23/02/2012 Look East - East

Hello and welcome to the programme. The headlines: six months after she

went missing from Peterborough, the body of this woman is finally found,

but in Poland. Hello and welcome to Look East.

Also tonight, and asbestos scandal at Cambridge University. Why wasn't

this work carried out safely? Off the ground but going nowhere,

they still do not have this Apache out of a field in support.

And the companies taking a punt one winter planting.

-- a punt on winter hunting. First, a breakthrough at last in

the case of a woman from Lithuania who went missing more than six

months ago. Vitalia Baliutaviciene was last

seen in the new England area of Peterborough one of this 12. Later

that month, her 46-year-old ex- husband Rimas Venclovas was

arrested in Lithuania. In October, he appeared in court in this

country charged with both kidnap and murder. Vitalia's body had

never been found until now. Our reporter has covered this case

since last August and she joins us We seem to have a problem getting

hold of enough. She cannot hear us. I think we can go to her report.

The last known pictures of women Mach captured on CCTV shortly

before she disappeared. -- last known pictures of Vitalia

Baliutaviciene. It has become one of the most complex search --

complex searches for the Cambridge police force.

We have someone in prison about to stand trial. We have had to engage

very quickly with judiciary to make sure that appropriate measures are

in place to allow Lloyds to fully investigate these new circumstances.

Her body, identified by DNA, has now been discovered by police in

the west of Poland. Officers here say details are still sketchy as to

exactly where she was found. Vitalia was last seen alive by

neighbours back in August. She was heading to work less than one mile

away, but never arrived. As officers continued their searching,

the man was extradited from Lithuania on suspicion of murder.

Police say they will now head to Eastern Europe to work with their

officers. I need to go to Poland with a team of officers next week

to start to pick to the circumstances of her death, that

the Poles are treating as homicide. I will be taking specialist

officers with me to try and work out exactly what sort of material

there is to assess their investigation in the UK. While the

search for Vitalia's body may have ended, it marks a new phase of the

investigation into her kidnap and murder.

Cambridge University has paid thousands of pounds in compensation

to a carpenter who has contracted a lung cancer related to asbestos.

The university, one of the richest landowners in the country, has

denied it was negligent. A BBC investigation has found other

beaches in the handling of its best. This is the first lot that we take

during the day he and the morning. These ones are for pain, this is

more thing. You take that four times per day.

A cocktail of medication controls Bob Murphy's pain. Is mesothelioma,

a cancer of the lung lining caused by inhaling asbestos dust. He

worked as a carpenter at the University of Cambridge for 15

years. I was a steelworker, at the end of the day you're given a job

and get on with it. And now, and hindsight, I what she does nothing.

-- I wasn't just a worker. In hindsight, we were given a special

Hoover, which we thought was an asbestos one, but I have since

learned it was a lot of rubbish. That is a truly, I was not told

anyone about it. But this is asbestos. There are three types,

light blue and brown. It was widely used in the 50s, widely thought to

be a wonder building material. Favoured for lightness and strength,

and often used in situations where heat resistance is not they use at

all. It is they thought to be fatal. The

University of Cambridge, not just a major institution but a major

landowner. Like many colleges and institutions, it is working to

remove asbestos. But look at this, filmed secretly by someone at the

University, concerned about the way that this barn made of asbestos

cement was demolished. It was part of a �4 million project in 2008 to

build an institute for cosmology. The work then break up the sheets

with scaffolding poles, potentially releasing fibres into the air.

was horrified, because these sheets were crashing to the ground, and

the dust police, I could see it in the wind just going across. -- and

the dust released. There were two days of this. We could not believe

that the university was not protecting us as employees. It was

even broken up outside of the door where we walked into. It is not the

only incident. The same month, King's College was fined �16,000

for exposing employees to asbestos. The scaffolding again, that is it.

Presuming No 1 Court the sheep, that has probably raise a fair bit

of dust. -- presuming at No 1 Court the sheet these are supposed to be

cut with water cutters. I would not like the idea to get

out because it is white asbestos that it is it safe. It is a known

human carcinogen. Everything we sell the practical as the

regulations say should be done to avoid exposure to it.

university were told that the company used to dismantle the bar

were negligent. The company is no longer on the University supply a

list. Since then, at university procedures have been revised. Sure,

Sabin identified in the wake the work was done, but they say that

asbestos cement is one of the lowest risk asbestos materials.

They claim that Bourke finds hard to believe. He left before the bar

and demolition, but says he was exposed to white asbestos many

times throughout his career. -- I crime that Bob disagrees with.

have a terminal illness. They gave me eight to 18 months. That is my

argument. How can it not be dangers? When you are told that you

have eight to 18 months? It is not good, is that?

Bob Murphy. There is a helpline for people with asbestos related

problems. The organisation as mesothelioma UK.

The number is 0800 169 2409. The parents of a toddler who died

after she was accidentally hanged by a court on a window blind have

lodged a safety campaign to stop a similar tragedy happening to any

other family. Last year, two-year- old Emily Warner was left with

brain damage after being found with the cord around her neck at a home

in a Royston. She died in December. Today a coroner recorded a verdict

of accidental death. Two-year-old Emily Warner. Our

parents say she was a wonderful little girl, the light of their

lives. Today, the distraught couple arrive at the coroners court for an

inquest into their daughter's horrific death. The court heard

that Emily went to bed as normal at her home in Royston in

Hertfordshire one day last August. Soon afterwards, her father found

her unconscious with a blind cord around her neck. She was standing

at the window with the curtains behind her, and it appeared that

she was looking out. I told her to get down and she did not answer. I

went to grab her to put her back in bed and that is when I saw the

court was around her neck, and there were no signs of life. Just

last month, two-year-old Arthur Whinfield also died at his home in

Hertfordshire after a similar accident with a blind cord. On

average, two children died this way the UK every year. Today, both

families have continue campaign to help -- to warn parents and carers

of the dangers. All sorts of planes have words like this, either 18 or

piece of cord, and a child can get its head caught in these courts,

twists round their neck and it could strangle them. Make sure that

if you have a was hanging court that it is tied up high, and do not

allow a court Spencer furniture to be near to the window where there

is a blind cord. -- courts, beds or furniture. We want people to talk

about this, will be what people to know.

This is the safety pack being given to parents by the Royal Society for

the Prevention of accidents. It includes this faster there to

ensure that all lines have these nearby and corns and tinsel but the

-- are bound firmly around them. Emily's mother wept in court today

as he heard the details of her little girl's debt. The couple hope

that others will learn from the tragedy. -- little-girl posmac

death. Army engineers have spent a second

date working out how to retrieve an Apache helicopter from a field and

support. The helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing after

it flew into power lines on the its -- on the outskirts of an Ipswich.

I am afraid we are on our meeting tonight. I had told to be standing

in front of the Apache helicopter by the roadside, but they have had

a bit of a hedge. He cannot see it, but the helicopter is behind me.

When it crashed on Tuesday, they had hoped to drag it up to the

roadside, but the trouble is this, if you have a look down there, the

engineers have managed to contact the earth but it is very soft. What

you are talking about is a heady, armour-plated helicopter. The nose

wheel has sunk into the ground so they have to crane it up and put

matting underneath it. The army engineers are determined to get

this helicopter to the roadside even if it takes all night.

By sunset, the Apache was on the move. It was a forlorn sight, track

by its tail across the farm. As engineers repaired the power lines

which had crashed -- what it had crashed into, the army started

dismantling the 45 million-pound mission. First the daughter plates,

then the wing stubs copper for a train left the helicopter out. Its

wheels embedded in the mud, it must have been a hard landing. After

this, they bowled the ploughed field to make sure the earth was

compact enough to take the weight of the helicopter. Quite a

straightforward operation. Their role is to increase access to the

Apache. We should be done before last Lights tonight. Our role in

this task, and then it will be up to other agencies. Tomorrow

morning? A distinct possibility. I understand that the Apache suffered

a major political failure after hitting the power lead, but the MoD

will not confirm this. It is thanks to the aircraft's robust design and

the pilot's skill in landing at that no one was hurt.

You can see the engineers going up and down the field compacting the

earth so that they can somehow get this helicopter to the roadside,

hopefully to be lifted on to a roller tomorrow morning. The

investigation into how this helicopter could have crashed into

power lines is still ongoing. That is one of the crisis, how could it

have crashed into power lines, knowing that the power lines are

clearly of Mark -- clearly marked on maps?

Still to come, what will happen to the most famous record collection

in the world? And Alex with news about winning February.

It has been the mildest day of the year so far, but I wonder did get?

-- flaming of February. I'll be back with a full weather forecast

after more news from your part of the region.

An inquest has heard how a soldier was killed by a Taliban bomb hidden

on a farm track in Afghanistan. The coroner ruled that Colour Sergeant

Kevin Fortuna from Colchester was unlawfully killed while on active

service. His family are now raising Kevin Fortuna's wife and family

leaving their hearing today. He was an ultimate professional. He was a

great friend. He was commanding a patrol in a Helmand province when

he stepped on a home-made bomb. Both his legs had been blown off.

The inquest underlined the extent of the dangers a word servicemen

face. A soldier who was on patrol with a colour sergeant Kevin

Fortuna it said that bombs are everywhere. The funeral took place

in a cold Chester, the town where he lived with his wife. His family

have responded to his loss by raising as much money they -- as

they can for the charity Help for Heroes. The least I can do is give

a year of my life to raise as much money as I can. There money they

have raised will help to pay for this - a recovery centre for

injured soldiers, opening in Colchester in the future. There

will be accommodation for families and there will be everything there

that they need. The coroner urged Kevin Fortuna's family and friends

to cherish his memory. A man has been jailed indefinitely for a

series of brutal attacks. You may find some of these pictures

disturbing. And man falls on to the line. The

attacker climbs down, robs him and then leaves. The victim then

manages to drag himself off the tracks. This is one of three brutal

late-night attacks on lone men. They had all been drinking and had

missed their last trains. They were serious attacks. Each victim was

hit with a heavy object on the back of their hair. -- head. The last

victim were Cup in hospital with a fractured skull. This CCTV footage

taken at a petrol station shortly after the attack was published in a

local newspaper and helped League Two Ian Tomlinson's a rest. 24-

year-old Ian Tomlinson of no fixed abode pleaded guilty to three

counts of robbery and one of theft. The judge said he was a serial

offender who preyed on his victims. He passed an indeterminate sentence

for public protection and he said Tomlinson cannot apply for parole

for at least five years. Eight Rolex watch found by a street

cleaner in Essex has been returned to its owner. It was stolen during

a burglary last September. The worker has been at rewarded for his

honesty. An Army bomb disposal unit carried

out a controlled explosion on two Second World Qar shells in Norwich

this lunchtime. The shells were discovered in Bowers Avenue on the

Mile Cross estate by workmen yesterday. Around 100 homes were

evacuated. Residents were moved to the nearby Norman Centre. A small

truck load of sand was brought in to cover the shells before the

explosion. Roads around the area, including the ring road, were

closed while the shells were detonated.

Farmers in the region have been told it's time for a new debate on

genetically modified food. It was a controversial subject ten years ago

and the last government thought it wasn't worth the trouble. But a

growing number of MPs believe it's time to bite the bullet.

GM trials are under way again, albeit very quietly. The Centre in

Norwich has been developing these blight resistant potatoes. Today,

just a couple of hundred metres away, farmers were holding their

annual conference. The drought and the pressure to produce more food

was the main talking point. resilience will be delivered by

smart breeding. Unfortunately, GM has got a bad name. It is a view

shared by another of MPs. GM is been widely adopted around the

world and whether we like it or not, these technologies are developing

and our choice is whether we are a bystander, a spectator, or we take

part in it. As the European Community, we need to do our bit.

There is a sign that opinion in government is shifting, but there

are critics. What really worries us in the Green Party is that GM food

is not about feeding the world or anything like that, it is about

making a lot of money for a few rapacious organisations. It was his

protests 13 years ago that should be Ben government how toxic and

issued this had become. Research was scaled back until a few years

ago. This government is more in favour of GM, but there is some

reluctance within Downing Street to give the go-ahead to its 4th goal

use. Nevertheless, there is a growing feeling amongst farmers and

MPs that this argument is moving You are watching Look East. Coming

up - keeping the punters happy all It's arguably the most famous

record collection in the world - the 25,000 albums and 40,000

singles which belonged to the Radio One DJ John Peel. Now, eight years

after his death, the entire collection is to be opened to the

public online. Look East has been given exclusive access to an

T Rex, one of their many bans over the decades who can thank John Peel

for their success. Now his entire record collection is being made

into an online interactive museum. 25,000 albums, 40,000 singles and

thousands of CDs. It is a shame for all of this information to be here

and nobody sees them. Nobody really listens to them very much and it

would just be nice for the public to have some insight into it.

the John Peel Centre for Creative Arts, children learn about solar

energy. A team of engineers -- volunteers from the organisation

and had been awarded �3.5 million from the Arts Council. People will

be able to virtually walking to the studio which is in his home and

bought a record off the shelf. in this enormous collection online

is no easy feat. It could take years. Sheila says it will be great

to share memories of bands playing at their house. But one point, the

keyboard player had to play in the bathroom because there were so many

people. It started with a few records in a cottage in Suffolk.

Now it could be one of the most important record collections in the

world and soon we will be able to share it as well.

Imagine the scene. You're on the banks of the River Cam, the sun is

shining, a champagne cork is popping, and a couple of young

people are drifting by in a punt. But if you think punting is just a

summer thing, think again. These days the companies in Cambridge say

they are as busy in the winter as they are in the summer. Jozef Hall

has been finding out what goes on Punting is quintessentially

Cambridge. When you think of it, you think of champagne, picnics and

a straw hat. But it is not quite as jaunty as you would think. In the

height of summer there are over 300 word macros on the river. What the

public don't see is where they go for some TRC. -- 300 punts on the

river. We patch them up, make sure they do not leak and then they go

back on the river. A how many can you get to a week? We get to about

three or four singles and a couple of fairies. Worth about �5,000 each,

keeping this money it boats on the river is not cheap, but in an

industry estimated at �6 million a year, the operators are not

bothered. As long as there are people around, we will be here.

There are workshops dotted around Cambridge and be surrounded -- and

the surrounding villages. Some companies even make their own.

build them to a certain standard. We use very good materials and I

like to have a good Webb at the end of the day. So next time you go

punting, be kind to a what mahogany friends and spare a thought for

those behind the scenes, those who do not get to enjoy their moment in

the sun. If you thought Joseph looked eight

natural, that is because he used to do it.

And now for the weather. Thank you for sending in your

photographs. It looked more like spring or early summer. This one

was sent in by Evelyn, who was helping to water her parents's

garden. These other temperatures today. We

got to 17 and 18 Celsius. The reason for that is the pressure at

the moment. We have an area of high pressure over the Bay of Biscay. He

-- it has brought some very mild conditions. In the east we got the

lion's share of the sunshine. Mild and dry tonight. Some clear

intervals, but some cloud begin through. We are expecting

temperatures to get no lower than about eight Celsius. Winds will be

light and moderate. Tomorrow, a subtle change. That is because of

this area here. It is a cold front and although it will be dry and

bright to start, it will turn increasingly cloudy from the north.

That clouds might produce the odd spot of light rain or drizzle. It

stays quite mild, but with cloud and sunshine. Temperatures no

higher than at 15 degrees. Through the afternoon it will turn cloudier

in the south. They could be some light rain or drizzle. Most of the

day should be dry. Looking ahead into the weekend, high pressure

building and that will build -- and that will bring up find -- and that

will bring a fine conditions. Winds will stay like. Monday, perhaps