20/11/2013 Look East - West

Good evening. This evening, guilty of causing the death of the

seven`week`old son. Julie Kate just 25 minutes to conflict the parents.

The people ultimately responsible for his welfare they are responsible

for taking his life. Celebrations as villagers defeat the plan for new

housing in the village. How the once turned real works are getting a new

lease of life. And tributes to the legendary Cambridge scientist who

has died at the age of 94. Good evening. First, a jury took

less than half an hour today to convict two parents of causing their

baby boy's death. Jamie Kightley was just under eight weeks old when he

died at his parents' Northampton flat in March 2012. He had suffered

severe brain injuries and dozens of fractures. Today at Nottingham Crown

Court, Jacqueline Parker and Adam Kightley were found guilty of

causing or allowing his death. Our reporter Mike Cartwright was in

court to hear the verdict and joins us now live. After sitting through

all in three weeks of evidence: The jury took just 25 minutes to deliver

their verdict. The mother and father Reverend guilty of causing the death

of the child. Jamie Kightley Was shaken to death at just eight weeks

old. His body was found with 40 fractures and covered in bruises.

Today, the jury found his parents, Jacqueline Parker and Adam Kightley

guilty of the death or allowing it to happen. The judge said the child

was always entitled to the protection of the parents. This is

the family flat in Northampton. This is where the baby was violently

assaulted. This was the nine`day name call.

A baby son spoken so badly he suffered brain injuries. He is here

and the background. The parents defence was to blame each other

They agreed that only previously, he was put to bed at six o'clock at

night. The defence was that the other must have assaulted Genie at

some point. The parents are responsible for making sure the

child is free from harm and not to people who should have protected him

were ultimately responsible for the loss of his life. ", they said they

were loving, caring parents. But today, the jury decided the did

nothing to stop the death of their child. The jury had to listen to

some very harrowing evidence. The maximum sentence they could get his

14 years. Tomorrow, the parents will find out how long it will be

sentenced for. A man has appeared in court in Luton

charged with murdering his sister`in`law. 70`year`old

grandmother Mary Evans, of Liddle Close in Luton, was stabbed in her

car as she drove along Trent Road on Monday. John Evans, who is 56 and

lives in Trent Road, was remanded in custody. Mrs Evans married his

brother just six weeks ago. Police still want to speak to anyone who

may have witnessed what happened. A 16`year`old has been charged with

trying to kill a man during a break`in at a house in Luton at the

weekend. The victim, 47`year`old Tony Abrahams, was stabbed at his

home in well field Avenue on Saturday morning. The teenager, who

cannot be named because of his age, has been charged with attempted

murder and aggravated burglary. Campaigners are celebrating tonight

after a controversial housing scheme on the Cambridgeshire`Essex border

was turned down by planners. Today's vote was in the fast`growing

district of Uttlesford, covering Saffron Walden and Stansted. Over

the next 20 years, The Office for National Statistics expects its

population to rise by 27%, to around 100,000. If Uttlesford Council

currently has more than 1,600 households on its waiting list. Its

long`term plan is to build more than 2,000 homes between the villages of

Elsenham and Henham. In a moment, we will hear from Richard Daniel with

the campaigners, but first, Alex Dunlop on the case for many more new

homes. They have got the room upstairs fear? She shows me the

husband they have the flat at she and her husband have. They cannot

afford to buy, so the rent the accommodation. If there are new

homes in the area, would you be in favour? Yes, absolutely. Lettuces

same story for James, who has to live with his parents still. Yes, I

would definitely look into it. This gives you an idea of the problem. If

you want to buy, the houses are so expensive and even their rent value

is very high. We have to do it in a way which does not make the whole

area. That is the $64,000 question. That was in favour of the

development say it is much needed. It has got new facilities for the

residents, new facilities and the likes of schools. We do have a

housing problem in the district We have 1,600 households currently

waiting for accommodation. They are either living with parents, as they

are young people and they are ensuring overcrowding situations.

There is a desperate need for new housing. The developers are likely

to appeal against the decision. So what do the campaigners think of

that? Richard Daniel has been to meet the villagers celebrating

victory. It is not hard to see why people live in the two 30 villages.

They are also close to the MA eleven on hand to Stansted Airport. For

years, the community has fought to prevent houses being built in the

area. This is the latest stage in a long`running and expensive fight.

The community has been magnificent. We have done all sorts of

fundraising activities. These are villages that people choose to live

in and villages that people choose to live

objecting to. 800 houses starting here. The village 's argument is

simple: Everyone should take their fair share of new housing across the

country. Lunchtime and protesters arrived that the Council for the

planning meeting. The rear defiant. They are using land that we should

be using to produce food to feed ourselves in the future. Ever

improve roads, does address issues. Inside the meeting, tempers flared

and just one hour later, the decision that the campaigners wanted

was reached. The plans were rejected for a second time. We are very

pleased. We are over the moon. But I fear they will come back, because

they are like a dog after a woman. The fate for free at the new homes

should go is far from over. Companies and research bodies in the

region are to benefit from major funding. Approved by the European

Parliament. Today, MEP's agreed ?60 billion of cash over the next seven

years for research and development projects across Europe. The region

received more than ?500m last time round and local MEPs say it should

do even better this time. This is a very significant amount of funding.

Cambridge University say 20% of the research they are doing is being

funded by this. We are making sure that more of this budget goes to

science and research. The workforce at the former Railcare

factory in Wolverton is set to double within five years, according

to Knorr Brems, the company which bought the factory three months ago.

Back in August, Railcare went into administration and 100 workers were

made redundant. But now its new owners say they are confident they

can take the factory from bust to boom. This year, it celebrated its

175th birthday, making it the oldest factory of its kind in the world. In

July, the celebrations turned sour. After weeks of uncertainty, it was

agreed that the historic factory would be brought. One idea ever

investing money and the site is that we grow this business substantially.

The prospect of the good times returning is good news for the

workers. Currently, the workforce is concentrating on repair work. We are

taking out the windows and the window frames, and removing only

fixings. We taking them out for an overhaul. The work being carried out

will directly benefit passengers in the region because the main customer

at the moment is greater Anglia trains. They have for Jane sheds

like this and they say they are confident the will be able

like this and they say they are location, it is ideally least, close

to London, which is a real centre of real operations in the country and

also, we have the a lot of skilled people ready to do this work. So,

from bust to boom, a team that in July seemed possible, but now there

is a growing possibility that it could continue to fly the flag for

real engineering. Peterborough city Hospital says it

is planning to recruit 50 extra nurses. It comes as Trusts across

the country are being ordered to publish details online every month

on ward staffing levels. . first County Council partnership in

the country. It is, they argue, the only sensible way to go.

Still to come tonight... We speak to one of our most senior women clerics

as the church puts women bishops back on the agenda.

Plus tributes to a giant of science, Dr Fred Sanger, whose work

transformed our understanding of how genes work.

MPs have been voting this evening on controversial changes to our armed

forces. Under the plans, there will be a big reduction in the number of

regular soldiers. And a big increase in the number of reservists. The

Government was facing a possible defeat over the issue following a

campaign by the Essex MP John Baron. Andrew Sinclair is at Westminster.

Everyone thought this would be close, but in the last few minutes,

John Baron lost his vote by 54 votes, rebels seemingly bought off

by last`minute government concessions or feeling that now was

not the time to flex their muscles. But this is a big issue in our

region with lots of military personnel and there will be other

votes on this issue. John Baron says this is not the end of the matter.

A few months ago, Look East filmed with reservists with the Royal

Anglian Regiment training in Croatia. The government wants to

rely far more on these experienced but part`time soldiers. But among

MPs, there is concern whether they are up to the job and if there are

enough people who want to volunteer. We risk heading towards false

economies and unacceptable capability gaps which people will

not thank us for. The MP for Basildon and Billericay is one,

worrying it is being rushed through without proper scrutiny and debate,

and others supporting, much to the annoyance of ministers. Some people

in the government say you are being disloyal? As an MP, it is incumbent

to speak out on matters you think are important and certain matters

rise above party politics. The government says the way we fight

wars is changing and we do not need as many full`time soldiers, but

some, like Bob Russell, feel it is dangerous, while others feel relying

on reserve this will put a big strain on small businesses. I know

the damage when you take one man out of five men team in an SME and I do

not think you have thought about this impact enough. But many

supported the government, including one who is a reserve list. Soldiers

cannot tell the difference when on the front line. We support the

regular army, we know we are up to the job and now the government is

committing ?1.2 billion over the next ten years to make sure we have

enough and training, I know this is a great deal. This is not the end of

the matter, there will be more votes on defence reforms and more

opposition. Do we know how all our MPs voted?

Not yet, but I expect Brian Binley on the list of Tory rebels. Others

who expressed concern, and find reasons, such us may have found

reasons, such as Bob Russell. But John Baron has made a name for

himself and will keep up the fight. `` others who expressed concern, may

have found reasons to go with the government. The Prime Minister was

asked about other issues in Cambridge and he said he is

listening to people's concerns, exactly what the Chancellor said to

us, Ariel Fino and `` a real feeling we shall he some movement on the

Cambridgeshire story very soon. Thank you very much.

The Church of England could approve women bishops as early as next year

after its governing body backed new proposals. Members of the General

Synod voted, with 378 in favour and eight against. The Church has agreed

to offer guidance to those parishes which reject female ministry.

The Reverend Canon Heather Butcher is an Advisor on Women's Ministry to

the Bishop of Norwich. How close are we now? We could be one year away

from the final decision being made, but we have made tentative progress,

this is the first hurdle, and we will have to see how it goes. It has

been described as fragile, if you are betting women, which I sure

you're not how fragile? I hope it will go through, but the Bishop of

Rochester, who chaired the steering group, spoke on Monday and he said

that there is no plan B and we are not offering a fitter, play, but we

cannot afford to have this changed very much. `` they are not offering

as this is accomplished. We hope it will be excepted without changing

it. Some people says it could be a concession, but it looks to me like

a fudge. We are trying to hold together a variety of people with

different views. That is one of the great strengths and joys of the

Church of England, that we are a broad church. But if you have people

that think differently and have different theological understanding

is, it is quite a task to hold them together, so I I suppose a bit of

fudging could go on. What will happen before voting? I will meet

people who are against the consecration of women bishops, to

try to build bridges. I have met several people in the diocese and

will continue to try to create good relationships. More broadly, the

bishops are going to go away to think about how it would be rolled

out across the whole church, so there is some kind of continuity

across the whole of the Church of England. They will come back in

February with their guidelines. And if those are proved, it then goes to

the dioceses that we all have to have a say and talk about it. So

long way to go? Yes, if that happens, we come back in July or

November, and it may go them. And by the beginning of the year after, we

might have a woman bishop? Fwe may have by 2015. Thank you very much

for coming in. `` we may have won by 2015.

Professor Fred Sanger, the Cambridge scientist who pioneered research

into the human genome, has died at the age of 95. Uniquely, he won two

Nobel Prizes for chemistry. The first was in 1958 for his work on

the structure of insulin. The second for his breakthrough research on DNA

which laid the foundation for the de`coding of the human genome.

As a young scholar. Fred Sanger described himself as above average.

But nothing special. He went on to become a giant of science. His work

laid the foundations for understanding and reading the

structure of DNA. The building blocks of all life. I think it is

difficult to compare these things, really, and to me it is very

gratifying and it will be useful. Such modesty was typical of the man,

whose work went on to win him two Nobel Prizes for chemistry. He was

the only person in history, and still is, to have one two Nobel

Prize is in chemistry, which are awarded for outstanding merit its

contributions to science and to win it twice my many years apart as well

is quite outstanding. Professor Sanger spent his whole scientific

career in Cambridge. His name was adopted by Cambridge's Sanger

Institute which first mapped the human genome. And it has helped

apply its findings to the development of medicine. Fred

Sanger's achievements, his legacy, will resonate in the world of

science for years to come. As one fellow professor said, the impact of

his work is impossible to exaggerate.

Well, one man who know Fred Sanger better than most was his fellow

Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Walker. The pair worked together at

the Medical Research Council's laboratory of molecular biology in

Cambridge. He joins us now. Can you tell us more about Fred Sanger the

man? He was wonderful man to be around, a great inspiration a

fantastic experimentalists, who did very complicated experiments with

complicated `` with simple equipment, and he did not like

complex equipment. He preferred to invent his own ways of doing things.

He had enormous persistence, he could not have solved the problems

he did without that persistence and stamina. He was full of insight. He

was an inspiration to everybody around him. He set a standard for

other people to follow. It is hard to over emphasise how important his

work was to all of us. Yes, I am so glad he was able to see the fruits

of his own accomplishments in the form of the human gene on `` genome

and he saw the impact it was having on biosciences, medicine, and

society in general. His name will not just live for a few years to

come, but whatever. And he `` you work for him, and he got you to work

there, and he? Yes, we met in Paris and he asked if I thought about

coming back to England and I thought I would, and so, I rang him up a few

days later and as the fit would be possible to work with him in

Cambridge and he agreed that I could come for three months, and that was

in 1974 and I am still here. Such a modest man, but described today as

one of the greatest scientists in any generation, would you agree?

Absolutely, very few scientists with equivalent accomplishments, possibly

Marie Curie, he could be compared with her, but otherwise unique. We

will not meet another person in our lifetime again. When I met him, he

was very proud to have the Sanger Institute named after him. He was,

he was a modest person, wearing his fame lightly, he was famous,

becoming an icon amongst students, who loved him, flocking to hear him

talk, but I remember when he agreed his name could be associated with

the Sanger Institute, he said something along the lines, I have

allowed you to use my name, make sure this place is a success.

Professor Sir John Walker, thank you very much. You are welcome. Now for

the weather. The wind hazard is with us. We had a

weather front through this morning bringing some and pleasant

conditions. Then brighter skies, but bands of showers forming behind,

affecting many areas through this evening. This poses a problem, like

wind at the moment, and any gap in the showers, clear spells, means

temperatures getting below freezing, was in some problems with Frost and

ice, but not necessarily widespread or for the whole of the night,

mainly between now and midnight. The showers falling as sleet, with a

wintry flavour. After midnight, more cloud, the showers keeping going,

and some wind preventing frost later. We end the night with

temperatures above freezing. A cloudy start with showers around

first thing, the feature will be the north`easterly wind, making it feel

very cold tomorrow, but in proving through the day, starting with

showers which gradually become lighter and fewer. But still some of

them across the eastern half, parts of Norfolk and Suffolk

particularly. Temperature is not high, seven or eight degrees. And

the wind speed will make it feel very cold. By the end of the day,

less showers, but still the chance of some, and falling as sleet and

snow. Beyond that, high`pressure building, meaning much lighter wind,

and clearer skies, so that throws up the hazard of much colder nights.

Although for the next couple of nights, it is quite windy, so just

about free of cost, by the weekend, we start to bring those numbers

down. `` free of frost. Bringing those numbers down means some frost,

possibly some freezing fog. This showers by the weekend, sunny

spells, but feeling quite cold. Thank you very much, I think.

That is all from us, good night. Goodbye.

I'm Nigel Slater, a cook. And I'm Adam Henson, a farmer.

all back in touch with where our food really comes from.

You asked me to grow some durum wheat to produce your pasta.

Our own eggs, our own flour - couldn't ask for more, really.

# Through stormy weather and bottles of wine... #