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Hello and welcome to Look East in tonight's programme. A year on from | :00:20. | :00:24. | |
a fire in Essex which killed a mother and her five young children, | :00:24. | :00:28. | |
their father says he wants answers. I hope someone will come forward and | :00:28. | :00:33. | |
help me and my family and the whole closure. We don't want anything | :00:33. | :00:45. | |
help me and my family and the whole enforcement — police in Bedfordshire | :00:45. | :00:47. | |
and their attempts to cut down street robberies on teenagers The | :00:47. | :00:55. | |
scheme, but is it really affordable? And, the Duke of Edinburgh back | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
scheme, but is it really affordable? public duties and enjoying some | :00:58. | :00:58. | |
Good evening. A father whose family was killed in a suspected arson | :00:58. | :01:17. | |
attack on their home has today said he still wants answers. It's almost | :01:17. | :01:21. | |
a year since the fire ripped through the downstairs of the terrace in | :01:22. | :01:23. | |
Harlow. Dr Sabah Usmani and her the downstairs of the terrace in | :01:23. | :01:28. | |
young children were killed. Their father, Dr Abdul Shakoor, was the | :01:28. | :01:32. | |
only survivor. The police launched a murder investigation — their biggest | :01:32. | :01:36. | |
to date. But still, no—one has been charged. In a moment we'll hear | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
to date. But still, no—one has been Dr Shakoor, after this report from | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
Shakoor spoke to Susie Fowler—Watt. It is the stuff of nightmares. To | :01:45. | :01:51. | |
watch your house burn and to find more tragedy was to follow. His | :01:51. | :01:59. | |
remaining son died soon after, and his remaining daughter days later. | :01:59. | :02:05. | |
In the last few minutes, we found out that the little boy didn't make | :02:05. | :02:11. | |
it. There is no easy way to break extreme for her three—year—old body | :02:11. | :02:19. | |
to cope with. The site of the burnt out house and six hearses carrying | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
six coffins brought the community together to grieve. Friday prayers | :02:23. | :02:34. | |
minute's son is at all its games the next day, and at a public meeting, | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
people showed how they felt. How is that father going to cope with | :02:39. | :02:44. | |
losing his whole family? Police believe the fire was started after | :02:44. | :02:49. | |
burglars targeted the house. Despite three arrests and a £10,000 reward, | :02:49. | :02:53. | |
no one has been charged with the murders. For now, their friends | :02:53. | :02:57. | |
remember them on benches at a local school, inscribed with the names of | :02:57. | :03:06. | |
the children. They are sheltered by the canopy of their mother. Earlier | :03:06. | :03:19. | |
today, Dr Shakoor spoke to our correspondent. The last year was | :03:19. | :03:28. | |
very tough. Even though one year has almost passed, the memories of that | :03:28. | :03:34. | |
tragic night is still in my mind very fresh, that separated my family | :03:34. | :03:39. | |
enormous, but the strong belief very fresh, that separated my family | :03:39. | :03:55. | |
faith in Allah has given me great solace. The memories of my children | :03:56. | :04:04. | |
are in my heart. Also, I am getting flashbacks of the night. It is hard | :04:04. | :04:12. | |
for me. You mention the memories of your children. Can you mention more | :04:12. | :04:17. | |
about the children. Your daughter wasn't she? She was beautiful, our | :04:17. | :04:26. | |
beloved daughter. She was very members. Everyone loved her. She | :04:26. | :04:44. | |
also used to bring a smile. When we saw her, we were always thankful | :04:44. | :04:54. | |
that he has blessed us. The other children were such a blessing on us | :04:54. | :04:58. | |
too. How helpful has the support of memorial at the local school, been | :04:58. | :05:04. | |
for you? Absolutely, the support is amazing. Especially in my hospital, | :05:04. | :05:12. | |
Princess Alexandra. They really started from the beginning. I came | :05:12. | :05:17. | |
to the hospital and my family were brought there. I am having ongoing | :05:17. | :05:25. | |
memorial that has been installed in the school. There are five beautiful | :05:25. | :05:36. | |
children engraved. And also the whole community stood with me at a | :05:36. | :05:46. | |
difficult time. Me and my family. They helped me to stand, basically. | :05:46. | :05:51. | |
They have played an important role in my recovery. How difficult is it | :05:51. | :05:57. | |
for you that nobody has been charged with any crime in relation to what | :05:57. | :06:08. | |
happened? Me, my family, everyone in the community, they have suffered a | :06:08. | :06:13. | |
lot from what has happened. And still they will suffer. My mother, | :06:13. | :06:30. | |
everyone, they are anxiously waiting to see the killers of this innocent | :06:30. | :06:36. | |
family brought to justice as soon as possible. If there is anyone out | :06:36. | :06:39. | |
there who is watching this, who knows something about what happened | :06:39. | :06:43. | |
that night, what would you say to them today? I hope and I leave that | :06:43. | :06:52. | |
forward, and help me and my family and all the community so we can | :06:52. | :06:58. | |
forward, and help me and my family to closure, come to terms, you know. | :06:58. | :07:02. | |
The other important thing is that we don't want anything to happen again. | :07:02. | :07:08. | |
We want other families to be safe. That is really important. It is | :07:08. | :07:14. | |
We want other families to be safe. great nation, we have to make sure | :07:15. | :07:24. | |
regardless of our bindings and associations. So mother and children | :07:24. | :07:32. | |
feel safe on the streets and in their homes. Thank you very much for | :07:32. | :07:39. | |
talking to us. Thank you very much. robberies against teenagers. Almost | :07:40. | :07:45. | |
a third of all victims are under the age of 18. Offenders are also likely | :07:45. | :07:49. | |
to be in their teens. Recent crime figures show the number of robberies | :07:49. | :07:54. | |
Bedfordshire Police say there are reports on how officers are using a | :07:54. | :08:07. | |
enforcement to tackle the problem. Bedfordshire Police robbery squad. | :08:07. | :08:12. | |
They are calling on a teenager 13—year—olds. The boy, aged 17, | :08:12. | :08:23. | |
They are calling on a teenager reluctant to answer the door. Hello. | :08:23. | :08:26. | |
Do you want to come down so we can have a chat? The officers are not | :08:26. | :08:29. | |
going anywhere will stop he has little choice but to let them in. As | :08:29. | :08:34. | |
it stands, I need to speak to you about eight robbery. You are under | :08:34. | :08:42. | |
arrest rest at the moment. A few days away, the robbery squad also | :08:42. | :08:46. | |
search the teenager's home. They recover various items of interest, | :08:47. | :08:53. | |
including cash and a mobile phone. Almost two thirds of victims of | :08:53. | :08:57. | |
street robbery in Beds are aged under 26. Offenders tend to be of a | :08:57. | :09:02. | |
similar age. Police say it is a worrying trend. Young people today | :09:02. | :09:08. | |
have so much more technology in their pocket than 20 years ago. | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
have so much more technology in did not have mobile phones or iPods. | :09:12. | :09:17. | |
They are seen as easy targets. The most likely person to be a victim of | :09:17. | :09:25. | |
a robbery is a male between 16 and 24. Education is just as important | :09:25. | :09:30. | |
as enforcement. The force's Street safe campaign has now been rolled | :09:30. | :09:31. | |
out to dozens of schools across safe campaign has now been rolled | :09:31. | :09:37. | |
county. These teenagers told me safe campaign has now been rolled | :09:38. | :09:40. | |
has made them think about their personal safety. I am going to go | :09:40. | :09:48. | |
out in groups more. I am going to stay in groups and not have my | :09:48. | :09:49. | |
headphones in. I know I have to stay in groups and not have my | :09:49. | :09:54. | |
out in groups, and that I must make sure I am in well lit areas. For | :09:54. | :09:59. | |
those who become involved in street robberies, the consequences can | :09:59. | :10:02. | |
those who become involved in street severe. A lot of young people don't | :10:02. | :10:04. | |
realise that a street robbery is a criminal offence that has a maximum | :10:04. | :10:07. | |
sentence in the UK. If they are criminal offence that has a maximum | :10:07. | :10:14. | |
of a group and one person in that group commits an offence, they can | :10:14. | :10:19. | |
be found guilty of street robbery. Luton street robbery squad say they | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
will continue their operation to Next tonight, what the Government's | :10:22. | :10:29. | |
Help To Buy scheme means for people trying to get onto the housing | :10:29. | :10:32. | |
ladder here. The Prime Minister chose Northampton today to launch | :10:32. | :10:36. | |
offering mortgages to people who have just a 5% deposit. Two banks | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
have already offered lending rates of 4.99%. So what does that mean? In | :10:40. | :10:46. | |
Northampton, this is the average price of a house — £165,000. If | :10:46. | :10:53. | |
Northampton, this is the average bought that with a 95% loan over 25 | :10:53. | :10:56. | |
years you'd be paying £915 a month where the average house price is | :10:56. | :11:11. | |
Northampton for David Cameron's You took a tour around the estate | :11:11. | :11:23. | |
behind you estimate he did. There is a mixture of homes have. Behind | :11:23. | :11:30. | |
behind you estimate he did. There is is a three bed house. With a normal | :11:31. | :11:38. | |
But with this scheme, the deposit is just £10,000. The Prime Minister in | :11:38. | :11:49. | |
Northampton. Here to launch his scheme to get more people a leg | :11:49. | :11:53. | |
Northampton. Here to launch his the property ladder. The answer | :11:53. | :11:54. | |
Northampton. Here to launch his to make sure that hard—working | :11:54. | :11:57. | |
people can get on the housing ladder and own a home of their own. House | :11:57. | :12:02. | |
prices across the country are not accelerating at an unsustainable | :12:02. | :12:08. | |
rate. No .8% increase in house prices if you exclude London and the | :12:08. | :12:14. | |
hard—working people who can afford mortgage payments you can't get | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
hard—working people who can afford mortgage because they have to raise | :12:18. | :12:21. | |
a huge deposit. Couples like Kaylee and Chris from Kettering. They have | :12:21. | :12:25. | |
rented for five years. Now, with the 95% loan, they can get a mortgage. | :12:25. | :12:33. | |
It is affordable. We have seen a mortgage adviser and looked over | :12:33. | :12:35. | |
their goods. It is more than we mortgage adviser and looked over | :12:36. | :12:39. | |
paying in rent, but at the end of the day it will be our home. There | :12:39. | :12:50. | |
costing from £200,000 upwards. The developer since the Help to Buy | :12:50. | :12:57. | |
Scheme came in, sales have doubled. Help to buy was only for new homes. | :12:57. | :13:01. | |
Today, it was extended to older properties to. Housing experts say | :13:01. | :13:06. | |
the housing market could once again overheat. Help To Buy could push up | :13:06. | :13:11. | |
prices. The main problem is the overheat. Help To Buy could push up | :13:11. | :13:15. | |
of housing supply. We are building about half as many homes as we need | :13:15. | :13:19. | |
in this country. Unless we address this problem, prices will carry | :13:20. | :13:23. | |
in this country. Unless we address going up. This housing development, | :13:23. | :13:26. | |
where we are, the person who runs it says they will bring forward more | :13:26. | :13:31. | |
housing, or building more quickly because of the Help To Buy scheme. | :13:31. | :13:34. | |
That is the simple fact. Builders won't build if the buyers can't | :13:34. | :13:39. | |
That is the simple fact. Builders Today, the Prime Minister visited | :13:39. | :13:41. | |
one of the fastest—growing regions in the country. A region where many | :13:41. | :13:42. | |
have struggled to afford a home in the country. A region where many | :13:42. | :13:49. | |
So far, the deals under the scheme have a fixed rate of interest for a | :13:49. | :13:55. | |
interest rates to go up dramatically in the future, there are questions | :13:55. | :13:59. | |
as to whether people will be able to afford their repayments. People | :14:00. | :14:08. | |
as to whether people will be able to asking the question, why not just | :14:08. | :14:08. | |
Police in Northampton will tonight retrace the steps of a man who was | :14:08. | :14:27. | |
murdered in the town centre a week a ago. Jamie Macmahon's body was found | :14:27. | :14:30. | |
in the churchyard of St Giles last Wednesday morning. He'd suffered | :14:30. | :14:31. | |
head injuries. Tonight, officers factory is now being overlooked and | :14:31. | :14:43. | |
the future of its workers ignored. Still to come on Look East tonight: | :14:43. | :14:47. | |
Chris Bell will be here with your weather and news of a cold snap on | :14:47. | :14:50. | |
the way. And who was the Duke so pleased to | :14:50. | :14:58. | |
see on a visit to this region? One in ten of us get on a bike at | :14:58. | :15:02. | |
least once a week and in some parts of the region it's almost half of | :15:03. | :15:06. | |
us. So, of course, there are more bikes on the road and more | :15:06. | :15:10. | |
opportunities for them to be stolen. The latest figures show that more | :15:10. | :15:13. | |
than 26,000 bikes were stolen in this region over the last year. The | :15:13. | :15:22. | |
biggest number were taken from Cambridgeshire, which is why the | :15:22. | :15:25. | |
police have decided to try something a bit different. | :15:25. | :15:29. | |
Cambridge city centre and a bike thief appears to be busy at work | :15:29. | :15:33. | |
using a bolt cutter he breaks the lock. This is actually a lock—up | :15:33. | :15:41. | |
stage by Cambridge police. The officer is wearing plain clothes and | :15:41. | :15:44. | |
with a cutter in his hand he rides away through a busy street and not | :15:44. | :15:49. | |
one person reported it. I think Google raleigh on others to do it | :15:49. | :15:54. | |
for them. They watch the theft occurring and we think someone else | :15:54. | :15:59. | |
will contact the police. We would contact —— we would urge people to | :15:59. | :16:03. | |
contact the police and we will assist you. As part of a push to | :16:03. | :16:08. | |
stop the thefts, they were at the student fair trying to help students | :16:08. | :16:19. | |
to keep their bikes said. The campaign has been timed to coincide | :16:19. | :16:23. | |
with Freshers' Week when hundreds of new students arrive in Cambridge and | :16:23. | :16:28. | |
will be buying new bikes like these, in some cases spending more | :16:28. | :16:33. | |
than £2500 on the bike itself but not buying a decent enough lock to | :16:33. | :16:39. | |
keep it safe. Across East angler, Cambridgeshire was the worst area | :16:39. | :16:43. | |
for bike theft. Here are this this this text... —— | :16:43. | :16:46. | |
statistics... Some locks are said to be no better | :16:46. | :16:59. | |
than using a piece of ribbon to secure your bike, but with no | :16:59. | :17:04. | |
industry standard to gauge people, how do cyclists choose a lot? I | :17:04. | :17:14. | |
suppose if it looked newer and stronger, I would take that one. | :17:14. | :17:21. | |
Cambridgeshire Police said more bikes are stolen in October than any | :17:21. | :17:25. | |
other month and we hope this campaign will make life more | :17:25. | :17:28. | |
difficult for the thieves. There was a time when you had to go | :17:28. | :17:33. | |
to a dusty museum or an art gallery if you wanted to see great | :17:33. | :17:37. | |
paintings. Do they not have good cleaners? ! But now a BBC project is | :17:38. | :17:46. | |
trying to change all that for children at schools across the | :17:46. | :17:48. | |
country. It's called Your Paintings and means that instead of going to | :17:48. | :17:52. | |
see art, the art goes to see the pupils. Today, one of them was at | :17:52. | :17:56. | |
the Benjamin Britten High in Lowestoft. Kevin Burch was there | :17:56. | :18:02. | |
too. There was a real buzz of Benjamin | :18:02. | :18:08. | |
Britten High to the, so what could create such clamour? Grand Theft | :18:08. | :18:16. | |
Auto IV? No, they all wanted to see this painting called That Conjurer. | :18:16. | :18:22. | |
It is worth £14 million and is one of several that is being taken into | :18:22. | :18:30. | |
schools. The students can get closer to it and see the detail rather than | :18:30. | :18:37. | |
going to an old dusty gallery. Slowly a story builds and in this | :18:37. | :18:42. | |
case it is about how people can be naive and be deceived. It is one of | :18:42. | :18:48. | |
the early works by one of the founders of the Pre—Raphaelite | :18:48. | :18:55. | |
brotherhood. In terms of security we have two members of staff here and | :18:55. | :19:06. | |
we brought it over using a van driven by proper art transporters | :19:06. | :19:11. | |
and the van is secure. It has environmental controls and all sorts | :19:11. | :19:18. | |
of things. You know, it is pretty safe where it is for the day. | :19:18. | :19:24. | |
Normally the painting is kept at the museum but this is every opportunity | :19:24. | :19:28. | |
for the children and after studying at the start to sketch their own | :19:28. | :19:38. | |
images on the theme of the Conjurer. I am not sure what I should be | :19:38. | :19:49. | |
drawing. It is a good idea to inspire younger people to get into | :19:49. | :19:58. | |
art. I will let you carry on. I have to say, it has been fantastic. I | :19:58. | :20:03. | |
think a lot of people worry about going to art galleries and the fuel | :20:03. | :20:10. | |
that art is not for them. By bringing a piece of really important | :20:10. | :20:15. | |
art to a school where children are in their own environments, they are | :20:15. | :20:24. | |
used to it, it will stimulate the curiosity without making them feel | :20:24. | :20:26. | |
like they should be quiet, or they should not ask questions, or they | :20:26. | :20:30. | |
are in a beard or unusual environment. This is one of a string | :20:30. | :20:33. | |
of schools that will play host to great pieces of work. The idea seems | :20:33. | :20:42. | |
to be clever and captivating. The headteacher is to blame, he | :20:42. | :20:49. | |
thinks they are dusty! And you can find out more about the | :20:49. | :20:52. | |
project online at bbc.co.uk/your paintings. | :20:52. | :20:58. | |
It is just two months since the Duke of Edinburgh resumed his public | :20:58. | :21:01. | |
engagements following his operation and spell in hospital in June. Today | :21:01. | :21:05. | |
he was in Norfolk, touring a new care complex in the market town of | :21:05. | :21:09. | |
Aylsham. The £14 million development has been described as a model for | :21:09. | :21:18. | |
the future care of the elderly. He was clearly in good form at the | :21:18. | :21:23. | |
age of 92. During his visit to the one with one of the people that the | :21:23. | :21:28. | |
Duke met was older than him. He was escorted by a retired pharmacist who | :21:28. | :21:32. | |
was the founder of the Aylsham care trust 22 years ago. The volunteers | :21:32. | :21:38. | |
at its new centre are like a big society in action. The Duke liked | :21:38. | :21:45. | |
what he saw. The Broadlands School Of Dance added to the festivities. | :21:45. | :21:51. | |
They said Michael 's care complex also includes a care home and | :21:51. | :21:59. | |
pharmacy. He visited Giving Lane View which has 30 apartments. It is | :21:59. | :22:04. | |
promoting independent living backed up by 24 hour in his care. I told | :22:04. | :22:15. | |
him that we were living in flats but we had our own sense of | :22:16. | :22:23. | |
independence. It is the best of both worlds, really. Do you think he was | :22:23. | :22:30. | |
impressed by what he saw? Yes, he was genuinely interested. Ted and | :22:30. | :22:42. | |
Barbara presented the Duke with a patchwork wall hanging adorned with | :22:42. | :22:46. | |
words of us from all the tenants. They are present to his new | :22:46. | :22:53. | |
great—grandson Prince George. We have put the initials of Kate and | :22:53. | :22:58. | |
William and George on to patchwork. Always tell them that you love them. | :22:58. | :23:04. | |
The royal visit to mark the bringing together of so many different | :23:04. | :23:10. | |
amenities made it an emotional day for rice. It was the highlight of my | :23:10. | :23:23. | |
life. I have tried to make a few lives better. Quite a few lives, | :23:23. | :23:33. | |
hopefully. He is now 87 and this centre has | :23:33. | :23:37. | |
been his vision for almost 30 years. Today the visit of the Duke marked a | :23:37. | :23:40. | |
dream fulfilled. The cold weather is set to return. A | :23:40. | :23:59. | |
series of cold fronts are working their way towards us. The first came | :23:59. | :24:06. | |
through to the —— today slowly, and some cloud with that cold front. | :24:06. | :24:11. | |
Throughout this evening it will continue to make its journey | :24:11. | :24:15. | |
southwards and eastwards. There could be some light patches of | :24:15. | :24:20. | |
rain. Most of the night will be dry but there are cloudy skies. | :24:20. | :24:26. | |
Temperatures were the cloud breaks will dip to nine or 10 Celsius. | :24:26. | :24:32. | |
Mostly it will be 11 or 12 Celsius with a light breeze. A pretty mild | :24:32. | :24:38. | |
night coming up and that will be the last mild night for a while. This | :24:38. | :24:45. | |
cold front will move in and bring some of the colder here tomorrow. | :24:45. | :24:47. | |
You can see the blue the chart indicating that colder here. It will | :24:47. | :24:52. | |
start to feel colder as we get into the afternoon. Mainly dry but some | :24:52. | :24:59. | |
sunny intervals to. Some scattered showers will move on from the North | :24:59. | :25:05. | |
and West towards the late afternoon. Temperatures are still quite high at | :25:05. | :25:10. | |
around 14 or 15 Celsius. Slightly lower than today. For the rest of | :25:10. | :25:16. | |
the afternoon on Wednesday into the evening, some of those blustery | :25:16. | :25:20. | |
showers will move through, there could be some heavy showers and | :25:20. | :25:23. | |
places. On Wednesday night and two Thursday morning, a few showers | :25:23. | :25:29. | |
coming down the North Sea for Norfolk and Suffolk. Some rumbles of | :25:29. | :25:32. | |
thunder of of the North Norfolk coast. Quite unsettled weather. | :25:32. | :25:44. | |
Gusts of 30 mph. That will continue to bring unsettled weather for | :25:45. | :25:47. | |
Friday night into Saturday morning. Henry Rayment possible across Easter | :25:47. | :25:55. | |
and Anglia. —— Easter and parts of Anglia. Temperatures made it up to | :25:55. | :26:06. | |
21 Celsius today and in those same sports it will be 11 or 12 Celsius | :26:06. | :26:11. | |
on Thursday, so quite a big difference. For Thursday there is a | :26:11. | :26:17. | |
high temperature of around 12 Celsius. It will stay unsettled on | :26:17. | :26:22. | |
Friday into Saturday. Drier in the West. Quite windy conditions for the | :26:22. | :26:30. | |
East. Overnight lows of five or eight Celsius. Feeling chilly at | :26:30. | :26:34. | |
night. Thank you, Chris. | :26:34. | :26:38. | |
And just before we go, a reminder that we're looking for this year's | :26:39. | :26:41. | |
Sporting Unsung Hero. It's for people who give up their own time to | :26:42. | :26:46. | |
help others play sport. If you know someone who fits the bill then you | :26:46. | :26:49. | |
can nominate them for the award. For all the details go to | :26:49. | :26:54. | |
bbc.co.uk/unsunghero. Join us at 10:30pm. Goodbye. | :26:54. | :26:59. |