10/01/2014 Look East - West

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Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight: Conned by a

cowboy ` the pensioner taken for thousands by this builder who is now

behind bars. At night time I kept winking `` picking up, thinking what

a fool I been. The end of a tragic week for RAF Lakenheath after the

helicopter crash that killed four airmen. Double Top for "Darting

Deeter", as she targets the World Championships. And Sam Smith's the

Sound of 2014, the singer most likely to succeed this year.

Good evening. A pensioner has told Look East how he was conned by a

cowboy builder out of thousands of pounds. Alan Fitzgerald, the

builder, is now behind bars serving the longest sentence ever handed out

in Northamptonshire in a trading standards case. Many of those

targetted were elderly. One victim, David Old spoke to our reporter Neil

Bradford. This is the house where it began, he

came round and offered to prepare the crack in the driveway. In March

2012, David employed the services of a local builder. He agreed to pay

him ?475 to repair his driveway But the builder soon found other jobs to

keep him busy. He came over quite reassuring, that he could do the

work for me, and a variety of work, like decoration, internal fittings

and things. And I thought, at that time, he was the man for the job.

His builder was Alan Fitzgerald a fraudster who look for elderly and

vulnerable victims. In just two years, he took ?300,000 from 39

people across three counties. This is the work he has done in the

lounge here. He has painted all of the walls and put me a new curtain

rail up like many victims, 74`year`old David was often

substandard, or simply left unfinished. Demanding payment in

advance, Fitzgerald even drove the partially sighted pensioner to the

bank. The final bill reached a staggering ?22,500. At night time I

kept waking up, thinking what a fool I had been to allow this man to

drive me to the bank and get me to draw out all of this money. And just

pay it over to him. Fitzgerald's oldest victim was 94. This week he

admitted fraudulent trading and described by a judge as truly

despicable and was jailed for six years. David, who works as a piano

restorer, hopes his experience. Others from being conned in the same

way. The chaplain at RAF Lakenheath in

Suffolk has been talking today about the sense of brotherhood at the

base, that is helping them cope with tragedy. On Tuesday, a Pave Hawk

helicopter crashed on the Norfolk coast killing the four airmen on

board. Our Chief reporter, Kim Riley has spent the day at Lakenheath He

sent this report a few minutes ago. A very difficult week is drawing to

a close here with many personnel still deployed to that crash site on

the north Norfolk coast. They face a very difficult job, and it will be

many weeks before the accident investigators's conclusions are

known. An F`15 taxes to the runway, and it appears to be business as

usual at Lakenheath, but the fences decked with flowers and tributes to

the lost airmen. One woman's wife is here with her young son. We are

supporting each other as a community. I didn't know any of

them, but it's a sad loss. These goes comeback from war, then they do

a little training thing, and this happens. It is so sad. John Ritter

is one of six chaplains on the station who has been supporting the

families. And also Lakenheath personnel working at the sight at

the time. The scene is one of those that is difficult for anybody to be

there. What we try to do is help folks and help them deal with what

they are going through. The response we have had from this country and

the people surrounding us here at Lakenheath has been absolutely

wonderful. It has been a blessing to all of us, supporting us, letting us

know they are praying for us, and praying for the families. It's been

a great comfort knowing that we have such support from our neighbours. We

will get through it eventually. We will. You know what, it's OK. It's

what he wanted to do. Captain Chris's parents, Mick and Mary, have

spoken of their pride in his distinguished air force career. When

their son spoke to local students they learned the extent of the

challenges faced during tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Their crew had

100 rescues attributed to them. All of the kids were amazed, and in my

mind I think, that is one day, and that's into fire, situations.

Knowing it was 100 was good enough for me, I didn't need the details.

The bereaved families of the four crew members will be the first brief

when the accident investigation board reaches conclusions in the

next two months. The official report will then be published. The bodies

of the four mm are at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital for poor smoke

is `` for postmortem is to be carried out. This Sunday there will

be praising many churches for the victims, their families, and all of

those truck `` touched by this tragedy.

Conservatives in South East Cambridgeshire will meet within the

next hour to decide what to do about their general election candidate. It

follows reports that they may have chosen the wrong person last month.

Our political correspondent Andrew Sinclair is in Ely where the meeting

is about to be held. So it could be quite a stormy affair? I think it

will be. There is a lot of anger in the local party about this. It was

last month in the hall behind me the members of the local party and the

public gathered to choose a successor for Sir James Pace at the

next election, and they chose Lucy Fraser, a London barrister, highly

regarded by the Conservative Party hierarchy but she had not been the

favourite to win. The favourite had been a councillor from Saint Albans

called Heidi Allen, and she had campaigned hard and there was a lot

of surprise when Heidi Alan did not win. Very shortly afterwards we

started to hear grumbles about the way the whole election had been run,

claims that the ballot papers had not been properly printed and some

candidates names were in capital letters and others were not. This

week it was confirmed to us that there had been a problem in actually

counting the number of boats. They may have counted them wrong way

They found a bundle of papers in the Lucy Fraser pile which actually had

Heidi Alan's name on it. That called the whole selection into question

and why we have a meeting tonight. Quite a saga. What do we expect to

happen at the meeting tonight? It has officially been called to

re`endorse Lucy Fraser as the candidate, and that's what the party

wants to see happen, but I don't think it will be that

straightforward. There are supporters of Heidi Alan who think

this has been very unfair and they want to call for the election to be

rerun from scratch. I don't know how strong the calls will be tonight but

if enough people agree, the party will have to scrap the whole

election and start again from scratch. That will be embarrassing

and also a lot of hassle because they will have to call another

general, open primary. To give you an idea of how serious this is,

there are officials from Conservative Party web quarters here

tonight to make sure there are no more mix`ups `` headquarters. And

there's more on this story on the Sunday Politics show this Sunday at

11:00pm on BBC One. Now, it's one of the fastest growing

towns in the region. And in the last three years alone, 1,500 new homes

have been built, making Corby one of the top three places in the UK for

development. Priors Hall Park is typical.

Building work ground to a halt in the recession, but has now has a new

lease of life. This housing estate, perhaps more

than anywhere, symbolises the economic crash. Work ground to a

halt, leaving houses and roads unfinished, but the site owner was

never in any doubt that Corby was a good place to build and that the

good times would return. It is one hour from London on a train and on

the A14. It sits in the middle of Milton Keynes and Cambridge as an

exciting place to bring your kids up, walk your dog, and work. Work is

underway now thanks in part to a government grant, but there are

concerns that despite projects like this, the region and the country

still has a chronic shortage of housing, a situation the government

says is improving. There is a real challenge in delivering houses. We

have delivered. In total, 400,0 0 houses so far, and we have done that

coming out of the deepest recession since the 1920s. The government is

also keen to point out that a healthy housing market means a

healthy jobs market, and in particular helps youth unemployment.

There is just so much work it to be done. It is falling on us at the

moment. We have constantly got work. Talk to me about the skills you are

learning on the site? Most importantly, the experience you need

to do other things in the trade so it works out really well. It is

claimed that this is the largest development site in the country

covering some 1500 acres. The sheer scale of the site is quite hard to

describe. Currently around 200 houses have already been built, but

there are plans to build another 5000 in the next 15 years. And the

developers claim there are no shortage of people willing to move

here, saying marketing campaigns such as this have attracted

commuters from London and from surrounding towns in

Northamptonshire. Search teams have been out in force

today looking for a Bedfordshire man who's been missing for more than a

week. Police searched stretches of water in Leighton Buzzard where Neil

Devlin was last seen on New Year's Day. The 36`year`old was reported

missing after a night out with friends. His route home is thought

to have been near the river. A body has not yet been found. Later, Alex

officers after arriving on a flight from Sao Paulo in Brazil.

Still to come on the programme tonight, the weekend weather, the

sport, and tips for the top in part. We will talk to Sam Smith, the thing

from Cambridgeshire who is the BBC's Sound of 2014.

If new technology is your thing, you'll probably have heard of 3D

printing. Instead of printing ink onto paper, it's a way of scanning

an object and then printing it in 3D in plastic. What you get should be

an exact copy of the original. Now that technology is being used on

Tornado jets at their base at RAF Marham in Norfolk. It's a way of

making spare parts on site and it saves a lot of time and money.

In an aircraft hangar in Norfolk, something is changing. Where once

parts were manufactured miles away. Now they are being printed. This

part is used to protect the radio in a cockpit. First, a model is

scanned. The stickers allow the computer to track where the laser is

being applied to the surface. That surface is captured then transmitted

to the computer. Then a 3D image is created ready to send to the printer

to make. But instead of using ink, it uses plastic. It builds up

layers, so it wastes nothing and saves time. A tool for an aircraft

component can take anything from a few weeks to several months to

manufacture. With the combination of 3D scanning and 3D printing we use,

we can reduce those timescales down to a matter of days. For small

parts, even hours. The plastic for these casings is made specifically

to protect the aircraft. Then after around 24 hours in this printer, the

component should be ready to fit. To be able to turn what we see in

two`dimensions on our computer screens into the real

three`dimensional construct. Get it in our hands, take it to the

aircraft. Marvellous, absolutely fantastic. And this is the actual

part fitted in the cockpit. Made out of the 3D printer, it costs a couple

of hundred pounds. But if it was manufactured the traditional way, it

would cost up to 2000. There were concerns about 3D printers in

America being used to make guns. But more and more businesses are using

them. This year, NASA wants to launch one into space to help

astronauts manufacture parts. And in the future, it is hoped they could

be used by air personnel abroad. There is no reason to suspect that,

into the future, this kind of technology can be part of a deployed

operation in support of maintaining and repairing those aircraft away

from the main base such as this. The Tornado aircraft are due to be

retired in 2019. By then, who knows which components will be made using

a 3D printer? The future is in the imagination of the designers.

It is amazing. So clever. Sport now. And with news of the

darts World Championships and a great run for Ipswich Town, here's

Tom. Yes, there's a fight to stay in the

Premier League in this region plus a battle to get in it. Mick McCarthy

today missed out on December's Manager of the Month award. But

after a long unbeaten run dating back to November, Ipswich look

well`placed to challenge for a play`off spot. Town host QPR

tomorrow. It's sixth versus third in the Championship.

For over a decade, it switched to have been going nowhere. 12 years in

the same league, the Championship's longest Irving club, but after

several seasons, Mick McCarthy has the club looking up. Yeah, I talk

about it all the time, being in the promotion, we want to be in the top

six. And I think we have probably deserved to be there. They were

relegated in 2002, managers coming and going, in fact they were last

challenging the play`offs six years ago, but since Marcus Evans took

over, they have barely threatened promotion. We have not finished as

high as expected, but we have had a great little run. We believe they

are good enough to be in the top six, which is where we have aimed

from day one. What would it mean for the club and town at its rich could

get up this year? It has been a long time since the town has been up to

those heady heights, but fantastic, not just the club, staff, but give

the town a huge boost. It costs a lot of money to play football in the

championship, and a golden egg in the Premiership, something we have

been chasing, and the sooner we get there, the better. Certainly for the

club 80 million in debt, but they have transformed and is deadly claim

the league, raising expectation. When he came in common he inspired

the players, but confidence to the first`team squad. So we are not

surprised that he has worked so well. And the players love playing

for him. And knocking on your doer looking for money? We have

strengthened squad this Christmas. He has not not yet, but the door is

open. Attendances down, averaging 16,500, nearly 25,010 years ago, but

a fan's group as dons a survey to find out why. `` has launched a

survey. Attendances down dramatically, a lot down to price, a

cost of living crisis in the country, and people having to pick

and choose those that it is price, football needs to realise that. But

Ipswich are worth watching again, contenders, can they stay there? And

you can see more on Mick McCarthy at noon tomorrow on BBC One on Football

Focus. For Norwich, it's back to the

Premier League away to Everton. City drew 1`1 with Crystal Palace on New

Year's Day. But having gone five games without a win in the league,

they've dropped to 15th, three points above the drop`zone. Players

take full responsibility for what happens on the pitch, and we get set

out to win a game of football. If we do not do that, it is on our heads.

The manager and staff take the brunt, but players have to take

responsibility. Start running it round.

In Rugby, Northampton play the first of two make or break games in the

Heineken Cup this weekend. Ospreys first on Sunday. Saints are still

hoping to reach the quarter finals. The world darts championship

finishes this weekend. We have two ladies still in it. 19`year`old

Fallon Sherrock from Milton Keynes. And Deta Hedman. James Barrett has

been to meet her. You want to put on a good performance. I do not worry

about who I am playing, just play the dartboard. Meet Deta Hedman, the

postie with the deadly delivery. At 54 years of age, nearly 30 years of

competition, the adrenaline's still pumping. You just see the crowd, get

so excited, and once your music comes on, you cannot help but dance,

and give someone the hive. You see friends as you come along. Your

heart is pumping. `` give someone the high`five. 1100 people will be

packed in here, making a racket. If you support someone on the oche, it

can be excruciating. An absolute nightmare. Excruciating. You want to

do well, but you cannot guarantee it. Depending on whether she is

successful, or beaten, depends on the mood for the rest of the night.

The women's field has grown to 16 this year for the first time. A

?12,000 cheque lies in wait for the winner. But Deta won't be feeling

the strain of the increasing competition. It really is just

another day. The pressure is not on me. I do have a job, this is a hobby

I thoroughly enjoyed. If I did not win, or do not do well, I have a

wage coming in, so no pressure, really. Deta's semifinal is

tomorrow, with a possible final on Sunday. Whatever happens, it's back

to work at the Royal Mail depot in Chelmsford on Monday. With the title

hopefully signed, sealed and delivered.

Best of luck to have. The views to all this we can's football on the

BBC sport website well as coverage on BBC local radio. `` this

weekend's football. Good luck to her, she is great.

Now if you haven't already heard the name Sam Smith, the chances are you

will soon. That's because Sam, who's from Cambridgeshire, is tipped to be

one of the biggest names in British pop music. He's been named as the

BBC's Sound of 2014, the singer most likely to succeed in the coming

year. Previous winners include Adele and Jessie J. In a moment, we'll

hear from the man himself. But first, here's Sam Smith doing what

he does best. # I'm covering my ears! # # I lay by

your side! # I'm latching onto you! # an amazing voice.

He BBC's Sound of 2014 is decided by a range of music industry experts.

When we spoke to Sam earlier, I asked him how it felt to be

recognised in this way. It kind of means everything. I have been locked

away in the last year writing my album, surrounded by industry

people, making friends, and just to have they nod is really special.

Really special. You joined quite a while of Fame, Jessie J, Adele, how

does it feel to be amongst those names? It means a great deal. I was

16 when I saw Adele win the Brit. But I would go mad if I thought

about it too much. I saw on Twitter, you said you were an

emotional wreck today. And this comes after being the critics choice

for the Brits as well. An incredible few months? Gill macro editor has

been incredible. The most emotional thing about it is...

It has been incredible. The most emotional thing about it is the

fans. My mother sending me pictures. It is crazy. Your mother is very

proud, as are your friends, but looking back, going to school in

Bishops Stortford, did you think at 21 you would be doing this? No, I

moved to London when I was 18, worked in a bar for two years, and

literally about a year and a bit ago, about two years ago, I said to

myself, one more year, and if I do not do anything, I have to stop and

stop I was cleaning toilets, getting so sick of it. And I had good

A`levels. Thank God I stuck with it. And your first solo single is coming

out next month. But I know you are interested in exploring different

genres of music. Basically, what is important is, I grew up listening to

massive diva voices, and an obsession in the industry with

putting people in boxes, that is that person's zone, and I want to

break that for men, missing the likes of George Michael, Prince,

Elton John, all these people who could float in and out of genres,

singing whatever I want to think. Which is what I have tried to do

with these various songs that I have released. Every song has been

different. That is important for me to make that point. Thank goodness

you give yourself that extra year, because your single comes out next

month. Yes, and my video comes out on Monday. Great to talk to you and

congratulations from everyone at Look East. Thank you. What a start

for 2014. Nice man. How is the weather?

All right if you like it cold and crisp. A weather front at the moment

moves in from the West, bringing a band rain across the country. Not a

lot of rain left when it gets to us, but turning things cloudier, and

over the next few hours, some patchy rain, moving eastwards through this

evening. And then later tonight for the eastern half. Most of it out to

sea by the end of the night. Most of us three of cost. `` free of frost.

Attach a growing frost possible in rural spots. A moderate

south`westerly wind as well. Into tomorrow morning, across the eastern

half, it may be cloudy with rain, but essentially high pressure

building, meaning we will see a day that will be cold, crisp and with

long spells of sunshine, a fine winter's day. Into tomorrow, long

spells of sunshine through much of the day. High temperatures of around

or seven degrees. Not warm, but alike when from an north`westerly

direction. `` light wind. When the sun goes down, it will get very cold

indeed. Some sharp frost following for tomorrow night, quite widely

temperatures dropping below freezing, so expect sharp frost,

probably the sharpest we have seen this winter. The high pressure that

would bring cold beer is looking like a double move to the East, a

line weather that macro will bring cold beer to the East. `` cold air.

Just to deal with Sunday, it looks like there will be some mist and fog

forming for Saturday night, and lingering into Sunday morning. Then

lifting into low`level cloud, so lots of Sunday quite cloudy and

therefore cold. The left, some brighter spells. Then overnight rain

moving through on Sunday night. Some heavy. Match of it out of the way by

Monday, largely dry and bright, before the next weather system comes

through Monday night into Tuesday, some showers around.

Overall not bad. We can live with that. That is all for this evening.

Have a very good weekend. Goodbye.