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forget a first look at the papers over on the BBC News Channel. But

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Good evening. I'm Jenny Kirk. 1 members of a family from Norfolk who

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kidnapped and tortured a prdgnant woman and her partner have been

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jailed. They were trying to extract confessions, convinced that the pair

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had killed their relative Gdrtrude Frankham. She'd actually didd from

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natural causes. Here's our home affairs correspondent Sally Chidzoy.

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Behind bars tonight, members of a family fixated on revenge. They re

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the daughters, grandchildren, great`grandchildren and a

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daughter`in`law of Gertrude Frankham, the widowed matri`rch of

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the family. She had been married to Eli Frankham, often describdd as

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"king of the gypsies". Norwhch Crown Court heard how Gertrude was found

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dead in her bed in December 201 . The family were convinced she'd been

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murdered. They kidnapped thd man they believed responsible and his

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heavily pregnant partner. They severely beat them in an attempt to

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extract confessions. They fhlmed it all. The lady in question bding

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filmed was very distressed. She was in a lot of pain and discomfort as a

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result of being physically assaulted. She was assaulted while

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the camera was running and she was being intimidated. With a mob of

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people around her, effectivdly. Police were alerted after

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Gertrude's daughter Sheila Conboy dialled 999 to tell police they had

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a confession. Police investigated the famhly's

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murder allegations. Gertrudd's body was excused from Wisbech Celetery.

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Two pathologists examined hdr remains. Police concluded she'd died

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from natural causes. Sentencing the 11 defendants to a total of 60 years

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in jail, the judge, Stephen Holt, said they were a family who saw

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themselves as being above the law, that they impose their own law. He

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said they punched, kicked and dragged the male victim into a

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warehouse and forced him into a chair. It was, he said, a scene

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reminiscent of some vile Hollywood film. The two victims live `t a

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secret location under policd protection. The Frankham falily

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still insist Gertrude was mtrdered. She will get her justice. The

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Norfolk Police know who the murderer is. On being jailed, none of the

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family showed remorse. A man who stabbed a young mother to

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death in Colchester has been given a life sentence. Mark Czapla believed

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his girlfriend Kirsty Humphrey had been cheating on him. He has never

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expressed any remorse and whll now serve at least 23 years in prison.

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He is a coward. This was a despicable attack on his felale

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partner, Kirsty. And he didn't have even the guts to come to thd court.

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Either to face the family, to hear the evidence or to hear sentence

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pronounced upon him by the judge. The ongoing investigation into a

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helicopter crash in which the Conservative peer Lord Ballxedmond

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and three other people were killed has not yet found any technhcal

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malfunction. The helicopter came down in thick fog at Gillingham

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near Beccles, three weeks ago, just after it had taken off. The Air

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Accident Investigation Branch say they'll now be focusing on the lack

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of visibility. There are so many potholes on the

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roads in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex that it could take years to clear

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the backlog of repairs. Our councils are now getting just over ?8.5

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million from the Government for repairs. But the money won't cover

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all the work needed. Matt Precey has more.

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Last year severe or whether caused severe damage to the roads. The

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problem was prolonged and torrential rain this year. In the last six

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months, Suffolk county council alone has repaired 9500 potholes. The

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roads have been saturated and any minor cracks or small holes in the

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road, the water finds its w`y in there. The pressure from thd tyres

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on the road expands those holes and the inevitable consequence hs more

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potholes breaking out. And the Government has provided extra

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funding for repairs. Norfolk gets the most, with more than ?3.5

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million. Essex and Suffolk nearly ?3 million. But according to today s

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report, it will take approxhmately eight years to clear the backlog.

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They predict that at this r`te, some of the roads won't be resurfaced for

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decades. Councils tell us that despite the extra money, it's simply

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not good enough and they won't be able to deal with all the potholes.

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We currently spend around ?6 million a year on repairing potholes and

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patching roads. That is the more reactive maintenance. We've spent

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approximately, last financi`l year, about ?18 million on more

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preventative work. So that really puts the figure into context. And

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you've been telling us your potholes stories. Emma called to say that her

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road had 20 to 30 potholes despite repairs. On Facebook, Simon said

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that a particular road in Chelmsford was the worst he had ever sden.

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Peter said this photo that he took yesterday. If you know of any

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examples of potholes near you, get in touch with us. More on this on

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the programme tomorrow. The club captain at Norwich City

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says giving the fans their loney back following their defeat against

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Swansea on Saturday is not ` PR stunt. The Canaries lost 3`0, their

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ninth away defeat in a row. Almost 900 fans will be getting ?20 each

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and the players are paying for it themselves. This club is a bit

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different to a few in this league. I feel the relationship betwedn the

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fans and the players is different and is closer than many clubs. Round

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the city, it's not the biggdst city, so you're bumping into fans

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constantly. You don't get that in a lot of places. We just want to

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emphasise that and how good they've been for us and we're going to need

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them to be exactly the same come the next. They've backed us homd and

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away. And with talk of smog and pollution

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levels being higher in our region than anywhere else in the country

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for two days now, who better to tell us if this is going to conthnue than

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Alex with the weather? We are going to change the wind

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direction to a south`westerly. It comes about because of this weather

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front pushing in from the Atlantic, bringing clean and fresh air. It

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should stay dry and not particularly cold tonight. Lows of around nine.

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We kick off tomorrow with qtite a bit of cloud and some mist patches

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through the morning so it m`y be overcast. Into the afternoon, the

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chance of seeing something bright and even some sunshine. A lhght west

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or south`westerly winds tomorrow. We might just get up to 16 Celsius

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somewhere, which is 61 Fahrdnheit. A better chance of sunshine into the

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afternoon. Peter Gibbs has the national forecast next. For the

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weekend, some dry weather around but also some wet weather.

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had today. That is the way the weather looks. Now the latest on the

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pesky pollution. Good evening. They say a change of

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air is good for you and that is what we have on the way. The brush

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