10/04/2012 Look East - East

On Look East tonight: All bets are ON as Milton Keynes becomes the

first place in the region to gamble on a new casino. It will be great

for Milton Keynes. We will create 250 new jobs.

Hello from Stewart and me. Also tonight: After five years of

decline, Stansted Airport asks for a change in the rules to help it

fly out of trouble. The spectacular match-winner which

rounded off an Easter to remember for the Canaries.

And end a drought, the latest addition to the sporting calendar -

The biggest casino in the region is coming to Milton Keynes. The local

council has given the go-ahead, despite local opposition. There are

currently 12 smaller sized casinos. They are in Great Yarmouth, Luton,

south end and Luton. Let us get the details from Michael, in Milton

Keynes. This is where it will go. Right down these windows here. It

will be big. Inside, the size of a supermarket. The casino says it

will be great for the local economy, but people say gambling could cause

problems. What dominates the skyline or become a dominant player

in the world of gambling. Inside, ski-slopes, climbing, and soon, a

massive casino. It would be great for Milton Keynes. We will recruit

250 people when we open in 2013. We will make a commitment that we

offer those jobs to locals first. We want local employment for our

casinos. A more than 3,000 square metres of floor its base. It will

be open at 247. Its machines will have a �4,000 jackpot. And

admission? Strictly over 18. But some residents say this is the

wrong place. For the licensing authority to have a casino here is

simply an appropriate. People will be drawn into it in large numbers,

and there will be a percentage, young and old, who cannot handle it.

The casinos or be paying �500,000 to the council's. The council's

does not have a lot of money. To be able to have money to put towards

the council is worthwhile, even if there are drawbacks. Funds from the

casino will also help charities treating it depicted a gambler's.

But some say it is too high a price to pay. What the company got to his

their provisional statement - what they need next it is their

operational licence, but is just before marriage to a -- formality.

Next year, one of the country's biggest casinos will be open for

business right here in Milton Keynes.

The managing director of Stansted airport is appealing to the

industry regulators for restrictions on what it does to be

lifted. It has been losing passengers since the economic

downturn five years ago, and says many regulations are unnecessary

and expensive. 200,000 people pass through

Stansted over a holiday weekend. Even so, it is likely to but had

been the airport's poorest Easter for five years. Passenger numbers

have been dropping since 2007. It is one Regent -- reason why

Stansted was to be freed from regulation. Stansted is one of

three airports to have its landing fees capped. But that regulation

comes at a cost to Stansted, around �20,000 a week. The airport argues

there has so much competition, there is no need further regulation.

Some airlines have quit Stansted for Gatwick, and the opening of

Southend, plus Luton, mean Stansted is not short of competition. What

the regulation means is that if you charge a price, there a price caps.

If they could charge any price delight, the customers would suffer.

They would make excess profits, and they could be used to fund a second

runway. We are not keen to see price caps removed. With the

airport likely to be sold by it BAE a in the not-too-distant future,

change is very much and the air at Stansted.

Earlier, I spoke to be managing director of Stansted. I asked him

if he felt regulation had held the airport back. We are looking

towards the future. The history of regulation has been reasonable, but

when you look at our marketplace, our traffic volumes have fallen.

The airport needs to be as free as it can be to deliver the better its

passengers. Regulation it is a necessary. If we can remove it, it

can always come back and the future. You did have a growth between 2002

and 2007, which has tailed off. Are you admitting that you have peaked,

and this is the best you can do? Or do you have aspirations to become a

bigger airport? The airport itself will become a very strong asset to

the region. It is very significant. It has potential to house but a 5

million passengers. The argument is to not constrain a business

unnecessarily. And this is what we are dealing with. Can you give us

an example of the thing you have to provide, but an airport like

Manchester might not have to? issue of regulation is about

complexity, and how easy I can make decisions to improve the customer

experience or perhaps our airlines. It makes it more difficult. One of

our airlines wanted a deal for parking aircraft at the airport

this winter. It took me six weeks to get that approved. So, if

regulation was taken away, would that mean lower charges for

airlines and passengers, or would it just mean higher profits the

you? Been regulatory burden on the airport is relatively modest, but

it is a sizable cost to us as a business. Naturally, those costs,

we would aim to pass through to our customers. Yes, it would go through

to them. There's lots more to come on Look

East including: A new way to use your smartphone.

There's a round-up of the goals from the weekend... And some camel

racing in Essex! And I'm here with your weather

forecast which brings us a week of April showers with some chilly

nights thrown in. The full details Government agencies in Essex

launched a crackdown against illegal cigarettes. They are

targeting counterfeit brands which they say encourage crime.

The fight against illegal tobacco here in Colchester. Members of the

public been told of the dangers. Any cigarettes are dangerous, but

particularly counterfeit tobacco. Nobody knows what chemicals they

are putting into it. These are some of the million counterfeit

cigarettes seized each year. Third a percent of people in the east of

England have been offered illicit tobacco, so today is the

opportunity to outline the dangers of that. One of the biggest

campaigners is the danger of children will bite. In this shop,

anyone who looks under 25 has to show ID before they can buy

cigarettes. It is difficult for children to get cigarettes, so I

think it maybe more the younger generation that might be looking to

illegal cigarettes. The cost of smoking has nearly doubled over the

last five years. Much of that goes to the Treasury, in either the

feared he or duty. When I go to Egypt, I buy them out there!

don't know how they can afford it. There are more and more than

smoking. Local pubs are backing the campaign as well. Anything that

helps young people cut down smoking is good. The campaign of all round

it throughout the summer. A party of students from Norwich

had a lucky escape today when they were involved in a crash on the A14.

The driver had to be cut free when the coach collided with a lorry in

Cambridgeshire. The passengers - mainly young people from the King's

Community Church in Norwich - were unhurt. These things happen

suddenly. And impact, we do not know what happened yet. People had

their heads on the seeds. The coach driver was trapped behind the

steering wheel, but the police and fire brigade have cut him loose

from that. The owner of a coffee business is

making a stand for politeness by refusing to serve customers what

they are talking on their mobiles. It has been described as a blow

against rudeness. Little Red Rooster is an upmarket

market stall. They do not too bad coffee or bad manners. The owner

has put his foot down because he got fed up having to compete for

the attention of customers. can't ask the relevant questions if

they are on their mobiles. We have had an increase in people doing

that. We put a sign up. Most of his clientele think he is right.

think it is a very good idea. I have worked in pubs before, and it

is a rude when you are talking to customers, and suddenly the phone

goes. Everybody has got a mobile, so you tend to get sidelined.

Actually, the mobile phone should become the secondary issue. It be

brought under stores did it to the customer, the customer would

probably walk cop. Why should it be different the other way round?

guru of etiquette says it is about time people learned mobile phone

manners. Cashiers have the same problem. The cashiers are trained

to say good morning, do you want help with packing? They look people

in the eye. All they get is a mumble and a grant. Darren and his

wife have a coffee shop as well. Some people turn their nose are

patted. But you can't please everybody. Baron insists he is not

out to start a campaign. He just wants to make his life a little bit

easier. Norwich City are still in the top

This chap had a screen against Tottenham. We saw the Canaries take

four points from Everton and Spurs. It doesn't matter what newspaper

you read - the headlines are the same. Norwich City are there to

stay. Saturday saw more than 26,000 crowd here, but twice, the toffees

took the lead. And twice they hit back. Everton were in front again,

They do have into draw gave the Canaries another point on the board.

We have got lads who want to win. They have got that big massive

heart. When Norwich and Tottenham met earlier, Norwich were

outclassed. But the tables were turned yesterday. Norwich were

convinced they were due a penalty. But no reaction from the referee.

Tottenham got back on level terms, thanks to Jermaine Defoe. Not much

was going in Norwich's favour, and there were no doubts about the

winner. What a goal from Elliott Bennett! He goes to celebrate with

the Norwich fans! And Norwich first up on Match of the day for base

start. Paul Lambert, what a job he has done. He has taken them to mid-

table in the Premier League. Fantastic for the players, managers

Not such a good period for some of the other teams in our region -

Defeats for both Ipswich Town and and Colchester. But an important

win for Southend in League Two, who are still thrashing it out for a

chance to earn promotion. Pride is all that 15th placed Ipswich have

left to play for. Leicester's David Nugent was happy to play the

villain. The winner was fantastic for his team but a defeat for

Ipswich. It was a bad day for called Chester in the north-west.

As the rain fell sordid concentration. Called Chester were

three down when their opponents pulled one back. Southend's chance

of automatic promotion may be slim but they were back to winning ways

against Wimbledon. Two second half half goals led to victory. That is

all for now. There is more news on your favourite club on the BBC

My first mobile phone came in a shoulder bag and felt like it

weighed a ton. These days things are very different, they are much

smaller and we have entered the age of smart phones and apps. Software

developers in Cambridge and Norwich are now planning to take the

smartphone on another step forward. Soon, consumers will be able to use

their phones to pay for goods and services - at a stroke - doing away

with the purse or wallet. Think how far we have come since mobile

phones looked like this. There are more phones in the UK now than

there are people, they are part of hour every day life. But would you

say goodbye to all you're credit cards and put them on to A141?

Technology has now been developed which helps you pay for things on

your phone. The idea is that your credit card is stored on your

mobile telephone and it can be placed near a reader. You have to

pick your card in a terminal, enter a pen and wait for things to happen

but with this new technology you just Capua phone on to detail, it

pops up with the right card you want to use and the transaction

goes through. It is quick and convenient. There has been a trial

on the London Tube and bus network. There are concerns over security

which are making consumers cautious. I would be worried in case it got

lost or stolen. It is only on one device. I think it is a great idea

to have a one stop shop on your phone. It seems silly because if

you lose your phone anyone would have access to your details.

new software means that you enter a PIN number on your phone before you

buy anything. We may even be able to get rid of the checkout process

in the supermarket. They could scan their own items as they walk around

the supermarket and then click to pay on their own phone.

businesses could persuade us that mobile banking is secured this to

be the latest big thing. There was a time when it seemed like an

impossible dream. The task, to restore an old Thames sailing barge.

The cost, more than �1 million. But finally, work on the barge which

was built more than 100 years ago is complete. And today in Essex,

she was once again on the move. Kevin Burch was there. Nestling in

deep mud, the boat whose name in defeat means D C. In 2006 as she

celebrated one century at sea that is when the restoration started but

when they peeled back the layers they realised just how fragile she

had become. Rainwater had gotten down into every part of her. You

would see one piece of timber that looked OK on the surface but if you

turned it over it was all spongy. It had to be rebuilt with lottery

funding. It has now been given a new lease of life and will once

again be able to take children on many sailing voyages to get a taste

of life on the ocean wave. They are promised five days in another world.

They each get their own sea chest and all get hammocks which sway

with emotion which is very good at staving off the sea sickness.

back to basics. No mobile phones. We tried to teach them basic things

about what is there for the taking. Something like this is unique. Once

you have had a day on them and you see what you can do the whole

ambience is wonderful. This afternoon with the tide high the

ship finally left to get back on the water where she truly belongs.

If you know anything about horses, you will know it's best not to race

them when the ground is hard. It's just too dangerous. That's why

organisers of this year's point to point meeting at Marks Tey in Essex

had a bit of a problem. Conditions were bad for horses. But luckily,

they were good for camels. Mike Camels. They are not local but

apparently 0.2. Racing is not what it used to be. Entries for this

race were well down so they decided to try something different. Camel

racing. The ground being so hard we did not want to risk running horses.

It was not just camel racing, there was also pony racing which was

quite unusual in itself. The first race was won by a French rider. He

did not speak any English and my French is not good. We struggled to

understand each other. Back to the camels. It was race time.

Apparently they do like today's but skiing can be tricky. You have got

to sit down, get their heads straight and go for it. It is a lot

of fun, you must have a go. Happily there were some young farmers

around who are always game for a laugh. The first race was won by

the key but the result did not matter so much as the taking part.

Here is a jockey's eye view. Humping might be the best word.

Best left to young farmers! You can tell us what riding camels is like,

can you not? Years and years ago I did. I was on one female and there

were seven or eight males who were very attracted to her. It is

something I would rather forget! Hello, it probably feels like it

hasn't stopped raining since the hose pipe ban started. Most of us

had some pretty useful rainfall over the Easter weekend and we've

got a whole week of April showers to come. Today, news that Anglian

Water is in discussion with a neighbouring water company to

import water from the Midlands. The idea is for Severn Trent to pump

surplus water into the river system which could be used to supply the

drier region served by Anglian Water. We'll of course keep you

updated with any progress on that scheme. And of course we have got

typical April weather for you this week. It is as story of sunshine

and showers. We could get some heavy and thundery showers as we

have had today and colder nights will return with some frost. A lot

of the showers fell in the west of the region to start with today. We

did get some further east with reports of thunder and even some

hail. We are looking at a mostly dry night with clear skies and

light winds. It will get rather cool tonight. Many locations down

to freezing or just below. That will bring the risk of frost. Winds

will be light and from the south- west. We have an area of low

pressure anchored to the north-east which is setting up an north-

westerly airflow. Cooler area in the upper atmosphere is triggering

showers. Tomorrow the showers will start sooner. It will be a chilly

start but with some sunshine and then the shower clouds will gather.

There could be some heavy and thundery showers throughout

tomorrow and these are looking like becoming more widespread. No great

strength to be winds. Showers may linger for a while before cleaning.

Through the afternoon there is a further risk of showers but between

the showers we should see a fair bit of sunshine. That really is the

theme for this week. For tomorrow and Thursday does showers have the

potential to produce some thunder and will be on the heavy side. In

between there will be a highs of up to 12 degrees. On Friday the

showers will continue and the winds will become more northerly bringing

cooler hair. -- air. The clouds will tend to decrease through the