15/11/2013 Look East - West

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the programme tonight: Flights missed passengers on the central

reservation and a motorway at a standstill for hours after a lorry

sheds its load. Murder charges are dropped against a

Northamptonshire couple accused of killing their baby, but the case

continues. Demolition starts on one of the most

recognizable buildings in Northampton.

And I am here at Wicksteed Park for this year's BBC Children in Need and

I am not alone. Say, hello. Hello! Good evening.

We start tonight with early morning chaos on the M11. Some people on

their way to catch flights at Stansted got out of their cars and

dragged suitcases along the central reservation. Their patience simply

ran out after a lorry shed its load blocking an entire carriageway in

Essex. The accident happened just before six o'clock this morning on

the northbound stretch between junction seven and eight, causing

long tailbacks. The road finally re`opened at 1pm. Our reporter

Felicity Simper spent the day on the M11.

The traffic here this evening on the M11 is moving freely. As you can see

behind me, all three lanes have now reopened but it was a very different

story earlier on today. An accident which happened just before six

o'clock this morning led to seven hours of delays, tailbacks and

frustration for motorist is. This was the problem, bundles of 50 foot

steel cables lying in the carriageway just down the road from

Stansted Airport. What should have been rush hour was anything but

With the motorway closed, there were miles of tailbacks. The recovery was

a lengthy progress. Hazel was one of those stuck, going from Harlow to

work in her cafe in Braintree. She said she moved just four yards in

two hours. People walking up and down with suitcases, in between the

southbound northbound on the M1 . Also on the hard shoulder. It was so

dangerous. You cannot really go and say anything to the people. It was

horrendous. It was like a nightmare. This photo posted on Twitter showed

the extent of the frustration. Desperate to catch flights, some

abandoning cars and dragging suitcases up the central reservation

to the airport. Hundreds missed their flights but today, the budget

airlines appear to have got it right. One woman tweeted to thank

Ryanair for rebooking them onto another airline at no extra cost.

EasyJet says it opened up extra death and brought in additional

staff to get its passengers on the next available flights. Back on the

M11 the recovery took several hours leading to a very long Friday

morning for commuters and holiday`makers alike.

A challenging day really for both the police and the highways agency,

dealing with people walking up and down the motorway as well as people

trying to recover the vehicles involved. The road finally reopened

just before one o'clock this art name. Since then, there have not

been any other problems. This evening's rush`hour is much smoother

than this morning's. Back to you. Thank you.

Well, earlier I spoke to Simon Calder who's a travel journalist. I

asked him if you miss your flight through unavoidable circumstances

what rights do you have? One reason why it is so stressful if you are

stuck in a traffic jam is legally you do not have any rights at all.

You have a contract with the airline which says, I promise to get to

Stansted 40 minutes before the flight, that is in the case of

easyJet and Ryanair, if you do not, they say, the flight was here, you

were not, it is your problem. It does not matter if it was not your

fault. What have they done to help passengers? Both airlines have been

generous. They say they understand there is a problem so they will not

enforce your normal rules. We will try and rebook you. Some people will

say this is prising because we do not expect this attitude from budget

airlines. That have been previous examples where snow has stopped

people getting to the edge port and staff shortages has meant long

security queues and thousands of people affected, but that was before

Ryanair went all cuddly and said, we are nicer than you thought we were.

They have been very generous which I am delighted to see. It is a lot

more dignified than it normally is. So this is a good thing, is it and

not just a cynical PR exercise? I do not really care as long as people

have got a bit of help in getting where they need to be. EasyJet have

always tried to be the nice low`cost airline and say, we are a lot better

than that other not. But Ryanair, after a couple of profits warnings

has decided that being nice to your customers might be a really good

plan. Meanwhile, there's disruption on the

railway, after a freight train derailed near King's Lynn. 14 wagons

carrying sand jumped the tracks earlier this afternoon. First

Capital Connect has cancelled trains between King's Lynn and Downham

Market, replacing them with buses. After more than two weeks of a

trial, murder charges against a mother and father accused of killing

their baby have been dropped. Jackie Parker and Adam Kightley now face

charges of causing or allowing the death of a child. Jamie Kightley

died at seven weeks old from multiple injuries in March last

year. Our reporter Mike Cartwright was in court.

It was a massive moment in court today. This is no longer a murder

trial. The judge said there was insufficient evidence that Jackie

Parker or Adam Kightley killed Jamie Kightley. It was not enough to say

that one of them might have done it, but we're not sure which one. The

Council of causing or allowing the death of a child remain. This is the

child. Jamie Kightley, shaken to death, the court was told, left with

multiple injuries, bruises and fractures from two assaults,

12`macro hours before he died, the other one to two weeks before he

died. The prosecution said there was no doubt his parents, Jackie Parker

or Adam Kightley caused his death. These are the images of them

arriving in court. The court heard one caused it and the other allowed

it to happen. They have said nothing will stop they have hidden behind a

wall of silence protecting themselves, protecting each other.

What was said in a parents' defence? Both parents say they'd you

not know how the injuries happened. This is the flat where paramedics

were called to Jamie's lifeless body in March 2012. Both parents agreed

that they put Jamie to bed at six o'clock in the evening. At 145 AM,

he was woken, fed and Bathurst. Jackie says she went to bed leaving

her partner alone with her son. There is evidence that Jackie Parker

was awake that night and complaining of a screaming baby. Her defence is

that she was eight devoted mother. Detectives are hunting a gang of

robbers who assaulted, bound and gagged an elderly man in Luton. It

happened at around 2.30am in the morning yesterday when three men

forced their way into the man's home in Putteridge Road. The men forced

him to hand over bank cards and a quantity of cash while his wife

slept. A 19`year`old man from Luton has

been jailed for seven and half years for the manslaughter of another

teenager. Mark Hannell of Trent Road, Luton stabbed Ryan Burke at a

flat in Milliners Court. The court heard there had been a confrontation

between several men after Hannell's girlfriend finished the

relationship. But the prosecution accepted that Hannell had not

intended to kill. He was also convicted of harassing a woman.

Two Northampton landmarks are about to disappear forever. Demolition

work began today on the first of two gas holders of St Peter's Way. The

historic structures are being demolished to make way for a new

office development. An icon of another age, a remnant of

the revolution of our industrial past and what goes up, now must come

down. Because the structure is quite high we have to work out the

demolition. It is not a traditional demolition. It is more delicate than

that. We use structural engineers to determine what that sequences. It is

all being pulled down as part of a 50 minim pound project to regenerate

the waterfront. The old gasworks is a legacy of when we used to burn

coal to create the town's fuel for its burgeoning industry. Over the

last 150 years, Northampton has had five of these massive gasometer is

and virtually every town and city in the country would have had one. With

them no longer needed to store gas, they could become a major player in

the development of brownfield sites. This site will become St Peter's

Waterside. Specialists are coming in to make it safe for the major

redevelopment. We have had very significant developer and investor

interest in this site. There will be offices here and that could be

anything between 1500 and 2500 jobs. But are the gas holders just an

eyesore or are seen as iconic as Matt it is another landmark bomb

from Northampton but you cannot stop progress, can you? It is a good

thing. It is about time something happened in Northampton instead of

Milton Keynes Dons change! While the towers are linked to the industrial

past, planners say they serve no purpose now and bringing them down

could help the economic future. A postmortem examination of a Luton

man who died in police custody has proved inconclusive. Leon Brooks,

who was 39, died after being held at Luton police station. The

Independent Police Complaints Commission is conducting an

investigation. It had a meeting with members of Mr Briggs' family today.

Five police officers are currently suspended.

Later, Alex has the weather. in Leiston until the end of the

month, and then it's heading off to Stowmarket.

Still to come this evening, the weekend weather, plus what you have

been up to for Children In Need. Look East can reveal tonight that

the region's booming space industry is in line for a major financial

boost. The money is coming from a billion pound pot in Europe. It will

benefit scientific research, including companies in the UK space

belt in Essex and Hertfordshire. Our political correspondent Andrew

Sinclair has tonight's special report.

There are thousands of satellites orbiting the earth, and a small but

growing number of them have been made in the East. At this company in

Stevenage they build them. Here in Chelmsford, they make the ?100,000

sensors and the imaging equipment to go inside them. So the news that the

European Union will keep supporting space research is welcoming places

like these. It is reassuring, particularly as we are doubling the

number of people we had in this facility associated with space

imaging, having just recruited 60 people of the last four months. To

know that our customer base is continuing to receive funding

clearly help support the decision we have just made. Today one for MEPs

visited the companies, encouraging them to bid for this new money. This

is very competitive. It is the new space race. China, India, Brazil,

they are developing. This Chelmsford companies selling to them but it

would not be doing so if it did not have the foundation stone of

research and innovation from Europe. The announcement next week will be

about more than just space. The EU will approve ?60 billion of funding

for science, research and technology across Europe. And the region's Euro

MPs who have helped negotiate this five`year package expect us to do

well out of it. 20% of all research working Cambridge is already funded

Ivy EU. MEPs say that many other companies and people across the East

should benefit. It is significant for businesses and universities. It

is an area where we get back more than we put into the EU budget. They

will have to bid for the money, but the feeling among MEPs is that for

those at the cutting edge of technology, the potential is out of

this world. And there's more news and debate

from the region's politicians in this weekend's edition of Sunday

Politics. Etholle George presents the programme live, this Sunday at

11 o'clock, on BBC One. Sport now, and one of the biggest

sporting upsets this time last year was England beating the All Blacks

at Twickenham. Tomorrow it's the rematch. More than a third of the

England squad come from this region, including five players from

Northampton Saints. They have dominated the Premiership season so

far. James Burridge has been to the England camp.

The match is over. It is a record victory for England. This was not

supposed to end this way for New Zealand. It was magnificent and

memorable, but when you beat the All Blacks, do better beware of the

backlash. The result was a big statement last year, but on its own,

it will quickly the forgotten about. We need to take it on to another

level and to be decided is not only the best in the world, but they have

all the experience and are going for unbeaten year. They are highly

motivated to beat us. Dylan Hartley knows what to expect. The Kiwi

turned Englishman celebrates his 50th cap tomorrow. He remembers all

too well his friends from high school. It will give meeting Ulster

in the back of my neck. That emotional energy will probably give

me a boost. It is quite nice. 50 seems insignificant. `` give me a

tingle. It is a massive honour for me. This region makes up one third

of the England squad. Dylan Hartley and Tom Youngs, Hartley was injured

last year. Tom Young stick his chance and he was surprised how well

he did, playing for the British Lions. Tom Ince very dynamic. They

are slightly contrasting hookers, but England are lucky to have both

of them. Where do you think you can hurt England the most this weekend?

Set pieces are good for us. The scrum will be difficult. The game is

generally one lost on the efficiency of the break down. We got that right

last year. For the eight layers of the region staying here this week,

this is the acid test. New Zealand do not like losing. Can England

produce a performance of such consistency that will give the whole

country something to shout about? You can see highlights of that

England`All Blacks match on BBC Three tomorrow night, starting at

seven o'clock. It's BBC Children In Need Day and

across the region people have been raising money for the annual appeal.

Tonight, the regional live broadcast comes from Kettering in

Northamptonshire. Let's go there now and say hello to Janine Machin.

The gates have only been open for half an hour, but people have

already flooded into the park. This is the oldest theme park in the

country. Tonight it is playing host to Children In Need. We have the

pirate ship setting off and the carousel. People are bringing their

cheques and they have been raising money all day. It is freezing. I am

going to grab this rabbit to keep warm. Let's look at the things you

have in doing to raise money. We are going to try this busking song.

Song`mac, here comes Pudsey been again.

`` THEY SING. I just want to busk the day away. With young Pudsey who

can sway. Please support Children In Need.

Thank you, everybody, in Northampton. # If you can help us,

it's all in aid of Children In Need. # I just want to busk the day away.

# With young Pudsey who can sway. # We're live in Cambridge here. # For

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. As you can see, I have come inside for a little

bit of a warm up. Take a look at all of these people. We have a 200

strong choir. This is one of the main focus points of BBC Children In

Need. They will be singing with lots of other choirs around the country

to a Gary Barlow tune. Alice, what are you looking forward to the

most? Just getting the vibe of the everybody singing. Have you done

anything like this before? No. It is the first time. What has been the

hardest bit about rehearsing? Just learning all the words and all the

moves and putting it all together. It is a Gary Barlow tune, the ones

he wrote for the Golden Jubilee? Yes. I have heard you guys sing and

you absolutely amazing. `` you are. Let's see what has been going on.

These men have been hard at work for over four hours. We will need to

play a CD. Is that OK? The BBC producer arrives late 90s already

fretting about the night's big moment. Children's wires from all

over the UK will come together to sing a Gary Barlow song. This is

network television, going out across the country. Possibly 10 million

people watching. So when they say, Kettering, you are wrong, we need to

be on. The theme park started life in nine 1043. Since then, it has

been a firm favourite for generations. At 1:30pm, the children

arrived. It is going to be a long and tiring day. How are you

feeling? Excited. What do you think of the song? Good. You're like Gary

Barlow? Yes. They are really excited, really happy to be here.

And you have rehearsed them well? Yes, we have two quire masters. One

for the boys and one for the girls. `` choir masters. By two o'clock,

the BBC's finest on in place and very busy. Outside broadcasts can be

complicated and much can go wrong, but hopefully not in the hands of

this in junior. I'm testing this out. It sends the pictures from our

cameras back to the satellite van. We have ordered this equates and, so

I have got to if it does not work, Pudsey will be very upset. Trying to

organise 200 excited children is not easy. The conductor has a real job

on her hands. THEY SING. Outside, Janine is chatting to BBC radio

Northampton. There will be lots of running around. I have got my flat

shoes on, so that is a real first for me. The joy if it is that you

get into all of it. The BBC producer is trying to keep the children

quiet. He is failing miserably. THEY SING. But the rehearsals go well.

Nothing can possibly go wrong, or can it?

You will never guess who I have want into. It is Pudsey bear. We are

going to be here at the theme park all evening. You will be able to

keep up`to`date with what we're doing on BBC One the evening. If

you're in the area, come and Sears. Some of the rides are open. We are

here and we hope to see you here as well. Thank you for all the

fundraising. Thank you.

It is quite chilly, isn't it? Thank you.

It is quite chilly, isn't Yes, and temperatures will drop further this

evening. Hype `` has meant light winds and clear skies. That will

mean a cold night. There will be a risk of widespread frost. The risk,

as we go through the night, is of mist and fog patches forming,

particularly across the West and the south of the region. It may get very

close to freezing in towns and cities, and polite in the

countryside. We could get as low as `1, and perhaps minus two degrees.

The weather looks try for tomorrow. There is a lot of cloud around and

the reason for that is this weather front. It is over Scotland and it

will push site. It will introduce more cloud as it gets here. `` it

will push south. The South might start with brighter skies, but we

can see this blanket of cloud. It will feel cold underneath the cloud.

Nine degrees will be the best temperature tomorrow. The winds will

be light and westerly. The cloud will spread everywhere by the end of

the day. That means it will not be as cold tomorrow night. We are not

expecting a frost tomorrow night for Sunday night. This weather front

isn't reducing career. `` is introducing cold array. Expect the

spell of rain from Monday. The significance of it is the Calder are

it introduces. `` the colder air. It will flood across the British Isles

by the end of next week. By Monday and Tuesday, much cooler

temperatures. The thickest of the cloud on Sunday might produce light

rain and drizzle. On Monday, we will get this weather front. It will

bring steady rain in the middle of the day. Look at the temperature for

Tuesday and the overnight low temperatures. We are below freezing.

Expect a much colder week. Thank you very much, and thank you to all of

you have in raising money for BBC Children In Need. Have a great

weekend.