onwards as there is a be billed going on around

Birmingham New Street. As he hit two New year's Eve, they will be

disruption for passengers who use East Midland trains on the mainland.

There will be no trains running between Bedford and Leicester. That

will affect you tried to get a train to Kettering or Bedford. As

usual, the advice is that if you are thinking of trying --

travelling, call National Rail inquiries.

That is the picture in the west of the region, let's see what it is

like in Colchester. For rail users here, the latest

fell -- fare increases are a better pill to swallow. All household

budgets are being squeezed. The main issues on this line are

punctuality and reliability. I had taken the train to London on four

times this past week, at every train was late. Passengers I have

spoken to today say they're getting a raw deal.

At Colchester station today, weary resignation and anger that fares

are rising above inflation. It is still more expensive to travel by

bus and train than it is by car. The added percentage increase on

the price, it just makes you start to think whether it is worth taking

or not. On average fares on National Express East Anglia, fares

will go up by 5.8%. Good value? Train operators think so. There is

constant effort to improve. By investment in signalling and

investment in new systems and so on. All areas of the country benefit

from that sort of investment, including rail passengers the East

Anglia. From January, and any time return will cost nearly �100, up by

nearly 5p 50. In its head, you will pay an extra 4p, and end Chelmsford,

an extra �1.40. Season-ticket holders will feel it most, paying

an extra �360 more from London, and �308 more from Ipswich.

Rail users are sceptical that services will improve. Abellio

takeover from National Express East Anglia in next Friday. We will not

see improvements for five years simply because Abellio are going to

take over and all we have a 2.5 your franchise. They have a guess

the longer franchise will take more time to order and still have a new

canes. Network will say they are investing millions, but

improvements cannot come quickly enough for rail passengers.

Those investments, �200 million upgrade the overhead power lines on

this route. That will mean delays over the Christmas break. There

will be no train services on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, but

there will be problems on Christmas Eve. On this main line, trains will

only go as far as Engels than in Essex, and then people will lead to

get a bus to get in and out of London. Trains will not get as far

as Liverpool Street and end their journey at Stratford. He will need

to get on a tube to get into London. Some disruption to come over the

Christmas break, but not as much as we have seen in recent years.

And you to everyone who has been in touch. If you use the trains and

have a story he would like to share, we would like to hear from you. You

can phone, e-mail or the day message on her Facebook page.

It is the time of year when the church like to remind us of the

true meaning of Christmas. They would like a bat less council and a

bit more goodwill to all men. With so many families affected by

unemployment and low income, will the Church's message fall on deaf

ears? I will be speaking to the Bishop of Ely after this report.

Welcome to Peterborough's digital Christmas. Families invited to

dress up as characters from the Nativity itself. This is all done

for free to try and spread the true Christmas message. That is the core

element of it. The shopping feast and everything else is peripheral.

We're not afraid to do that and we are pushing it strongly.

Salvation Army is always a familiar part of Christmas. They have had a

slight drop in donations, but say that people will always give to

those who are destitute. We're all struggling, many people are

struggling, but if they have a few points to spare and know it will

help someone a need, the Salvation Army will be able to help that

person and people will give. this cathedral, but believe the

Church is still relevant. Especially in difficult times.

we are tempted to get a bit cynical and despairing, the message of hope

is important for people to have more confidence in the future. I do

not think Christianity will ever go out of fashion. Other faiths in the

City have their view on the Christmas Festival. Christmas is

about families coming together, about celebrating the message of

the cheeses. The messenger of God. That sometimes gets lost in the

commercialisation. -- the message of what Jesus.

On one of the busiest's shopping days of the year, as Christianity

of any significance at all? Not for me, I do not think it ever did. I

just enjoy Christmas. It is all about religion, if we did not have

religion be would not have Christmas. I am not a religious

person. I respect it all, but no, not at all. It seems that for some,

the Christmas story has lost its appeal.

Let's talk to the Bishop of Ely, Stephen Conway. Bishop Stephen,

what constitutes a good Christmas for the Church? Is it about numbers

of people going to church, many in the collection plate or is it just

about the atmosphere in the local community? The money is useful to

do very similar work to the Salvation Army. Working with people

who are in trouble. But what I am really interested in is people

coming to engage with the Christian story, the birth of Jesus, and what

it means about hope for the world. The Prime Minister has been

speaking about the Church of England in recent days, at he says

that it must keep to an agenda that speak to the whole country. Do you

believe that it is the place of the Church to get involved in a issues

like unemployment and benefit cuts? All of us are involved in politics

because we are a human beings and part of our society. The Church has

to engage with what is going on in the whole of society, because we

are concerned about all human life. It is not about being involved in

party politics, that is not our business. We are involved in every

community and wanting people to thrive. That means been interested

in the economy, in the whole of a society. And speaking from a

Christian perspective into our society. How concerned argue about

the numbers going to church? If you compare it with the Catholic Church,

for example, that seems to inspire more loyalty of a sort when it

comes to attendance. There are a lot of people lookout themselves as

Church of England or call themselves Christians but never go

to church. Is that the problem, do you think? I am always delighted

when people claim that the main Christian for themselves. Whether

they can actually come to church or not. I am really delighted that

people are inspired by the values of the Christian Gospel. Obviously,

I want as many people as possible to come and watch it with us.

Whether at Christmas or any other time of the year. But it is really

wonderful at Christmas, we see more people than the best of the year.

We rejoice in having been with us to celebrate with us. The Church

also prides itself on being inclusive, what is your message for

people watching, whether they are Christian or non-Christian? I am

thrilled to have this opportunity to wish people a joyful Christmas

time, of where her value as human beings is not expressed in their

value in money but in the quality of being a human being loved by God,

by a got to has come to be with us a bearing her skin and touching her

lights himself. And you very much for your time.

Later in Look East, the suggestion that NHS patients should be fined

for missing appointments had lots of you reaching for the phone. What

you had to say later. Plus, was saying it would really

buried in Bury St Edmunds. The next Four men charged with conspiracy to

commit robbery at a jewellers in Suffolk are to stand trial next

year. It comes after Thurlow Champness in Bury St Edmunds was

raided in February. A have-a-go- hero in his 70s tried to stop it.

Deanne Armstrong arrived at court courtesy of her Majesty's Prison

Service. He was shortly followed by another man on a la Hull City Obama

al are charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, all pleaded not

guilty. It was in February this year that the jurors was raided a

in Bury St Edmunds. Jewellery and watches were loaded into a bag. A

pensioner tried to stop the road. At the time, police praised his

bravery. -- the raid. The two men appeared in the Court of got one

for just a matter of minutes. They spoke only once and to confirm

their names. All will stand trial at Ipswich Crown Court in the

summer of next year. Detectives investigating a fight in

which the goalkeeper for Billericay Town was injured in the neck and

left paralysed have arrested a man. Nicky Morgan was involved in the

fight outside the Sugar Hut nightclub in Brentwood last month.

A 33-year-old man from Sittingbourne in Kent is being

questioned by the police. Traffic is expected to start building over

the next couple of days. The A11 could see serious congestion.

Building work has started but it is very early days. Driving along the

A11, you may have spotted what looks like a new road. This track

is being laid to carry farm vehicles around the estate, because

once the A11 become so dual- carriageway, they won't be able to

drive on it. Once this is completed, it will run over and under the main

road. Free-flowing today, but the single carriageway is often

congested. The road improvements a seen as the missing link between

Norwich and London. This stretch of the A11 is also an accident

blackspot. 5.5 miles of it but due to be widened and a bypass placed

around Elton. But his head with a dual carriageway, safety will

improve and the local economy will benefit -- it is hoped with a dual

carriageway. It will get Trade and Industry into the city a lot

quicker than it does at the moment. You only have to look behind us on

a day like today, whilst the traffic is moving well at the

moment, it is not always like this. From March, farm vehicles were no

longer need to use the A11. Widening is set to stop before 20th

March 13 and should be completed before 20th March 15.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of involuntary

manslaughter after a man was crushed to death at the Port of

Ipswich. Neville Wightman died after being crushed by a section of

a floating pontoon at the docks last Friday. A 47-year-old man from

Clacton is being questioned by police.

Two wards at the West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds have

been closed to new admissions. The doors closed after 16 patients

showed symptoms of the diarrhoea and vomiting norovirus. Visitors

are still allowed in the evenings, but they are being urged to wash

their hands. The hospital says what it calls enhanced cleaning is also

being carried out. In the football tonight, Norwich

City are at Wolves in the Premier League. On Saturday, Norwich drew

with Everton but Wolves were beaten by Stoke and are now six points

behind Norwich in 17th place. The last time Norwich won at Wolves was

in 1995 when they won 2-0. In the world of tennis she is certainly

the best known mum in Britain. She has helped develop not one but two

world class tennis players. Judy Murray, mother to Andy and Jamie,

now has another challenge - mentoring and leading the women's

game in this country. Not for the first time, Judy Murray and her

friends have won a captive audience. She has tried to shape and develop

women's tennis. I have always gone out and try to find what we need to

do, who do we need to add into the team to give us those extra bits of

knowledge or expertise or support that you need to move on. That is

what I would like to try to help the girls with, what will make the

difference here? The arrival of Judy Murray comes at a key time in

the British game with the few British women in the top 100. The

next aim is to move into the top 50. I really value her opinion. She

watches a lot of tennis and she understands tennis. It is the

little detail that she always told me to wear, which makes a big

difference. And demurrer's own playing career has suffered a

number of setbacks, most notably a lack of cash. She started mentoring

her own two boys at her own expense, a quarter of a million pounds.

Sometimes you have to put your neck on the line. You don't know if

there will be returned at the end of it, but for me was about finding

the opportunity. A lot of tennis parents who have youngsters wanting

to be the next Andy Murray, they must look at you and think, how do

you do it? I think the parents are a very important part of the

journey the whole way through. In any individual sport, there is

always an onus on the parents to make things happen and to pay for

things. Over the next six weeks, Andy Murray will be criss-crossing

the globe in the run-up to this trillion opening in January. The

hard work stand -- starts now -- the run-up to the this radiant

opening. -- Australian. Last night we reported on a new proposal to

fine NHS patients if they failed to turn up for an appointment. The

idea came from Norman Lamb the Lib Dem MP and the party's former

spokesman on health. Mr Lamb said so called DNAs - people who "Do Not

Attend" - are costing the health service a fortune. But the prospect

of being fined by your doctor certainly got some pulses racing.

Here's Kim Riley. Yes, Mr Lamb suggested a ten-pound fine on those

who didn't show up for their appointments and made no attempt to

tell the hospital. Summing up the feelings of many of you, Geoff

Tindall says that it is not always the fault of the patient. Edna

Fowler from Reepham, asks: "Is the �10 fine going to be a two-way

street?" She turned up for an appointment at the Norfolk and

Norwich hospital, waited an hour and a half, only to be told no

consultant was available to see her. Colin Stuart says after a two-and-

a-half-hour wait at a clinic at the James Paget hospital he had to

leave. It was logged as a missed appointment. Robert Holder from

Lowestoft, says he's "happy to be fined for missing an appointment,

providing the hospital pays me if it cancels it or keeps me waiting

more than 30 minutes." Roger Knights says his wife missed two

appointments at Hinchingbrooke Hospital. He blames "failures in

NHS administration". On that note, Brian Skinner was given an

appointment at the Norfolk and Norwich for 31st May this year.

Only problem, the letter telling him about it arrived on 1st June.

But after that, he adds, the follow up care was faultless. When Trevor

Harvey phoned Peterborough Hospital to change an appointment, he had to

wait over 15 minutes to get through and got no apology. Peter Hurl

cancelled an appointment four days before it was due, only to be

called on the day and told the appointment has been cancelled due

to "unforeseen circumstances". Finally, Evelyn Mould suggests

Norman Lamb "gets real" and tries to park at the Norfolk and Norwich

hospital. She recently spent 40 minutes trying unsuccessfully to

find a parking place to take her 92-year-old mother for an

appointment. Many thanks for all your comments. Remember you can

contact us by phone, email or via our Facebook page.

Bury St Edmunds in the old borough of St Edmundsbury is one of our

treasures. The name, of course, comes from its connection with the

martyred Saxon king Edmund. The statue of the boy king stands

outside the town's cathedral close to where legend says his remains

are buried. But new research into the story claims Edmund wasn't

buried in Bury at all. In fact, Edmund was really an Essex boy.

Their fiercely proud and protective of the past hair, and the idea that

things need to be rewritten has provoked a historical who half. The

key question, exactly where did the battle take place? This is where

some believe the battle kicked off, not far from Bury St Edmunds. Or

did it happen in Suffolk? Or in Norfolk? Or if this new theory is

correct, have they all be in a wide of the mark? Because if this

linguistic expert is correct, that battle and Edmund's demise actually

happened at Maldon in Essex. It is overwhelming. Purely on linguistic

evidence, I would say that this place has the best case going for

it. But these doubts cut even deeper than that the suggestions

that some Desmond was and even buried in Bury -- that Edmund

wasn't even buried in Bury. Each place still retained their claim

and I am sure we shall still retain it. It did happen here. The whole

village think that and we like to think it happened here. Leave it

alone and leave it to last. It is a passionate debate. Could there be

more twists around the corner? I wouldn't rule it out. A friend of

mine has a theory that he could find to the bones of Edmund, but he

thinks he needs to keep quiet! sure where her more of that. The

weather. We did quite well for sunshine this morning, but during

the course the day, it cloud Adobe considerably. That cloud will bring

us some rainfall tonight. But for most of us it is a dry region. It

is just in the West of the region that patchy rain will arrive. It

won't get particularly cold. Three Celsius is are expected low. For

the second half of the night, that patchy rain will start to track

eastwards and it could be more persistent in places. It will be a

bit of a damp start of the day tomorrow. We will expect a morning

where rain will slowly clear, particularly from the east. It will

feel quite a bit milder. The reason for this is because the call there

will be pushed away from this much milder air that is swinging in from

the Atlantic behind that rain. First thing tomorrow, potentially a

lot of cloud. He will stay pretty clouded further West you are as

well -- it will stay. The temperatures will be quite could

change. We will notice the difference, it really will feel

quite a lot milder, many places in double figures. The winds are

generally light. It should stay dry in the afternoon but most places

having -- but mainly in the east a chance of sunshine. It looks like

we are in very fine day for Thursday with a bit more brightness

and tomorrow. Into Friday, we have got this called Front swinging

victory. It brings some outbreaks of rain and cooler air. -- called

Front swinging through. For Friday, it will start dry but then that

called Front will bring some outbreaks of rain. That could be on

the heavy side. Into the Christmas weekend, it is looking as if we're

in for a dry one. Not much sign of a white Christmas. Temperatures a

little cooler. We are in some pretty mild nights and then once